D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 3-4004

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Rule 3-4004 - TRANSITION COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS

4004.1

Contributions in support of a transition committee shall be received or made in accordance with § 3011 of Chapter 30 of this title, except that:

(a) No person, including a business contributor, shall make any contribution to a Mayoral transition committee, and the Mayor shall not receive any contribution from any person which, when aggregated with all other contributions received from such person, exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000) in an aggregate amount; and

(b) No person, including a business contributor, may make any contribution to or for a transition committee, and the Chairman of the Council or Chairman-elect, or Attorney General or Attorney General-elect, may not receive any contribution to or for a transition committee from any person, that when aggregated with all other contributions to the transition committee received from the person, exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), in aggregate; provided, that the $1,500 limitation shall not apply to contributions made by the Chairman of the Council or Chairman-elect, or the Attorney General or Attorney General-elect, for the purpose of funding his or her own transition committee within the District.

4004.2

Notwithstanding § 4004.1, the transition committee contribution limitations shall not apply to contributions made by the Mayor or the Chairman of the Council for the purpose of funding their respective transition committees within the District of Columbia.

4004.3

No person, including a business contributor, shall make or facilitate the making of a bundled contribution directly or indirectly to a Mayoral or Council Chairmantransition committee.

4004.4

No transition committee shall accept, directly or indirectly, a bundled contribution.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 3-4004

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 1402 (February 8, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 11864 (August 16, 2013); Amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3025 (3/13/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 15416 (11/22/2019)

Authority: D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(14); in conformity with the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of 2011, enacted February 27, 2012 (D.C. Act 19-318; D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01 et seq. (2012 Supp.)).