Section 410-RICR-10-00-13.4 - COORDINATED EXPENDITURESA. An expenditure or electioneering communication that disseminates, distributes, or republishes, in whole or in part, any public communication or other form of campaign materials prepared by a candidate, authorized candidate committee, or political party committee is a contribution to the candidate or committee, unless: 1. The campaign material is disseminated, distributed, or republished by the candidate or committee that prepared the material;2. The campaign material is incorporated into a communication that advocates the defeat of the candidate or committee that prepared the material; or3. The campaign material consists of a brief quote of materials that demonstrates a candidate's or committee's position as part of a person's expression of its own views.B. An expenditure or electioneering communication that is coordinated with a candidate, authorized candidate committee, or political party committee is a contribution to the candidate or committee.C. An expenditure or electioneering communication is coordinated with a candidate, authorized candidate committee, or political party committee if one or more of the following conditions is met:1. The expenditure or electioneering communication is made by a person in cooperation, consultation or in concert with, or at the request, suggestion or direction of, or pursuant to an express or implied agreement, arrangement or understanding with, or with the advance knowledge of, the candidate or committee;2. The candidate or committee played any role in establishing, financing, fundraising for, or controlling the person making the expenditure or electioneering communication within the previous two (2) years, or in preparing, creating, designing, planning, authorizing, implementing, or agreeing to the expenditure or electioneering communication;3. In the same election cycle, the person making the expenditure or electioneering communication, including any officer, director, employee, or agent of the person, is or has been authorized to raise or expend funds on behalf of the candidate or committee, or is or has been an officer of the committee, or is or has been receiving any form of compensation or reimbursement from the candidate or committee;4. The person making the expenditure or electioneering communication, including any officer, director, employee, or agent of the person, has communicated with, advised, or counseled the candidate or authorized candidate committee on the candidate's plans, projects, or needs relating to the candidate's pursuit of election to public office at any time in the same election cycle, including any advice relating to the candidate's decision to seek election to public office;5. The person making the expenditure or electioneering communication retains the professional services of any individual or other person also providing those services to the candidate or authorized candidate committee in connection with the candidate's pursuit of election to office in the same election cycle, including any services relating to the candidate's decision to seek election to office;6. The person making the expenditure or electioneering communication, including any officer, director, employee, or agent of the person, has communicated or consulted at any time during the same election cycle about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs relating to the candidate's pursuit of election to public office, with: a. Any officer, director, employee, or agent of a political party committee that has made or intends to make expenditures or contributions in connection with the candidate's campaign; orb. Any person whose professional services have been retained by a political party committee that has made or intends to make expenditures or contributions in connection with the candidate's campaign;7. The expenditure or electioneering communication is made by a person on the basis of information provided directly or indirectly to the person by the candidate or authorized candidate committee about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs; or8. The expenditure or electioneering communication is made by a person with the intention of seeking or obtaining any governmental benefit or consideration from the candidate or committee by reason of the expenditure or electioneering communication.D. Any person found in violation of this section may be fined in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 17-25.410 R.I. Code R. 410-RICR-10-00-13.4
Adopted effective 4/3/2024