121.252 Political issues committee treasurer and persons making independent
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expenditures -- Duties relating to activity of foreign national -- Restrictions --
Presumption of violation.
(1)Upon a political issues committee's receipt of a contribution, the treasurer shall
obtain from the donor an affirmation that the donor is not a foreign national and has
not knowingly or willfully accepted funds aggregating in excess of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) from a foreign national during the four
(4)years
immediately preceding the date the contribution was made.
(2)The treasurer of a political issues committee shall affirm in its report that the donor
associated with each contribution is not a foreign national and has not knowingly or
willfully received, solicited, or accepted, whether directly or indirectly,
contributions or expenditures aggregating in excess of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) from a foreign national during the four
(4)years immediately preceding
the date the contribution was made.
(3)Within forty-eight
(48)hours of making an independent expenditure supporting or
opposing a ballot measure, the person or entity making the expenditure shall:
(a)Certify to the registry that the person or entity has not knowingly or willfully
accepted funds aggregating in excess of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) from a foreign national for four
(4)years immediately preceding
the date the expenditure was made, and that it will not do so through the
remainder of the calendar year in which the ballot measure will appear on the
ballot; and
(b)Affirm in the person's or entity's report that the person or entity has not
knowingly or willfully accepted funds aggregating in excess of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) from a foreign national during the four
(4)years
immediately preceding the date the expenditure was made.
(4)Any determination that an entity required to file one
(1)or more certifications under
subsection
(1)or (3)(a) of this section has accepted funds aggregating in excess of
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from one
(1)or more foreign nationals
during the four
(4)years immediately preceding the date the contribution or
independent expenditure at issue was made shall create a presumption that the
person or political issues committee has violated this section.