Article 4 - Voluntary Expenditure Ceilings - California Government Code

Sections (3)

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 175. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 102, and approved in Prop. 34 on Nov. 7, 2000.

(a)Each candidate for elective state office shall file a statement of acceptance or rejection of the voluntary expenditure limits set forth in Section 85400 at the time the candidate files the statement of intention specified in Section 85200.

(b)A candidate may, until the deadline for filing nomination papers set forth in Section 8020 of the Elections Code, change the candidate’s statement of acceptance or rejection of voluntary expenditure limits provided the candidate has not exceeded the voluntary expenditure limits. A candidate shall not change the candidate’s statement of acceptance or rejection of voluntary expenditure limits more than twice after the candidate’s initial filing of the statement of intention for that

election and office.

(c)Any candidate for elective state office who declined to accept the voluntary expenditure limits but who nevertheless does not exceed the limits in the primary, special primary, or special election, may file a statement of acceptance of the expenditure limits for a general or special runoff election within 14 days following the primary, special primary, or special election.

(d)Notwithstanding Section 81004.5 or any other provision of this title, a candidate shall not change the candidate’s statement of acceptance or rejection of voluntary expenditure limits other than as provided for by this section and Section 85402.

§ 85402

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 176. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.

(a)Any candidate for elective state office who has filed a statement accepting the voluntary expenditure limits is not bound by those limits if an opposing candidate contributes personal funds to the opposing candidate’s own campaign in excess of the limits set forth in Section 85400.

(b)The commission shall require by regulation timely notification by candidates for elective state office who make personal contributions to their own campaign.

§ 85403

Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 102, Sec. 60. Approved in Proposition 34 at the November 7, 2000, election. Operative January 1, 2001, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 102, but not applicable to candidates for statewide elective office until November 6, 2002.

Any candidate who files a statement of acceptance pursuant to Section 85401 and makes campaign expenditures in excess of the limits shall be subject to the remedies in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 83100) and Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 91000).