§ 89515

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 227. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.

Campaign funds may be used to make donations or loans to bona fide charitable, educational, civic, religious, or similar tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations, where no substantial part of the proceeds will have a material financial effect on the candidate, elected officer, campaign treasurer, or any individual or individuals with authority to approve the expenditure of campaign funds held by a committee, or an immediate family member of one of those individuals, and where the donation or loan bears a reasonable relation to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose.

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