§ 18:1491.3 — Principal campaign committees; subsidiary committees; consolidation of reports

Louisiana § 18:1491.3

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§1491.3. Principal campaign committees; subsidiary committees; consolidation of reports
A. Each candidate may designate only one principal campaign committee. Such
designation shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be filed with the supervisory
committee no later than ten days after such designation is made. Any committee which
designates subsidiary committees shall be a principal campaign committee and shall file a
self-designation as a principal campaign committee with the supervisory committee at the
time it first files a designation of a subsidiary committee. A principal campaign committee
of a candidate shall report, in lieu of the candidate, all information required to be reported
by the candidate pursuant to R.S. 18:1495.4 and 1495.5.
B. A candidate or a committee which supports or has supported only one candidate
may designate additional political committees as subsidiary committees of such candidate
or committee.
C. Any committee, except a principal campaign committee, which is organized to
support a single candidate shall be a subsidiary committee of the candidate or of the
candidate's principal campaign committee unless the candidate files a statement in writing
with the supervisory committee that the committee is not his subsidiary committee or a
subsidiary of his principal campaign committee and unless he files such a statement the
candidate or his principal campaign committee shall designate any such committee as a
subsidiary committee within ten days after such committee is organized. No candidate shall
file a statement that a committee is not his subsidiary committee or a subsidiary committee
of his principal campaign committee if the candidate, his principal campaign committee, or
a subsidiary committee of the candidate or of his principal campaign committee makes an
expenditure, a loan, or a transfer of funds to or receives a contribution, a loan, or a transfer
of funds, from the committee.
D. No committee organized primarily for the purpose of supporting a single
candidate shall nominally support an additional candidate or candidates for the purpose of
avoiding designation as a subsidiary committee and the requirements of this Part relating to
the records and reports of subsidiary committees. Any committee which violates the
provisions of this Subsection shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 18:1505.4,
1505.5, and 1505.6.
E. A designation of a subsidiary committee shall be in writing and a copy thereof
shall be filed with the supervisory committee no later than ten days after the designation is
made. Any candidate who has designated a principal campaign committee shall also file a
copy of the designation of each subsidiary committee with his principal campaign committee
no later than ten days after the designation is made.
F. A political committee may not be designated as the principal campaign committee
of more than one candidate. No political committee which supports or has supported more
than one candidate may be designated as a principal campaign committee and no such
committee shall be a subsidiary committee.
G.(1) Each subsidiary committee shall maintain all records required by this Part.
Each subsidiary committee designated by a candidate shall furnish such records on a timely
basis to the principal campaign committee of the candidate, if any, or if none, to the
candidate by whom it was designated as a subsidiary committee. Each subsidiary committee
designated by a principal campaign committee shall furnish such records on a timely basis
to such principal campaign committee.
(2) Each principal campaign committee of a candidate shall receive records furnished
to it by subsidiary committees of the candidate for which it is the principal campaign
committee and shall consolidate them with its own records and records of the candidate and
shall file with the supervisory committee a consolidated report for each report required by
this Chapter for committees or candidates. Each principal campaign committee, other than
a principal campaign committee of a candidate, shall receive all records furnished to it by its
subsidiary committees and shall consolidate them with its own records and shall file with the
supervisory committee a consolidated report for each report required by this Part for
committees.

Legislative History

Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 2025, No. 398, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.