Gov. Code, § 85301 · Article 3. Contribution Limitations
Gov. Code, § 85301
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, shall not make to a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, and a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office shall not accept from a person, a contribution totaling more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) per election.
(b) Except to a candidate for Governor, a person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, shall not make to a candidate for statewide elective office, and except a candidate for Governor, a candidate for statewide elective office shall not accept from a person other than a small contributor committee or a political party committee, a contribution totaling more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per election.
(c) A person, other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, shall not make to a candidate for Governor, and a candidate for Governor shall not accept from any person other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, a contribution totaling more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per election.
(d) (1) A person shall not make to a candidate for elective county or city office, and a candidate for elective county or city office shall not accept from a person, a contribution totaling more than the amount set forth in subdivision (a) per election, as that amount is adjusted by the Commission pursuant to Section 83124. This subdivision does not apply in a jurisdiction in which the county or city imposes a limit on contributions pursuant to Section 85702.5.
(2) This subdivision shall become operative on January 1, 2021.
(e) The provisions of this section do not apply to a candidate’s contributions of the candidate’s personal funds to the candidates own campaign.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 556, Sec. 4. (AB 571) Effective January 1, 2020.
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Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 83124Printed as Sections 85301, 85302, 85303, and 85400
- Gov. Code, § 85305Printed as Section 85301
- Gov. Code, § 85306Printed as Section 85301 or 85302
- Gov. Code, § 85319.5Printed as Section 85301, 85302, 85303, or 85316
- Gov. Code, § 85321Printed as Sections 85301 and 85302
- Gov. Code, § 85702.5Printed as Section 85301
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