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Gov. Code, § 85305 · Article 3. Contribution Limitations

Gov. Code, § 85305

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) A candidate for elective state, county, or city office or committee controlled by that candidate shall not make a contribution to any other candidate for elective state, county, or city office in excess of the limits set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 85301. This section does not apply in a jurisdiction in which the county or city imposes a limit on contributions pursuant to Section 85702.5.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2021.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 556, Sec. 6. (AB 571) Effective January 1, 2020. Section operative January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.

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