[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR110.5]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 110--CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 110.5  Annual contribution limitation for individuals (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)).

    (a) Scope. This section applies to all contributions made by any 
individual, except individuals prohibited from making contributions 
under 11 CFR 110.4 and 11 CFR part 115.
    (b) Annual limitation. No individual shall make contributions in any 
calendar year which aggregate more than $25,000.

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    (c) Contributions made in a nonelection year. (1) For the purposes 
of this section, nonelection year means a year other than the calendar 
year in which a particular election is held.
    (2) For purposes of this section, any contribution to a candidate or 
his or her authorized committee with respect to a particular election 
made in a nonelection year shall be considered to be made during the 
calendar year in which such election is held.
    (3) For purposes of this section, any contribution to an 
unauthorized committee which is made in a nonelection year shall not be 
considered to be made during the calendar year in which an election is 
held unless:
    (i) The political committee is a single candidate committee which 
has supported or anticipates supporting the candidate; or
    (ii) The contribution is earmarked by the contributor for a 
particular candidate with respect to a particular election.
    (d) Independent expenditures. The annual limitation on contributions 
in this section applies to contributions made to persons, including 
political committees, making independent expenditures under 11 CFR part 
109.
    (e) Contributions to delegates and delegate committees. The annual 
limitation on contributions in this section applies to contributions to 
delegates and delegate committees under 11 CFR 110.14.

[54 FR 34112, Aug. 17, 1989 and 54 FR 48580, Nov. 24, 1989]