[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: 11CFR110.9]

[Page 138]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 110--CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 110.9  Miscellaneous provisions.

    (a) Violation of limitations. No candidate or political committee 
shall accept any contribution or make any expenditure in violation of 
the provisions of part 110. No officer or employee of a political 
committee shall accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a 
candidate, or make any expenditure on behalf of a candidate, in 
violation of any limitation imposed on contributions and expenditures 
under this part 110.
    (b) Fraudulent misrepresentation. No person who is a candidate for 
Federal office or an employee or agent of such a candidate shall--
    (1) Fraudulently misrepresent himself or any committee or 
organization under his control as speaking or writing or otherwise 
acting for or on behalf of any other candidate or political party or 
employee or agent thereof on a matter which is damaging to such other 
candidate or political party or employee or agent thereof; or
    (2) Willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to 
participate in any plan or design to violate paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section.
    (c) Price index increase. (1) Each limitation established by 
Secs. 110.7 and 110.8 shall be increased by the annual percent 
difference of the price index, as certified to the Commission by the 
Secretary of Labor. Each amount so increased shall be the amount in 
effect for that calendar year.
    (2) For purposes of paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the term price 
index means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index 
(all items--United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics.
    (d) Voting age population. The Commission shall assure that there is 
annually published in the Federal Register an estimate of the voting age 
population based on an estimate of the voting age population of the 
United States, of each State, and of each congressional district. The 
term voting age population means resident population, 18 years of age or 
older.

[41 FR 35948, Aug. 25, 1976]