[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: 11CFR114.9] [Page 183-184] TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION PART 114--CORPORATE AND LABOR ORGANIZATION ACTIVITY--Table of Contents Sec. 114.9 Use of corporate or labor organization facilities and means of transportation. (a) Use of corporate facilities for individual volunteer activity by stockholders and employees. (1) Stockholders and employees of the corporation may, subject to the rules and practices of the corporation, make occasional, isolated, or incidental use of the facilities of a corporation for individual volunteer activity in connection with a Federal election and will be required to reimburse the corporation only to the extent that the overhead or operating costs of the corporation are increased. As used in this paragraph, occasional, isolated, or incidental use generally means-- (i) When used by employees during working hours, an amount of activity during any particular work period which does not prevent the employee from completing the normal amount of work which that employee usually carries out during such work period; or (ii) When used by stockholders other than employees during the working period, such use does not interfere with the corporation in carrying out its normal activities; but (iii) Any such activity which does not exceed one hour per week or four hours per month, regardless of whether the activity is undertaken during or after normal working hours, shall be considered as occasional, isolated, or incidental use of the corporate facilities. (2) A stockholder or employee who makes more than occasional, isolated, or incidental use of a corporation's facilities for individual volunteer activities in connection with a Federal election is required to reimburse the corporation within a commercially reasonable time for the normal and usual [[Page 184]] rental charge, as defined in 11 CFR 100.7(a)(1)(iii)(B), for the use of such facilities. (b) Use of labor organization facilities for individual volunteer activity by officials, members and employees. (1) The officials, members, and employees of a labor organization may, subject to the rules and practices of the labor organization, make occasional, isolated, or incidental use of the facilities of a labor organization for individual volunteer activity in connection with a Federal election and will be required to reimburse the labor organization only to the extent that the overhead or operating costs of the labor organization are increased. As used in this paragraph, occasional, isolated, or incidental use generally means-- (i) When used by employees during working hours, an amount of activity during any particular work period which does not prevent the employee from completing the normal amount of work which that employee usually carries out during such work period; or (ii) When used by members other than employees during the working period, such use does not interfere with the labor organization in carrying out its normal activities; but (iii) Any such activity which does not exceed one hour per week or four hours per month, regardless of whether the activity is undertaken during or after normal working hours, shall be considered as occasional, isolated, or incidental use of the labor organization facilities. (2) The officials, members, and employees who make more than occasional, isolated, or incidental use of a labor organization's facilities for individual volunteer activities in connection with a Federal election are required to reimburse the labor organization within a commercially reasonable time for the normal and usual rental charge, as defined in 11 CFR 100.7(a)(1)(iii)(B), for the use of such facilities. (c) Use of corporate or labor organization facilities to produce materials. Any person who uses the facilities of a corporation or labor organization to produce materials in connection with a Federal election is required to reimburse the corporation or labor organization within a commercially reasonable time for the normal and usual charge for producing such materials in the commercial market. (d) Use or rental of corporate or labor organization facilities by other persons. Persons, other than those specifically mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, who make any use of corporate or labor organization facilities, such as by using telephones or typewriters or borrowing office furniture, for activity in connection with a Federal election are required to reimburse the corporation or labor organization within a commercially reasonable time in the amount of the normal and usual rental charge, as defined in 11 CFR 100.7(a)(1)(iii)(B), for the use of the facilities. (e) Use of airplanes and other means of transportation. (1) A candidate, candidate's agent, or person traveling on behalf of a candidate who uses an airplane which is owned or leased by a corporation or labor organization other than a corporation or labor organization licensed to offer commercial services for travel in connection with a Federal election must, in advance, reimburse the corporation or labor organization-- (i) In the case of travel to a city served by regularly scheduled commercial service, the first class air fare; (ii) In the case of travel to a city not served by a regularly scheduled commercial service, the usual charter rate. (2) A candidate, candidate's agent, or person traveling on behalf of a candidate who uses other means of transportation owned or leased by a corporation or labor organization must reimburse, within a commercially reasonable time, the corporation or labor organization at the normal and usual rental charge. [41 FR 35955, Aug. 25, 1976, as amended at 45 FR 21210, Apr. 1, 1980]