[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR300.32]

[Page 248-249]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 300--NON-FEDERAL FUNDS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--State, District, and Local Party Committees and Organizations
 
Sec. 300.32  Expenditures and disbursements.

    (a) Federal funds. (1) An association or similar group of candidates 
for State or local office, or an association or similar group of 
individuals holding State or local office, must make any expenditures or 
disbursements for Federal election activity solely with Federal funds.
    (2) Except as provided in this part, a State, district, or local 
committee of a political party that makes expenditures or disbursements 
for Federal election activity must use Federal funds for that purposes, 
subject to the provisions of this chapter.
    (3) State, district, and local party committees that raise Federal 
funds to be used, in whole or in part, for Federal election activities 
must pay the direct costs of such fundraising only with Federal funds. 
The direct costs of a fundraising program or event include expenses for 
the solicitation of funds and for the planning and administration of 
actual fundraising programs and events.
    (4) State, district, and local party committees that raise Levin 
funds to be used, in whole or in part, for Federal election activity 
must pay the direct costs of such fundraising with either Federal or 
Levin funds. The direct costs of a fundraising program or event include 
expenses for the solicitation of funds and for the planning and 
administration of actual fundraising programs and events.
    (b) Levin funds. A State, district, or local committee of a 
political party may spend Levin funds in accordance with this part on 
the following types of activity:
    (1) Subject to the conditions set out in paragraph (c) of this 
section, only the following types of Federal election activity:
    (i) Voter registration activity during the period that begins on the 
date that is 120 days before the date a regularly scheduled Federal 
election is held and ends on the date of the election; and
    (ii) Voter identification, get-out-the-vote activity, or generic 
campaign activity conducted in connection with an election in which a 
candidate for Federal office appears on the ballot (regardless of 
whether a candidate for State or local office also appears on the 
ballot).
    (2) Any use that is lawful under the laws of the State in which the 
committee is organized, other than the Federal election activities 
defined in 11 CFR 100.24(b)(3) and (4). A disbursement of Levin funds 
under this paragraph

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need not comply with paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section, 
except as required by State law.
    (c) Conditions and restrictions on spending Levin funds. (1) The 
Federal election activity for which the disbursement is made must not 
refer to a clearly identified candidate for Federal office.
    (2) The disbursement must not pay for any part of the costs of any 
broadcasting, cable, or satellite communication, other than a 
communication that refers solely to a clearly identified candidate for 
State or local office.
    (3) The disbursement must be made from funds raised in accordance 
with 11 CFR 300.31.
    (4) The disbursements for allocable Federal election activity that 
exceed in the aggregate $5,000 in a calendar year may be paid for 
entirely with Federal funds or may be allocated between Federal funds 
and Levin funds according to 11 CFR 300.33. Disbursements for Federal 
election activity that may be allocated and that aggregate $5,000 or 
less in a calendar year may be paid for entirely with Federal funds, 
entirely with Levin funds, or may be allocated between Federal funds and 
Levin funds according to 11 CFR 300.33.
    (d) Non-Federal activities. A State, district, or local committee of 
a political party that makes disbursements for non-Federal activity may 
make those disbursements from its Federal, Levin, or non-Federal funds, 
subject to the laws of the State in which it is organized. A State, 
district, or local party committee that engages in fundraising for 
solely non-Federal funds may pay the costs related to such fundraising 
from any account, subject to State law, including a Federal account.