[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: 11CFR9008.53]

[Page 317]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9008--FEDERAL FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Host Committees Representing a Convention City; Convention 
     Expenditures by Government Agencies and Municipal Corporations
 
Sec. 9008.53  Receipts and disbursements of government agencies and municipal corporations.

    (a) Receipt of goods and services provided by commercial vendors. 
Government agencies and municipal corporations may accept goods or 
services from commercial vendors for convention uses under the same 
terms and conditions (except reporting requirements) set forth at 11 CFR 
9008.9 for convention committees.
    (b) Receipt of donations to a separate fund or account. (1) Local 
businesses (including banks), local labor organizations, and other local 
organizations or individuals who maintain a local residence or who work 
for a local business, local labor organization, or local organization 
may donate funds or make in-kind donations to a separate fund or account 
of a government agency or municipality to pay for expenses listed in 11 
CFR 9008.52(c), provided that:
    (i) The fund or account is not restricted to use in connection with 
any particular convention; and
    (ii) Donations to the fund or account are unrestricted and are not 
solicited or designated for use in connection with any particular 
convention, event or activity.
    (2) For purposes of this section, any business (including a branch 
of a national or regional chain, a franchise, or a licensed dealer) or 
labor organization or other organization with offices or facilities 
located within the Metropolitan Area (MA) of the convention city shall 
be considered local. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any 
such entity located outside the MA is not local. This presumption may be 
rebutted by a showing that the volume of business of activity in an area 
lying outside the MA would be directly affected by the presence of the 
convention.

[59 FR 33616, June 29, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 49363, Sept. 13, 1999]