[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR100.33]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 100_SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Definitions
 
Sec.  100.33  Personal funds.

    Personal funds of a candidate means the sum of all of the following:
    (a) Assets. Amounts derived from any asset that, under applicable 
State law, at the time the individual became a candidate, the candidate 
had legal right of access to or control over, and

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with respect to which the candidate had--
    (1) Legal and rightful title; or
    (2) An equitable interest;
    (b) Income. Income received during the current election cycle, as 
defined in 11 CFR 400.2, of the candidate, including:
    (1) A salary and other earned income that the candidate earns from 
bona fide employment;
    (2) Income from the candidate's stocks or other investments 
including interest, dividends, or proceeds from the sale or liquidation 
of such stocks or investments;
    (3) Bequests to the candidate;
    (4) Income from trusts established before the beginning of the 
election cycle as defined in 11 CFR 400.2;
    (5) Income from trusts established by bequest after the beginning of 
the election cycle of which the candidate is the beneficiary;
    (6) Gifts of a personal nature that had been customarily received by 
the candidate prior to the beginning of the election cycle, as defined 
in 11 CFR 400.2; and
    (7) Proceeds from lotteries and similar legal games of chance; and
    (c) Jointly owned assets. Amounts derived from a portion of assets 
that are owned jointly by the candidate and the candidate's spouse as 
follows:
    (1) The portion of assets that is equal to the candidate's share of 
the asset under the instrument of conveyance or ownership; provided, 
however,
    (2) If no specific share is indicated by an instrument of conveyance 
or ownership, the value of one-half of the property.

[68 FR 3995, Jan. 27, 2003]