[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: 11CFR106.8]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 106_ALLOCATIONS OF CANDIDATE AND COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  106.8  Allocation of expenses for political party committee phone banks 

that refer to a clearly identified Federal candidate.

    (a) Scope. This section applies to the costs of a phone bank 
conducted by a national, State, district, or local committee or 
organization of a political party where--
    (1) The communication refers to a clearly identified Federal 
candidate;
    (2) The communication does not refer to any other clearly identified 
Federal or non-Federal candidate;
    (3) The communication includes another reference that generically 
refers to other candidates of the Federal candidate's party without 
clearly identifying them;
    (4) The communication does not solicit a contribution, donation, or 
any other funds from any person; and
    (5) The phone bank is not exempt from the definition of 
``contribution'' under 11 CFR 100.89 and is not exempt from the 
definition of ``expenditure'' under 11 CFR 100.149.
    (b) Attribution. Each disbursement for the costs of a phone bank 
described in paragraph (a) of this section shall be attributed as 
follows:
    (1) Fifty percent of the disbursement is not attributable to any 
other Federal or non-Federal candidate, but must be paid for entirely 
with Federal funds; and
    (2) Fifty percent of the disbursement is attributed to the clearly 
identified Federal candidate and must be paid for entirely with Federal 
funds. This disbursement may be one or a combination of the following:
    (i) An in-kind contribution, subject to the limitations set forth in 
11 CFR 110.1 or 110.2; or
    (ii) A coordinated expenditure or an independent expenditure, 
subject to the limitations, restrictions, and requirements of 11 CFR 
109.10, 109.32, and 109.33; or
    (iii) Reimbursed by the clearly identified Federal candidate or his 
or her authorized committee.

[68 FR 64520, Nov. 14, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 63920, Nov. 3, 2004]