[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: 11CFR112.1]

[Page 203]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 112_ADVISORY OPINIONS (2 U.S.C. 437f)--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  112.1  Requests for advisory opinions (2 U.S.C. 437f(a)(1)).

    (a) Any person may request in writing an advisory opinion concerning 
the application of the Act, chapters 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954, or any regulation prescribed by the Commission. An 
authorized agent of the requesting person may submit the advisory 
opinion request, but the agent shall disclose the identity of his or her 
principal.
    (b) The written advisory opinion request shall set forth a specific 
transaction or activity that the requesting person plans to undertake or 
is presently undertaking and intends to undertake in the future. 
Requests presenting a general question of interpretation, or posing a 
hypothetical situation, or regarding the activities of third parties, do 
not qualify as advisory opinion requests.
    (c) Advisory opinion requests shall include a complete description 
of all facts relevant to the specific transaction or activity with 
respect to which the request is made.
    (d) The Office of General Counsel shall review all requests for 
advisory opinions submitted under 11 CFR 112.1. If the Office of General 
Counsel determines that a request for an advisory opinion is incomplete 
or otherwise not qualified under 11 CFR 112.1, it shall, within 10 
calendar days of receipt of such request, notify the requesting person 
and specify the deficiencies in the request.
    (e) Advisory opinion requests should be sent to the Federal Election 
Commission, Office of General Counsel, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20463.
    (f) Upon receipt by the Commission, each request which qualifies as 
an advisory opinion request (AOR) under 11 CFR 112.1 shall be assigned 
an AOR number for reference purposes.

[45 FR 15123, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 50778, Dec. 12, 1985]