Chapter 55 - DISCLOSURE AND REGULATION OF CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
- Section 55:1 - Definitions
- Section 55:2 - Accounts of campaign contributions and expenditures; violations; penalties
- Section 55:3 - Director of campaign and political finance; selection; powers and duties; judicial review of decisions; procedure for violations; penalties; fund transfers
- Section 55:5 - Political committees; statement of organization; treasurer; secretary; duties; expenditures; penalties
- Section 55:5A - Elected public officials; political action committees
- Section 55:5B - Names or phrases identifying political committees in organizational statements
- Section 55:5C - Online training program for treasurers of political committees
- Section 55:6 - Restrictions on expenditures; penalties
- Section 55:6A - Contributions from political action committees; limitations
- Section 55:6B - Ballot question committees; contributions
- Section 55:7 - Receipts, disbursements and contributions regulated; limitations; penalties
- Section 55:7A - Campaign contributions to candidates from individuals; limitations; contributions from legislative and executive agents; contributions from gaming licensee
- Section 55:8 - Political contributions, etc., by corporations; penalties
- Section 55:8A - Media organizations offering time or space to qualified candidates at no cost or at reduced cost; limitations
- Section 55:9 - Contributions and expenditures over $50 in cash or $100 by money order or bank check; use of credit or debit card by committee; penalties
- Section 55:9A - Contributions by direct deposit; authorization cards
- Section 55:9B - Joint contributions
- Section 55:10 - True name and address of donor to be given; penalties
- Section 55:10A - Treatment of contributions made to candidate or on behalf of candidate or through intermediary or conduit
- Section 55:11 - Soliciting of money, etc., from, and payment thereof by, candidates prohibited; exception; penalties
- Section 55:12 - Soliciting of money for nomination papers prohibited; penalties
- Section 55:13 - Solicitation or receipt of political campaign contributions by appointed public officers or employees prohibited; exceptions; penalties
- Section 55:14 - Soliciting contributions in public buildings prohibited; penalties
- Section 55:15 - Political contributions by public officers or employees restricted; penalties
- Section 55:16 - Requiring political contributions or services of persons in public service prohibited; penalty
- Section 55:16A - Obligation to make political contribution or render political service; penalty
- Section 55:16B - Obligation to make political contribution or render political service employed for compensation; penalty
- Section 55:17 - Public service status of officers or employees protected relative to political contributions; penalty
- Section 55:18 - Reports of contributions and expenditures; persons required to file; contents; reporting periods; time limits; penalties
- Section 55:18A - Reports of independent expenditures
- Section 55:18B - Candidate or elected official sponsoring fund raising event on behalf of non-resident candidate; reports of contributions; penalty
- Section 55:18C - Electronic reporting system; campaign finance reports and activity statements
- Section 55:18D - Vendor expenditures on behalf of political committee; accounting
- Section 55:18E - Legal defense, recount or inauguration funds; creation; donations
- Section 55:18F - Electioneering communication expenditures
- Section 55:18G - Independent expenditure or electioneering communication on radio, television or internet advertising; disclosure statement; violations; penalty
- Section 55:19 - Campaign funds; designation of depository
- Section 55:22 - Persons or corporations making contributions; filing of reports with director; penalties
- Section 55:22A - Expenditures for political purpose; report; punishment for violation; examination of accounts
- Section 55:23 - Persons acting for political committees; accounts and vouchers to treasurers
- Section 55:24 - Place of filing statements or reports; signing
- Section 55:25 - Preservation of statements and reports by director; public inspection and reproduction
- Section 55:26 - Preservation of statements and reports by city or town clerk; public inspection and reproduction
- Section 55:27 - Furnishing summary of laws and forms
- Section 55:28 - Inspection of statements and reports; delinquencies; notice; filing
- Section 55:29 - Failure to file or unlawful statement, report or affidavit; notice to and duties of director and attorney general
- Section 55:30 - Courts authorized to compel filing of statements
- Section 55:31 - Immunity of witnesses
- Section 55:32 - Corrupt practices by candidate defined
- Section 55:33 - Election petitions for corrupt practices; procedure
- Section 55:34 - Application of preceding sections
- Section 55:35 - Inquests upon complaint for violations
- Section 55:36 - Conduct of inquests
- Section 55:37 - Witnesses; attendance; process; fees
- Section 55:38 - Stenographer
- Section 55:39 - Witnesses; binding over to superior court
- Section 55:40 - Apprehension of offenders
- Section 55:41 - Witnesses; compulsory testimony; immunity
- Section 55:42 - Forwarding certified copy of record of final judgment or conviction to city or town clerk; disqualification of defendant as voter