California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 6 - Fair Political Practices Commission
Chapter 4 - Campaign Disclosure
Section 18450.2 - Definitions. Authorized and Paid for

Universal Citation: 2 CA Code of Regs 18450.2

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) A communication is "authorized and paid for" by a committee pursuant to Section 84501 if any of the following are met:

(1) The committee pays for the full costs of the communication;

(2) The committee pays for the largest portion of the costs for the communication.

(3) The committee coordinates the expenditure for the communication pursuant to Regulation 18225.7(c) with a person who pays for the communication and the person does not qualify as a committee under Section 82013; or

(4) The communication is an electronic media communication with nominal costs disseminated by the committee, unless the communication is a social media advertisement not requiring disclosures under Section 84504.3.

(b) The committee name disclosed pursuant to Section 84502 shall be the name of the committee that "authorized and paid for" the advertisement under subdivision (a).

(c) Paying for a communication includes making, promising to make, or incurring an obligation to make a payment for any costs associated with the design, production, or dissemination of the communication.

(d) Payments made by an agent of a committee for a communication are attributed to that committee.

1. New section filed 12-24-2019; operative 1-23-2020 pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18312(e). Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nonpublished decision, April 27, 1992 (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974 Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements and not subject to procedural or substantive review by OAL) (Register 2019, No. 52).

Note: Authority cited: Section 83112, Government Code. Reference: Sections 84501 and 84502, Government Code.

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