163-278.16. Regulations regarding timing of contributions and expenditures.
Except as provided in G.S. 163-278.6(74) and G.S. 163-278.12, no contribution may be received or expenditure made by or on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or referendum committee:
(1) Until the candidate, political committee, or referendum committee appoints a treasurer and certifies the name and address of the treasurer to the Board; and
(2) Unless the contribution is received or the expenditure made by or through the treasurer of the candidate, political committee, or referendum committee. (1973, c. 1272, s. 1; 1975, c. 565, s. 2; 1979, c. 500, s. 4; c. 1073, ss. 19, 20; 1987, c. 652; 1997-515, s. 13.1(a); 1999-31, ss. 1(d), 4(b); 1999-453, s. 2(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws
Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns.
§ 163-278.5 - Scope of Article; severability.
§ 163-278.7 - Appointment of political treasurers.
§ 163-278.7A - Gifts from federal political committees.
§ 163-278.8 - Detailed accounts to be kept by political treasurers.
§ 163-278.8A - Campaign sales by political party executive committees.
§ 163-278.8B - Affiliated party committees.
§ 163-278.8C - Council of State affiliated party committees.
§ 163-278.9 - Statements filed with Board.
§ 163-278.9A - Statements filed by referendum committees.
§ 163-278.10 - Procedure for inactive candidate or committee.
§ 163-278.10A - Threshold of $1,000 for financial reports for certain candidates.
§ 163-278.11 - Contents of treasurer's statement of receipts and expenditures.
§ 163-278.12 - Special reporting of contributions and independent expenditures.
§ 163-278.12C - Special reporting of electioneering communications.
§ 163-278.13 - Limitation on contributions.
§ 163-278.13B - Limitation on fund-raising during legislative session.
§ 163-278.13C - Campaign contributions prohibition.
§ 163-278.16 - Regulations regarding timing of contributions and expenditures.
§ 163-278.16B - Use of contributions for certain purposes.
§ 163-278.17 - Statements of media outlets regarding political advertising.
§ 163-278.18 - Normal commercial charges for political advertising.
§ 163-278.19A - Contributions allowed.
§ 163-278.19B - Political party headquarters building funds.
§ 163-278.21 - Promulgation of policy and administration through State Board of Elections.
§ 163-278.22 - Duties of State Board.
§ 163-278.23 - Duties of Executive Director of State Board.
§ 163-278.24 - Statements examined within four months.
§ 163-278.25 - Issuance of declaration of nomination or certificate of election.
§ 163-278.26 - Appeals from State Board of Elections; early docketing.
§ 163-278.27 - Criminal penalties; duty to report and prosecute.
§ 163-278.28 - Issuance of injunctions; special prosecutors named.
§ 163-278.30 - Candidates for federal offices to file information reports.
§ 163-278.32 - Statements under oath.
§ 163-278.33 - Applicability of Article 22.
§ 163-278.34 - Civil penalties.
§ 163-278.35 - Preservation of records.
§ 163-278.37 - County boards of elections to preserve reports.
§ 163-278.38 - Effect of failure to comply.
§ 163-278.39 - Basic disclosure requirements for all political advertisements.
§ 163-278.39C - Scope of disclosure requirements.
§ 163-278.40A - Organizational report.
§ 163-278.40B - Campaign report; partisan election.
§ 163-278.40C - Campaign report; nonpartisan election and runoff.
§ 163-278.40D - Campaign report; nonpartisan primary and elections.
§ 163-278.40E - Campaign report; nonpartisan plurality.
§ 163-278.40F - Form of report.
§ 163-278.40H - Notice of reports due.
§ 163-278.40I - Part 1 to apply.
§ 163-278.40J - Other committees report by municipal schedule.