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TITLE 9. POLITICAL REFORM 81000-91014›CHAPTER 5. Limitations on Contributions 85100-85802›ARTICLE 3. Contribution Limitations 85300-85321

§ 85319

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

A candidate for state elective office may return all or part of any contribution to the donor who made the contribution at any time, whether or not other contributions are returned, except a contribution that the candidate for state elective office made to that candidate’s own controlled committee.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 174. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022. Note: This section was added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 102, and approved in Prop. 34 on Nov. 7, 2000.)

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