SECTIONS 85400-85403 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 85400-85403

85400. (a) A candidate for elective state office, other than the
Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System,
who voluntarily accepts expenditure limits may not make campaign
expenditures in excess of the following:
(1) For an Assembly candidate, four hundred thousand dollars
($400,000) in the primary or special primary election and seven
hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) in the general or special general
election.
(2) For a Senate candidate, six hundred thousand dollars
($600,000) in the primary or special primary election and nine
hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) in the general or special general
election.
(3) For a candidate for the State Board of Equalization, one
million dollars ($1,000,000) in the primary election and one million
five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in the general election.
(4) For a statewide candidate other than a candidate for Governor
or the State Board of Equalization, four million dollars ($4,000,000)
in the primary election and six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the
general election.
(5) For a candidate for Governor, six million dollars ($6,000,000)
in the primary election and ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in the
general election.
(b) For purposes of this section, "campaign expenditures" has the
same meaning as "election-related activities" as defined in clauses
(i) to (vi), inclusive, and clause (viii) of subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 82015.
(c) A campaign expenditure made by a political party on behalf of
a candidate may not be attributed to the limitations on campaign
expenditures set forth in this section.

85401. (a) Each candidate for elective state office shall file a
statement of acceptance or rejection of the voluntary expenditure
limits set forth in Section 85400 at the time he or she files the
statement of intention specified in Section 85200.
(b) A candidate may, until the deadline for filing nomination
papers set forth in Section 8020 of the Elections Code, change his or
her statement of acceptance or rejection of voluntary expenditure
limits provided he or she has not exceeded the voluntary expenditure
limits. A candidate may not change his or her statement of acceptance
or rejection of voluntary expenditure limits more than twice after
the candidate's initial filing of the statement of intention for that
election and office.
(c) Any candidate for elective state office who declined to accept
the voluntary expenditure limits but who nevertheless does not
exceed the limits in the primary, special primary, or special
election, may file a statement of acceptance of the expenditure
limits for a general or special runoff election within 14 days
following the primary, special primary, or special election.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 81004.5 or any other provision of this
title, a candidate may not change his or her statement of acceptance
or rejection of voluntary expenditure limits other than as provided
for by this section and Section 85402.

85402. (a) Any candidate for elective state office who has filed a
statement accepting the voluntary expenditure limits is not bound by
those limits if an opposing candidate contributes personal funds to
his or her own campaign in excess of the limits set forth in Section
85400.
(b) The commission shall require by regulation timely notification
by candidates for elective state office who make personal
contributions to their own campaign.

85403. Any candidate who files a statement of acceptance pursuant
to Section 85401 and makes campaign expenditures in excess of the
limits shall be subject to the remedies in Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 83100) and Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 91000).