97-13-18 - Foreign nationals prohibited from contributing to political party or candidate. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-13-18. Foreign nationals prohibited from contributing to political party or candidate.
 

(1) It shall be unlawful for a foreign national, directly or through any other person, to make any contribution or any expenditure of money or other thing of value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make any such contribution or expenditure, in connection with an election to any political office or in connection with any primary election, convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office. 

(2) No person shall solicit, accept or receive any such contribution from a foreign national. 

(3) The term foreign national means: 

(a) A foreign principal as defined in 22 USCS 611(b), except that the term "foreign national" does not include any individual who is a citizen of the United States; or 

(b) An individual who is not a citizen of the United States and who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
 

Sources: Laws, 1999, ch. 301, § 20, eff January 15, 1999 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the addition of this section.)