State Party Expenditures

(1) Definitions. For the purpose of 970 CMR 2.16, the following terms shall have the following meanings: Allocable Expense means any expense that may be allocated between the non-federal and federal accounts of a state committee in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Federal Election Commission. Federal Account means the separate federal account of a state committee established under regulations promulgated by the Federal Election Commission. State Account means the separate state or any non-federal account of a state committee established under regulations promulgated by the Federal Election Commission, and in accordance with M.G.L. c. 55, § 19. State Committee means the state committee of a political party, as defined in M.G.L. c. 50, § 1, organized in accordance with M.G.L. c. 52. (2) All state committee expenditures made primarily for the purpose of aiding, promoting or preventing the nomination or election of any person to a state or local public office must be made from the state account, unless such expenditure may be made out of the federal account of the state committee in accordance with the Federal Election Campaign Act or regulations promulgated under its authority. (3) Monetary contributions by state committees to any political committee organized pursuant to M.G.L. c. 55, § 5 must be made from the state committee’s state account. (4) A state committee may transfer, from its state account to its federal account, the full amount of the state share of any allocable expense in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Federal Election Commission.