R 168.322 Affiliated organizations.

Rule 22. (1) All political committees and independent committees established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the same corporation, joint stock company, domestic dependent sovereign, or labor organization, including a parent, subsidiary, branch, division, department, or local unit of the corporation, company, organization, are affiliated. “Local unit” may include, in appropriate cases, a franchise, licensee, or state or regional association. (2) Affiliated committees sharing a single contribution limitation include all of the committees established, directed, controlled, or financially supported by 1 of the following entities: (a) A single for profit corporation or joint stock company, including its subsidiaries. (b) A single national or international union, including its subordinate organizations, such as local unions, branches, divisions, or departments. “Subordinate organizations” does not include an independent labor organization that is voluntarily associated with another independent labor organization. (c) An organization of national or international unions, including all of its state and local central bodies. (d) A non-profit corporation, including trade or professional associations and related state and local entities of the corporation. (e) A domestic dependent sovereign.