3005.1 With the exception of persons who make independent expenditures under the Act, only a candidate's designated principal campaign committee and its affiliated committees shall accept contributions or make expenditures on behalf of that candidate.

3005.2 An individual who is a candidate for more than one (1) office shall designate a separate principal campaign committee for each office sought.

3005.3 Notwithstanding § 3005.2, a principal campaign committee supporting the nomination or election of a candidate as an official of a political party may support the nomination or election of more than one (1) candidate as an official of a political party.

3005.4 The principal campaign committee shall process contributions in the following manner:

(a) Contributions received by check, money order, or other written instrument shall be consigned directly to the principal campaign committee; and

(b) The proceeds of any monetary instruments listed in Subsection (a) that have been cashed or redeemed by the candidate pursuant to § 3004.2 shall be disallowed by the principal campaign committee and returned by the candidate to the donor; except

(a) Contributions to a candidate seeking certification or participating in the Fair Elections Program shall be processed in accordance with § 4203.24.

3005.5 No contributions shall be commingled with the candidate's personal funds or accounts.

3005.6 Except as provided in § 4101, an existing committee shall not be designated as the principal campaign committee of a candidate for public office, including the designation of any previously designated principal campaign committee of a candidate, or a slate of candidates for election as officials of a political party, in any future election.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 3161 (May 22, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 2731 (March 22, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 2229, 2236 (March 19, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 1402 (February 8, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 11864 (August 16, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3025 (March 13, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 8118 (July 12, 2019).