3006 DESIGNATION OF EXISTING POLITICAL COMMITTEE

3006.1 Except as provided in § 3006.2, an existing political committee may be designated as the principal campaign committee of a candidate if such existing political committee meets the following conditions:

1. (a) The Statement of Organization of the existing political committee indicates that the existing political committee is an unauthorized committee, pursuant to § 3000.7, including any independent or political action committee; and
2. (b) R&E Reports of the existing political committee are current.

3006.2 An existing political committee that has been previously designated as the principal campaign committee of a candidate, or of a slate of candidates for election as officials of a political party, shall not be designated as the principal campaign committee of a candidate in any future election.

3006.3 Upon designation of an existing political committee as a principal campaign committee of a candidate, the committee shall:

1. (a) Amend its Statement of Organization, pursuant to § 3000.19, to report the designation;
2. (b) Determine whether persons making contributions previously received by or on behalf of the candidate or by the political committee before designation may have exceeded the relevant limits, pursuant to § 3011; and
3. (c) Refund any contributions to donors who may have exceeded the contribution limitations by no later than 30 days after such determination is made.

3006.4 To ascertain individual donor compliance with the contribution limitations, contributions to a candidate and to a committee, prior to designation, shall be attributed in aggregate by donor name.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 3161, 3167-68 (May 22, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3222 (April 21, 2006); 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).