3014 CITIZEN-SERVICE PROGRAM

3014.1 A citizen-service program shall encompass any activity or program which provides services to the residents of the District of Columbia; and promotes their general Welfare, including, but not limited to, charitable, scientific, educational, medical or recreational purposes.

3014.2 Citizen-service programs shall be prohibited from participating in any of the following:

(a) Promoting or opposing a political party or committee;

(b) Promoting or opposing the nomination or election of an individual to public office;

(c) Promoting or opposing any initiative, referendum or recall measure;

(d) Distributing campaign literature or paraphernalia;

(e) Using any funds for personal purposes of the elected official; and

(f) Conducting any other campaign activities covered in this title.

3014.3 A citizen-service program may be maintained only by the following elected officials:

(a) Mayor;

(b) Chairman and members of the Council; and

(c) Any Representative or Senator of the District of Columbia.

3014.4 A citizen-service program shall be established in the following manner:

(a) In a ward by a member of the Council elected by ward; and

(b) At-large by all other elected officials listed at § 3014.3.

3014.5 An elected official shall fund the citizen-service program only through the following methods:

(a) By transferring any surplus, residue, or unexpended campaign funds to the citizen-service program;

(b) By receiving contributions which do not exceed, in the aggregate, forty thousand dollars ($40,000) in any one (1) calendar year;

(c) By receiving cash contributions from any person which, when aggregated with all other contributions received from the same person, do not exceed four hundred dollars ($400), in any one (1) calendar year; and

(d) By receiving personality from any person which, when aggregated with all other contributions received from the same person, do not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any one (1) calendar year.

3014.6 The amount of any transfer of surplus, residue, or unexpended campaign funds by the elected official shall not be subject to the forty thousand dollars ($40,000) contribution limitation, under § 3014.5(b).

3014.7 The amount of any funds contributed by an elected official to the official's citizen-service program shall not be subject to the four hundred dollars ($400) contribution limitation, under § 3014.5(c).

3014.8 No person shall receive or make any cash contribution of twenty-five dollars ($25) or more

in legal tender.

3014.9 A connected organization, under § 3000.9(a), and all affiliated committees established, financed, maintained or controlled by the connected organization share a single contribution limitation with respect separately to cash and personality.3014.10 Corporations may make contributions to citizen-service programs.3014.11 A corporation its subsidiaries, and all political committees established, financed, maintained or controlled by the corporation and its subsidiaries share a single contribution limitation.3014.12 A corporation is deemed to be a separate entity; provided, that a corporation (corporation B) which is established, financed, maintained or controlled (51% or more) by another corporation (corporation A) is considered, for the purposes of the contribution limitations, a subsidiary of the other corporation (corporation A).3014.13 Partnerships may make contributions in the District of Columbia; provided, that all contributions by a partnership shall be subject to each contributing partner's individual contribution limitations, under § 3014.5.3014.14 Contributions by a partnership shall be attributed to each partner, only by one (1) of the following methods:- (a) Instructions from the partnership to the citizen-service program or the elected official; or

- (b) Agreement of the partners; provided, that the profits of non-contributing partners are not affected.3014.15 No portion of any contribution, under § 3014.5, shall derive from the profits of a corporation that is a partner.3014.16 The contribution limitations, under § 3014, shall apply only to the elected official's citizen-service program.3014.17 An elected official shall be required to comply with the following:- (a) Spend no more than forty thousand (\$40,000) in any one (1) calendar year for the citizen-service program;

- (b) Include the name of the elected official in the name of the citizen-service program;

- (c) File a statement of organization, on a form prescribed by the Director, within ten (10) days of organization;

- (d) Amend the Statement of Organization within ten (10) days of any change in information previously reported on its Statement of Organization; and

- (e) Sign and file all Reports, in accordance with §§ 3008 and 3017.3014.18 A citizen-service program may have a treasurer.3014.19 A treasurer shall be required to file the following:- (a) A statement of acceptance, on a form prescribed by the Director, within forty-eight (48) hours of assuming the office; and

- (b) A statement of withdrawal on a form prescribed by the Director, and a copy of written notification sent to the address of record of the custodian of records, if indicated, and the elected official, within forty-eight (48) hours of vacating the office.

3014.20 A citizen-service program may establish and maintain a petty cash fund; provided, that records shall be maintained in accordance with § 3010 of this chapter.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 D.C. Reg. 3161, 3176-78 (May 20, 1998); and further amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 D.C. Reg. 2171, 2179-82 (March 24, 2000).