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The failure of any federal political action committee or out-of-state political committee to comply with the provisions of § 24.2-949.2, 24.2-949.10, 24.2-949.11, or 24.2-949.12 shall result in a civil penalty not to exceed the amount of the contribution made to a candidate campaign committee or political committee.C\n\nThe State Board of Elections shall institute proceedings pursuant to § 24.2-104 against any committee that fails to comply with the provisions of § 24.2-947.3:1, 24.2-949.2, 24.2-949.10, 24.2-949.11, 24.2-949.12, or 24.2-949.13 and, after notice by the State Board, continues for more than five days to remain noncompliant.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":258024,"text":"Acceptance of contributions of $10,000 or more in the aggregate in any calendar year from an unregistered federal political action committee or out-of-state political committee shall result in a civil penalty equal to the amount of the contributions made to a candidate campaign committee or political committee.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":258025,"text":"The provisions of this subsection are applicable regardless of the assessment of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection A. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 771<\/a> and 805<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78290,"section_number":"24.2-948.2","catch_line":"Reports as condition to qualification for office","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-948.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64832,"section_number":"24.2-104","catch_line":"Requesting assistance for attorney for the Commonwealth; investigative committees","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-104\/"},{"id":63651,"section_number":"24.2-947.3:1","catch_line":"Certain contributions received from federal political action and out-of-state political committees; campaign committee responsibilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-947.3_1\/"},{"id":84121,"section_number":"24.2-949.10","catch_line":"Out-of-state political committees; statements of organization","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-949.10\/"},{"id":82592,"section_number":"24.2-949.11","catch_line":"Out-of-state political committees; reporting requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-949.11\/"},{"id":80076,"section_number":"24.2-949.12","catch_line":"Out-of-state political committees; additional requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-949.12\/"},{"id":82836,"section_number":"24.2-949.13","catch_line":"Certain contributions received from federal political action and out-of-state political committees; political committee responsibilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-949.13\/"},{"id":60201,"section_number":"24.2-949.2","catch_line":"Statement of organization for a political action committee","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-949.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71586,"identifier":"24.2-953.5","token":"24.2\/9.3\/8\/24.2-953.5","url":"\/24.2-953.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-953.5\/","token":"24.2\/9.3\/8\/24.2-953.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional penalties related to federal political action or out-of-state political committees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-953.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Acceptance of contributions of $10,000 or more in the aggregate in any calendar year from an unregistered federal political action committee or out-of-state political committee shall result in a civil penalty<\/span> equal to the amount of the contributions made to a candidate<\/span> campaign committee or political committee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The provisions of this subsection are applicable regardless of the assessment of a civil penalty<\/span> pursuant to subsection A. The failure of any federal political action committee or out-of-state political committee to comply with the provisions of § 24.2-949.2<\/a>, 24.2-949.10<\/a>, 24.2-949.11<\/a>, or 24.2-949.12<\/a> shall result in a civil penalty<\/span> not to exceed the amount of the contribution made to a candidate<\/span> campaign committee or political committee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The State Board<\/span> of Elections<\/span> shall institute proceedings pursuant to § 24.2-104<\/a> against any committee that fails to comply with the provisions of § 24.2-947.3:1<\/a>, 24.2-949.2<\/a>, 24.2-949.10<\/a>, 24.2-949.11<\/a>, 24.2-949.12<\/a>, or 24.2-949.13<\/a> and, after notice by the State Board<\/span>, continues for more than five days to remain noncompliant. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL PENALTIES RELATED TO FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION OR OUT-OF-STATE\nPOLITICAL COMMITTEES (\u00a7 24.2-953.5)\n\nA. Acceptance of contributions of $10,000 or more in the aggregate in any\ncalendar year from an unregistered federal political action committee or\nout-of-state political committee shall result in a civil penalty equal to the\namount of the contributions made to a candidate campaign committee or political\ncommittee.\n\nB. The provisions of this subsection are applicable regardless of the assessment\nof a civil penalty pursuant to subsection A. The failure of any federal\npolitical action committee or out-of-state political committee to comply with\nthe provisions of § 24.2-949.2, 24.2-949.10, 24.2-949.11, or 24.2-949.12\nshall result in a civil penalty not to exceed the amount of the contribution\nmade to a candidate campaign committee or political committee.\n\nC. The State Board of Elections shall institute proceedings pursuant to §\n24.2-104 against any committee that fails to comply with the provisions of\n§ 24.2-947.3:1, 24.2-949.2, 24.2-949.10, 24.2-949.11, 24.2-949.12, or\n24.2-949.13 and, after notice by the State Board, continues for more than five\ndays to remain noncompliant.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, cc. 771, 805, \u00a7 24.2-930.1.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}