Louisiana § RS 18:1468 - Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition
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§ RS 18:1468. Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition
A. No person shall solicit or receive funds nor any thing of value from a candidate or political committee and no candidate or political committee or other person shall pay any funds or any thing of value to any person for the purpose of endorsing, supporting, opposing, or securing an endorsement, support of or opposition to any candidate. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the payment by a candidate, political committee, or other person, of funds or any thing of value to a person in return for the conducting, by such person to whom the payment is made, of a social function which is in support of or in opposition to a candidate or political committee of* which otherwise seeks to influence an election.
B. The terms used in this Section shall be defined as in Chapter 11 of this Title.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
*SO IN ENROLLED BILL
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 18:1468 ("Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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