Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 114 - Campaign contributions by foreign nationals; prohibit

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Code Sections - 21-5-37

1. Poston  3rd


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HB 114                                             LC 9 7986






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign
  1- 3  contributions, so as to prohibit contributions by foreign
  1- 4  nationals; to provide for definitions; to repeal conflicting
  1- 5  laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of
  1- 8  Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign contributions, is
  1- 9  amended by adding at the end of said article a new Code
  1-10  Section 21-5-37 to read as follows:

  1-11    "21-5-37. (Index)

  1-12    (a) As used in this Code section, the term:

  1-13      (1) 'Foreign principal' means:

  1-14        (A) A government of a foreign country or a foreign
  1-15        political party;

  1-16        (B) A person outside the United States, unless it is
  1-17        established that such person is not an individual and
  1-18        is organized under or created by the laws of the
  1-19        United States or of any state or other place subject
  1-20        to the jurisdiction of the United States and has its
  1-21        principal place of business within the United States;
  1-22        or

  1-23        (C) A partnership, association, corporation,
  1-24        organization, or other combination of persons
  1-25        organized under the laws of or having its principal
  1-26        place of business in a foreign country.

  1-27      (2) 'Foreign national' means:

  1-28        (A) A foreign principal, except that such term shall
  1-29        not include any individual who is a citizen of the
  1-30        United States; or



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  2- 1        (B) An individual who is not a citizen of the United
  2- 2        States and who is not lawfully admitted to the United
  2- 3        States for permanent residence as defined by 8 U.S.C.,
  2- 4        Section 1101(a)(20).

  2- 5    (b) It shall be unlawful for a foreign national directly
  2- 6    or through any other person to make any contribution of
  2- 7    money or other thing of value, or to promise expressly or
  2- 8    impliedly to make any such contribution, in connection
  2- 9    with an election to any political office or in connection
  2-10    with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to
  2-11    select candidates for any political office or for any
  2-12    person to solicit, accept, or receive any such
  2-13    contribution from a foreign national."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-14  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-15  repealed.































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