No candidate and no committee controlled by a candidate or officeholder shall make any contribution from the checking account established pursuant to the previous section of this article to any other candidate running for office or to any committee supporting or opposing a candidate for office in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in the aggregate per calendar year. This section shall not prohibit a candidate from making a contribution from the candidate’s own personal funds to the candidate’s campaign or to the campaign of any other candidate for elective office.