(a) A corporation, limited liability company or labor organization shall not make contributions to a candidate committee.
(b) A corporation, limited liability company or labor organization may make unlimited contributions to persons other than candidate committees.
(c) A corporation, limited liability company or labor organization may sponsor a separate segregated fund. Employees, members, executives, stockholders and retirees and the families of a corporation, limited liability company or labor organization and any subsidiary or affiliate of a corporation, limited liability company or labor organization may make contributions to the separate segregated fund provided that the separate segregated fund has registered as a political action committee subject to the provisions of A.R.S. § 16-916 (c).
(d) A partnership may not contribute to a candidate for mayor or council member more than the contribution limits of section 12-86 of this code.
(e) A partnership may make unlimited contributions to persons other than candidate committees.
(f) Partnership contributions are subject to the following:
(1) Partnership contributions shall be attributed to each contributing partner as designated by the partnership. The partnership shall provide the recipient committee written notice identifying the contributing partners and the amount attributed to each.
(2) Partnership contributions shall count against both the partnership's and the individual partners' contribution limits to a recipient. The portion attributed to each partner shall be aggregated with the individual partner's non-partnership contributions to that recipient and shall not exceed the individual partner's contribution limit.
(3) The partnership shall not attribute any contribution to a partner that is a corporation, limited liability company or labor organization.
(4) Partnership contributions need not be accompanied by the signature of each contributing partner.
(g) A partnership may establish a separate segregated fund and register it as a political action committee.
(h) A contributor shall not give and a committee shall not accept a contribution that has been earmarked for a candidate.
(i) If an anonymous contribution is accepted because it is received in a non-returnable form, it must be segregated from other funds and must be disposed of pursuant to section 12-97 of this code.
(j) A contribution by an individual or a political committee to two (2) or more candidates in connection with a joint fund-raising effort shall be divided among the candidates in direct proportion to each candidate campaign committee's share of the expenses for the fund-raising effort.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)