| 1 | 1 | | 24 LC 47 3095 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 1510 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Cheokas of the 151 |
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| 5 | 5 | | and Collins of the 71 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | To amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 12 | 12 | | government transparency and campaign finance, so as to prohibit foreign nationals from2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | contributing to candidates or campaign, independent, or political action committees; to3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | prohibit candidates and campaign, independent, and political action committees from4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | accepting contributions from foreign nationals; to provide exemptions for contributions made5 |
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| 16 | 16 | | by members of a candidate's immediate family; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other6 |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes.7 |
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| 18 | 18 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1.9 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government10 |
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| 21 | 21 | | transparency and campaign finance, is amended by revising Code Section 21-5-31, which is11 |
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| 22 | 22 | | reserved, as follows:12 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "21-5-31.13 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) No foreign national shall make a contribution to a candidate, campaign committee, |
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| 26 | 26 | | independent committee, or political action committee.15 |
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| 27 | 27 | | H. B. 1510 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) No candidate, campaign committee, independent committee, or political action16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | committee shall knowingly accept any contributions from foreign nationals.17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit a foreign national from making a18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | contribution to a candidate, or the campaign committee of a candidate, if such candidate19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | is the spouse, child, sibling, or parent of such foreign national, nor shall a candidate or his20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | or her campaign committee be prohibited from accepting contributions made by a foreign21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | national who is the spouse, child, sibling, or parent of such candidate Reserved."22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2.23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | H. B. 1510 |
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