ENROLLED
2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 51
BY REPRESENTATIVES MIGUEZ, AMEDEE, CREWS, DESHOTEL, EDMONSTON,
EMERSON, FIRMENT, HODGES, HORTON, MACK, MCCORMICK, AND
SEABAUGH
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 18:1400.10, relative to funding of elections and related expenses; to provide
3 relative to election expenses paid by the secretary of state; to provide relative to
4 election expenses paid by a governing authority; to provide relative to election
5 expenses incurred by clerks of court and registrars of voters; to provide relative to
6 election expenses for parish boards of election supervisors; to provide exceptions;
7 and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 18:1400.10 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1400.10. Prohibition on use of private funds for election related expenses
11 A. Except as otherwise authorized by law, when an election is held during
12 a state of emergency declared by the governor, no state or local official, including
13 but not limited to a registrar of voters or a clerk of court, or agency responsible for
14 conducting elections, shall solicit, accept, use, or dispose of any donation in the form
15 of money, grants, property, or personal services from individuals or profit or
16 nonprofit corporations, for the purpose of funding election-related expenses.
17 B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to the
18 solicitation, acceptance, use, or disposal of any campaign contribution or in-kind
19 contribution by any candidate for public office for the purpose of meeting expenses
20 related to seeking that office.
21 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
22 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
23 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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