GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
CHAPTER 55.
DISCLOSURE AND REGULATION OF CAMPAIGN
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Chapter 55, Section 1. Definitions.
Chapter 55, Section 2. Accounts of contributions and expenditures;
violations; penalties.
DIRECTOR
Chapter 55, Section 3. Director of campaign and political
finance; selection, term; powers and duties; judicial review of decisions; procedure
for violations; penalties.
POLITICAL COMMITTEES
Chapter 55, Section 4. Repealed, 1986, 631, Sec. 3.
Chapter 55, Section 5. Political committees; statement
of organization; officers; duties; expenditures; incorporation; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 5A. Elected public officials; principal
officer of political action committees.
Chapter 55, Section 5B. Names or phrases identifying political
committees in organizational statements.
Chapter 55, Section 6. Restrictions on expenditures; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 6A. Contributions from political action
committees; limitations.
Chapter 55, Section 6B. Ballot question committees; contributions.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Chapter 55, Section 7. Receipts, disbursements and contributions
regulated; limitations; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 7A. Campaign contributions to candidates
from individuals; limitations; contributions from legislative and executive
agents.
Chapter 55, Section 8. Political contributions by corporations;
penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 8A. Media organizations offering time
or space to qualified candidates at no cost or at reduced price; limitations.
Chapter 55, Section 9. Contributions and expenditures over
$50; use of credit card by committee; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 9A. Contributions by electronic means;
acceptance by political action committee; authorization cards.
Chapter 55, Section 10. Name and address of donor; disclosure;
penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 10A. Treatment of contributions to
candidate through intermediary or conduit.
Chapter 55, Section 11. Soliciting from candidates prohibited;
exception; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 12. Soliciting of money for nomination
papers prohibited; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 13. Solicitation or receipt of political
campaign contributions by appointive public officers or employees prohibited;
exception; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 14. Soliciting contributions in public
buildings prohibited; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 15. Political contributions by public
officers or employees restricted; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 16. Requiring political contributions
or services of persons in public service prohibited; penalty.
Chapter 55, Section 16A. Obligation to make political
contribution or render political service; penalty.
Chapter 55, Section 16B. Obligation to make political
contribution or render political service employed for compensation; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 17. Public service status of officers
or employees protected relative to political contributions; penalty.
STATEMENTS AND REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
OF CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES
Chapter 55, Section 18. Reports of contributions and expenditures;
persons required to file; contents; reporting periods; time limits; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 18A. Reports of independent expenditures.
Chapter 55, Section 18B. Candidate or elected official
sponsoring fund raising event on behalf of non-resident candidate; reports of
contributions; penalty.
Chapter 55, Section 18C. Electronic reporting system;
candidates and political committees; campaign finance reports and activity statements.
Chapter 55, Section 19. Campaign funds; designation of
depository.
Chapter 55, Section 20. Repealed, 1979, 335, Sec. 2.
Chapter 55, Section 21. Repealed, 1979, 335, Sec. 3.
Chapter 55, Section 22. Corporations making contributions;
filing of reports with director; penalties.
Chapter 55, Section 22A. Expenditures for political purpose;
report; punishment for violation; examination of accounts.
Chapter 55, Section 23. Persons acting for political committees;
accounts and vouchers to treasurers.
Chapter 55, Section 24. Place of filing statements; signing.
Chapter 55, Section 25. Preservation of statements and
reports by director; public inspection and reproduction.
Chapter 55, Section 26. Preservation of statements and
reports by city or town clerk; public inspection and reproduction.
Chapter 55, Section 27. Furnishing blanks and forms for
statements and reports, and summary of laws.
Chapter 55, Section 28. Inspection of statements and reports;
delinquencies; notice; filing.
Chapter 55, Section 29. Failure to file statement, report
or affidavit; notice to and duties of director and attorney general.
Chapter 55, Section 30. Courts' authority to compel filing
of statements.
Chapter 55, Section 31. Immunity of witnesses.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO CORRUPT PRACTICES
Chapter 55, Section 32. Corrupt practices by candidate
defined.
Chapter 55, Section 33. Election petitions for corrupt
practices; procedure.
Chapter 55, Section 34. Application of preceding sections.
ELECTION INQUESTS
Chapter 55, Section 35. Inquests upon complaint for violations.
Chapter 55, Section 36. Conduct of inquests.
Chapter 55, Section 37. Witnesses; attendance; process;
fees.
Chapter 55, Section 38. Stenographer.
Chapter 55, Section 39. Witnesses; binding over to superior
court.
Chapter 55, Section 40. Apprehension of offenders.
Chapter 55, Section 41. Witnesses; compulsory testimony;
immunity.
PENALTY FOR CORRUPT PRACTICES
Chapter 55, Section 42. Forwarding certified copy of record
of final judgment or conviction to city or town clerk; disqualification of defendant
as voter.
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