EAO 132

** Overruled, Modified, Clarified or Superseded **Under Election Code section 253.100, a corporation, acting alone or in concert with one or more corporations, may finance the administration of a general-purpose committee with donations from its own property. Under section 253.100(d), such contributions are not reportable as political contributions by the general-purpose committee. However, if an individual makes a contribution to a general-purpose committee, specifying that the contribution is to be used for administrative expenses only, the general-purpose committee must report the donation as it does any other political contribution under chapter 254 of the Election Code. Administrative expenses are those expenses that would be incurred in the normal course of business by any active organization, whether or not it engaged in political activity. Additionally, a corporation may pay expenses incurred by a general-purpose committee for solicitations of contributions to the committee from the corporation’s stockholders, employees, and their families under section 253.100(b) of the Election Code.