Amendment #16 to H4226

Legal Defense Fund

Mr. Jones of North Reading moves to amend the bill inserting after section 18, the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Section 18E of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a), and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a) Legal defense funds may be created by a candidate, state party committee, or a candidate's political committee to defend against a criminal matter or to pay costs associated with a civil matter that is not primarily personal in nature. Inauguration funds may be created by a candidate or the candidate's political committee to pay for the costs associated with an inaugural event. Recount funds may be created by a candidate or candidate's political committee to pay for the legal and other costs associated with a recount. Legal defense, inauguration, or recount funds shall be created separately from the candidate's campaign account or committee, and shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) assets of a political committee may not be used by the fund; (2) any donations received by the fund shall not be deposited into the candidate's campaign account or a committee account; and (3) donations to such fund shall not be used to benefit a political committee.”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #16, as changed to H4226

Legal Defense Fund