Section 85400 Of Article 4. Voluntary Expenditure Ceilings From California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 4.
85400
. (a) A candidate for elective state office, other than the
Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System,
who voluntarily accepts expenditure limits may not make campaign
expenditures in excess of the following:
(1) For an Assembly candidate, four hundred thousand dollars
($400,000) in the primary or special primary election and seven
hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) in the general or special general
election.
(2) For a Senate candidate, six hundred thousand dollars
($600,000) in the primary or special primary election and nine
hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) in the general or special general
election.
(3) For a candidate for the State Board of Equalization, one
million dollars ($1,000,000) in the primary election and one million
five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) in the general election.
(4) For a statewide candidate other than a candidate for Governor
or the State Board of Equalization, four million dollars ($4,000,000)
in the primary election and six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the
general election.
(5) For a candidate for Governor, six million dollars ($6,000,000)
in the primary election and ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in the
general election.
(b) For purposes of this section, "campaign expenditures" has the
same meaning as "election-related activities" as defined in clauses
(i) to (vi), inclusive, and clause (viii) of subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 82015.
(c) A campaign expenditure made by a political party on behalf of
a candidate may not be attributed to the limitations on campaign
expenditures set forth in this section.