{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-5-35","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 21-5-35","heading":"Acceptance of contributions or pledges during legislative sessions.","body":"(a) No member of the General Assembly or that member’s campaign committee or public officer elected state wide or campaign committee of such public officer shall seek or accept a contribution or a pledge of a contribution to the member, the member’s campaign committee, or public officer elected state wide, or campaign committee of such public officer during a legislative session.\n(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to:\n(1) The receipt of a contribution which is returned with reasonable promptness to the donor or the donor’s agent;\n(2) The receipt and acceptance during a legislative session of a contribution consisting of proceeds from a dinner, luncheon, rally, or similar fundraising event held prior to the legislative session;\n(3) The receipt of a contribution by a political party consisting of the proceeds from a dinner, luncheon, rally, or similar fundraising event in which a member of the General Assembly or a public officer elected state wide participates; or\n(4) A judicial officer elected state wide, a candidate for a judicial office elected state wide, or a campaign committee of such judicial officer or candidate.","path":["TITLE 21 Elections","CHAPTER 5 Government Transparency and Campaign Finance","Article 2 Campaign Contributions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.21.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"6b1f3c38a707a0ef019b00ef25865e3adb8a7a845901835926b7b4d3966d404c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-5-34.2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-21-5-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}