{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-55-5a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, § 5A","heading":"Elected public officials; principal officers of political action committees","body":"Section 5A. No candidate or individual holding elective public office shall establish, finance, maintain, control or serve as a principal officer of a political action committee; provided, however, that each of the following may authorize one such political committee to which this section shall not apply: a majority of the members of each political party who are members of the house of representatives, and a majority of the members of each political party who are members of the senate.","path":["Part I","Title VIII","Chapter 55"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVIII/Chapter55/Section5A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:50Z","sha256":"8a7aac957b877a820033e3d13f98dd5129e91919a152458480f92b3ef4750a90","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-55-5","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-55-5b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}