{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-278.13c","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-278.13C","heading":"Campaign contributions prohibition.","body":"(a)\tNo lobbyist may make a contribution as defined in G.S. 163-278.6 to a candidate or candidate campaign committee as defined in G.S. 163-278.38Z when that candidate meets any of the following criteria:\n(1)\tIs a legislator as defined in G.S. 120C-100.\n(2)\tIs a public servant as defined in G.S. 138A-3(30)a and G.S. 120C-104.\n(b)\tNo lobbyist may do any of the following with respect to a candidate or candidate campaign committee described in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section:\n(1)\tCollect a contribution or multiple contributions from one or more contributors intended for that candidate or candidate campaign committee.\n(2)\tTake possession of a contribution or multiple contributions intended for that candidate or candidate campaign committee.\n(3)\tTransfer or deliver a collected contribution or multiple contributions to the intended candidate or candidate campaign committee.\n(c)\tThis section shall not apply to a lobbyist, who has filed a notice of candidacy for office under G.S. 163-106 or Article 11 of this Chapter or has been nominated under G.S. 163-114 or G.S. 163-98, making a contribution to that lobbyist's candidate campaign committee.\n(d)\tFor purposes of this section, the term \"lobbyist\" shall mean an individual registered as a lobbyist under Chapter 120C of the General Statutes. (2006-201, s. 18; 2007-347, s. 5(a), (b); 2008-213, s. 86; 2013-381, s. 47.1(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","SUBCHAPTER VIII. REGULATION OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.","Article 22A. Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns.","Part 1. In General."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-278.13C.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"8df5d91f676b3eee6b0e71424d8ca0e24c0314037daf3af56360d1ccf198fce2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-278.13b","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-278.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}