TITLE 11 - FEDERAL ELECTIONS

CHAPTER I - FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL

PART 100 - SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (2 U.S.C. 431)

subpart a - GENERAL DEFINITIONS

100.14 - State committee, subordinate committee, district, or local committee (2 U.S.C. 431(15)).

  (a) State committee means the organization that by virtue of the bylaws of a political party or the operation of State law is part of the official party structure and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the political party at the State level, including an entity that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by that organization, as determined by the Commission.

  (b) District or local committee means any organization that by virtue of the bylaws of a political party or the operation of State law is part of the official party structure, and is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the political party at the level of city, county, neighborhood, ward, district, precinct, or any other subdivision of a State.

  (c) Subordinate committee of a State, district, or local committee means any organization that at the level of city, county, neighborhood, ward, district, precinct, or any other subdivision of a State or any organization under the control or direction of the State committee, and is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the State, district, or local committee.

[67 FR 49110, July 29, 2002]