Hawaii Regulations § 3-160-42 Expenditures not allowed for personal expenses
Regulation Text
(a)
Candidates and committees shall not use campaign funds for "personal expenses".
(b)
"Personal expenses", as used in this section, means expenses that would exist irrespective of a candidate's campaign to seek the nomination or election to office or being elected to an office and includes the following expenses:
(1)
Household food items and supplies purchased for daily personal consumption by the candidate, a family member of the candidate, or members of a committee, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee;
(2)
Gifts or donations for weddings, Christmas, birthdays, funerals, or other personal occasions, except gifts to campaign employees or volunteers as provided in section
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(a) (5)
;
(3)
Clothing usually and customarily worn for every day wear; provided that a campaign expense for clothing identifying the candidate or campaign for an office shall not be prohibited;
(4)
Tuition and educational fees or expenses not directly related to the performance of duties or responsibilities in a candidate's campaign for elected office;
(5)
Mortgage, rent, and utility expenses for a personal residence; provided that if a clearly segregated portion of the personal residence is being used for campaign purposes, contributions may be used to reimburse the owner of the property a fair rental value for the apportioned actual use of the personal residence;
(6)
Entertainment or sporting events;
(7)
Dues, fees, or other expenses to a country club, health club, recreational or exercise facility and not arising from a fundraising activity or function held at the facility;
(8)
Compensation for personal services paid to the candidate;
(9)
Compensation for personal services paid to the candidate's immediate family or relatives, unless the payments are for bona fide services necessary to maintain a campaign to influence the nomination or election of the candidate and is comparable to the compensation paid to other persons in the community providing similar services;
(10)
Legal expenses not related to the nomination or election of a candidate; provided that personal expenses do not include legal expenses specifically related to the nomination or election of a candidate in:
(A)
Proceedings before the commission; or
(B)
Proceedings before an administrative agency or a court of law; or
(11)
Vacation expenses.
History
[Eff MAY 29 2010] (Auth: HRS §§ 11-193, 11-216, 11- 225) (Imp: HRS §§ 11-206, 11-207, 11-208, 11-209, 11-212, 11-213, 11-224)
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