New Campaign Finance Law Could Affect Georgia Coops
Posted on May 3, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on New Campaign Finance Law Could Affect Georgia Coops
The Georgia Legislature has sent Senate Bill 160 to the state’s governor for consideration. The bill changes the state’s campaign finance laws by allowing public utility corporations to make contributions to political campaigns. Electric membership corporations, however, are still prohibited from making any contributions to political campaigns. Despite this restriction, the bill makes it clear that electric membership corporations may establish political action committees for the purpose of engaging in state political campaigns. See the full text of the proposed legislation here.
