Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1552

  • Candidate: means a person who seeks nomination or election to public office, except the office of president or vice president of the United States, presidential elector, delegate to a political party convention, United States senator, United States congressman, or political party office. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
  • committee: means two or more persons, other than a husband and wife, and any legal entity organized for the primary purpose of supporting or opposing one or more candidates, propositions, recalls of a public officer, or political parties, which accepts contributions in the name of the committee, or makes expenditures from committee funds or in the name of the committee, or makes a transfer of funds to or receives a transfer of funds from another committee, or receives or makes loans in an aggregate amount in excess of five hundred dollars within any calendar year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483

A.  If the provisions of this Part are utilized, the personal representative of the estate of the deceased candidate shall be responsible for filing the required reports.  The personal representative of the deceased candidate shall send notice to the supervisory committee of his intent to utilize the provisions of this Part to resolve the deficit of the deceased candidate.

B.  For purposes of this Part, “personal representative” shall have the same meaning as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 9:2260.1.

Acts 2011, No. 208, §1.