2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-187.2. Contributions by corporations, labor unions, limited liability companies, and partnerships.

A. 1. No corporation or labor union may make a contribution to a political party, a political action committee or a candidate committee, and no political party committee, political action committee or candidate committee may accept a contribution from a corporation or labor union, except as permitted by law or the Rules of the Ethics Commission.

2. No limited liability company that has one or more incorporated members may make a contribution to a political party committee, a political action committee or a candidate committee, except as permitted by law or the Rules of the Ethics Commission.

3. No partnership that has one or more incorporated partners may make a contribution to a political party committee, a political action committee or a candidate committee, except as permitted by law or the Rules of the Ethics Commission.

B. No candidate, candidate committee, political party committee, political action committee or other committee shall knowingly accept contributions given in violation of the provisions of subsection A of this section.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a bank, savings and loan association or credit union loaning money to a candidate in connection with his or her own campaign which is to be repaid with interest at a rate comparable to that of loans for equivalent amounts for other purposes.

D. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this section where the aggregate amount contributed exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of up to four times the amount of the prohibited contribution or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for up to one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

E. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this section where the aggregate amount contributed is Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or less, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three times the amount of the prohibited contribution or One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), whichever is greater, or by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 343, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 156, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 76, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2014, c. 312, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 156 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.