---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 102.12"
title: "11"
number: "102.12"
heading: "Designation of principal campaign committee (52 U.S.C. 30102(e)(1) and (3))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/102.12"
---

# §102.12. Designation of principal campaign committee (52 U.S.C. 30102(e)(1) and (3)).

- (a) Each candidate for Federal office (other than a nominee of a political party to the Office of Vice President) shall designate in writing a political committee to serve as his or her principal campaign committee in accordance with [11 CFR 101.1(a)](/cfr/11/101.1.md?p=a) no later than 15 days after becoming a candidate. Each principal campaign committee shall register, designate a depository and report in accordance with 11 CFR parts [102](/cfr/11/part102.md), [103](/cfr/11/part103.md) and 104.
- (b) No political committee may be designated as the principal campaign committee of more than one candidate.
- (c)
  - (1) No political committee which supports or has supported more than one candidate may be designated as a principal campaign committee, except that, after nomination, a candidate for the office of President of the United States nominated by a political party may designate the national committee of such political party as his or her principal campaign committee. A national committee which is so designated shall maintain separate books of account with respect to its function as a principal campaign committee.
  - (2) For purposes of [11 CFR 102.12(c)](#c), the term support does not include contributions by an authorized committee in amounts aggregating $2,000 or less per election to an authorized committee of any other candidate, except that the national committee of a political party which has been designated as the principal campaign committee of that party's Presidential candidate may contribute to another candidate in accordance with [11 CFR part 110](/cfr/11/part110.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 15104, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 71 FR 54899, Sept. 20, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102, 30103, 30104(a)(11), 30111(a)(8), and 30120.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15104, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 15104, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 71 FR 54899, Sept. 20, 2006]