---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 9008.55"
title: "11"
number: "9008.55"
heading: "Funding for convention committees, host committees and municipal funds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/9008.55"
---

# §9008.55. Funding for convention committees, host committees and municipal funds.

- (a) Convention committees, including any established pursuant to [11 CFR 9008.3(a)(2)](/cfr/11/9008.3.md?p=a-2), are subject to [11 CFR 300.10](/cfr/11/300.10.md), except that convention committees may accept in-kind donations from host committees and municipal funds provided that the in-kind donations are in accordance with the requirements of 11 CFR [9008.52](/cfr/11/9008.52.md) and [9008.53](/cfr/11/9008.53.md).
- (b) Host committees and municipal funds are not “agents” of national committees of political parties or convention committees, unless they satisfy the prerequisites of [11 CFR 300.2(b)(1)](/cfr/11/300.2.md?p=b-1).
- (c) Host committees and municipal funds are not “directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled” by national committees of political parties or convention committees, unless they satisfy the prerequisites of [11 CFR 300.2(c)](/cfr/11/300.2.md?p=c).
- (d) In accordance with [52 U.S.C. 30125(e)(4)(A)](/usc/52/30125.md?p=e-4-A), a person described in [11 CFR 300.60](/cfr/11/300.60.md) may make a general solicitation of funds, without regard to source or amount limitation, for or on behalf of any host committee or municipal fund that is described in [26 U.S.C. 501(c)](/usc/26/501.md?p=c) and exempt from taxation under [26 U.S.C. 501(a)](/usc/26/501.md?p=a) (or has submitted an application for determination of tax exempt status under such section) where such solicitation does not specify how the funds will or should be spent.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 47418, Aug. 8, 2003, as amended at 79 FR 77851, Dec. 29, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30105, 30111(a)(8), 30125; 26 U.S.C. 9008, 9009(b).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 33616, June 29, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 47418, Aug. 8, 2003, as amended at 79 FR 77851, Dec. 29, 2014]