Campaign finance; out-of-district contribution limits, civil penalty.

Campaign finance; out-of-district contributionlimits; civil penalty. Prohibits contributions to a candidate's campaign from persons that are not residents of the Commonwealthand limits to 75 percent of total contributions to a candidate'scampaign contributions from persons and committees with a candidate, treasurer, or custodian of books who are not residents of the districtserved by the office to which the candidate is seeking election. Thebill provides that contributions made by a candidate or a candidate'sfamily to the candidate's campaign do not count toward such contributionlimits. The bill also provides that penalties for violations of such contribution limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.