{
  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:18:1554",
  "title_number": "18",
  "section_number": "1554",
  "citation": "R.S. 18:1554",
  "heading": "Contribution limitations; excess funds",
  "text": "A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 18:1505.2(H), the contribution limit for contributions to a deceased candidate who has a deficit, or the principal campaign committee of such a deceased candidate, shall be ten thousand dollars per calendar year until there is no deficit.\n\nB. Any contributions received in excess of the deficit shall be returned to the contributors on a pro rata basis.\n\nC. Excess funds in the campaign account of a deceased candidate who dies leaving a surplus shall be expended as provided in R.S. 18:1505.2(I) within two years of the candidate's death.",
  "status": "active",
  "hierarchy_path": [
    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "18",
      "name": "LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "11",
      "name": "ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "VIII",
      "name": "SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR DECEASED CANDIDATES"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 18 › Chapter 11 › Part VIII",
  "acts_citations": [
    {
      "act_year": 2011,
      "act_number": 208,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": null,
      "effective_date_raw": null,
      "role": "enactment"
    },
    {
      "act_year": 2024,
      "act_number": 390,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": null,
      "effective_date_raw": null,
      "role": "amendment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2011, No. 208, §1; Acts 2024, No. 390, §1.",
  "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=762792",
  "website_law_id": 762792,
  "scrape_timestamp": "2026-05-22T22:09:37Z",
  "source_html_hash": "sha256:a7c5f091c670f712b9e411db67d43dd079fa24b9f520aa66dfc6ab3fbcfc6f07",
  "schema_version": "1.0.0"
}