This amendment adds the requirement that violations of the foreign funding prohibition be done 'knowingly' and clarifies that 'directly or indirectly' includes joint action through other entities.
- Adds a definition of 'directly or indirectly' to mean acting alone or jointly with, through, or on behalf of any other committee, organization, person, or entity. (Page 2, after line 8)
- Modifies the certification statement regarding expenditures funded by prohibited sources to require that the group knowingly, whether directly or indirectly, received such funding. (Page 2, line 21)
- Modifies the certification statement regarding solicitation of contributions to specify that the group shall not knowingly receive, solicit, or accept contributions, whether directly or indirectly, from prohibited sources. (Page 3, line 1)
- Modifies the requirement that groups obtain donor affirmation to specify that the donor must not have knowingly accepted contributions, whether directly or indirectly, from prohibited sources. (Page 3, line 14)
- Makes conforming amendments to the Webber second reading amendment (HB0337H2001/A) to add the 'directly or indirectly' definition and insert 'knowingly' and 'whether directly or indirectly' language in the corresponding sections of that amendment. (Page 4, after line 2)
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