W. Va. Code R. § 155-9-11

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 155-9-11 - Prohibited Political Activity

11.1. Grantors, grantees, subgrantees, and their personnel shall not knowingly use grant funds, or goods or services purchased with grant funds, to engage, either directly or indirectly, in a prohibited political activity.

11.2. Grantors, grantees, subgrantees, and personnel thereof shall not be knowingly compensated from grant funds for time spent engaging in a prohibited political activity.

11.3. Nothing in this rule shall prohibit any organization described in 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or 26 U.S.C. §501(c)(4) receiving a grant from the state in engaging in any federally permissible activity regarding advocacy, indirect and direct lobbying, and political activity, provided that the specific funds acquired by a grant from the state or grantor shall not be used for those activities that are permitted by federal law but prohibited by this section.

11.4. A grantor, grantee, subgrantee, or their personnel who knowingly uses grant funds for prohibited political activity in violation of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

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