Duly certified official representatives may receive private contributions for this plebiscite campaign, provided that the total amount thereof does not exceed the amount received from the Fund created under § 972 l of this title. The limits herein provided shall be independent from any limits applicable to political parties and their candidates in the general election.
The Department of the Treasury shall create separate accounts to administer the funds received by and campaign expenditures of duly certified official representatives. Duly certified official representatives shall deposit any contribution received in connection with this plebiscite campaign in said account.
Even though duly certified official representatives may begin raising funds for this campaign on a previous date, the resources of the Fund established in § 972 l of this title shall be available as of the first of July 2012. From said date, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit from the Fund herein established the amount corresponding to each official representative and make any necessary disbursements against this Fund, not later than the fifth (5th) working day after the fund request has been submitted together with the necessary documents for the processing thereof.
History —Dec. 28, 2011, No. 283, § 14.