§ 14-114. Contribution and receipt limitations. 1. The following\nlimitations apply to all contributions to candidates for election to any\npublic office or for nomination for any such office, or for election to\nany party positions, and to all contributions to political committees\nworking directly or indirectly with any candidate to aid or participate\nin such candidate's nomination or election, other than any contributions\nto any party committee or constituted committee:\n a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of\nthe entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor\nmay make a contribution to any candidate or political committee,\nparticipating in the state's public campaign financing system pursuant\nto title two of this article and no such candidate or political\ncommittee may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in\nthe aggregate amount greater than eighteen thousand dollars divided\nequally among the primary and general election in an election cycle;\nprovided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or\naccepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent,\ngrandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse of any such persons,\nshall not exceed in the case of any nomination to public office an\namount equivalent to the product of the number of enrolled voters in the\ncandidate's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive status,\nmultiplied by $.025, and in the case of any election for a public\noffice, an amount equivalent to the product of the number of registered\nvoters in the state excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by\n$.025.\n b. In any nomination or election of a candidate participating in the\nstate's public campaign financing system pursuant to title two of this\narticle, no such candidate or political committee may accept any\ncontribution from any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount\ngreater than: (i) in the case of a nomination or election for state\nsenator, ten thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and\ngeneral election in an election cycle; and (ii) in the case of a\nnomination or election for member of the assembly, six thousand dollars,\ndivided equally among the primary and general election in an election\ncycle; provided however, that the maximum amount which may be so\ncontributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from such candidate's child,\nparent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse of any such\npersons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomination for state\nsenator or member of the assembly an amount equivalent to the number of\nenrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he or\nshe is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by\n$.25 and in the case of any election for state senator or member of the\nassembly, an amount equivalent to the number of registered voters in the\ndistrict, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25;\nprovided, however, in the case of a nomination or election of a state\nsenator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in the case\nof a nomination or election of a member of the assembly twelve thousand\nfive hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but in no event shall any\nsuch maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.\n c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of\nthe entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor\nmay make a contribution to any candidate or political committee in\nconnection with a candidate who is not a participating candidate as\ndefined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and\nno such candidate or political committee may accept any contribution\nfrom any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than\neighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general\nelection in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amoun
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