§ 163‑278.13C.  Campaign contributions prohibition.
(a)	No lobbyist may make a contribution as defined in G.S. 163‑278.6 to a candidate or candidate campaign committee as defined in G.S. 163‑278.38Z when that candidate meets any of the following criteria:
(1)	Is a legislator as defined in G.S. 120C‑100.
(2)	Is a public servant as defined in G.S. 138A‑3(30)a and G.S. 120C‑104.
(b)	No lobbyist may do any of the following with respect to a candidate or candidate campaign committee described in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section:
(1)	Collect a contribution or multiple contributions from one or more contributors intended for that candidate or candidate campaign committee.
(2)	Take possession of a contribution or multiple contributions intended for that candidate or candidate campaign committee.
(3)	Transfer or deliver a collected contribution or multiple contributions to the intended candidate or candidate campaign committee.
(c)	This section shall not apply to a lobbyist, who has filed a notice of candidacy for office under G.S. 163‑106 or Article 11 of this Chapter or has been nominated under G.S. 163‑114 or G.S. 163‑98, making a contribution to that lobbyist's candidate campaign committee.
(d)	For purposes of this section, the term "lobbyist" shall mean an individual registered as a lobbyist under Chapter 120C of the General Statutes.  (2006‑201, s. 18; 2007‑347, s. 5(a), (b); 2008‑213, s. 86; 2013‑381, s. 47.1(a); 2017‑6, s. 3; 2018‑146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)