SACRAMENTO: A California lawmaker received more than $6,000 in prohibited campaign contributions from two Buddhist temples and a research organization associated with one of the temples, according to campaign finance reports on file with the state.
Assemblyman Curt Hagman, a freshman Republican from Chino Hills, received the donations over a roughly 18-month period starting in June 2007 from the Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills, the Bu-Sha Center and the Buta Buddhism Research Center.
All three filed papers with the Internal Revenue Service claiming 501c nonprofit, tax-exempt status as churches, which prohibits them from donating money to political campaigns.
Read the story... | Source: Mercury News | Posted: 3/31/09
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