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H0707......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
POLITICAL COMMITTEES - Amends existing law to revise reporting deadlines
for all political committees supporting or opposing measures, for a
statement of all contributions received and all expenditures or
encumbrances made by or on behalf of the measure or any candidate or made
by or against the measure or any candidate.
03/01 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/04 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 62-0-8
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Bolz, Bradford, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg(Duncan), Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Loertscher, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson, Stone,
Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Young
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Boe, Bruneel, Langford, Mader, Martinez,
Smith(33), Wood, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Kunz
Title apvd - to Senate
03/06 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-1-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Goedde, Hill,
Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler, Williams
NAYS -- Hawkins
Absent and excused -- Brandt, Sorensen
Floor Sponsor - Risch
Title apvd - to House
03/15 To enrol
Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/18 To Governor
03/22 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 240
Effective: 03/22/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 707
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO REPORTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES IN ELECTIONS; AMENDING
3 SECTION 67-6607, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE REPORTING DEADLINES FOR ALL POLITI-
4 CAL COMMITTEES SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING MEASURES, FOR A STATEMENT OF ALL
5 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AND ALL EXPENDITURES OR ENCUMBRANCES MADE BY OR ON
6 BEHALF OF THE MEASURE OR ANY CANDIDATE OR MADE BY OR AGAINST THE MEASURE
7 OR ANY CANDIDATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 67-6607, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 67-6607. REPORTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES. (a) The political
12 treasurer for each candidate and the political treasurer of each political
13 committee shall file with the secretary of state:
14 (1) Not more than fourteen (14) days and not less than seven (7) days
15 before the date of a primary election in which the candidate or political
16 committee is involved, a statement of all contributions received and all
17 expenditures or encumbrances made by or on behalf of the candidate or
18 political committee prior to the fifteenth day before the primary elec-
19 tion;
20 (2) Not more than thirty (30) days after the date of a primary election
21 in which a candidate or a political committee is involved, a statement of
22 all contributions received and all expenditures or encumbrances made by or
23 on behalf of the candidate or political committee to cover the period
24 since the fifteenth day before the primary election to and including the
25 tenth day after the primary election;
26 (3) For all political committees supporting or opposing measures, a
27 statement of all contributions received and all expenditures or encum-
28 brances made by or on behalf of the measure or any candidate or made by or
29 against the measure or any candidate shall be filed on April 30 and July
30 30 of each year to cover the period since the preceding report, if any,
31 has been filed. Such committees shall also file the statements required in
32 subsections (4), (5) and (6) of this section; provided, that the state-
33 ment required in subsection (4) shall cover the period from July 1 to and
34 including September 30 the same dates provided in paragraphs (1), (2),
35 (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection;
36 (4) Not later than October 10 immediately preceding a general election in
37 which the candidate or political committee is involved, a statement of all
38 contributions received and all expenditures or encumbrances made by or on
39 behalf of the candidate or political committee since and including the
40 eleventh day after the date of the primary election and to and including
41 September 30;
42 (5) Not more than fourteen (14) days and not less than seven (7) days
43 before the date of a general election in which the candidate or political
2
1 committee is involved, a statement of all contributions received and all
2 expenditures or encumbrances made by or on behalf of the candidate or
3 political committee since and including October 1 and to and including the
4 sixteenth day before the general election, together with a cumulative
5 statement showing all such contributions and expenditures or encumbrances
6 to and including the sixteenth day before the general election; and
7 (6) Not more than thirty (30) days after the date of a general election
8 in which the candidate or political committee is involved, a statement of
9 all contributions received and all expenditures or encumbrances made by or
10 on behalf of the candidate or political committee to cover the period
11 since the fifteenth day before the general election to and including the
12 tenth day after the general election.
13 (b) For the first report under this section the reporting period shall
14 cover the period beginning with the first contribution, expenditure, or encum-
15 brance.
16 (c) Notwithstanding any other reports required under this section, the
17 political treasurer for each candidate and any political committee supporting
18 or opposing a measure shall notify the secretary of state, in writing, of any
19 contribution of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, received by the politi-
20 cal treasurer after the sixteenth day before, but more than forty-eight (48)
21 hours before, any primary or general election. This notification shall be made
22 within forty-eight (48) hours after the receipt of such contribution and shall
23 include the name of the candidate or measure, the identification of the con-
24 tributor, and the date of receipt and amount of the contribution. The notifi-
25 cation shall be in addition to the reporting of these contributions in the
26 post election report.
27 (d) For all reports required pursuant to this section the secretary of
28 state shall accept the date of a postmark as the date of receipt except for
29 the seven (7) day pre-election reports which must be received by no later than
30 5:00 p.m. on the seventh day preceding the primary or general election.
31 (e) Any reports required to be filed under the provisions of this section
32 may also be filed by means of an electronic facsimile transmission machine.
33 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
34 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
35 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12175
The purpose of this legislation is to require political
committees that are supporting or opposing measures to file
campaign disclosure reports at the same time as candidates
and other political committees.
Two quarterly reports required currently would be replaced by a
pre and post primary report.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the State of Idaho.
CONTACT
Name: Ben Ysursa
Agency: Secretary of State
Phone: 334-2852
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact H 707