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HOUSE BILL NO. 707 – Political comm, measures, reports

HOUSE BILL NO. 707

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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

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              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
                                                                        
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  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 / Fiscal Impact


	            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