Campaign finance reporting.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0155.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0219

Campaign finance reporting.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn., Petroff and Throne

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
elections; providing for filing of candidates
'
campaign reports by the candidates
'
designated principal campaign committees;
modifying penalty provisions accordingly;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 22
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106(a)(i) through (iii), (b)(i) and (c)
and 22
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108 by creating a new subsection (f) are
amended to read:

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106.

Filing of campaign reports.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and in addition to other statements required by this subsection:

(i)

Every candidate shall file
, or alternatively, a candidate
'
s designated principal campaign committee under W.S. 22
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102(a)(vii) shall file on behalf of the candidate and the committee,
a fully itemized statement of receipts at least seven (7) days before any primary, general or special election with information required by this subsection current to any day from the eighth day up to the fourteenth day before the election;

(ii)

Every candidate, whether successful or not, shall file
, or alternatively, a candidate
'
s designated principal campaign committee under W.S. 22
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102(a)(vii) shall file on behalf of the candidate and the committee,
a fully itemized statement of receipts and expenditures within ten (10) days after any general or special election;

(iii)

Every candidate in any primary election shall file
, or alternatively, a candidate
'
s designated principal campaign committee under W.S. 22
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102(a)(vii) shall file on behalf of the candidate and the committee,
a fully itemized statement of receipts and expenditures within ten (10) days after the primary election;

(b)

Reports of itemized statements of receipt and statements of receipts and expenditures, and statements of termination shall be made with the appropriate filing officers specified under W.S. 22
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107 and in accordance with the following:

(i)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, any political action committee, candidate
'
s campaign committee

not designated as a candidate
'
s principal campaign committee under W.S. 22
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102(a)(vii)
, or any political action committee formed under federal law or the law of another state that contributes to a Wyoming political action committee or to a candidate
'
s campaign committee, any organization making an independent expenditure under W.S. 22
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102(k), and any other organization supporting or opposing any ballot proposition which expends any funds in any primary, general or special election shall file an itemized statement of receipts at least seven (7) days before the election current to any day from the eighth day up to the fourteenth day before the election and shall also file a statement of receipts and expenditures within ten (10) days after a primary, general or special election;

(c)

All statements required by subsection (b) of this section
and those required by subsection (a) of this section which are filed by a candidate
'
s principal campaign committee under W.S. 22
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102(a)(vii),
shall be signed by both the chairman and treasurer. The statements shall set forth the full and complete record of receipts including cash, goods or services and except for statements of receipts required under paragraph (i) of this subsection, of actual and promised expenditures. The date of each receipt of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more, any expenditure or obligation, the name of the person from whom received or to whom paid and the purpose of each expenditure or obligation shall be listed. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the disclosure of the names of individuals paid to circulate an initiative or referendum petition. All receipts under twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized. Should the accumulation of receipts from an individual exceed the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) threshold, all receipts from that individual shall be itemized. If the receipts, expenditures or obligations were for more than one (1) candidate, the amounts attributable to each shall be itemized separately.

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108.

Failure of candidate or committee to file statement.

(f)

The penalties under this section for failure to file a report shall apply to a candidate regardless of whether the failure to file is the result of the candidate not filing or the candidate's designated principal campaign committee not filing.

Section 2.
This act is effective
January
1, 201
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(END)

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