§ 3-9-4-6 — Preservation of reports and statements

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c),
the election division and each county election board shall preserve
reports and statements for four (4) years from December 1 following
the election to which they pertain, unless the records are in litigation.
(b) This subsection applies to reports and statements filed by a
person that seeks to influence the election or retention of an individual
to an office with a term of more than four (4) years. The election
division and each county election board shall preserve the reports and
statements subject to this subsection until the final December 1 before
the expiration of the term for the office, unless the records are in
litigation.
(c) If a report is a duplicate of a report required to be filed under the
federal Election Campaign Act (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), the report
may be discarded on January 1 of the second year after the report was
filed.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-5-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.3-1995, SEC.72; P.L.2-1996, SEC.101; P.L.3-1997, SEC.188; P.L.66-2003, SEC.22; P.L.128-2015, SEC.147.