§ 3-9-5-14 — Committee treasurer's report

Indiana § 3-9-5-14

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 9: CAMPAIGNS
• Ch. 5: Reports Required of Candidates and Committees

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(a) As used in this section, "threshold
contribution amount" refers to the following:
(1) For contributions made to a candidate's committee, a
legislative caucus committee, or a political action committee, one
hundred dollars ($100).
(2) For contributions made to a regular party committee, two
hundred dollars ($200).
(b) The report of each committee's treasurer must disclose the
following:
(1) The amount of cash on hand and the value of any investments
made by the committee at the beginning of the reporting period.
(2) The total sum of individual contributions including
transfers-in, accepted by the committee during its reporting
period.
(3) The following information regarding each person who has
made one (1) or more contributions within the year, in an
aggregate amount that exceeds the threshold contribution amount
in actual value to or for the committee, including the purchase of
tickets for events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies, and similar
fundraising events:
(A) The full name of the person.
(B) The full mailing address of the person making the
contribution.
(C) The person's occupation, if the person is an individual who
has made contributions to the committee of at least one
thousand dollars ($1,000) during the calendar year.
(D) The date and amount of each contribution.
(4) The name and address of each committee from which the
reporting committee received, or to which that committee made,
a transfer of funds, together with the amounts and dates of all
transfers.
(5) If the reporting committee is a candidate's committee, the
following information about each other committee that has
reported expenditures to the reporting candidate's committee
under section 15 of this chapter:
(A) The name and address of the other committee.
(B) The amount of expenditures reported by the other
committee.
(C) The date of the expenditures reported by the other
committee.
(D) The purpose of the expenditures reported by the other
committee.
(6) Each loan to or from a person within the reporting period
together with the following information:
(A) The full names and mailing addresses of the lender and
endorsers, if any.
(B) The person's occupation, if the person is an individual who
has made loans of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) to the
committee during the calendar year.
(C) The date and amount of the loans.
(7) The total sum of all receipts of the committee during the
reporting period.
(8) The full name, mailing address, occupation, and principal
place of business, if any, of each person other than a committee
to whom an expenditure was made by the committee or on behalf
of the committee within the year in an aggregate amount that:
(A) exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), in the case of a
candidate's committee, legislative caucus committee, or
political action committee; or
(B) exceeds two hundred dollars ($200), in the case of a regular
party committee.
(9) The name, address, and office sought by each candidate for
whom any expenditure was made or a statement identifying the
public question for which any expenditure was made, including
the amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure.
(10) The full name, mailing address, occupation, and principal
place of business, if any, of each person to whom an expenditure
for personal services, salaries, or reimbursed expenses was made
within the year in an aggregate amount that:
(A) exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), in the case of a
candidate's committee, legislative caucus committee, or
political action committee; or
(B) exceeds two hundred dollars ($200), in the case of a regular
party committee;
and that is not otherwise reported, including the amount, date, and
purpose of the expenditure.
(11) The total sum of expenditures made by the committee during
the reporting period.
(12) The amount and nature of debts owed by or to the committee,
and a continuous reporting of the debts after the election at the
times required under this article until the debts are extinguished.
(c) If a committee:
(1) obtains a contribution;
(2) determines that the contribution should not be accepted by the
committee; and
(3) does not receive and accept the contribution under IC 3-9-1-25(b);
the committee must return the contribution to the person who made the
contribution. A returned contribution is not required to be listed on the
report of the committee's treasurer. However, if the committee receives
and deposits the contribution under IC 3-9-1-25(b) and subsequently
determines that the contribution should be refunded, the receipt and
refund of the contribution must be listed on the report of the
committee's treasurer.
(d) A report filed by the treasurer of a political action committee
under subsection (b) must include an affirmation by the treasurer that
the person making a contribution of any amount:
(1) is not a foreign national; and
(2) has not knowingly or willfully received, solicited, or accepted,
whether directly or indirectly, contributions or expenditures:
(A) from prohibited sources;
(B) that exceed, in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars
($50,000); and
(C) within the four (4) years immediately preceding the date the
contribution is made.
(e) This subsection applies to a contribution made through a
payment platform that acts as a conduit. The information disclosed
under subsection (b) must include the total amount of the contribution
made through the payment platform, before any fees or charges are
applied by the payment platform. The committee must also report as
expenditures under subsection (b) any fees or charges assessed by the
payment platform to the committee to use the platform, accept
contributions, or transfer contributions to the committee's bank
account.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-6-9.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.5-1989, SEC.32; P.L.7-1990, SEC.32; P.L.8-1992, SEC.11; P.L.3-1995, SEC.79; P.L.3-1997, SEC.211; P.L.253-1997(ss), SEC.2; P.L.176-1999, SEC.52; P.L.64-2025, SEC.11; P.L.186-2025, SEC.287; P.L.241-2025, SEC.16.