§ 3-9-5-9 — Off-year reports; pre-election reports; filing reports when municipal primary or election not conducted

Indiana § 3-9-5-9

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

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c),
in a year in which a candidate is not a candidate for election to an
office to which this article applies or does not seek nomination at a
caucus or state convention for election to an office to which this article
applies, the treasurer of the candidate's committee shall file only the
report required by section 10 of this chapter.
(b) This subsection applies to a candidate who holds one (1) office
and is a candidate for a different office (or has filed a statement of
organization for an exploratory committee without indicating that the
individual is a candidate for a specific office). The treasurer of the
candidate's committee for the office the candidate holds shall file the
following reports:
(1) If the committee spends, transfers in, or transfers out at least
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from January 1 until twenty-five
(25) days before the primary election, the treasurer shall file a
preprimary report under section 6 of this chapter.
(2) If the committee spends, transfers in, or transfers out at least
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from twenty-five (25) days before
the primary election until twenty-five (25) days before the general
election, the treasurer shall file a pregeneral election report under
section 6 of this chapter.
(3) The report required under section 10 of this chapter.
(c) This subsection applies to a candidate who is required to file a
preprimary report or preconvention report under section 6 of this
chapter and who:
(1) is defeated at the primary election or convention; or
(2) withdraws or is disqualified as a candidate before the general
election.
The treasurer of a candidate's committee described by this subsection
is not required to file a pregeneral election report under section 6 of
this chapter but shall file the report required by section 10 of this
chapter.
(d) This subsection applies to a candidate for election to a city office
or a town office. If a municipal primary is not conducted in the
municipality by one (1) or more parties authorized to conduct a
primary, the candidate must file a report in accordance with the
schedule set forth in section 6 of this chapter as if the primary were
conducted. If a municipal election is not conducted in the municipality,
the candidate must file a report in accordance with section 6 of this
chapter as if the municipal election were conducted.
(e) This subsection applies to a candidate's committee of a candidate
for a state office. For a year in which an election to the state office is
not held, the treasurer of a candidate's committee shall file the
following reports in addition to any other report required by this article:
(1) A report covering the period from January 1 through June 30
of the year of the report. A report required by this subdivision
must be filed not later than noon July 15 of the year covered by
the report.
(2) A report covering the period from July 1 through December
31 of the year of the report. A report required by this subdivision
must:
(A) provide cumulative totals from January 1 through
December 31 of the year of the report; and
(B) be filed by the deadline specified in section 10 of this
chapter.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-4-6-3(d).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.10-1992, SEC.15; P.L.3-1997, SEC.208; P.L.199-2001, SEC.17; P.L.14-2004, SEC.74; P.L.221-2005, SEC.24.