§1486. Proposition and recall elections; required reports
A.
(1)Any person, including a committee, who receives and accepts any contribution,
loan, or transfer of funds, or makes any expenditure in support of or in opposition to a
proposition or question submitted to the voters shall be required to file reports of such
contributions and expenditures.
(2)Any person, including a committee, who receives and accepts any contribution,
loan, or transfer of funds, or makes any expenditure in support of or in opposition to the
recall of a public officer shall be required to file reports of such contributions and
expenditures.
(3)Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section and in R.S. 18:1505.4
and 1505.5, the provisions for reporting and filing requirements, prohibited practices,
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§1486. Proposition and recall elections; required reports
A.(1) Any person, including a committee, who receives and accepts any contribution,
loan, or transfer of funds, or makes any expenditure in support of or in opposition to a
proposition or question submitted to the voters shall be required to file reports of such
contributions and expenditures.
(2) Any person, including a committee, who receives and accepts any contribution,
loan, or transfer of funds, or makes any expenditure in support of or in opposition to the
recall of a public officer shall be required to file reports of such contributions and
expenditures.
(3) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section and in R.S. 18:1505.4
and 1505.5, the provisions for reporting and filing requirements, prohibited practices,
recordkeeping, and penalties applicable to committees shall apply to persons subject to the
provisions of Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection.
B. The requirements of Subsection A of this Section shall be applicable only if the
aggregate amount of contributions, loans, and transfers of funds received and accepted or
expenditures made equals or exceeds five thousand dollars at any time during the aggregating
period. "Aggregating period" for purposes of this Section shall mean the period from the
date on which the first contribution is received or the first expenditure is made by the person
or committee, whichever is earlier, through the closing date for the last report required to be
filed in accordance with this Chapter.
NOTE: Paragraph (C)(1) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 398, eff. June 20, 2025.
C.(1) The reports required as provided in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall be
filed not later than the thirtieth day prior to the election, which shall be complete through
the fortieth day prior to the election, not later than the tenth day prior to the election, which
shall be complete through the twentieth day prior to the election, and not later than the
fortieth day after the election, which shall be complete through the thirtieth day after the
election. During the period from midnight of the twentieth day prior to the election and
extending through midnight of election day a report shall be filed within forty-eight hours
after the time any contribution, loan, or transfer of funds is received and accepted or
expenditure in excess of five thousand dollars is made; if such time falls other than during
regular working hours, this report shall be filed with the supervisory committee on the next
working day after the report is otherwise due. Such report shall provide information relative
to such contributions, loans, and transfers of funds and expenditures in excess of five
thousand dollars as provided in R.S. 18:1491.6(C). If the report filed on the fortieth day
after the election shows a deficit, the person or committee reporting shall be required to file
supplemental reports as required by R.S. 18:1491.6(D).
NOTE: Paragraph (C)(1) as repealed by Acts 2025, No. 398, eff. June 20, 2025.
C.(1) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 398, §4, eff. June 20, 2025.
(2) Any person or committee who is required to file reports as provided in Paragraph
(A)(2) of this Section shall file reports as provided in this Chapter according to the following
schedule:
(a) Not later than the forty-fifth day after the initial filing of the copy of the recall
petition with the secretary of state as provided in R.S. 18:1300.2(C), which report shall be
complete through the thirty-fifth day after the filing of the copy of the recall petition with the
secretary of state.
(b) Not later than the one hundred thirty-fifth day after the filing of the copy of the
recall petition with the secretary of state, which report shall be complete through the one
hundred twenty-fifth day after the filing of the copy of the recall petition with the secretary
of state.
(c) Not later than the two hundredth day after the filing of the copy of the recall
petition with the secretary of state, which report shall be complete through the one hundred
ninetieth day after the filing of the copy of the recall petition with the secretary of state,
which report shall be the final report, unless the report shows a deficit, in which case
supplemental reports shall be filed as required in R.S. 18:1491.6(D), or unless the person or
committee is required to file reports as provided in Subparagraph (d) of this Paragraph.
NOTE: Subparagraph (C)(2)(d) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 398, eff. June 20, 2025.
(d) If the recall effort is successful in having the recall question submitted to the
voters, the person or political committee shall be required to file reports as provided in
Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
NOTE: Subparagraph (C)(2)(d) as repealed by Acts 2025, No. 398, eff. June 20, 2025.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 398, §4, eff. June 20, 2025.