§1501.1. Reports by persons not candidates or committees
A.
(1)Any person, other than a candidate or a committee, who makes any expenditure
for express advocacy supporting or opposing the nomination or election of a person to public
office, the recall of a public official, or a proposition or question submitted to the voters, or
for a communication for which the only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the
presentation and content is that it is intended to appeal to vote for or against a specific
candidate or for or against the recall of a specific elected official or a proposition or question
submitted to the voters shall file reports if such expenditures exceed one thousand dollars in
the aggregate during the aggregating period as defined for committees.
(2)(a) Each person, other than
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§1501.1. Reports by persons not candidates or committees
A.(1) Any person, other than a candidate or a committee, who makes any expenditure
for express advocacy supporting or opposing the nomination or election of a person to public
office, the recall of a public official, or a proposition or question submitted to the voters, or
for a communication for which the only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the
presentation and content is that it is intended to appeal to vote for or against a specific
candidate or for or against the recall of a specific elected official or a proposition or question
submitted to the voters shall file reports if such expenditures exceed one thousand dollars in
the aggregate during the aggregating period as defined for committees.
(2)(a) Each person, other than a candidate or committee, who makes an expenditure
on behalf of a candidate, independent expenditure-only committee, political committee, or
principal campaign committee for purposes of canvassing, irrespective of the amount
expended, shall submit in writing to the respective candidate or committee on whose behalf
such expenditure was made the full name and address of each individual to whom such an
expenditure was made.
(b) Each person, other than a candidate or committee, who makes an expenditure on
behalf of a candidate, independent expenditure-only committee, political committee, or
principal campaign committee for purposes of canvassing in an amount of at least six
hundred dollars shall maintain for six years a written record of the last four digits of the
social security number of each individual to whom such expenditure was made or submit in
writing to the respective candidate or committee on whose behalf such expenditure was made
the last four digits of the social security number of each individual to whom such expenditure
was made.
B. Such reports shall be filed at the same time, shall contain the same information,
and shall be certified correct in the same manner as reports required of principal campaign
committees by this Chapter. However, a person that is not a candidate or committee shall
not be required to include in such reports information about contributions or contributors or
identify contributors, unless a contributor has designated his contribution for any purpose
provided for in Subparagraph (A)(1)(a) of this Section; in which case, such reports shall
include the name and address of the contributor who made the designated contribution and
the amount and date of the designated contribution.
C. In addition to the reports filed in accordance with Subsection B of this Section,
during the period beginning at midnight of the twentieth day prior to a primary election and
extending through midnight of primary election day; during the period beginning at midnight
of the twentieth day prior to a second party primary election and extending through midnight
of the second party primary election day, if applicable; and during the period beginning at
midnight of the twentieth day prior to a general election and extending through midnight of
general election day, any person, other than a candidate or a committee, who makes any
expenditure other than to a candidate or to a committee, shall file a report with the
supervisory committee of:
(1) The full name and address of each person to whom such person has made an
expenditure during such period in excess of one thousand dollars.
(2) Each report required by this Subsection shall be filed within forty-eight hours
after the time the expenditure is made. If such time falls outside of regular office hours, the
report shall be filed as soon as possible after the opening of the office of the supervisory
committee on the next working day after the time at which the report is otherwise due.
Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 2004, No. 862, §1, eff. July 12, 2004;
Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 27, §1, eff. March 30, 2009; Acts 2024, No. 640, §1, eff. See
Act; Acts 2025, No. 386, §4, eff. June 20, 2025; Acts 2025, No. 398, §1, eff. June 20, 2025,
§2, eff. See Act.