§ 22-29-501 — Political action committees

Wyoming § 22-29-501

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 22: Elections
• Ch. 29: SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS ACT
• Art. 5: CAMPAIGN PRACTICES

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(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Political action committee" means any group of
two (2) or more persons organized and associated for the purpose
of raising, collecting or spending money for the support or
opposition to any special district ballot proposition;
(ii) "Special district ballot proposition" means any
election conducted under a principal act or this act, but
excluding director elections.
(b) A political action committee shall file a statement of
formation within ten (10) business days after formation. The
chairman and treasurer of a committee shall be separate
individuals. The statement of formation shall list the name and
mailing address of the committee, name and address of the
committee chairman and treasurer, date the committee was formed
and the purpose of the committee. The statement of formation
shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county
or counties in which the district is located or is to be
located.
(c) No organization of any kind including a corporation,
partnership, trade union, professional association or civic,
fraternal or religious group or other profit or nonprofit entity
except a political action committee, directly or indirectly
through any officer, member, director or employee, shall
contribute funds, other items of value or election assistance to
aid or promote the interests, success or defeat of any special
district ballot proposition. No person shall solicit or receive
a payment or contribution from an organization prohibited from
making contributions under this subsection.
(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe and furnish the
forms for reporting contributions and expenditures for special
district ballot proposition elections together with written
instructions for completing the form and a warning that
violators are subject to civil and criminal charges. The forms
along with instructions and warning shall be distributed to the
county clerk and shall be given by the county clerk to each
political action committee upon formation.
(e) Every political action committee shall file a fully
itemized statement of contributions and expenditures within ten
(10) business days after any special district ballot proposition
election. The statement shall set forth the full and complete
record of contributions including cash, goods or services and of
actual and promised expenditures, including all identifiable
expenses as set forth in W.S. 22-25-103. The date of each
contribution of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more, any
expenditure or obligation, the name of the person from whom
received or to whom paid and the purpose of each expenditure or
obligation shall be listed. All contributions under twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) shall be reported but need not be itemized.
Should the accumulation of contributions from an individual
exceed the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) threshold, all
contributions from that individual shall be itemized.
(f) It is unlawful for a political action committee to pay
for campaign literature or campaign advertising without
displaying or speaking a disclosure in accordance with W.S. 22-
25-110.