Chapter 273
2012 -- S 2336 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/19/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
ELECTIONS
Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, and Felag
Date Introduced: February 07, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 17-25-7 of the General Laws in Chapter
17-25 entitled "Rhode
follows:
17-25-7. Contents
of reports to be filed by treasurers of candidates and committees.
-- (a) Each campaign treasurer of a candidate, each state and
municipal committee of a political
party, and each political action committee shall keep
accurate records and make a full report,
upon a form prescribed by the board of elections, of all
contributions received by it in excess of a
total of one hundred dollars ($100) from any one source
within a calendar year, in furtherance of
the nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate or
the approval or rejection of any question
submitted to the voters, or at any financial town meeting,
financial town referendum or other
election at which amendments to a city or town charter are
proposed, during the period from the
date of the last report, or in the case of the initial
report, beginning on the date of the appointment
of the campaign treasurer for state and municipal
committees and political action committees and
on the date a person becomes a "candidate", as
defined in section 17-25-3(2) for individual
candidates. The report shall contain the name and address and
place of employment of each
person or source from whom the contributions in excess of
one hundred dollars ($100) were
received, and the amount contributed by each person or source.
The report shall be filed with the
board of elections on the dates designated in section
17-25-11. The campaign treasurer of the
candidate, or committee reporting, shall certify to the
correctness of each report.
(b) Each state and
municipal committee of a political party shall also file with the board
of elections, not later than March 1 of each year, an
annual report setting forth in the aggregate all
contributions received and all expenditures made during the
previous calendar year, whether or
not these expenditures were made, incurred, or authorized
in furtherance of the election or defeat
of any candidate. The treasurer of the committee or
organization reporting shall certify to the
correctness of each report.
(c) Any report filed
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall include contributions
received from any "testimonial affair", as defined
in section 17-25-3, held since the date of the
most recent report filed.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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