As Introduced 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H.B. No. 119 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES AMSTUTZ-LOGAN-SULZER-MAIER-SYKES- 8
WILLIAMS-OLMAN-FLANNERY-FORD-TRAKAS-BENDER 9
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A B I L L
To amend sections 3517.10, 3517.105, 3517.106, and 12
3517.11 of the Revised Code to permit, effective 14
January 1, 2000, the electronic filing of
statements of contributions and expenditures of 15
campaign committees of candidates for statewide 16
office or the office of member of the General 17
Assembly, political action committees and
political contributing entities that file 18
statements with the Secretary of State, 19
legislative campaign funds, and state political 20
parties; to require, effective January 1, 2000, 21
the electronic filing of statements of 22
contributions and expenditures of campaign 23
committees of candidates for statewide office if 24
the total contributions or expenditures for a
reporting period exceed $10,000; to require, 25
effective January 1, 2002, the electronic filing 27
of statements of contributions and expenditures
of campaign committees of candidates for the 28
General Assembly, political action committees and 29
political contributing entities that file 30
statements with the Secretary of State,
legislative campaign funds, and state political 31
parties if the total contributions or 32
expenditures exceed $10,000 for the reporting
period; to permit, effective January 1, 2002, the 33
electronic filing of statements of individuals 34
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and certain entities that make independent 35
expenditures for or against statewide candidates 36
or statewide issues and require their electronic
filing if the total independent expenditures 37
exceed $10,000 for a reporting period; to
require, effective on those applicable dates, the 38
Secretary of State to make available on the 39
internet information from all statements filed
electronically or otherwise by those committees 41
or entities; and to maintain the provisions of 42
this act on and after January 1, 2000, by 43
amending the version of section 3517.10 of the
Revised Code that takes effect on that date. 44
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 46
Section 1. That sections 3517.10, 3517.105, 3517.106, and 48
3517.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 49
Sec. 3517.10. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this 58
division, every campaign committee, political action committee, 59
legislative campaign fund, political party, and political 60
contributing entity that made or received a contribution or made 62
an expenditure in connection with the nomination or election of 63
any candidate or in connection with any ballot issue or question 64
at any election held or to be held in this state shall file, on a 65
form prescribed under this section OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 66
TRANSMISSION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AND SECTION 3517.106 OF 67
THE REVISED CODE, a full, true, and itemized statement, made 69
under penalty of election falsification, setting forth in detail 70
the contributions and expenditures, no later than four p.m. of 71
the following dates:
(1) The twelfth day before the election to reflect 73
contributions received and expenditures made from the close of 74
business on the last day reflected in the last previously filed 75
statement, if any, to the close of business on the twentieth day 76
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before the election; 77
(2) The thirty-eighth day after the election to reflect 79
the contributions received and expenditures made from the close 80
of business on the last day reflected in the last previously 81
filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the seventh 82
day before the filing of the statement; 83
(3) The last business day of January of every year to 85
reflect the contributions received and expenditures made from the 86
close of business on the last day reflected in the last 87
previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on 88
the last day of December of the previous year. 89
A campaign committee shall only be required to file the 91
statements prescribed under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this 92
section in connection with the nomination or election of the 93
committee's candidate. 94
The statement required under division (A)(1) of this 96
section shall not be required of any campaign committee, 97
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political 99
party, or political contributing entity that has received 101
contributions of less than one thousand dollars and has made 102
expenditures of less than one thousand dollars at the close of 103
business on the twentieth day before the election. Those 104
contributions and expenditures shall be reported in the statement 105
required under division (A)(2) of this section. 106
If an election to select candidates to appear on the 108
general election ballot is held within sixty days before a 109
general election, the campaign committee of a successful 110
candidate in the earlier election may file the statement required 111
by division (A)(1) of this section for the general election 112
instead of the statement required by division (A)(2) of this 113
section for the earlier election if the pregeneral election 115
statement reflects the status of contributions and expenditures 116
for the period twenty days before the earlier election to twenty 117
days before the general election. 118
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If a person becomes a candidate less than twenty days 120
before an election, the candidate's campaign committee is not 121
required to file the statement required by division (A)(1) of 123
this section.
No statement under division (A)(3) of this section shall be 125
required for any year in which a campaign committee, political 126
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 128
political contributing entity is required to file a postgeneral 130
election statement under division (A)(2) of this section. 133
However, such a statement may be filed, at the option of the 134
campaign committee, political action committee, legislative 135
campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity. 136
No statement under division (A)(3) of this section shall be 138
required if the campaign committee, political action committee, 139
legislative campaign fund, political party, or political 140
contributing entity has no contributions that it has received and 142
no expenditures that it has made since the last date reflected in 144
its last previously filed statement. However, the campaign 145
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, 147
political party, or political contributing entity shall file a 149
statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section 150
and made under penalty of election falsification, on the date 151
required in division (A)(3) of this section.
The campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall file 154
a monthly statement of contributions received during each of the 155
months of July, August, and September in the year of the general 156
election in which the candidate seeks office. The campaign 157
committee of a statewide candidate shall file the monthly 158
statement not later than three business days after the last day 159
of the month covered by the statement. The campaign committee of 160
a statewide candidate that files a notice under division (C)(1) 162
of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code and the campaign 163
committee of a statewide candidate to which, in accordance with 164
division (D) of section 3517.103 of the Revised Code, the 165
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contribution limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the 166
Revised Code no longer apply shall file an additional monthly 168
statement of contributions received during the primary election 169
period in the year of the primary election in which the candidate 170
seeks nomination to office beginning with contributions received 171
after the last business day in the committee's last previously 173
filed statement, if any, through the fifteenth day of March. 174
That statement shall be filed not later than three business days 175
after the fifteenth day of March. Contributions reported in the 176
additional monthly statement of contributions shall also be 177
included in the campaign committee's pre-primary PREPRIMARY 178
election statement required under division (A)(1) of this 180
section. During the period beginning on the nineteenth day 181
before the general election in which a statewide candidate seeks 182
election to office and extending through the day of that general
election, each time the campaign committee of the joint 183
candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or 185
of a candidate for the office of secretary of state, auditor of 186
state, treasurer of state, or attorney general receives a
contribution from a contributor that causes the aggregate amount 187
of contributions received from that contributor during that 188
period to equal or exceed two thousand five hundred dollars and 189
each time the campaign committee of a candidate for the office of 190
chief justice or justice of the supreme court receives a 191
contribution from a contributor that causes the aggregate amount 192
of contributions received from that contributor during that 193
period to exceed five hundred dollars, the campaign committee 194
shall file a two-business-day statement reflecting that 195
contribution. During the period beginning on the nineteenth day 197
before a primary election in which a candidate for statewide 198
office seeks nomination to office and extending through the day 199
of that primary election, each time either the campaign committee 200
of a statewide candidate in that primary election that files a 201
notice under division (C)(1) of section 3517.103 of the Revised 202
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Code or the campaign committee of a statewide candidate in that 204
primary election to which, in accordance with division (D) of 205
section 3517.103 of the Revised Code, the contribution 206
limitations prescribed in section 3517.102 of the Revised Code no 208
longer apply receives a contribution from a contributor that 209
causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that 210
contributor during that period to exceed two thousand five 211
hundred dollars, the campaign committee shall file a 212
two-business-day statement reflecting that contribution. 213
Contributions reported on a two-business-day statement required 215
to be filed by a campaign committee of a statewide candidate in a 216
primary election shall also be included in the post-primary 217
POSTPRIMARY election statement required to be filed by that 219
campaign committee under division (A)(2) of this section. A 220
two-business-day statement required by this paragraph shall be 221
filed not later than two business days after receipt of the 222
contribution. The statements required by this paragraph shall be 223
filed in addition to any other statements required by this 224
section.
The secretary of state may permit the filing of 226
two-business-day statements by facsimile or other electronic 227
means of transmission. ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000, A CAMPAIGN 228
COMMITTEE OF A STATEWIDE CANDIDATE SHALL FILE A TWO-BUSINESS-DAY 229
STATEMENT UNDER THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 231
TRANSMISSION IF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO FILE A 233
PREELECTION, POSTELECTION, OR MONTHLY STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS 234
AND EXPENDITURES BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS 235
SECTION OR SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. 237
If a campaign committee or political action committee has 239
no balance on hand and no outstanding obligations and desires to 240
terminate itself, it shall file a statement to that effect, on a 241
form prescribed under this section and made under penalty of 242
election falsification, with the official with whom it files a 243
statement under division (A) of this section after filing a final 244
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statement of contributions and a final statement of expenditures, 245
if contributions have been received or expenditures made since 246
the period reflected in its last previously filed statement. 247
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(7) of 249
this section, each statement required by division (A) of this 250
section shall contain the following information: 251
(1) The full name and address of each campaign committee, 253
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political 255
party, or political contributing entity, including any treasurer 257
of the committee, fund, party, or entity, filing a contribution 258
and expenditure statement;
(2)(a) In the case of a campaign committee, the 260
candidate's full name and address; 261
(b) In the case of a political action committee, the 263
registration number assigned to the committee under division 264
(D)(1) of this section. 265
(3) The date of the election and whether it was or will be 267
a general, primary, or special election; 268
(4) A statement of contributions received, which shall 270
include: 271
(a) The month, day, and year of the contribution; 273
(b)(i) The full name and address of each person, political 275
party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political 277
action committee, or political contributing entity from whom 278
contributions are received and the registration number assigned 279
to the political action committee under division (D)(1) of this 280
section. The requirement of filing the full address does not 281
apply to any statement filed by a state or local committee of a 282
political party, to a finance committee of such committee, or to 284
a committee recognized by a state or local committee as its 285
fund-raising auxiliary. Notwithstanding division (F)(1) of this 286
section, the requirement of filing the full address shall be 287
considered as being met if the address filed is the same address 288
the contributor provided under division (E)(1) of this section. 289
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(ii) If a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or 291
candidate for the office of member of the general assembly 292
receives a contribution from an individual that exceeds one 293
hundred dollars, the name of the individual's current employer, 294
if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the individual's 296
occupation;
(iii) If a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or 298
candidate for the office of member of the general assembly 299
receives a contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 301
of the Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and 302
salaries of two or more employees that exceeds in the aggregate 304
one hundred dollars during any one filing period under division 305
(A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the full name of the 306
employees' employer and the full name of the labor organization
of which the employees are members, if any. 307
(c) A description of the contribution received, if other 309
than money; 310
(d) The value in dollars and cents of the contribution; 312
(e) A separately itemized account of all contributions and 314
expenditures regardless of the amount, except a receipt of a 315
contribution from a person in the sum of twenty-five dollars or 316
less at one social or fund-raising activity and a receipt of a 317
contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 of the 318
Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and salaries of 319
employees if the contribution from the amount deducted from the 320
wages and salary of any one employee is twenty-five dollars or 321
less aggregated in a calendar year. An account of the total
contributions from each social or fund-raising activity shall 322
include a description of and the value of each in-kind 323
contribution received at that activity from any person who made 324
one or more such contributions whose aggregate value exceeded two 325
hundred fifty dollars and shall be listed separately, together 326
with the expenses incurred and paid in connection with that 327
activity. A campaign committee, political action committee, 328
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legislative campaign fund, political party, or political 329
contributing entity shall keep records of contributions from each 330
person in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less at one social 331
or fund-raising activity and contributions from amounts deducted 332
under section 3599.031 of the Revised Code from the wages and 333
salary of each employee in the amount of twenty-five dollars or 334
less aggregated in a calendar year. No continuing association
that is recognized by a state or local committee of a political 335
party as an auxiliary of the party and that makes a contribution 336
from funds derived solely from regular dues paid by members of 337
the auxiliary shall be required to list the name or address of 338
any members who paid those dues.
Contributions that are other income shall be itemized 340
separately from all other contributions. The information 341
required under division (B)(4) of this section shall be provided 343
for all other income itemized. As used in this paragraph, "other 344
income" means a loan, investment income, or interest income. 345
(f) In the case of a campaign committee of a state elected 348
officer, if a person doing business with the state elected
officer in the officer's official capacity makes a contribution 349
to the campaign committee of that officer, the information 350
required under division (B)(4) of this section in regard to that 351
contribution, which shall be filed together with and considered a 352
part of the committee's statement of contributions as required 353
under division (A) of this section but shall be filed on a 355
separate form provided by the secretary of state. As used in
division (B)(4)(f) of this section: 356
(i) "State elected officer" has the same meaning as in 359
section 3517.092 of the Revised Code. 360
(ii) "Person doing business" means a person or an officer 363
of an entity who enters into one or more contracts with a state 364
elected officer or anyone authorized to enter into contracts on 365
behalf of that officer to receive payments for goods or services, 366
if the payments total, in the aggregate, more than five thousand 367
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dollars during a calendar year. 368
(5) A statement of expenditures which shall include: 370
(a) The month, day, and year of the expenditure; 372
(b) The full name and address of each person, political 374
party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political 376
action committee, or political contributing entity to whom the 377
expenditure was made and the registration number assigned to the 378
political action committee under division (D)(1) of this section; 380
(c) The object or purpose for which the expenditure was 382
made; 383
(d) The amount of each expenditure. 385
(C)(1) The statement of contributions and expenditures 387
shall be signed by the person completing the form. IF A 389
STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES IS ELECTRONICALLY 391
FILED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED 392
CODE, THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE OF THE PERSON WHO EXECUTES AND 394
TRANSMITS THE STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY SHALL BE ATTACHED TO OR 395
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEMENT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (H) OF 397
SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. 399
(2) The person filing the statement shall, under penalty 401
of election falsification, SHALL include with it a list of each 402
anonymous contribution, the circumstances under which it was 403
received, and the reason it cannot be attributed to a specific 404
donor.
(3) Each statement of a campaign committee of a candidate 406
who holds public office shall contain a designation of each 407
contributor who is an employee in any unit or department under 408
the candidate's direct supervision and control. In a space 409
provided in the statement, the person filing the statement shall 410
affirm that each such contribution was voluntarily made. 411
(4) A campaign committee that did not receive 413
contributions or make expenditures in connection with the 414
nomination or election of its candidate shall file a statement to 415
that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made 416
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under penalty of election falsification, on the date required in 417
division (A)(2) of this section. 418
(5) The campaign committee of any person who attempts to 420
become a candidate and who, for any reason, does not become 421
certified in accordance with Title XXXV of the Revised Code for 422
placement on the official ballot of a primary, general, or 423
special election to be held in this state, and who, at any time 424
prior to or after an election, receives contributions or makes 425
expenditures, or has given consent for another to receive 426
contributions or make expenditures, for the purpose of bringing 427
about the person's nomination or election to public office, shall 428
file the statement or statements prescribed by this section and a 429
termination statement, if applicable. This paragraph does not 430
apply to any person with respect to an election to the offices of 431
member of a county or state central committee, presidential 432
elector, or delegate to a national convention or conference of a 433
political party. 434
(6)(a) The statements required to be filed under this 436
section shall specify the balance in the hands of the campaign 438
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, 439
political party, or political contributing entity and the 440
disposition intended to be made of that balance. 441
(b) The SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PRESCRIBE THE form for 443
all statements required to be filed under this section shall be 445
prescribed by the secretary of state, and furnished SHALL FURNISH 447
THE FORMS to the boards of elections in the several counties, and 448
the. THE boards of elections shall supply printed copies of 449
those forms without charge. The secretary of state may require 450
that SHALL PRESCRIBE THE APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGY, PROTOCOL, AND 451
DATA FILE STRUCTURE FOR THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF STATEMENTS 453
REQUIRED OR PERMITTED TO BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY UNDER DIVISION 454
(A) OF THIS SECTION AND DIVISIONS (E), (F), AND (G) OF SECTION 455
3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. SUBJECT TO DIVISION (A) OF THIS 456
SECTION AND DIVISIONS (E), (F), AND (G) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF 458
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THE REVISED CODE, the statements required to be stored on 460
computer by the secretary of state under divisions (A)(1) to (4) 462
DIVISION (B) of section 3517.106 of the Revised Code SHALL be 463
filed in whatever format the secretary of state considers 464
necessary so that TO ENABLE the secretary of state may TO store 465
the information contained in the statements on computer. Any 466
such format shall be of a type and nature that is readily 467
available to whoever is required to file the statements in that 468
format.
(7) Each monthly statement and each two-business-day 470
statement required by division (A) of this section shall contain 471
the information required by divisions (B)(1) to (4), (C)(2), and, 472
if appropriate, (C)(3) of this section. Each statement shall be 474
signed as required by division (C)(1) of this section.
(D)(1) Prior to receiving a contribution or making an 476
expenditure, every campaign committee, political action 477
committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 478
political contributing entity shall appoint a treasurer and shall 480
file, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a 481
designation of that appointment, including the full name and 483
address of the treasurer and of the campaign committee, political 484
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 486
political contributing entity. That designation shall be filed 487
with the official with whom the campaign committee, political 489
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 490
political contributing entity is required to file statements 491
under section 3517.11 of the Revised Code. The name of a 492
campaign committee shall include at least the last name of the 493
campaign committee's candidate. The secretary of state shall 495
assign a registration number to each political action committee 496
that files a designation of the appointment of a treasurer under
division (D)(1) of this section if the political action committee 497
is required by division (A)(1) of section 3517.11 of the Revised 498
Code to file the statements prescribed by this section with the 499
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secretary of state.
(2) The treasurer appointed under division (D)(1) of this 501
section shall keep a strict account of all contributions, from 502
whom received and the purpose for which they were disbursed. 503
(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 3517.108 of 505
the Revised Code, a campaign committee shall deposit all monetary 506
contributions received by the committee into an account separate 507
from a personal or business account of the candidate or campaign 508
committee.
(b) A political action committee shall deposit all 511
monetary contributions received by the committee into an account 512
separate from all other funds.
(c) A state or county political party may establish a 515
state candidate fund that is separate from an account that
contains the public moneys received from the Ohio political party 516
fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code and from all other 517
funds. A state or county political party may deposit into its 518
state candidate fund any amounts of monetary contributions that 519
are made to or accepted by the political party subject to the 520
applicable limitations, if any, prescribed in section 3517.102 of 521
the Revised Code. A state or county political party shall 522
deposit all other monetary contributions received by the party 523
into one or more accounts that are separate from its state 524
candidate fund and from its account that contains the public 525
moneys received from the Ohio political party fund under section 526
3517.17 of the Revised Code.
(d) Each state political party shall have only one 528
legislative campaign fund for each house of the general assembly. 529
Each such fund shall be separate from any other funds or accounts 530
of that state party. A legislative campaign fund is authorized 531
to receive contributions and make expenditures for the primary
purpose of furthering the election of candidates who are members 532
of that political party to the house of the general assembly with 533
which that legislative campaign fund is associated. Each 534
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legislative campaign fund shall be administered and controlled in 535
a manner designated by the caucus. As used in division (D)(3)(d) 536
of this section, "caucus" has the same meaning as in section 537
3517.01 of the Revised Code and includes, as an ex officio
member, the chairperson of the state political party with which 538
the caucus is associated, or that chairperson's designee. 539
(4) Every expenditure in excess of twenty-five dollars 541
shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of 542
the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement of 543
expenditures. A canceled check with a notation of the purpose of 544
the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of division 545
(D)(4) of this section. 546
(5) The secretary of state or the board of elections, as 548
the case may be, shall issue a receipt for each statement filed 549
under this section and shall preserve a copy of the receipt for a 550
period of at least six years. All statements filed under this 551
section shall be open to public inspection in the office where 553
they are filed and shall be carefully preserved for a period of 554
at least six years after the year in which they are filed. 555
(6) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BY RULE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 558
SECTION 3517.23 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL PRESCRIBE THE MANNER 561
OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND PRESERVING THE RECEIPT OF STATEMENTS THAT 562
ARE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT 563
TO THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE AND THE 565
MANNER OF PRESERVING THE INFORMATION IN THOSE STATEMENTS. THE 566
SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PRESERVE THE INFORMATION IN THOSE 567
STATEMENTS FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS AFTER THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY 568
ARE ELECTRONICALLY FILED. 569
(7) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, PURSUANT TO DIVISIONS (E), 572
(F), (G), AND (I) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL
MAKE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET THE 573
INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS, ALL ADDENDA, AMENDMENTS, OR OTHER 574
CORRECTIONS TO STATEMENTS, AND ALL AMENDED STATEMENTS FILED WITH 575
THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF 576
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TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION, DIVISION (B)(2)(b) OR (C)(2)(b) 577
OF SECTION 3517.105, OR SECTION 3517.106 OR 3517.11 OF THE 578
REVISED CODE.
(E)(1) Any person, political party, campaign committee, 580
legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or 582
political contributing entity that makes a contribution in 583
connection with the nomination or election of any candidate or in 584
connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held 585
or to be held in this state shall provide its full name and 586
address to the recipient of the contribution at the time the 587
contribution is made. The political action committee also shall 589
provide the registration number assigned to the committee under
division (D)(1) of this section to the recipient of the 590
contribution at the time the contribution is made. 591
(2) Any individual who makes a contribution that exceeds 594
one hundred dollars to a campaign committee of a statewide
candidate or candidate for the office of member of the general 595
assembly shall provide the name of the individual's current 596
employer, if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the 598
individual's occupation to the recipient of the contribution at 599
the time the contribution is made. Sections 3599.39 and 3599.40 600
of the Revised Code do not apply to division (E)(2) of this 601
section.
(3) If a campaign committee shows that it has exercised 603
its best efforts to obtain, maintain, and submit the information 604
required under divisions (B)(4)(b)(ii) and (iii) of this section, 605
that committee is considered to have met the requirements of 606
those divisions. A campaign committee shall not be considered to 607
have exercised its best efforts unless, in connection with 608
written solicitations, it regularly includes a written request 609
for the information required under division (B)(4)(b)(ii) of this 610
section from the contributor or the information required under 611
division (B)(4)(b)(iii) of this section from whoever transmits
the contribution. 612
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(4) Any check that a political action committee uses to 614
make a contribution or an expenditure shall contain the full name 615
and address of the committee and the registration number assigned 616
to the committee under division (D)(1) of this section. 617
(F) As used in this section: 619
(1) "Address" means all of the following if they exist: 622
apartment number, street, road, or highway name and number, rural 623
delivery route number, city or village, state, and zip code as 624
used in a person's post-office address, but not post-office box. 625
If an address is required in this section, a post-office box and 626
office, room, or suite number may be included in addition to but 627
not in lieu of an apartment, street, road, or highway name and 628
number. If an address is required in this section, a campaign 630
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund,
political party, or political contributing entity may use the 632
business or residence address of its treasurer or deputy
treasurer. The post-office box number of the campaign committee, 633
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political 635
party, or political contributing entity may be used in addition 636
to that address.
(2) "Statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for 638
the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or a candidate 639
for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer 640
of state, attorney general, member of the state board of 641
education, chief justice of the supreme court, or justice of the 642
supreme court.
(3) "INTERNET" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 3517.106 644
OF THE REVISED CODE.
(G) An independent expenditure shall be reported whenever 647
and in the same manner that an expenditure is required to be
reported under this section and shall be reported pursuant to 648
division (B)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(a) of section 3517.105 of the 649
Revised Code.
(H)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(2) of 652
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this section, if, during the combined preelection and
postelection reporting periods for an election, a campaign 654
committee has received contributions of five hundred dollars or 655
less and has made expenditures in the total amount of five
hundred dollars or less, it may file a statement to that effect, 656
under penalty of election falsification, in lieu of the statement 657
required by division (A)(2) of this section. The statement shall 658
indicate the total amount of contributions received and the total 659
amount of expenditures made during those combined reporting 660
periods.
(2) In the case of a successful candidate at a primary 662
election, if either the total contributions received by or the 664
total expenditures made by the candidate's campaign committee 665
during the preprimary, postprimary, pregeneral, and postgeneral 666
election periods combined equal more than five hundred dollars, 667
the campaign committee may file the statement under division
(H)(1) of this section only for the primary election. The first 668
statement that the campaign committee files in regard to the 669
general election shall reflect all contributions received and all 670
expenditures made during the preprimary and postprimary election 671
periods.
(3) Divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply 673
if a campaign committee receives contributions or makes 674
expenditures prior to the first day of January of the year of the 675
election at which the candidate seeks nomination or election to 677
office or if the campaign committee does not file a termination 678
statement with its postprimary election statement in the case of
an unsuccessful primary election candidate or with its 679
postgeneral election statement in the case of other candidates. 680
(I) In the case of a contribution made by a partnership or 682
unincorporated business, all of the following apply: 683
(1) The recipient of the contribution shall report the 685
contribution by listing both the partnership or unincorporated 686
business and the name of the partner or owner making the 687
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contribution.
(2) For purposes of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, 689
the contribution shall be considered to have been made by the 690
partner or owner reported under division (I)(1) of this section. 691
(3) No contribution from a partnership or unincorporated 693
business shall be accepted unless the recipient reports the 694
contribution under division (I)(1) of this section. 695
(J) A candidate shall have only one campaign committee at 697
any given time for all of the offices for which the person is a 698
candidate or holds office. 699
(K)(1) In addition to filing a designation of appointment 701
of a treasurer under division (D)(1) of this section, the 703
campaign committee of any candidate for an elected municipal 704
office that pays an annual amount of compensation of five 705
thousand dollars or less, the campaign committee of any candidate 706
for member of a board of education except member of the state 707
board of education, or the campaign committee of any candidate 708
for township trustee or township clerk may sign, under penalty of 709
election falsification, a certificate attesting that the 710
committee will not accept contributions during an election period 711
that exceed in the aggregate two thousand dollars from all 712
contributors and one hundred dollars from any one individual, and 713
that the campaign committee will not make expenditures during an 714
election period that exceed in the aggregate two thousand 715
dollars.
The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the 717
secretary of state and shall be filed not later than ten days 718
after the candidate files a declaration of candidacy and 719
petition, a nominating petition, or a declaration of intent to be 721
a write-in candidate.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(3) of 723
this section, a campaign committee that files a certificate under 725
division (K)(1) of this section is not required to file the
statements required by division (A) of section 3517.10 of the 726
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Revised Code.
(3) If, after filing a certificate under division (K)(1) 728
of this section, a campaign committee exceeds any of the 729
limitations described in that division during an election period, 731
the certificate is void and thereafter the campaign committee 732
shall file the statements required by division (A) of section 733
3517.10 of the Revised Code. If the campaign committee has not 734
previously filed a statement, then on the first statement the 735
campaign committee is required to file under division (A) of 736
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code after the committee's 737
certificate is void, the committee shall report all contributions 738
received and expenditures made from the time the candidate filed 739
the candidate's declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating 740
petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. 741
(4) As used in division (K) of this section, "election 743
period" means the period of time beginning on the day a person 744
files a declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating 745
petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate 746
through the day of the election at which the person seeks 747
nomination to office if the person is not elected to office, or, 748
if the candidate was nominated in a primary election, the day of 750
the election at which the candidate seeks office.
(L) Notwithstanding division (B)(4) of this section, a 754
political contributing entity that receives contributions from 755
the dues, membership fees, or other assessments of its members or 756
from its officers, shareholders, and employees may report the 757
aggregate amount of contributions received from those 758
contributors and the number of individuals making those 759
contributions, for each filing period identified under divisions 760
(A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. Division (B)(4) of this 762
section applies to a political contributing entity with regard to 763
contributions it receives from all other contributors. 764
(M) This is an interim section effective until January 1, 767
2000.
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Sec. 3517.105. (A)(1) As used in this section, "public 777
political advertising" means advertising to the general public 778
through a broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, poster, yard 779
sign, or outdoor advertising facility, by direct mail, or by any 780
other means of advertising to the general public. 781
(2) For purposes of this section and section 3517.20 of 784
the Revised Code, a person is a member of a political action 785
committee if the person makes one or more contributions to that 787
political action committee, and a person is a member of a 788
political contributing entity if the person makes one or more
contributions to, or pays dues, membership fees, or other 789
assessments to, that political contributing entity. 791
(B)(1) Whenever a candidate, a campaign committee, a 793
political action committee or political contributing entity with 794
ten or more members, or a legislative campaign fund makes an 797
independent expenditure, or whenever a political action committee 798
or political contributing entity with fewer than ten members 800
makes an independent expenditure in excess of one hundred dollars 801
for a local candidate, in excess of two hundred fifty dollars for
a candidate for the office of member of the general assembly, or 802
in excess of five hundred dollars for a statewide candidate, for 803
the purpose of financing communications advocating the election 804
or defeat of an identified candidate or solicits without the 807
candidate's express consent a contribution for or against an 808
identified candidate through public political advertising, a 810
statement shall appear or be presented in a clear and conspicuous 811
manner in the advertising that does both of the following: 812
(a) Clearly indicates that the communication or public 816
political advertising is not authorized by the candidate or the 817
candidate's campaign committee;
(b) Clearly identifies the candidate, campaign committee, 820
political action committee, political contributing entity, or 821
legislative campaign fund that has paid for the communication or 822
public political advertising in accordance with section 3517.20 824
21
of the Revised Code. 825
(2)(a) Whenever any campaign committee, legislative 827
campaign fund, political action committee, political contributing 828
entity, or political party makes an independent expenditure in 830
support of or opposition to any candidate, the committee, entity, 832
fund, or party shall report the independent expenditure and 835
identify the candidate on a statement prescribed by the secretary 836
of state and filed by the committee, entity, fund, or political 837
party as part of its statement of contributions and expenditures 839
pursuant to division (A) of section 3517.10 and division (A) of 841
section 3517.11 of the Revised Code. 842
(b) Whenever any individual, partnership, or other entity, 845
except a corporation, labor organization, campaign committee, 846
legislative campaign fund, political action committee, political 847
contributing entity, or political party, makes one or more 848
independent expenditures in support of or opposition to any 849
candidate, the individual, partnership, or other entity shall 852
file with the secretary of state in the case of a statewide 853
candidate, or with the board of elections in the county in which 854
the candidate files the candidate's petitions for nomination or 855
election for district or local office, not later than the dates 856
specified in divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of section 3517.10 of 857
the Revised Code, and, except as otherwise provided in that 858
section, a statement itemizing all independent expenditures made 860
during the period since the close of business on the last day 861
reflected in the last previously filed such statement, if any. 862
The statement shall be made on a form prescribed by the secretary 863
of state, OR SHALL BE FILED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION 864
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (G) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE 865
AS AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED BY THAT DIVISION. THE STATEMENT shall 866
indicate the date and the amount of each independent expenditure 867
and the candidate on whose behalf it was made, and shall be made 868
under penalty of election falsification.
(C)(1) Whenever a corporation, labor organization, 870
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campaign committee, political action committee with ten or more 871
members, or legislative campaign fund makes an independent 872
expenditure, or whenever a political action committee with fewer 873
than ten members makes an independent expenditure in excess of 874
one hundred dollars for a local ballot issue or question, or in
excess of five hundred dollars for a statewide ballot issue or 875
question, for the purpose of financing communications advocating 876
support of or opposition to an identified ballot issue or 877
question or solicits without the express consent of the ballot 878
issue committee a contribution for or against an identified
ballot issue or question through public political advertising, a 879
statement shall appear or be presented in a clear and conspicuous 880
manner in the advertising that does both of the following: 881
(a) Clearly indicates that the communication or public 883
political advertising is not authorized by the identified ballot 884
issue committee;
(b) Clearly identifies the corporation, labor 886
organization, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, or 887
political action committee that has paid for the communication or 888
public political advertising in accordance with section 3517.20 889
of the Revised Code.
(2)(a) Whenever any corporation, labor organization, 891
campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, 892
or political action committee makes an independent expenditure in 893
support of or opposition to any ballot issue or question, the 894
corporation or labor organization shall report the independent 895
expenditure in accordance with division (C) of section 3599.03 of 896
the Revised Code, and the campaign committee, fund, party, or 897
political action committee shall report the independent 898
expenditure and identify the ballot issue or question on a 899
statement prescribed by the secretary of state and filed by the 900
campaign committee, fund, political party, or political action 901
committee as part of its statement of contributions and
expenditures pursuant to division (A) of section 3517.10 and 902
23
division (A) of section 3517.11 of the Revised Code. 903
(b) Whenever any individual, partnership, or other entity, 905
except a corporation, labor organization, campaign committee, 906
legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or 908
political party, makes one or more independent expenditures in 909
excess of one hundred dollars in support of or opposition to any 910
ballot issue or question, the individual, partnership, or other
entity shall file with the secretary of state in the case of a 911
statewide ballot issue or question, or with the board of 912
elections in the county that certifies the issue or question for 913
placement on the ballot in the case of a district or local issue 914
or question, not later than the dates specified in division 915
(A)(1), (2), and (3) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, and,
except as otherwise provided in that section, a statement 917
itemizing all independent expenditures made during the period 918
since the close of business on the last day reflected in the last 920
previously filed such statement, if any. The statement shall be 921
made on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, OR SHALL BE 922
FILED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION PURSUANT TO DIVISION 923
(G) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE AS AUTHORIZED OR
REQUIRED BY THAT DIVISION. THE STATEMENT shall indicate the date 925
and the amount of each independent expenditure and the ballot
issue or question in support of or opposition to which it was 926
made, and shall be made under penalty of election falsification. 928
(3) No person, campaign committee, legislative campaign 930
fund, political action committee, corporation, labor 931
organization, or other organization or association shall use or 933
cause to be used a false or fictitious name in making an
independent expenditure in support of or opposition to any 934
candidate or any ballot issue or question. A name is false or 935
fictitious if the person, campaign committee, legislative 937
campaign fund, political action committee, corporation, labor 938
organization, or other organization or association does not 939
actually exist or operate, if the corporation, labor
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organization, or other organization or association has failed to 940
file a fictitious name or other registration with the secretary 941
of state, if it is required to do so, or if the person, campaign 943
committee, legislative campaign fund, or political action 944
committee has failed to file a designation of the appointment of 945
a treasurer, if it is required to do so by division (D)(1) of 947
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code. 948
Sec. 3517.106. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION: 957
(1) "INTERNET" MEANS THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER NETWORK OF 960
BOTH FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL INTEROPERABLE PACKET SWITCHED DATA 961
NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE GRAPHICAL SUBNETWORK CALLED THE WORLD 962
WIDE WEB.
(2) "STATEWIDE OFFICE" MEANS ANY OF THE OFFICES OF 964
GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE, AUDITOR OF 965
STATE, TREASURER OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE 967
SUPREME COURT, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND MEMBER OF THE 968
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(3) "ADDENDUM TO A STATEMENT" INCLUDES AN AMENDMENT OR 970
OTHER CORRECTION TO THAT STATEMENT. 971
(B) The secretary of state shall store on computer the 974
information contained in statements of contributions and 975
expenditures and monthly statements required to be filed under 976
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code AND IN STATEMENTS OF 977
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO BE FILED UNDER SECTION 978
3517.105 OF THE REVISED CODE by any of the following: 979
(1) The campaign committees of candidates for statewide 981
office; 982
(2) The political action committees and political 984
contributing entities described in division (A)(1) of section 986
3517.11 of the Revised Code; 988
(3) Legislative campaign funds; 990
(4) State political parties; 992
(5) INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS, OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT MAKE 994
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES IN SUPPORT OF OR OPPOSITION TO A 995
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STATEWIDE CANDIDATE OR A STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUE OR QUESTION AND 997
ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES 998
UNDER DIVISION (B)(2)(b) OR (C)(2)(b) OF SECTION 3517.105 OF THE 1,000
REVISED CODE; 1,002
(6) The campaign committees of candidates for the office 1,004
of member of the general assembly. 1,006
(B)(C)(1) The secretary of state shall make available to 1,009
the campaign committees, political action committees, political 1,010
contributing entities, legislative campaign funds, and political 1,011
parties, INDIVIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND OTHER ENTITIES described 1,013
in division (A)(B) of this section, and to members of the news 1,014
media and other interested persons, for a reasonable fee, 1,015
computer programs THAT ARE compatible with the secretary of 1,016
state's method of storing the information contained in the 1,017
statements.
(2) The secretary of state shall make the information 1,019
required to be stored under division (A)(B) of this section 1,020
available on computer at the secretary of state's office so that, 1,022
to the maximum extent feasible, individuals may obtain at the 1,023
secretary of state's office any part or all of that information
for any given year, subject to the limitation expressed in 1,024
division (C)(D) of this section. 1,026
(C)(D) The secretary of state shall keep the information 1,028
stored on computer under division (A)(B) of this section for at 1,030
least six years.
(E)(1) ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000, THE CAMPAIGN 1,033
COMMITTEE OF EACH CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE MAY FILE THE 1,034
STATEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE BY 1,036
ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION OR, IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE 1,037
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURES 1,038
MADE BY THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR THE APPLICABLE REPORTING 1,039
PERIOD AS SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 OF THE 1,041
REVISED CODE EXCEEDS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, SHALL FILE THOSE 1,042
STATEMENTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION. WITHIN FIVE 1,043
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BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE FILING DEADLINE SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) 1,044
OF SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE FOR THE APPLICABLE 1,045
STATEMENT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO 1,046
THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET, AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF 1,047
THIS SECTION, THE INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS FILED BY A 1,050
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE BY 1,051
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER DIVISION (E)(1) 1,052
OF THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF AN 1,053
ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT IS FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR 1,054
INACCURATE AFTER THE EXAMINATION OF THE STATEMENT FOR 1,055
COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,056
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SHALL 1,059
FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION ANY ADDENDUM TO THE
STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR 1,061
CORRECT THE STATEMENT OR, IF REQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE 1,062
UNDER THAT DIVISION, AN AMENDED STATEMENT. WITHIN TEN BUSINESS 1,064
DAYS AFTER A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE
OFFICE FILES AN ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OR AN AMENDED STATEMENT 1,066
BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER DIVISION 1,068
(E)(1) OF THIS SECTION OR DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF SECTION 3517.11 1,069
OF THE REVISED CODE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL MAKE THE
INFORMATION IN THE ADDENDUM OR AMENDED STATEMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE 1,070
TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF 1,071
THIS SECTION.
(2) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (E)(3) OF THIS SECTION, ON AND 1,073
AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AND A 1,075
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(2) OF 1,077
THIS SECTION, A LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, AND A STATE POLITICAL 1,078
PARTY MAY FILE THE STATEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 3517.10 OF 1,079
THE REVISED CODE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION. IF A 1,082
STATEMENT IS FILED ELECTRONICALLY UNDER DIVISION (E)(2) OF THIS 1,083
SECTION, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE FILING DEADLINE 1,084
SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE 1,087
FOR THE APPLICABLE STATEMENT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL MAKE 1,088
27
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET, AS PROVIDED 1,089
IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE INFORMATION IN ALL 1,091
STATEMENTS FILED BY A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OR A POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTING ENTITY DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, 1,092
A LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, OR A STATE POLITICAL PARTY BY 1,093
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER DIVISION (E)(2) 1,094
OF THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF AN 1,095
ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT IS FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR 1,097
INACCURATE AFTER THE EXAMINATION OF THE STATEMENT FOR 1,098
COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,099
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE POLITICAL ACTION 1,101
COMMITTEE, POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY, LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN 1,102
FUND, OR STATE POLITICAL PARTY SHALL FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 1,103
TRANSMISSION ANY ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES THE 1,105
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR CORRECT THE STATEMENT OR, IF 1,106
REQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THAT DIVISION, AN 1,107
AMENDED STATEMENT. WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER A POLITICAL
ACTION COMMITTEE OR A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY DESCRIBED IN 1,109
DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, A LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, OR 1,110
A STATE POLITICAL PARTY FILES AN ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OR AN 1,111
AMENDED STATEMENT BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION 1,112
UNDER DIVISION (E)(2) OF THIS SECTION OR DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,114
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL 1,115
MAKE THE INFORMATION IN THE ADDENDUM OR AMENDED STATEMENT
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET AS PROVIDED 1,117
IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION.
(3) ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2002, A POLITICAL ACTION 1,121
COMMITTEE AND A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY DESCRIBED IN 1,122
DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, A LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, AND 1,123
A STATE POLITICAL PARTY SHALL FILE THE STATEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY 1,124
SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 1,126
TRANSMISSION IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED OR 1,128
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE POLITICAL ACTION 1,129
COMMITTEE, POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY, LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN 1,130
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FUND, OR POLITICAL PARTY FOR THE APPLICABLE REPORTING PERIOD AS 1,131
SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE 1,134
EXCEEDS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER 1,135
THE FILING DEADLINE SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 1,137
OF THE REVISED CODE FOR THE APPLICABLE STATEMENT, THE SECRETARY 1,139
OF STATE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE 1,140
INTERNET, AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE 1,141
INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS FILED BY A POLITICAL ACTION 1,142
COMMITTEE OR A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING ENTITY DESCRIBED IN 1,143
DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, A LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, OR 1,144
A STATE POLITICAL PARTY BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF 1,145
TRANSMISSION UNDER DIVISION (E)(3) OF THIS SECTION OR SECTION 1,147
3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE. IF AN ELECTRONICALLY FILED 1,148
STATEMENT IS FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE AFTER THE 1,149
EXAMINATION OF THE STATEMENT FOR COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY 1,150
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED 1,152
CODE, THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, POLITICAL CONTRIBUTING 1,154
ENTITY, LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, OR STATE POLITICAL PARTY SHALL 1,155
FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION ANY ADDENDUM TO THE 1,156
STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR 1,157
CORRECT THE STATEMENT OR, IF REQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE 1,158
UNDER THAT DIVISION, AN AMENDED STATEMENT. WITHIN TEN BUSINESS 1,159
DAYS AFTER A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OR A POLITICAL 1,160
CONTRIBUTING ENTITY DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, 1,161
A LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN FUND, OR A STATE POLITICAL PARTY FILES AN 1,162
ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OR AN AMENDED STATEMENT BY ELECTRONIC 1,163
OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER DIVISION (E)(3) OF THIS 1,165
SECTION OR DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED 1,166
CODE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL MAKE THE INFORMATION IN THE 1,167
ADDENDUM OR AMENDED STATEMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC 1,168
THROUGH THE INTERNET AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION. 1,169
(F)(1)(a) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F)(2)(a) OF THIS SECTION, 1,172
ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000, A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE 1,174
FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY FILE THE 1,175
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STATEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE BY 1,177
ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 1,178
OF STATE. IF A STATEMENT IS FILED ELECTRONICALLY UNDER DIVISION 1,179
(F)(1)(a) OF THIS SECTION, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE 1,181
FILING DEADLINE SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 OF 1,183
THE REVISED CODE FOR THE APPLICABLE STATEMENT, THE SECRETARY OF 1,185
STATE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE 1,186
INTERNET, AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE 1,187
INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS FILED BY A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A 1,188
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY 1,189
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER DIVISION 1,190
(F)(1)(a) OF THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,191
IF AN ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT IS FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR 1,193
INACCURATE AFTER THE EXAMINATION OF THE STATEMENT FOR 1,194
COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,195
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SHALL 1,198
FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE ANY ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES 1,199
THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR CORRECT THE STATEMENT 1,200
OR, IF REQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THAT DIVISION, AN 1,201
AMENDED STATEMENT. WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER A CAMPAIGN 1,202
COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL 1,203
ASSEMBLY FILES AN ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OR AN AMENDED 1,204
STATEMENT BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER 1,205
DIVISION (F)(1)(a) OF THIS SECTION OR DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,207
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL 1,208
MAKE THE INFORMATION IN THE ADDENDUM OR AMENDED STATEMENT 1,209
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET AS PROVIDED 1,210
IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION. 1,211
(b) IF A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE 1,214
OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FILES A STATEMENT OF 1,215
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, AN ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT, OR 1,216
AN AMENDED STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY PURSUANT TO DIVISION 1,217
(F)(1)(a) OF THIS SECTION, THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SHALL FILE WITH 1,218
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THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A)(2) 1,219
OF SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE A PRINTED VERSION OF THE 1,220
ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, OR AMENDED STATEMENT IN 1,221
THE FORMAT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PRESCRIBE. 1,222
(2)(a) ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2002, A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE 1,226
OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1,227
SHALL FILE THE STATEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 3517.10 OF THE 1,228
REVISED CODE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION TO THE OFFICE OF 1,230
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS 1,231
RECEIVED OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE 1,232
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR THE APPLICABLE REPORTING PERIOD AS 1,233
SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE 1,236
EXCEEDS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER 1,237
THE FILING DEADLINE SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3517.10 1,239
OF THE REVISED CODE FOR THE APPLICABLE STATEMENT, THE SECRETARY 1,241
OF STATE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE 1,242
INTERNET, AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE 1,243
INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS FILED BY A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A 1,244
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY 1,245
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION UNDER DIVISION 1,247
(F)(2)(a) OF THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.10 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,248
IF AN ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT IS FOUND TO BE INCOMPLETE OR 1,249
INACCURATE AFTER THE EXAMINATION OF THE STATEMENT FOR 1,250
COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,252
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SHALL 1,255
FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE 1,256
SECRETARY OF STATE ANY ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES 1,257
THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR CORRECT THE STATEMENT 1,258
OR, IF REQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THAT DIVISION, AN 1,259
AMENDED STATEMENT. WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER A CAMPAIGN 1,261
COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL 1,262
ASSEMBLY FILES AN ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OR AN AMENDED
STATEMENT BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER 1,264
DIVISION (F)(2)(a) OF THIS SECTION OR DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF 1,265
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SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL 1,267
MAKE THE INFORMATION IN THE ADDENDUM OR AMENDED STATEMENT 1,268
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET AS PROVIDED 1,269
IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION.
(b) THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE 1,272
OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT FILES A STATEMENT OF 1,273
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, AN ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT, OR 1,274
AN AMENDED STATEMENT BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER 1,276
DIVISION (F)(2)(a) OF THIS SECTION SHALL FILE WITH THE 1,277
APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A)(2) OF 1,279
SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE A PRINTED VERSION OF THE 1,281
ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, OR AMENDED STATEMENT IN 1,282
THE FORMAT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PRESCRIBE. 1,283
(G) ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2002, ANY INDIVIDUAL, 1,287
PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT MAKES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES 1,288
IN SUPPORT OF OR OPPOSITION TO A STATEWIDE CANDIDATE OR A 1,289
STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUE OR QUESTION AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION 1,290
(B)(2)(b) OR (C)(2)(b) OF SECTION 3517.105 OF THE REVISED CODE 1,292
MAY FILE THE STATEMENT SPECIFIED IN THAT DIVISION BY ELECTRONIC 1,293
MEANS OF TRANSMISSION OR, IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE INDEPENDENT 1,294
EXPENDITURES MADE DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD UNDER THAT DIVISION 1,295
EXCEEDS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, SHALL FILE THAT STATEMENT BY 1,296
ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION. WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS 1,297
AFTER THE FILING DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICABLE STATEMENT AS 1,298
PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B)(2)(b) OR (C)(2)(b) OF SECTION 3517.105 1,301
OF THE REVISED CODE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE 1,304
ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET, AS PROVIDED IN
DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS 1,305
FILED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY BY 1,306
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS DIVISION OR 1,308
DIVISION (B)(2)(b) OR (C)(2)(b) OF SECTION 3517.105 OF THE 1,309
REVISED CODE. IF AN ELECTRONICALLY FILED STATEMENT IS FOUND TO 1,311
BE INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE AFTER THE EXAMINATION OF THE 1,312
STATEMENT FOR COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY PURSUANT TO DIVISION 1,313
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(B)(3)(a) OF SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE INDIVIDUAL, 1,315
PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY SHALL FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 1,316
TRANSMISSION ANY ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES THE 1,318
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR CORRECT THE STATEMENT OR, IF 1,319
REQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THAT DIVISION, AN 1,320
AMENDED STATEMENT. WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, 1,321
PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(2)(b) OR 1,322
(C)(2)(b) OF SECTION 3517.105 OF THE REVISED CODE FILES AN 1,323
ADDENDUM TO THE STATEMENT OR AN AMENDED STATEMENT BY ELECTRONIC 1,324
OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS DIVISION OR DIVISION 1,325
(B)(3)(a) OF SECTION 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE SECRETARY 1,326
OF STATE SHALL MAKE THE INFORMATION IN THE ADDENDUM OR AMENDED 1,327
STATEMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET AS 1,328
PROVIDED IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION.
(H)(1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BY RULE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 1,331
SECTION 3517.23 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL PRESCRIBE ONE OR MORE 1,334
TECHNIQUES BY WHICH A PERSON WHO EXECUTES AND TRANSMITS BY 1,335
ELECTRONIC MEANS A STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, A 1,336
STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES, AN ADDENDUM TO EITHER 1,337
STATEMENT, AN AMENDED STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND
EXPENDITURES, OR AN AMENDED STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES 1,338
UNDER THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.10 OR 3517.105 OF THE REVISED 1,340
CODE MAY ELECTRONICALLY SIGN THE STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, OR AMENDED 1,342
STATEMENT. THE TECHNIQUES PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE 1,344
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (H)(1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: 1,345
(a) A CODE CONSISTING OF A COMBINATION OF LETTERS, 1,348
NUMBERS, CHARACTERS, OR SYMBOLS THAT IS ADOPTED OR EXECUTED BY 1,349
THE PERSON DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (H)(1) OF THIS SECTION AS THAT 1,350
PERSON'S ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE; 1,351
(b) A COMPUTER-GENERATED SIGNATURE CODE THAT IS CREATED 1,354
FOR THE PERSON DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (H)(1) OF THIS SECTION; 1,355
(c) AN ELECTRONIC IMAGE OF THE HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE OF 1,358
THE PERSON DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (H)(1) THAT IS CREATED BY USING 1,359
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A PEN COMPUTER. 1,360
(2) THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE THAT USES ANY OF THE 1,362
TECHNIQUES PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER DIVISION 1,364
(H)(1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ATTACHED TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH 1,365
THE STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, THE STATEMENT OF 1,366
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES, THE ADDENDUM TO EITHER STATEMENT, THE 1,367
AMENDED STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, OR THE 1,368
AMENDED STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES THAT IS EXECUTED 1,369
AND TRANSMITTED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS BY THE PERSON TO WHOM THE 1,370
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE IS ATTRIBUTED. THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE 1,371
THAT IS ATTACHED TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, 1,372
OR AMENDED STATEMENT UNDER DIVISION (H)(2) OF THIS SECTION SHALL 1,374
BE BINDING ON ALL PERSONS AND FOR ALL PURPOSES UNDER THE CAMPAIGN 1,375
FINANCE LAW AS IF THE SIGNATURE HAD BEEN HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON 1,376
THE PRINTED FORM OF THE STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, OR AMENDED 1,377
STATEMENT.
(I) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL MAKE THE INFORMATION IN 1,380
ALL STATEMENTS, ALL ADDENDA TO THE STATEMENTS, AND ALL AMENDED
STATEMENTS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY 1,381
ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION OR 1,383
SECTION 3517.10, 3517.105, OR 3517.11 OF THE REVISED CODE 1,384
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC BY ANY MEANS THAT ARE SEARCHABLE, 1,385
VIEWABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE INTERNET. FOR PURPOSES OF 1,386
THE RETRIEVAL BY THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION FROM THOSE STATEMENTS, 1,387
ADDENDA, OR AMENDED STATEMENTS THROUGH THE INTERNET, THE 1,388
SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DISCLOSE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WITH 1,389
RESPECT TO THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE THAT FILED THE STATEMENT, 1,390
ADDENDUM, OR AMENDED STATEMENT AND EACH PERSON THAT MADE A 1,391
CONTRIBUTION AS REFLECTED IN THE STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, OR AMENDED
STATEMENT: 1,392
(1) THE FIRST NAME AND THE LAST NAME OF THE CAMPAIGN 1,394
COMMITTEE'S CANDIDATE; 1,395
(2) THE FIRST NAME AND THE LAST NAME OF EACH CONTRIBUTOR; 1,398
(3) THE CITY OR VILLAGE, STATE, AND ZIP CODE AS USED IN 1,400
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THE CONTRIBUTOR'S ADDRESS, BUT NOT THE APARTMENT NUMBER, STREET, 1,401
ROAD, OR HIGHWAY NAME AND NUMBER, OR RURAL DELIVERY ROUTE NUMBER; 1,403
(4) THE NAME OF THE CONTRIBUTOR'S EMPLOYER, IF ANY; 1,406
(5) THE MONTH, DAY, AND YEAR OF THE CONTRIBUTION; 1,408
(6) THE VALUE IN DOLLARS AND CENTS OF THE CONTRIBUTION; 1,411
(7) THE TYPE OF THE CONTRIBUTION. 1,413
Sec. 3517.11. (A)(1) Campaign committees of candidates 1,422
for statewide offices or the state board of education, political 1,423
action committees or political contributing entities that make 1,424
contributions to campaign committees of candidates that are 1,426
required to file the statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of 1,427
the Revised Code with the secretary of state, political action 1,428
committees or political contributing entities that make 1,429
contributions to campaign committees of candidates for member of 1,430
the general assembly, political action committees or political 1,431
contributing entities that make contributions to state and 1,432
national political parties and to legislative campaign funds, 1,434
political action committees or political contributing entities
that receive contributions or make expenditures in connection 1,436
with a statewide ballot issue, political action committees or 1,437
political contributing entities that make contributions to other 1,439
political action committees or political contributing entities, 1,440
political parties, and campaign committees, except as set forth 1,441
in division (A)(3) of this section, legislative campaign funds, 1,442
and state and national political parties shall file the 1,444
statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code with 1,445
the secretary of state.
(2) Campaign SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F) OF SECTION 3517.106 1,447
OF THE REVISED CODE, CAMPAIGN committees of candidates for all 1,448
other offices shall file the statements prescribed by section 1,449
3517.10 of the Revised Code with the board of elections where 1,450
their candidates are required to file their petitions or other 1,451
papers for nomination or election. 1,452
(3) Political action committees or political contributing 1,454
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entities that only contribute to a county political party, 1,456
contribute to campaign committees of candidates whose nomination 1,457
or election is to be submitted only to electors within a county, 1,458
subdivision, or district, excluding candidates for member of the 1,459
general assembly, and receive contributions or make expenditures 1,460
in connection with ballot questions or issues to be submitted 1,461
only to electors within a county, subdivision, or district, shall 1,462
file the statements prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised 1,463
Code with the board of elections in that county or in the county 1,464
contained in whole or part within the subdivision or district 1,465
having a population greater than that of any other county 1,466
contained in whole or part within that subdivision or district, 1,467
as the case may be.
(4) County political parties shall file the statements 1,469
prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code with the board 1,470
of elections of their respective counties. 1,471
(B)(1) The official with whom petitions and other papers 1,473
for nomination or election to public office are filed shall 1,474
furnish each candidate at the time of that filing a copy of 1,475
sections 3517.01, 3517.08 to 3517.11, 3517.13 to 3517.993, 1,477
3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised Code and any other materials 1,478
that the secretary of state may require. Each candidate 1,479
receiving the materials shall acknowledge their receipt in 1,480
writing. Each board of elections shall send a copy of each
statement, addendum, amendment, or other correction to a 1,481
statement filed with or received by it for a candidate for member 1,482
of the general assembly to the secretary of state not later than 1,483
two business days after the statement, addendum, amendment, or 1,484
other correction is filed with or received by the board, EXCEPT 1,485
WHEN THE STATEMENT, ADDENDUM, AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTION TO 1,486
THE STATEMENT IS ELECTRONICALLY FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE 1,487
PURSUANT TO SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE.
(2) On or before the tenth day before the dates on which 1,489
statements are required to be filed by section 3517.10 of the 1,490
36
Revised Code, every candidate subject to the provisions of this 1,491
section and section SECTIONS 3517.10 AND 3517.106 of the Revised 1,493
Code shall be notified of the requirements and applicable 1,495
penalties of those sections. The secretary of state, by certified 1,496
mail with return receipt requested, shall notify all candidates 1,497
required to file those statements with the secretary of state's 1,498
office. The board of elections of every county shall notify by 1,500
first class mail any candidate who has personally appeared at the 1,501
office of the board on or before the tenth day before the 1,502
statements are required to be filed and signed a form, to be 1,504
provided by the secretary of state, attesting that the candidate 1,505
has been notified of the candidate's obligations under the 1,506
campaign finance law. The board shall forward the completed form 1,507
to the secretary of state. The board shall use certified mail 1,508
with return receipt requested to notify all other candidates 1,509
required to file those statements with it. 1,510
(3)(a) Any statement required to be filed under sections 1,512
3517.081 to 3517.17 of the Revised Code that is found to be 1,514
incomplete or inaccurate by the officer to whom it is submitted
shall be accepted on a conditional basis, and the person who 1,515
filed it shall be notified by certified mail as to the incomplete 1,516
or inaccurate nature of the statement. The secretary of state 1,517
may examine statements filed for candidates for the office of 1,518
member of the general assembly for completeness and accuracy. ON 1,519
AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL EXAMINE 1,520
STATEMENTS THAT ARE ELECTRONICALLY FILED BY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES 1,521
OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1,522
PURSUANT TO SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. If an officer 1,524
at the board of elections where a statement of that type was 1,525
submitted finds the statement to be incomplete or inaccurate, the 1,526
officer shall immediately notify the secretary of state of its 1,528
incomplete or inaccurate nature. If either an officer at the
board of elections or the secretary of state finds a statement of 1,529
that type to be incomplete or inaccurate, only the secretary of 1,531
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state shall send the notification as to the incomplete or
inaccurate nature of the statement. Within twenty-one days after 1,533
receipt of THE notice, in the case of a pre-election PREELECTION 1,535
statement, a postelection statement, a monthly statement, or an 1,536
annual statement prescribed by section 3517.10, an annual 1,537
statement prescribed by section 3517.101, or a statement 1,538
prescribed by division (B)(2)(b) or (D)(C)(2)(b) of section 1,540
3517.105 or section 3517.107 of the Revised Code, the recipient 1,544
shall file an addendum, AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTION to the 1,545
statement providing the information necessary to complete or 1,546
correct the statement. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY REQUIRE THAT, 1,547
IN LIEU OF FILING AN ADDENDUM, AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTION TO 1,548
A STATEMENT THAT IS FILED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION TO 1,549
THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3517.106 1,550
OF THE REVISED CODE, THE RECIPIENT OF THE NOTICE DESCRIBED IN 1,552
DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF THIS SECTION FILE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 1,553
TRANSMISSION AN AMENDED STATEMENT THAT INCORPORATES THE 1,554
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE OR CORRECT THE STATEMENT. The 1,556
secretary of state shall determine by rule when an addendum,
AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTION to a two-business-day statement 1,558
prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code OR AN AMENDED 1,559
TWO-BUSINESS-DAY STATEMENT shall be filed. AN ADDENDUM, 1,560
AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTION TO A STATEMENT THAT IS FILED BY 1,561
ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 3517.106 OF 1,562
THE REVISED CODE SHALL BE FILED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE
STATEMENT. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 3517.10 AND 3517.106 OF 1,563
THE REVISED CODE PERTAINING TO THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF 1,564
STATEMENTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES AND STATEMENTS OF 1,565
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES APPLY TO THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF 1,566
ADDENDA, AMENDMENTS, OR OTHER CORRECTIONS TO THOSE STATEMENTS AND 1,567
THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF AMENDED STATEMENTS.
(b) WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE FILING WITH THE 1,569
SECRETARY OF STATE, BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSMISSION, 1,570
OF AN ADDENDUM, AMENDMENT, OR OTHER CORRECTION TO A STATEMENT OR 1,571
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OF AN AMENDED STATEMENT UNDER DIVISION (B)(3)(a) OF THIS SECTION, 1,572
THE SECRETARY OF STATE, PURSUANT TO DIVISIONS (E), (F), (G), AND 1,573
(I) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL MAKE THE 1,574
INFORMATION IN THAT ADDENDUM, AMENDMENT, CORRECTION, OR AMENDED 1,575
STATEMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET. 1,576
AS USED IN DIVISION (B)(3)(b) OF THIS SECTION, "INTERNET" HAS THE 1,577
SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,578
(4)(a) The secretary of state or the board of elections 1,581
shall examine all statements for compliance with sections 3517.08 1,582
to 3517.17 of the Revised Code. 1,583
(b) The secretary of state may contract with an individual 1,585
or entity not associated with the secretary of state and 1,587
experienced in interpreting the campaign finance reporting law of 1,588
this state to conduct examinations of statements filed by any 1,589
statewide candidate as this term is defined in section 3517.103
of the Revised Code. 1,590
(c) The examination shall be conducted by a person or 1,593
entity qualified to conduct it. The results of the examination 1,594
shall be available to the public and, when the examination is 1,595
conducted by an individual or entity not associated with the 1,596
secretary of state, the results of the examination shall be 1,597
reported to the secretary of state.
(C)(1) In the event of a failure to file or a late filing 1,599
of a statement required to be filed under sections 3517.081 to 1,600
3517.17 of the Revised Code or if a filed statement or any 1,601
addendum to the statement, if an addendum is required to be 1,602
filed, is incomplete or inaccurate, or appears to disclose a 1,603
failure to comply with or a violation of law, the official whose 1,605
duty it is to examine the statement shall promptly file a 1,606
complaint with the Ohio elections commission under section 1,608
3517.153 of the Revised Code if the law is one over which the
commission has jurisdiction to hear complaints, or the official 1,610
shall promptly report the failure or violation to the board of 1,612
elections and the board shall promptly report it to the 1,613
39
prosecuting attorney in accordance with division (J) of section 1,614
3501.11 of the Revised Code. If the official files a complaint 1,615
with the commission, the commission shall proceed in accordance 1,616
with sections 3517.154 to 3517.157 of the Revised Code. 1,617
(2) For purposes of division (C)(1) of this section, a 1,619
statement or an addendum to a statement required to be filed 1,621
under sections 3517.081 to 3517.17 of the Revised Code is 1,623
incomplete or inaccurate under this section if the statement or 1,624
addendum fails to disclose substantially all contributions that 1,625
are received from a source and that are required to be reported 1,626
under sections 3517.10, 3517.107, and 3517.108 of the Revised 1,628
Code or if the statement or addendum fails to disclose at least 1,630
ninety per cent of the total contributions received or of the 1,631
total expenditures made during the reporting period. 1,632
(D) No certificate of nomination or election shall be 1,634
issued to a person, and no person elected to an office shall 1,636
enter upon the performance of the duties of that office, until 1,637
that person or that person's campaign committee, as appropriate, 1,640
has fully complied with this section and sections 3517.08, 1,642
3517.081, 3517.10, and 3517.13 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 3517.10, 3517.105, 1,644
3517.106, and 3517.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 1,645
Section 3. That section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, as 1,647
amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 134 of the 122nd General Assembly, be 1,648
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3517.10. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this 1,657
division, every campaign committee, political action committee, 1,658
legislative campaign fund, political party, and political 1,659
contributing entity that made or received a contribution or made 1,660
an expenditure in connection with the nomination or election of 1,661
any candidate or in connection with any ballot issue or question 1,662
at any election held or to be held in this state shall file, on a 1,663
form prescribed under this section OR BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF 1,664
TRANSMISSION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AND SECTION 3517.106 OF 1,665
40
THE REVISED CODE, a full, true, and itemized statement, made 1,667
under penalty of election falsification, setting forth in detail 1,668
the contributions and expenditures, no later than four p.m. of 1,669
the following dates:
(1) The twelfth day before the election to reflect 1,671
contributions received and expenditures made from the close of 1,672
business on the last day reflected in the last previously filed 1,673
statement, if any, to the close of business on the twentieth day 1,674
before the election; 1,675
(2) The thirty-eighth day after the election to reflect 1,677
the contributions received and expenditures made from the close 1,678
of business on the last day reflected in the last previously 1,679
filed statement, if any, to the close of business on the seventh 1,680
day before the filing of the statement; 1,681
(3) The last business day of January of every year to 1,683
reflect the contributions received and expenditures made from the 1,684
close of business on the last day reflected in the last 1,685
previously filed statement, if any, to the close of business on 1,686
the last day of December of the previous year. 1,687
A campaign committee shall only be required to file the 1,689
statements prescribed under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this 1,690
section in connection with the nomination or election of the 1,691
committee's candidate. 1,692
The statement required under division (A)(1) of this 1,694
section shall not be required of any campaign committee, 1,695
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political 1,697
party, or political contributing entity that has received 1,699
contributions of less than one thousand dollars and has made 1,700
expenditures of less than one thousand dollars at the close of 1,701
business on the twentieth day before the election. Those 1,702
contributions and expenditures shall be reported in the statement 1,703
required under division (A)(2) of this section. 1,704
If an election to select candidates to appear on the 1,706
general election ballot is held within sixty days before a 1,707
41
general election, the campaign committee of a successful 1,708
candidate in the earlier election may file the statement required 1,709
by division (A)(1) of this section for the general election 1,710
instead of the statement required by division (A)(2) of this 1,711
section for the earlier election if the pregeneral election 1,713
statement reflects the status of contributions and expenditures 1,714
for the period twenty days before the earlier election to twenty 1,715
days before the general election. 1,716
If a person becomes a candidate less than twenty days 1,718
before an election, the candidate's campaign committee is not 1,719
required to file the statement required by division (A)(1) of 1,721
this section.
No statement under division (A)(3) of this section shall be 1,723
required for any year in which a campaign committee, political 1,724
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 1,726
political contributing entity is required to file a postgeneral 1,727
election statement under division (A)(2) of this section. 1,730
However, such a statement may be filed, at the option of the 1,731
campaign committee, political action committee, legislative 1,732
campaign fund, political party, or political contributing entity. 1,733
No statement under division (A)(3) of this section shall be 1,735
required if the campaign committee, political action committee, 1,736
legislative campaign fund, political party, or political 1,737
contributing entity has no contributions that it has received and 1,739
no expenditures that it has made since the last date reflected in 1,741
its last previously filed statement. However, the campaign 1,742
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, 1,744
political party, or political contributing entity shall file a 1,745
statement to that effect, on a form prescribed under this section 1,747
and made under penalty of election falsification, on the date 1,748
required in division (A)(3) of this section.
The campaign committee of a statewide candidate shall file 1,751
a monthly statement of contributions received during each of the 1,752
months of July, August, and September in the year of the general 1,754
42
election in which the candidate seeks office. The campaign 1,755
committee of a statewide candidate shall file the monthly 1,756
statement not later than three business days after the last day 1,757
of the month covered by the statement. During the period 1,759
beginning on the nineteenth day before the general election in 1,760
which a statewide candidate seeks election to office and 1,761
extending through the day of that general election, each time the 1,762
campaign committee of the joint candidates for the offices of 1,763
governor and lieutenant governor or of a candidate for the office 1,764
of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or 1,765
attorney general receives a contribution from a contributor that 1,766
causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that 1,767
contributor during that period to equal or exceed two thousand 1,768
five hundred dollars and each time the campaign committee of a 1,770
candidate for the office of chief justice or justice of the 1,771
supreme court receives a contribution from a contributor that 1,772
causes the aggregate amount of contributions received from that 1,773
contributor during that period to exceed five hundred dollars, 1,774
the campaign committee shall file a two-business-day statement 1,775
reflecting that contribution. The two-business-day statement 1,777
shall be filed not later than two business days after receipt of 1,778
the contribution. The statements required by this paragraph 1,779
shall be filed in addition to any other statements required by 1,780
this section.
A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A STATEWIDE CANDIDATE SHALL FILE A 1,783
TWO-BUSINESS-DAY STATEMENT UNDER THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH BY 1,785
ELECTRONIC MEANS OF TRANSMISSION IF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IS 1,787
REQUIRED TO FILE A PREELECTION, POSTELECTION, OR MONTHLY 1,788
STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY ELECTRONIC MEANS 1,789
OF TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.106 OF THE 1,790
REVISED CODE. 1,791
If a campaign committee or political action committee has 1,793
no balance on hand and no outstanding obligations and desires to 1,794
terminate itself, it shall file a statement to that effect, on a 1,795
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form prescribed under this section and made under penalty of 1,796
election falsification, with the official with whom it files a 1,797
statement under division (A) of this section after filing a final 1,798
statement of contributions and a final statement of expenditures, 1,799
if contributions have been received or expenditures made since 1,800
the period reflected in its last previously filed statement. 1,801
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(7) of 1,803
this section, each statement required by division (A) of this 1,804
section shall contain the following information: 1,805
(1) The full name and address of each campaign committee, 1,807
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political 1,809
party, or political contributing entity, including any treasurer 1,810
of the committee, fund, party, or entity, filing a contribution 1,811
and expenditure statement; 1,812
(2)(a) In the case of a campaign committee, the 1,814
candidate's full name and address; 1,815
(b) In the case of a political action committee, the 1,817
registration number assigned to the committee under division 1,819
(D)(1) of this section. 1,820
(3) The date of the election and whether it was or will be 1,822
a general, primary, or special election; 1,823
(4) A statement of contributions received, which shall 1,825
include: 1,826
(a) The month, day, and year of the contribution; 1,828
(b)(i) The full name and address of each person, political 1,831
party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political 1,832
action committee, or political contributing entity from whom 1,833
contributions are received and the registration number assigned 1,835
to the political action committee under division (D)(1) of this 1,836
section. The requirement of filing the full address does not 1,837
apply to any statement filed by a state or local committee of a 1,839
political party, to a finance committee of such committee, or to 1,841
a committee recognized by a state or local committee as its 1,842
fund-raising auxiliary. Notwithstanding division (F)(1) of this 1,843
44
section, the requirement of filing the full address shall be 1,845
considered as being met if the address filed is the same address 1,846
the contributor provided under division (E)(1) of this section. 1,848
(ii) If a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or 1,850
candidate for the office of member of the general assembly 1,851
receives a contribution from an individual that exceeds one 1,853
hundred dollars, the name of the individual's current employer, 1,854
if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the individual's 1,856
occupation;
(iii) If a campaign committee of a statewide candidate or 1,858
candidate for the office of member of the general assembly 1,859
receives a contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 1,861
of the Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and 1,862
salaries of two or more employees that exceeds in the aggregate 1,864
one hundred dollars during any one filing period under division 1,866
(A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the full name of the 1,867
employees' employer and the full name of the labor organization 1,868
of which the employees are members, if any. 1,870
(c) A description of the contribution received, if other 1,872
than money; 1,873
(d) The value in dollars and cents of the contribution; 1,875
(e) A separately itemized account of all contributions and 1,877
expenditures regardless of the amount, except a receipt of a 1,879
contribution from a person in the sum of twenty-five dollars or 1,880
less at one social or fund-raising activity and a receipt of a 1,881
contribution transmitted pursuant to section 3599.031 of the 1,882
Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and salaries of 1,883
employees if the contribution from the amount deducted from the 1,884
wages and salary of any one employee is twenty-five dollars or 1,885
less aggregated in a calendar year. An account of the total
contributions from each social or fund-raising activity shall 1,886
include a description of and the value of each in-kind 1,887
contribution received at that activity from any person who made 1,888
one or more such contributions whose aggregate value exceeded two 1,889
45
hundred fifty dollars and shall be listed separately, together 1,890
with the expenses incurred and paid in connection with that 1,891
activity. A campaign committee, political action committee, 1,892
legislative campaign fund, political party, or political 1,893
contributing entity shall keep records of contributions from each 1,894
person in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less at one social 1,895
or fund-raising activity and contributions from amounts deducted 1,896
under section 3599.031 of the Revised Code from the wages and 1,897
salary of each employee in the amount of twenty-five dollars or 1,898
less aggregated in a calendar year. No continuing association
that is recognized by a state or local committee of a political 1,900
party as an auxiliary of the party and that makes a contribution 1,901
from funds derived solely from regular dues paid by members of 1,902
the auxiliary shall be required to list the name or address of 1,903
any members who paid those dues.
Contributions that are other income shall be itemized 1,905
separately from all other contributions. The information 1,906
required under division (B)(4) of this section shall be provided 1,908
for all other income itemized. As used in this paragraph, "other 1,909
income" means a loan, investment income, or interest income. 1,910
(f) In the case of a campaign committee of a state elected 1,913
officer, if a person doing business with the state elected
officer in the officer's official capacity makes a contribution 1,915
to the campaign committee of that officer, the information 1,916
required under division (B)(4) of this section in regard to that 1,917
contribution, which shall be filed together with and considered a 1,918
part of the committee's statement of contributions as required 1,919
under division (A) of this section but shall be filed on a 1,921
separate form provided by the secretary of state. As used in
division (B)(4)(f) of this section: 1,922
(i) "State elected officer" has the same meaning as in 1,925
section 3517.092 of the Revised Code. 1,926
(ii) "Person doing business" means a person or an officer 1,929
of an entity who enters into one or more contracts with a state 1,930
46
elected officer or anyone authorized to enter into contracts on 1,931
behalf of that officer to receive payments for goods or services, 1,932
if the payments total, in the aggregate, more than five thousand 1,933
dollars during a calendar year. 1,934
(5) A statement of expenditures which shall include: 1,936
(a) The month, day, and year of the expenditure; 1,938
(b) The full name and address of each person, political 1,940
party, campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, political 1,941
action committee, or political contributing entity to whom the 1,942
expenditure was made and the registration number assigned to the 1,944
political action committee under division (D)(1) of this section; 1,945
(c) The object or purpose for which the expenditure was 1,947
made; 1,948
(d) The amount of each expenditure. 1,950
(C)(1) The statement of contributions and expenditures 1,952
shall be signed by the person completing the form. IF A 1,953
STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES IS ELECTRONICALLY 1,955
FILED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED 1,956
CODE, THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE OF THE PERSON WHO EXECUTES AND 1,958
TRANSMITS THE STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY SHALL BE ATTACHED TO OR 1,959
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATEMENT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (H) OF 1,961
SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,962
(2) The person filing the statement shall, under penalty 1,964
of election falsification, SHALL include with it a list of each 1,965
anonymous contribution, the circumstances under which it was 1,966
received, and the reason it cannot be attributed to a specific 1,967
donor.
(3) Each statement of a campaign committee of a candidate 1,969
who holds public office shall contain a designation of each 1,970
contributor who is an employee in any unit or department under 1,971
the candidate's direct supervision and control. In a space 1,972
provided in the statement, the person filing the statement shall 1,973
affirm that each such contribution was voluntarily made. 1,974
(4) A campaign committee that did not receive 1,976
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contributions or make expenditures in connection with the 1,978
nomination or election of its candidate shall file a statement to 1,979
that effect, on a form prescribed under this section and made 1,980
under penalty of election falsification, on the date required in 1,981
division (A)(2) of this section. 1,982
(5) The campaign committee of any person who attempts to 1,984
become a candidate and who, for any reason, does not become 1,985
certified in accordance with Title XXXV of the Revised Code for 1,986
placement on the official ballot of a primary, general, or 1,987
special election to be held in this state, and who, at any time 1,988
prior to or after an election, receives contributions or makes 1,989
expenditures, or has given consent for another to receive 1,990
contributions or make expenditures, for the purpose of bringing 1,991
about the person's nomination or election to public office, shall 1,992
file the statement or statements prescribed by this section and a 1,993
termination statement, if applicable. This paragraph does not 1,994
apply to any person with respect to an election to the offices of 1,995
member of a county or state central committee, presidential 1,996
elector, or delegate to a national convention or conference of a 1,997
political party. 1,998
(6)(a) The statements required to be filed under this 2,000
section shall specify the balance in the hands of the campaign 2,002
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund, 2,003
political party, or political contributing entity and the 2,004
disposition intended to be made of that balance. 2,005
(b) The SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PRESCRIBE THE form for 2,007
all statements required to be filed under this section shall be 2,009
prescribed by the secretary of state, and furnished SHALL FURNISH 2,011
THE FORMS to the boards of elections in the several counties, and 2,012
the. THE boards of elections shall supply printed copies of 2,013
those forms without charge. The secretary of state may require 2,014
that SHALL PRESCRIBE THE APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGY, PROTOCOL, AND 2,015
DATA FILE STRUCTURE FOR THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF STATEMENTS 2,017
REQUIRED OR PERMITTED TO BE FILED ELECTRONICALLY UNDER DIVISION 2,018
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(A) OF THIS SECTION AND DIVISIONS (E), (F), AND (G) OF SECTION 2,020
3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE. SUBJECT TO DIVISION (A) OF THIS 2,021
SECTION AND DIVISIONS (E), (F), AND (G) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF 2,023
THE REVISED CODE, the statements required to be stored on 2,025
computer by the secretary of state under divisions (A)(1) to (4) 2,027
DIVISION (B) of section 3517.106 of the Revised Code SHALL be 2,028
filed in whatever format the secretary of state considers 2,029
necessary so that TO ENABLE the secretary of state may TO store 2,031
the information contained in the statements on computer. Any 2,032
such format shall be of a type and nature that is readily 2,033
available to whoever is required to file the statements in that 2,034
format.
(7) Each monthly statement and each two-business-day 2,036
statement required by division (A) of this section shall contain 2,038
the information required by divisions (B)(1) to (4), (C)(2), and, 2,040
if appropriate, (C)(3) of this section. Each statement shall be 2,042
signed as required by division (C)(1) of this section.
(D)(1) Prior to receiving a contribution or making an 2,044
expenditure, every campaign committee, political action 2,045
committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 2,046
political contributing entity shall appoint a treasurer and shall 2,047
file, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a 2,048
designation of that appointment, including the full name and 2,050
address of the treasurer and of the campaign committee, political 2,051
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 2,053
political contributing entity. That designation shall be filed 2,054
with the official with whom the campaign committee, political 2,055
action committee, legislative campaign fund, political party, or 2,056
political contributing entity is required to file statements 2,057
under section 3517.11 of the Revised Code. The name of a 2,058
campaign committee shall include at least the last name of the
campaign committee's candidate. The secretary of state shall 2,059
assign a registration number to each political action committee 2,061
that files a designation of the appointment of a treasurer under
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division (D)(1) of this section if the political action committee 2,063
is required by division (A)(1) of section 3517.11 of the Revised 2,065
Code to file the statements prescribed by this section with the 2,067
secretary of state.
(2) The treasurer appointed under division (D)(1) of this 2,069
section shall keep a strict account of all contributions, from 2,071
whom received and the purpose for which they were disbursed. 2,072
(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 3517.108 of 2,074
the Revised Code, a campaign committee shall deposit all monetary 2,075
contributions received by the committee into an account separate 2,077
from a personal or business account of the candidate or campaign 2,078
committee.
(b) A political action committee shall deposit all 2,081
monetary contributions received by the committee into an account 2,082
separate from all other funds.
(c) A state or county political party may establish a 2,085
state candidate fund that is separate from an account that
contains the public moneys received from the Ohio political party 2,086
fund under section 3517.17 of the Revised Code and from all other 2,088
funds. A state or county political party may deposit into its 2,089
state candidate fund any amounts of monetary contributions that 2,090
are made to or accepted by the political party subject to the 2,091
applicable limitations, if any, prescribed in section 3517.102 of 2,092
the Revised Code. A state or county political party shall 2,094
deposit all other monetary contributions received by the party 2,095
into one or more accounts that are separate from its state 2,096
candidate fund and from its account that contains the public 2,097
moneys received from the Ohio political party fund under section 2,098
3517.17 of the Revised Code.
(d) Each state political party shall have only one 2,100
legislative campaign fund for each house of the general assembly. 2,101
Each such fund shall be separate from any other funds or accounts 2,102
of that state party. A legislative campaign fund is authorized 2,103
to receive contributions and make expenditures for the primary
50
purpose of furthering the election of candidates who are members 2,104
of that political party to the house of the general assembly with 2,105
which that legislative campaign fund is associated. Each 2,106
legislative campaign fund shall be administered and controlled in 2,107
a manner designated by the caucus. As used in division (D)(3)(d) 2,108
of this section, "caucus" has the same meaning as in section 2,109
3517.01 of the Revised Code and includes, as an ex officio
member, the chairperson of the state political party with which 2,110
the caucus is associated, or that chairperson's designee. 2,112
(4) Every expenditure in excess of twenty-five dollars 2,114
shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of 2,116
the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement of 2,118
expenditures. A canceled check with a notation of the purpose of 2,119
the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of division 2,120
(D)(4) of this section. 2,121
(5) The secretary of state or the board of elections, as 2,124
the case may be, shall issue a receipt for each statement filed 2,126
under this section and shall preserve a copy of the receipt for a 2,128
period of at least six years. All statements filed under this 2,130
section shall be open to public inspection in the office where 2,132
they are filed and shall be carefully preserved for a period of 2,133
at least six years after the year in which they are filed. 2,134
(6) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, BY RULE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 2,137
SECTION 3517.23 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL PRESCRIBE THE MANNER 2,140
OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND PRESERVING THE RECEIPT OF STATEMENTS THAT 2,141
ARE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT 2,142
TO THIS SECTION OR SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE AND THE 2,144
MANNER OF PRESERVING THE INFORMATION IN THOSE STATEMENTS. THE 2,146
SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PRESERVE THE INFORMATION IN THOSE 2,147
STATEMENTS FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS AFTER THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY 2,148
ARE ELECTRONICALLY FILED. 2,149
(7) THE SECRETARY OF STATE, PURSUANT TO DIVISIONS (E), 2,152
(F), (G), AND (I) OF SECTION 3517.106 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL
MAKE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE INTERNET THE 2,153
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INFORMATION IN ALL STATEMENTS, ALL ADDENDA, AMENDMENTS, OR OTHER 2,154
CORRECTIONS TO STATEMENTS, AND ALL AMENDED STATEMENTS FILED WITH 2,155
THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEANS OF 2,156
TRANSMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION, DIVISION (B)(2)(b) OR (C)(2)(b) 2,157
OF SECTION 3517.105, OR SECTION 3517.106 OR 3517.11 OF THE 2,158
REVISED CODE.
(E)(1) Any person, political party, campaign committee, 2,160
legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or 2,161
political contributing entity that makes a contribution in 2,162
connection with any ballot issue or question at any election held 2,163
or to be held in this state shall provide its full name and 2,164
address to the recipient of the contribution at the time the 2,165
contribution is made. The political action committee also shall 2,167
provide the registration number assigned to the committee under
division (D)(1) of this section to the recipient of the 2,169
contribution at the time the contribution is made. 2,171
(2) Any individual who makes a contribution that exceeds 2,174
one hundred dollars to a campaign committee of a statewide
candidate or candidate for the office of member of the general 2,175
assembly shall provide the name of the individual's current 2,176
employer, if any, or, if the individual is self-employed, the 2,178
individual's occupation to the recipient of the contribution at 2,179
the time the contribution is made. Sections 3599.39 and 3599.40 2,180
of the Revised Code do not apply to division (E)(2) of this 2,181
section. 2,182
(3) If a campaign committee shows that it has exercised 2,184
its best efforts to obtain, maintain, and submit the information 2,185
required under divisions (B)(4)(b)(ii) and (iii) of this section, 2,187
that committee is considered to have met the requirements of
those divisions. A campaign committee shall not be considered to 2,190
have exercised its best efforts unless, in connection with 2,191
written solicitations, it regularly includes a written request 2,192
for the information required under division (B)(4)(b)(ii) of this 2,193
section from the contributor or the information required under 2,194
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division (B)(4)(b)(iii) of this section from whoever transmits
the contribution. 2,195
(4) Any check that a political action committee uses to 2,197
make a contribution or an expenditure shall contain the full name 2,198
and address of the committee and the registration number assigned 2,199
to the committee under division (D)(1) of this section. 2,200
(F) As used in this section: 2,202
(1) "Address" means all of the following if they exist: 2,205
apartment number, street, road, or highway name and number, rural 2,206
delivery route number, city or village, state, and zip code as 2,207
used in a person's post-office address, but not post-office box. 2,208
If an address is required in this section, a post-office box and 2,209
office, room, or suite number may be included in addition to but 2,210
not in lieu of an apartment, street, road, or highway name and 2,212
number. If an address is required in this section, a campaign 2,215
committee, political action committee, legislative campaign fund,
political party, or political contributing entity may use the 2,218
business or residence address of its treasurer or deputy
treasurer. The post-office box number of the campaign committee, 2,219
political action committee, legislative campaign fund, political 2,221
party, or political contributing entity may be used in addition 2,222
to that address.
(2) "Statewide candidate" means the joint candidates for 2,224
the offices of governor and lieutenant governor or a candidate 2,225
for the office of secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer 2,226
of state, attorney general, member of the state board of 2,227
education, chief justice of the supreme court, or justice of the 2,228
supreme court.
(3) "INTERNET" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 3517.106 2,230
OF THE REVISED CODE.
(G) An independent expenditure shall be reported whenever 2,233
and in the same manner that an expenditure is required to be
reported under this section and shall be reported pursuant to 2,234
division (B)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(a) of section 3517.105 of the 2,235
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Revised Code.
(H)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(2) of 2,238
this section, if, during the combined preelection and 2,239
postelection reporting periods for an election, a campaign 2,241
committee has received contributions of five hundred dollars or 2,242
less and has made expenditures in the total amount of five
hundred dollars or less, it may file a statement to that effect, 2,243
under penalty of election falsification, in lieu of the statement 2,244
required by division (A)(2) of this section. The statement shall 2,245
indicate the total amount of contributions received and the total 2,246
amount of expenditures made during those combined reporting 2,248
periods.
(2) In the case of a successful candidate at a primary 2,250
election, if either the total contributions received by or the 2,252
total expenditures made by the candidate's campaign committee 2,253
during the preprimary, postprimary, pregeneral, and postgeneral 2,254
election periods combined equal more than five hundred dollars, 2,255
the campaign committee may file the statement under division 2,256
(H)(1) of this section only for the primary election. The first 2,258
statement that the campaign committee files in regard to the 2,259
general election shall reflect all contributions received and all 2,260
expenditures made during the preprimary and postprimary election 2,261
periods.
(3) Divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply 2,263
if a campaign committee receives contributions or makes 2,264
expenditures prior to the first day of January of the year of the 2,265
election at which the candidate seeks nomination or election to 2,267
office or if the campaign committee does not file a termination 2,268
statement with its postprimary election statement in the case of
an unsuccessful primary election candidate or with its 2,269
postgeneral election statement in the case of other candidates. 2,270
(I) In the case of a contribution made by a partnership or 2,272
unincorporated business, all of the following apply: 2,274
(1) The recipient of the contribution shall report the 2,276
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contribution by listing both the partnership or unincorporated 2,277
business and the name of the partner or owner making the 2,278
contribution.
(2) For purposes of section 3517.102 of the Revised Code, 2,280
the contribution shall be considered to have been made by the 2,281
partner or owner reported under division (I)(1) of this section. 2,282
(3) No contribution from a partnership or unincorporated 2,284
business shall be accepted unless the recipient reports the 2,285
contribution under division (I)(1) of this section. 2,286
(J) A candidate shall have only one campaign committee at 2,288
any given time for all of the offices for which the person is a 2,289
candidate or holds office. 2,290
(K)(1) In addition to filing a designation of appointment 2,292
of a treasurer under division (D)(1) of this section, the 2,294
campaign committee of any candidate for an elected municipal 2,295
office that pays an annual amount of compensation of five 2,296
thousand dollars or less, the campaign committee of any candidate 2,297
for member of a board of education except member of the state 2,298
board of education, or the campaign committee of any candidate 2,299
for township trustee or township clerk may sign, under penalty of 2,300
election falsification, a certificate attesting that the 2,301
committee will not accept contributions during an election period 2,302
that exceed in the aggregate two thousand dollars from all 2,303
contributors and one hundred dollars from any one individual, and 2,304
that the campaign committee will not make expenditures during an 2,305
election period that exceed in the aggregate two thousand 2,306
dollars.
The certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the 2,308
secretary of state and shall be filed not later than ten days 2,309
after the candidate files a declaration of candidacy and 2,310
petition, a nominating petition, or a declaration of intent to be 2,312
a write-in candidate.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(3) of 2,314
this section, a campaign committee that files a certificate under 2,316
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division (K)(1) of this section is not required to file the 2,317
statements required by division (A) of section 3517.10 of the
Revised Code. 2,318
(3) If, after filing a certificate under division (K)(1) 2,320
of this section, a campaign committee exceeds any of the 2,321
limitations described in that division during an election period, 2,323
the certificate is void and thereafter the campaign committee 2,324
shall file the statements required by division (A) of section 2,325
3517.10 of this THE Revised Code. If the campaign committee has 2,326
not previously filed a statement, then on the first statement the 2,327
campaign committee is required to file under division (A) of 2,328
section 3517.10 of the Revised Code after the committee's 2,329
certificate is void, the committee shall report all contributions 2,330
received and expenditures made from the time the candidate filed 2,331
the candidate's declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating 2,332
petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. 2,333
(4) As used in division (K) of this section, "election 2,335
period" means the period of time beginning on the day a person 2,336
files a declaration of candidacy and petition, nominating 2,337
petition, or declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate 2,338
through the day of the election at which the person seeks 2,339
nomination to office if the person is not elected to office, or, 2,340
if the candidate was nominated in a primary election, the day of 2,342
the election at which the candidate seeks office.
(L) Notwithstanding division (B)(4) of this section, a 2,346
political contributing entity that receives contributions from 2,347
the dues, membership fees, or other assessments of its members or 2,348
from its officers, shareholders, and employees may report the 2,349
aggregate amount of contributions received from those 2,350
contributors and the number of individuals making those 2,351
contributions, for each filing period identified under divisions 2,352
(A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. Division (B)(4) of this 2,354
section applies to a political contributing entity with regard to 2,355
contributions it receives from all other contributors. 2,356
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Section 4. That all existing versions of section 3517.10 2,358
of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 2,359
Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect 2,361
January 1, 2000.