Bill Text: NC H1231 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Electronic Reporting by Candidate Comm

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-27 - Ref To Com On Elections [H1231 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H1231-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 1231

 

 

Short Title:        Electronic Reporting by Candidate Comm.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives Martin, Lewis, and Ross (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.

Referred to:

Elections.

June 27, 2012

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require electronic filing of certain campaign finance reports by candidate campaign committees.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑278.12(j) reads as rewritten:

"(j)       Treasurers for each of the following entities shall electronically file each report required by this section that shows a cumulative total for the election cycle in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000)the stated amount in contributions, in expenditures, or in loans, according to rules adopted by the State Board of Elections:

(1)        A candidate for statewide office;office, if more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(2)        A State, district, county, or precinct executive committee of a political party, if the committee makes contributions or independent expenditures in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) that affect contests for statewide office;office.

(3)        A political committee that makes contributions in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to candidates for statewide office or makes independent expenditures in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) that affect contests for statewide office.

(4)        All other political committees, if more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

The State Board of Elections shall provide the software necessary to file an electronic report to a treasurer required to file an electronic report at no cost to the treasurer."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2013, and applies to elections held on or after that date.

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