2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws.
§ 163-278.91. Disclosure of Electioneering Communications.

§ 163‑278.91.  Disclosure of Electioneering Communications.

(a)        Statement Required. – Every individual, committee, association, or any other organization or group of individuals who incurs an expense for the direct costs of producing or transmitting electioneering communications in an aggregate amount in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) during any calendar year shall, within 24 hours of each disclosure date, file with the Board a statement containing the information described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)        Contents of Statement. – Each statement required to be filed by this section shall be made under the penalty of perjury in G.S. 14‑209 and shall contain the following information:

(1)        The identification of the entity incurring the expense, of any entity sharing or exercising direction or control over the activities of that entity, and of the custodian of the books and accounts of the entity incurring the expense.

(2)        The principal place of business of the entity incurring the expense if the entity is not an individual.

(3)        The amount of each expense incurred of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) during the period covered by the statement and the identification of the entity to whom the expense was incurred.

(4)        The elections to which the electioneering communications pertain and the names, if known, of the candidates identified or to be identified.

(5)        The names and addresses of all entities that provided funds or anything of value whatsoever in an aggregate amount of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) during the period beginning on the first day of the preceding calendar year and ending on the disclosure date to a segregated bank account that consists of funds provided solely by entities other than prohibited sources. Nothing in this subdivision is to be construed as a prohibition on the use of funds in such a segregated account for a purpose other than electioneering communications. If the provider is an individual, the statement shall also contain the principal occupation of the provider. The "principal occupation of the provider" shall mean the same as the "principal occupation of the contributor" in G.S. 163‑278.11.

(6)        Repealed by Session Laws 2005‑430, s. 9(c), effective December 1, 2005, and applicable to all contributions and expenditures made or accepted on or after that date. (2004‑125, s. 2; 2005‑430, s. 9(c); 2006‑182, s. 2(b).)