2005 Rhode Island Code - § 17-25-7.6 — Electronic reporting.

    (a) The filing of campaign finance reports to the board of elections shall commence in accordance with the following schedule:

   (1) Candidates for general office shall commence filing campaign finance reports electronically beginning with the report required to be filed for the first quarterly reporting period in 2002.

   (2) All other candidates for public office and political parties, other than state political parties, shall commence filing campaign finance reports electronically beginning with the first quarterly reporting period in 2004; provided, that all candidates may commence filing campaign finance reports electronically beginning with the first report required to be filed for the first quarterly reporting period in 2002.

   (3) State political parties, political action committees and vendors required to file campaign finance reports shall do so commencing with the first report required to be filed for the first quarterly reporting period in 2002.

   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, any candidate who raises or expends more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) annually, or whose report shows a balance of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more in his or her campaign fund as of December 31st of the previous year, shall file his or her campaign finance reports electronically.

   (c) The board of elections shall have the authority to adopt regulations to implement and administer the provisions of this section.

   (d) Notwithstanding anything else in this section and subject to the implementation of an electronic reporting and tracking system, the board of elections shall have the authority to delay implementation of the requirements of this section by up to ninety (90) days.