2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 121 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATION 121.170 Registration of committees and fundraisers -- Information required -- Permanent committee by member of General Assembly prohibited -- Official contact person.
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121.170 Registration of committees and fundraisers -- Information required -Permanent committee by member of General Assembly prohibited -Official contact person.
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Any committee, except a federally registered out-of-state permanent
committee, organized under any provisions of this chapter shall register with
the registry, by filing official notice of intention at the time of organization, giving
names, addresses, and positions of the officers of the organization, identifying
an official contact person of the committee, and designating the candidate or
candidates, slate of candidates, or question it is organized to support or
oppose on forms prescribed by the registry; except that no campaign
committee for a slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall
be registered prior to the filing of a joint notification and declaration by the slate
of candidates pursuant to KRS 118.125 and 118.127. No entity which is
excluded from the definition of "campaign committee" established in KRS
121.015(3)(a) shall be required to register as a committee with the registry. The
name of the committee shall reasonably identify to the public the sponsorship
and purpose of the committee. The forms filed with the registry shall require the
registrant to clearly identify the specific purpose, sponsorship, and source from
which the committee originates; and the registry shall refuse to allow filing by
any committee until this requirement has been satisfied.
Any person who acts as a fundraiser by directly soliciting contributions for an
election campaign of a candidate or slate of candidates for statewide-elected
state office or an office in a jurisdiction containing in excess of two hundred
thousand (200,000) residents shall register with the registry when he or she
raises in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000) in any one (1) election for
the campaign committee by filing official notice giving his or her name, address,
occupation, employer or, if he or she is self-employed, the name under which
he or she is doing business, and all candidates or slates of candidates for
whom he or she is soliciting on forms prescribed by the registry. A registered
fundraiser shall comply with the campaign finance reporting requirements of
KRS 121.180(3), (4), and (5).
All provisions of KRS 121.160 governing the duties and responsibilities of a
candidate, slate of candidates, or campaign treasurer shall apply to a
registered committee, except a federally registered out-of-state permanent
committee, and a person acting as a campaign fundraiser. In case of the death,
resignation, or removal of a campaign treasurer for a permanent committee or
executive committee, the chairperson of the permanent committee or executive
committee shall, within three (3) days after receiving notice of the vacancy by
certified mail, appoint a successor as treasurer for the committee and file the
name and address of the successor with the registry. The chairperson of the
permanent committee or executive committee shall be accountable as the
treasurer for the committee if the chairperson fails to meet this filing
requirement.
The chairperson of a committee and the campaign treasurer shall be separate
persons.
Any federally registered out-of-state permanent committee that contributes to a
Kentucky candidate or a slate of candidates shall:
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File with the registry a copy of its federal registration (Federal Election
Commission Form 1 - Committee Registration Form);
(b) File with the registry a copy of the Federal Election Commission finance
report when a contribution is made to a Kentucky candidate or a slate of
candidates; and
(c) Contribute not more than the maximum amount permitted for a
permanent committee to make under Kentucky law to any candidate or to
any slate of candidates for any office in this Commonwealth.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a contribution made by a
federally registered permanent committee to any candidate or to any slate of
candidates for any office in this Commonwealth that complies with the
provisions of 2 U.S.C. sec. 441b, 11 C.F.R. sec. 104.10, 11 C.F.R. sec. 106.6,
and 11 C.F.R. sec. 114.1-114.12 regarding limitations on contributions by
corporations shall be deemed to comply with the campaign finance laws of this
Commonwealth prohibiting corporate contributions to candidates or slates of
candidates.
The organization, formation, or registration of a permanent committee by any
member of the General Assembly shall be prohibited.
The official contact person of a permanent committee shall not be a legislative
agent as defined in KRS 6.611 or an executive agency lobbyist as defined in
KRS 11A.201.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 6, effective March 16, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 599, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky.
Acts ch. 153, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 179, sec. 2, effective July
15, 1996.. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 458, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1994. -Amended 1993 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 59, effective January 1,
1994. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 288, sec. 27, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 45, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky.
Acts ch. 292, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130,
sec. 189.
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