2015 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
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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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