2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74E. Ethics Rules
Rule 257:10-1-13. Required reports of contributions and expenditures.

(a) Periodic reports by all committees.

(1) Except as provided in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the treasurer of each committee or, in the treasurer's absence, the deputy treasurer, other than those specified in Paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall file quarterly reports of contributions and expenditures no later than January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31, and include all contributions accepted and expenditures made as of December 31, March 31, June 30, and September 30, respectively. Quarterly reporting periods may be extended to include the month following the end of the quarter when filing a quarterly and final report on the same form but shall be filed no later than the due dates provided in this subsection. The first report filed by a candidate committee shall be the next report due following the filing of a statement of organization.

(2) If a committee has accepted no contributions and has made no expenditures during a reporting period, the treasurer or, in the treasurer's absence, the deputy treasurer shall file a statement of inactivity.

(3) The treasurer or, in the treasurer's absence, the deputy treasurer of each committee supporting or opposing a ballot measure, or supporting or opposing a candidate and a ballot measure, shall file monthly reports of contributions accepted and expenditures made no later than the tenth (10th) day of each month and include all contributions and expenditures made the previous month. The first report filed by such a committee shall be the next report due following the filing of a statement of organization.

(b) Pre-election reports by all committees.

(1) A committee shall file a pre-election report for each primary, runoff primary and general election held pursuant to Sections 1-101, 1-102 and 1-103 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes and for any special election, including a special primary election, if any, for which a registered committee accepts a contribution or makes an expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate for office in that election cycle or a ballot measure on the ballot in that election.

(2) A pre-election report shall be filed no later than eight (8) days and no earlier than fourteen (14) days before an election. This pre-election report shall include information for all transactions made since the end of the last reporting period through fifteen (15) days before the date of the election. In the event that the pre-election report filed prior to the Primary is due before the previous quarterly report, the report filed prior to the Primary shall include information for all transactions made for the previous quarter through a period fifteen (15) days before the date of the election.

(3) The pre-election report filed prior to the Primary in an election year shall cover a reporting period beginning April 1 and ending the fifteenth day prior to the Primary. The pre-election reports filed prior to the Primary, Runoff Primary and General Elections shall substitute for the quarterly report due by July 31 and October 31 for a candidate committee during an election year of the candidate or a committee supporting or opposing only candidates in an election cycle.

(4) The first quarterly report due after a General Election in which a committee supported or opposed candidates on the ballot shall cover a period beginning with the first day following the end of the reporting period of the pre-election report for the General Election and end with the last day of the quarter.

(c) Exemptions

(1) Federal committees. Committees registered under the laws of the United States, who contribute more than $500 in the aggregate or make expenditures exceeding $500 in the aggregate in support of or in opposition to a candidate for state office in an election cycle, in filing the reports prescribed by this chapter, may disclose only contributions from Oklahoma residents or contributions to Oklahoma state campaigns for the period prior to and reporting periods following the period during which the contribution to a state candidate for state office was made.

(2) Out-of-state committees. An out-of-state committee shall report contributions accepted on a last-in-first-out basis in an amount which equals or exceeds the amount of expenditures made in this state with respect to elections governed by this chapter. Such a committee shall also report all contributions from Oklahoma contributors within the twelve-month period preceding the last date of the reporting period.

(3) Exemption for candidate committees with minimal activity. A candidate committee which does not accept contributions exceeding $500 in the aggregate may file an affidavit with the Ethics Commission stating the committee will not accept contributions or make expenditures exceeding $500 in the aggregate which shall exempt such candidate committee from filing required reports. If the committee later determines it will exceed the threshold, it shall file a statement of organization within five (5) days following the activity and file the next and all succeeding required reports until dissolution.

(4) Exemption for candidate committee with minimal calendar year activity

(A)Statement of intent for minimal calendar year activity. A statement of intent for minimal calendar year activity may be filed by a candidate committee by April 30 of any year for the same year, other than the year of the General Election during which the office sought will be filled. The statement of intent must include the name and address of the candidate committee; the treasurer's name, address and telephone number; and a statement that the committee does not intend to accept contributions nor make expenditures exceeding $500 during the calendar year. It must be certified and signed by the treasurer. If the committee later determines it has exceeded $500 in contributions or expenditures during the calendar year for which the statement was filed, it shall file an amended statement of organization within five (5) days of such time and file the next and all succeeding required quarterly reports.

(B)Annual report. All required disclosure for which a statement of intent for minimal calendar year activity is filed must be reported for the calendar year period covered by the statement of intent for minimal calendar year activity on a campaign contributions and expenditures report and must be filed between January 1 and 31 following the end of the calendar year for which the statement was filed.

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