California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 6 - Fair Political Practices Commission
Chapter 4 - Campaign Disclosure
Section 18406 - Short Form for Candidates or Officeholders Who Receive and Spend Less than $2,000 in a Calendar Year

Universal Citation: 2 CA Code of Regs 18406

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) A candidate or officeholder who plans to receive contributions of less than $2,000 and who plans to make expenditures of less than $2,000 in a calendar year may file a short form campaign statement for that calendar year. The period covered by the short form is the calendar year. No other campaign statements must be filed by a candidate or officeholder who has filed the short form campaign statement for activity in the calendar year unless the candidate or officeholder receives $2,000 or more in contributions or makes $2,000 or more in expenditures.

(b) A candidate who files a short form campaign statement in connection with an elective office, covering the calendar year in which the candidate's name will appear on the ballot, with a declaration of candidacy, as a pre-election statement pursuant to Section 84200.5, or as a semi-annual campaign statement pursuant to Section 84200 for the period ending June 30, and subsequently receives monetary or non-monetary contributions totaling $2,000 or more or makes expenditures totaling $2,000 or more prior to the election shall send written notification to the Secretary of State, the local filing officer with whom the candidate is required to file the original campaign statements, and each candidate contending for the same office, as follows:

(1) The notification shall be sent within 48 hours of receiving contributions totaling $2,000 or more or making expenditures of $2,000 or more;

(2) The notification shall include the name and address of the candidate, the elective office for which the short form campaign statement was filed, the date of the election, and the date contributions totaling $2,000 or more were received or expenditures totaling $2,000 or more were made;

(3) The notification shall be sent by guaranteed overnight delivery, personal delivery, or facsimile transmission.

1. New section filed 3-3-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 10).
2. Amendment filed 6-15-88; operative 7-15-88 (Register 88, No. 25).
3. Designation of subsection (a) and new subsections (b)-(c) filed 5-23-94; operative 5-23-94 (Register 94, No. 21).
4. Editorial correction of subsection (c) (Register 96, No. 43).
5. Amendment of subsection (b) and repealer of subsection (c) filed 5-26-98; operative 5-26-98. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, Linda Stockdale Brewer, Sacramento Superior Court, Case No. 51275 (1991) (Register 98, No. 22).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(3) filed 6-26-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 26).
7. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 10-26-2004; operative 11-25-2004 (Register 2004, No. 44).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading and subsections (a)-(b)(2) filed 3-22-2016; operative 4-21-2016 pursuant to 2 CCR 18312(e). Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nonpublished decision, April 27, 1992 (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974 Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements and not subject to procedural or substantive review by OAL) (Register 2016, No. 13).
9. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 5-12-2021; operative 6-11-2021 pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18312(e). Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nonpublished decision, April 27, 1992 (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974 Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements and not subject to procedural or substantive review by OAL) (Register 2021, No. 20).
10. Amendment of subsections (b) and (b)(2) filed 6-7-2021; operative upon the Secretary of State certifying an online filing and disclosure system under Government Code section 84602(b)(7). Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nonpublished decision, April 27, 1992 (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974 Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements and not subject to procedural or substantive review by OAL) (Register 2021, No. 24).
11. Editorial correction of HISTORY 10 (Register 2021, No. 26).
12. Amendment of subsection (b)(2) filed 11-10-2021; operative 12-10-2021 pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, section 18312(e). Submitted to OAL for filing pursuant to Fair Political Practices Commission v. Office of Administrative Law, 3 Civil C010924, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, nonpublished decision, April 27, 1992 (FPPC regulations only subject to 1974 Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements and not subject to procedural or substantive review by OAL) (Register 2021, No. 46).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 83112 and 84206, Government Code. Reference: Section 84206, Government Code.

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