Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 32 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE, REGISTRY OF ELECTION FINANCE
Chapter 1 - Reports and Forms
Section 32 KAR 1:030 - Campaign finance statements
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 121.015, 121.180, 141.071
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 121.120(1)(g) authorizes the Registry to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS Chapter 121. KRS 121.120(4) requires the Registry to promulgate administrative regulations and prescribe forms for the making of reports under KRS Chapter 121. KRS 121.015(18) defines "form" to mean an online Web page or an electronic document designed to capture, validate, and submit data for processing to the registry. This administrative regulation establishes the Web page from which candidates, slates of candidates, contributing organizations, and committees shall file campaign finance reports electronically as required by KRS 121.180. It establishes how an executive committee of a political party determines whether it files annually or semiannually under KRS 121.180(2)(c).
Section 1. All candidates, slates of
candidates, contributing organizations, and committees shall file the reports
required by KRS
121.180 using the Kentucky Election Finance
Management System found on the Registry's Web site at
Section 2. If an executive committee of a
political party has $10,000 or more in its campaign account fund at any time
during the twelve (12) month period before July 1, it shall make the campaign
finance reports required by
KRS
121.180(2)(c) semiannually.
In making this determination, the committee shall include any funds received
from income tax checkoff contributions in accordance with
KRS
141.071(2), whether or not
those funds are kept in an account separate from other campaign funds. A
committee that does not have more than $10,000 in the twelve (12) month period
before July 1 shall use the Kentucky Election Finance Management System found
on the Registry's Web site at
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 121.120(1)(g), (4)