(1)
Filing of Deposit Reports. A separate deposit report
is required for each deposit. Multiple reports may, however, be filed on the
same date. Deposit reports may be filed prior to the date such filings are
due.
(2)
Filing of
Initial Reports, Transition-In and Transition-Out Reports, External Activity
Reports, and Itemization Reports. Committees that file with OCPF
in the depository system must file these reports, which are defined in
970 CMR
1.17.
(3)
Disclosure Schedule for
Legislative and Mayoral Special Election Candidates. Legislative
and mayoral special election candidates must clarify expenditures, and file any
required credit card, subvendor, reimbursement, and payroll reports no later
than eight days before the special primary, eight days before the special
election, and 30 days after the special election. The post-election report
must, in addition to disclosing monetary contributions and expenditures, also
disclose outstanding liabilities and in-kind contributions received.
(4)
Candidates for Legislative
Office Who Concurrently become Candidates for Other Depository
Office. Since committees organized on behalf of candidates for
legislative office are required by M.G.L. c. 55, § 19 to file deposit
reports and clarify bank reports according to a schedule that differs from the
schedule applicable to other committees that file in the depository system, the
following rules apply to candidates who change the office sought from one type
of depository reporting schedule to the other, or who are seeking office for
both legislative and other depository office concurrently:
(a)
Filing of Change of Purpose
Form - the General Rule. When a candidate's committee files a
Change of Purpose form with OCPF, the committee is required, after the filing
of the Change of Purpose form, to file reports according to the schedule
applicable for the new office sought. Example 1: if a candidate for mayor
(required to file monthly) files a change of purpose reflecting a new purpose
of running for the state legislature (required to file quarterly in odd
numbered years and five times a year in even numbered years), the frequency for
required filing changes from monthly to the schedule applicable for legislative
candidates as of the month following the filing of the Change of Purpose form.
Example 2: if a candidate for the state legislature files a change of purpose
reflecting a new purpose of running for state constitutional office (required
to file monthly reports), the frequency required for filing changes to monthly
as of the month following the change of purpose.
(b)
Reversion to Initial Schedule
after Election. If an incumbent candidate files a change of
purpose to seek election for a depository office with a different schedule and
is unsuccessful in the election for the new office, the candidate's filing
schedule reverts to the schedule applicable to the office the candidate holds,
as of January f^' following the date of the election (or, as of the beginning
of the first month after a special election if the candidate was unsuccessful
in a special election). For example, if an incumbent state legislator files a
change of purpose reflecting a new purpose of running for statewide or county
office and the candidate is not successful in the election held for statewide
or county office, but continues as a state legislator after the election for
statewide or county office, the candidate's committee files on a monthly basis
while running for statewide or county office (between the filing of the Change
of Purpose and December 31st after a regularly
scheduled state election). Starting January 1st,
however, the candidate's committee files on the schedule applicable for
legislative candidates, and the committee continues to file on the legislative
schedule during the period the candidate remains an incumbent
legislator.
(c)
Seeking
Both Legislative and Other Depository Office Concurrently. If a
candidate seeks both legislative and other depository office concurrently, the
required filing schedule is determined by which election will occur next. The
filing schedule reverts to the other schedule as of the first day of the month
following the first election.
