Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A
general-purpose committee that accepts political contributions or makes
political expenditures in support of or in opposition to a candidate or measure
to be voted on in an election shall file pre-election reports as provided by
subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) A general-purpose committee that files
under §
RSA 20.429
of this title (relating to Option To File Monthly) does not file under this
section.
(c) The first pre-election
report must be received by the authority with whom the report is required to be
filed no later than the 30th day before the election.
(1) A general-purpose committee that accepts
a political contribution or makes a political expenditure to support or oppose
a candidate or measure in the election during the period set out in paragraph
(2) of this subsection must file a report under this subsection.
(2) The report covers a period that begins on
either the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment was filed or the
first day after the period covered by the last report (other than a special
pre-election report) filed under this subchapter, as applicable, and ends on
the 40th day before the election.
(d) The second pre-election report must be
received by the authority with whom the report is required to be filed no later
than the eighth day before the election. The period covered by this report
depends on whether the committee was required to file a report under subsection
(c) of this section.
(1) A general-purpose
committee that was required to file a pre-election report under subsection (c)
of this section must file a report under this subsection by the eighth day
before the election. The report shall cover a period that begins on the 39th
day before the election and ends the 10th day before the election.
(2) A committee that was not required to file
a report by the 30th day before the election is required to file a report by
the eighth day before the election if the committee accepts a political
contribution or makes a political expenditure to support or oppose a candidate
or measure during the period that begins on the 39th day before the election
and ends on the 10th day before the election.
(A) A report that is required to be filed
under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall cover a period that begins on
either the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment was filed or the
first day after the period covered by the last report (other than a special
pre-election report) filed under this subchapter, as applicable.
(B) The period covered by a report under
paragraph (2) of this subsection ends on the 10th day before the
election.
