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HB156
9CWTPB-1
By Representatives Robertson, Stadthagen, Shedd, Crawford,
Marques, Lawrence, Pettus, Brown, Fincher, Lipscomb, Shaw,
Hammett, Butler, Harrison, Wadsworth, Whorton, Brinyark,
Underwood, Sorrells, Fidler, Moore (P), Collins, Almond, Wood
(R), Holk-Jones, Givens, Gidley, Starnes, Oliver, Travis,
Colvin, Bolton, McCampbell, Treadaway, Stringer, Harbison
RFD: Ethics and Campaign Finance
First Read: 08-Feb-24
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First Read: 08-Feb-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, a candidate for elected
public office, within five days of becoming a
candidate, must file a statement with the Secretary of
State indicating the names of individuals serving as
the principal campaign committee for the candidate.
Also under existing law, a candidate must file
periodic campaign finance reports with the Secretary of
State during an election cycle, even if the candidate
does not receive contributions or make expenditures.
This bill would exempt a candidate running for a
municipal office from filing a statement designating
his or her principal campaign committee and filing
campaign finance reports unless and until the candidate
receives contributions or makes expenditures greater
than $1,000 in the aggregate.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to campaign finance; to exempt a candidate for
a municipal office from filing a designation of his or her
principal campaign committee and from filing campaign finance
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principal campaign committee and from filing campaign finance
reports until the candidate reaches a certain threshold in
receiving contributions or making expenditures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. A candidate running for a municipal office
is exempt from the filing requirements of Sections 17-5-4 and
17-5-8, Code of Alabama 1975, unless and until the candidate
receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of one
thousand dollars ($1,000).
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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