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SENATE BILL NO. 311
BY SENATOR KOSTELKA
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1486(B) and 1491.7(B)(4), relative to contributions by2
individuals to political committees and certain expenditures by certain individuals;3
to provide relative to reporting requirements for individual contributions in the form4
of a payroll deduction or dues check-off system; to provide relative to expenditures5
made in support of or in opposition to a proposition by certain persons; and to6
provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 18:1486(B) and 1491.7(B)(4) are hereby amended and reenacted to9
read as follows: 10
§1486. Proposition elections; required reports; recall elections11
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B. These requirements shall be applicable only if the aggregate amount of13
contributions, loans, and transfers of funds received and accepted or expenditures14
made equals or exceeds two hundred dollars at any time during the aggregating15
period; except that, with regard to expenditures made in support of or in16
opposition to a proposition or question submitted to the voters by a person who17
is not a candidate or a member of the principal campaign committee of a18
candidate or of a political committee, these requirements shall be applicable19
only if the aggregate amount of expenditures made equals or exceeds one20
thousand dollars. "Aggregating period" for purposes of this Section shall mean the21
period from the date on which the first contribution is received or the first22
expenditure is made by the person or political committee, whichever is earlier,23
through the closing date for the last report required to be filed in accordance with this24
Chapter.25
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§1491.7. Reports; contents27
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B. Each report required to be in conformity with this Section shall contain2
the following information:3
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(4) Contribution(s) received during the reporting period for which the report5
is being completed shall be reported, and the same shall be reported irrespective of6
the amount thereof except as otherwise provided, as follows:7
(a) The full name and address of each person who has made one or more8
contributions, except contributions in the form of a payroll deduction or dues9
check-off system, to and which have been received and accepted by the political10
committee during the reporting period; the aggregate amount of such contributions,11
except in-kind contributions, from each person, and the date and amount of each12
such contribution; and a brief description of each in-kind contribution from each13
person, the valuation thereof made by the chairman and the campaign treasurer, and14
the date(s) of the in-kind contribution. Except that in the case of a political15
committee which supports multiple candidates and/or issues and which receives over16
ten thousand contributions in the form of a payroll deduction or dues check-off17
system when no single contributor contributes in excess of twenty four dollars in the18
aggregate in a calendar year, such committee may elect to report the names and19
addresses of its contributors on an annual basis. Political committees making this20
election shall list the names and addresses of its contributors, the total amount of the21
contributions received per contributor, and the schedule of the receipt of such22
contributions on the annual report due by February fifteenth complete through the23
preceding December thirty-first.24
(b) The full name and address of each person who has made one or more25
contributions in the form of a payroll deduction or dues check-off system in26
excess of five dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year to and which have been27
received and accepted by the political committee during the reporting period,28
and the date and amount of each contribution. In the case of a political29
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thousand contributions in the form of a payroll deduction or dues check-off1
system when no single contributor contributes in excess of twenty-four dollars2
in the aggregate in a calendar year, such committee may elect to report the3
names and addresses of its contributors on an annual basis. Political4
committees making this election shall list the names and addresses of its5
contributors, the total amount of the contributions received per contributor,6
and the schedule of the receipt of such contributions on the annual report due7
by February fifteenth complete through the preceding December thirty-first.8
(c) The aggregate amount of all contributions, other than in-kind9
contributions, received and accepted during the reporting period.10
(c) (d) The aggregate valuation of in-kind contributions received during the11
reporting period.12
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not14
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature15
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If16
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become17
effective on the day following such approval.18
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: