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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 711
BY REPRESENTATIVE PUGH
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides for the requirements of the notice of candidacy by
additionally requiring a candidate for major or district office to certify that he has
filed any campaign finance reports previously due
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 18:463(A)(2)(a)(v) through (vii) and to enact R.S.2
18:463(A)(2)(a)(viii), relative to the notice of candidacy; to require certain3
candidates to make certain certifications regarding campaign finance reports; to4
provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 18:463(A)(2)(a)(v) through (vii) are hereby amended and reenacted7
and R.S. 18:463(A)(2)(a)(viii) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
§463. Notice of candidacy; financial campaign finance disclosure; political9
advertising; penalties10
A.11
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(2)(a) The notice of candidacy also shall include a certificate, signed by the13
candidate, certifying all of the following:14
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(v) That he acknowledges that he is subject to the provisions of the16
Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (R.S. 18:1481 et seq.) if he is a candidate for any17
office other than United States senator, representative in congress, or member of a18 HLS 12RS-1311 ENGROSSED
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committee of a political party and that he does not owe any outstanding fines, fees,1
or penalties pursuant to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act.2
(vi) That, if he is a major or district office candidate as defined in R.S.3
18:1483, he has filed each report he has been required to file by the Campaign4
Finance Disclosure Act, if any were previously due.5
(vii) That he does not owe any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties pursuant6
to the Code of Governmental Ethics.7
(vii)(viii) That all of the statements contained in it are true and correct.8
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2013.10
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Pugh HB No. 711
Abstract: Requires a major or district office candidate to certify in his notice of candidacy
that he has filed each report he has been required to file by the Campaign Finance
Disclosure Act, if any were previously due.
Present law requires a person who desires to become a candidate in a primary election to
qualify by timely filing a notice of candidacy accompanied by either a nominating petition
or the qualifying fee and any additional fees. Provides relative to the content of a notice of
candidacy and requires that it include a certificate, signed by the candidate, certifying all of
the following:
(1)That he has read the notice of his candidacy.
(2)That he meets the qualifications of the office.
(3)That he is not currently under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony
and that he is not prohibited from qualifying as a candidate pursuant to present
constitution (Art. I, §10) due to conviction of a felony.
(4)That, except for a candidate for U.S. senator or representative, for each of the
previous five tax years he has filed his federal and state income tax returns, has filed
for an extension of time for filing either his federal or state income tax return or both,
or was not required to file either a federal or state income tax return or both.
(5)That he acknowledges that he is subject to the provisions of present law (Campaign
Finance Disclosure Act) if he is a candidate for any office other than U.S. senator,
representative in congress, or member of a committee of a political party and that he
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(6)That he does not owe any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties pursuant to present law
(Code of Governmental Ethics).
(7)That all of the statements contained in it are true and correct.
Proposed law adds a requirement that, if the candidate is a major or district office candidate
as defined in R.S. 18:1483, he has filed each report he has been required to file by the
Campaign Finance Disclosure Act, if any were previously due.
Effective Jan. 1, 2013.
(Amends R.S. 18:463(A)(2)(a)(v)-(vii); Adds R.S. 18:463(A)(2)(a)(viii))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental
Affairs to the original bill.
1. Makes technical changes.
2. Limits applicability of proposed law to a candidate for a major or district office.