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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 188 By: Murdock
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to Rules of the Ethics Commi ssion;
amending Rule 2.101 of the Rules of the Ethics
Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), which
relates to reports for candidate committee in
election year; providing exemption from filing
certain report for unopp osed candidates; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Rule 2.101 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.101. A. Regular Elections. Each candidate commit tee
for a candidate who has filed a declaration of candidacy with the
State Election Board for an office to be filled at the general
election shall not be required to file quarterly reports after April
30 of the year in which the declaration of candidacy i s filed but
shall file a pre-election Report of Con tributions and Expend itures:
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(1) no earlier than fourteen (14) days nor later than eight (8)
days before the primary election for the period beginning April 1
and ending fifteen (15) days before the prima ry election;
(2) no earlier than fourteen (14) day s nor later than eigh t (8)
days before the runoff primary election for the period beginning
fourteen (14) days before the primary election and ending fifteen
(15) days before the runoff primary election;
(3) no earlier than fourteen (14) days nor later th an eight (8)
days before the general electi on for the period beginning fourteen
(14) days before the runoff primary election and ending fifteen (15)
days before the general election.
Provided, however, the candidate committee of a candidate who is
unopposed and does not conduct a campaign shall not be required to
file a pre-election Report of Con tributions and Expenditures. Such
candidate committee shall file a post -election Report of
Contributions and Exp enditures no earlier than January 1 nor later
than January 31 of the year following the genera l election for the
period beginning the day after the last day of the general election
pre-election reporting period and endi ng December 31 of the
immediately preceding year.
B. Special Elections. Each candidate committee for a candidate
in a special primary, runoff primary or general election shall file
a pre-election Report of Contributions and Expenditures for special
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primary, runoff primary or general electio n on the same dates and
for the same periods as pro vided in section A.
1. If there is no special runoff primary election scheduled,
the period covered by the pre -election report for the general
election shall begin fou rteen (14) days before the primary el ection
and end fifteen (15) days before the general election.
2. Following the special genera l election, each candidate
committee shall file a post -election Report of Contributions and
Expenditures during the filing pe riod required for the next
quarterly report following the special general election. That post-
election report shall be for a peri od beginning the day after the
last day of the general election pre -election reporting period and
ending on the same day as t he last day of the regular quarterly
report. Thereafter, the committee shall file repor ts as otherwise
required by these Rules.
C. Except for good cause shown, any candidate committee that
files more than one Report of Contributions and Expenditures afte r
the date it is due shall be deemed to have intentionally failed to
file the report in violation of these Rules.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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