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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 774 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to campaign expenditures; ame nding
Rule 2.43 of the Rules of the Ethic s Commission (74
O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), which relates to
candidate committee expenditures; authorizing use of
contributions to candidate committee for childcare;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Rule 2.43 of the Rules of the
Ethics Commission (74 O.S. 2021, Ch. 62, App. I), is amended to read
as follows:
Rule 2.43. Contributions to a candidate committee may be used
to make expenditures for o rdinary and necessary campaign expenses,
for contributions to another candidate committee, for operating
expenses of the committee o r for other purposes not otherwise
prohibited by law or these Rules. “Ordinary and necessary campaign
expenses” as used in this section are those that would not exist but
for the candidate’s campaign, including but not limited to staff
salaries, campaign consulting fees, rent (other than for the
candidate’s residence or part of a residence), travel, childcare,
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advertising, telephones, office supplies and equipment, fundraising ,
individual memberships in political organizations, individual
memberships in civic or char itable organizations, legal fees for the
campaign, payment for campaign accounting or bookkeeping services or
campaign finance reporting services and repayment of t he principal
and interest on a loan as permitted by these Rules. Expenditures
made to a family member of the candidate for services provided to
the campaign shall be no more than customary compensation fo r those
services. Expenditures made to reimburse a candidate for personal
expenditures made on behalf of the candidate committee must be made
within ninety (90) days of the original expenditure and must be
reported in detail as required by Rule 2.106.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effe ctive November 1, 2023.
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