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| 15 | | - | 12-27-22. The treasurer of a political committee listed below shall file a campaign |
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| 17 | | - | (1) For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for any statewide office, file a |
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| 22 | | - | with a recognized political party, file a pre-primary, a pre-general, year-end and, |
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| 24 | | - | (3) For a statewide political action committee, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year- |
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| 28 | | - | (4) For a statewide political party, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end and, if |
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| 31 | | - | (5) For a county political party and auxiliary organization, file a pre-general and, if |
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| 33 | | - | (6) For a statewide ballot question committee, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year- |
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| 37 | | - | The treasurer of a political committee listed in this section may submit a |
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| 39 | | - | If a political party loses the status of a qualified party, the party must file a |
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| 40 | | - | termination report by five p.m. central time on the last Friday in January following the |
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| 41 | | - | calendar year in which the qualified party status was lost. If a statewide ballot question |
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| 42 | | - | committee does not list any activity on the next required campaign finance report |
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| 43 | | - | submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has until the next reporting period to |
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| 44 | | - | report activity. If that committee does not have any activity to report by the next reporting |
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| 46 | | - | A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within |
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| 14 | + | Underscores indicate new language. |
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| 16 | + | An Act to clarify when a political committee must file certain campaign finance 1 |
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| 17 | + | disclosure statements. 2 |
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| 18 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 |
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| 19 | + | Section 1. That § 12-27-22 be AMENDED: 4 |
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| 20 | + | 12-27-22. A The treasurer of a political committee listed below shall file a 5 |
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| 21 | + | campaign finance disclosure statement shall be submitted to or a report with the secretary 6 |
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| 22 | + | of state. The treasurer of each as follows: 7 |
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| 23 | + | (1) Candidate or For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for any statewide 8 |
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| 24 | + | office shall, file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and, if applicable, 9 |
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| 25 | + | supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years . In and in odd 10 |
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| 26 | + | numbered years shall, file a year-end report and, if applicable, amendments. A 11 |
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| 27 | + | termination report may be submitted at any time; 12 |
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| 28 | + | (2) All candidates running For a candidate or candidate campaign committee for a 13 |
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| 29 | + | legislative or county office with a recognized political party shall, file a pre-primary 14 |
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| 30 | + | report if there is any primary race for that particular office in the legislative district 15 |
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| 31 | + | or county, and all candidates or candidate campaign committees for a legislative 16 |
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| 32 | + | or county office shall file, a pre-general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental 17 |
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| 33 | + | report and amendments in even numbered years . A termination report may be 18 |
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| 34 | + | submitted at any time; 19 |
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| 35 | + | (3) Statewide For a statewide political action committee shall, file a pre-primary, pre-20 |
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| 36 | + | general, year-end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even 21 |
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| 37 | + | numbered years. In and in odd numbered years shall, file a year-end or report and, 22 |
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| 38 | + | if applicable, amendments. A termination report may be submitted at any time; 23 |
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| 39 | + | (4) Statewide For a statewide political party shall, file a pre-primary, pre-general, 24 |
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| 40 | + | year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even 25 |
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| 41 | + | numbered years. In and in odd numbered years shall, file a year-end or 26 25.437.12 2 17 |
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| 42 | + | Underscores indicate new language. |
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| 44 | + | amendments, if applicable. A termination report may be submitted at any time. A 1 |
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| 45 | + | political party that loses its status as a qualified party shall file a termination 2 |
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| 46 | + | statement by 5:00 p.m. central time the last Friday in January following the 3 |
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| 47 | + | calendar year in which qualified party status was lost; 4 |
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| 48 | + | (5) County For a county political party and auxiliary organization shall, file a pre-5 |
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| 49 | + | general and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered 6 |
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| 50 | + | years. A termination report may be submitted at any time; and 7 |
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| 51 | + | (6) Statewide For a statewide ballot question committee shall, file a pre-primary, pre-8 |
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| 52 | + | general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even 9 |
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| 53 | + | numbered years. In and in odd numbered years shall, file a year-end and, if 10 |
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| 54 | + | applicable, amendments. A termination report may be submitted at any time. If a 11 |
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| 55 | + | statewide ballot question committee does not list any activity on the next required 12 |
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| 56 | + | campaign finance report submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has 13 |
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| 57 | + | until the next reporting period to report activity. If that committee does not have 14 |
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| 58 | + | any activity to report by the next reporting period, the committee shall submit a 15 |
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| 59 | + | termination report by that reporting period deadline. 16 |
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| 60 | + | A campaign finance disclosure statement shall be submitted to the secretary of 17 |
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| 61 | + | state by the treasurer of each committee who shall file the following financial disclosure 18 |
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| 62 | + | reports in accordance with the time frames stated in this chapter: pre -primary, pre-19 |
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| 63 | + | general, year-end, amendment, supplemental, and a termination when a committee is 20 |
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| 64 | + | terminating its existence. The treasurer of a political committee listed in this section may 21 |
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| 65 | + | submit a termination report at any time. 22 |
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| 66 | + | If a political party loses the status of a qualified party, the party must file a 23 |
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| 67 | + | termination report by five p.m. central time on the last Friday in January following the 24 |
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| 68 | + | calendar year in which the qualified party status was lost. If a statewide ballot question 25 |
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| 69 | + | committee does not list any activity on the next required campaign finance report 26 |
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| 70 | + | submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has until the next reporting period to 27 |
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| 71 | + | report activity. If that committee does not have any activity to report by the next reporting 28 |
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| 72 | + | period, the committee must submit a termination report by that reporting period deadline. 29 |
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| 73 | + | A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within 30 |
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| 74 | + | a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor. 31 |
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