Colorado Regulations § 8 CCR 1505-6-7 Federal PACs and 527 Political Organizations
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7.1
Federal PACs
7.1.1
A Federal PAC that qualifies as a political committee under Colo. Const. Article XXVIII, section 2(12), must register with the Secretary of State's office as a state political committee and follow all requirements for state political committees; except that a Federal PAC is not required to form a separate bank account for the state political committee so long as the funds used for the state political committee can be separately identified. Nothing in this rule requires a Federal PAC to observe Colorado requirements for contributions, expenditures, or other campaign finance activity for federal elections or elections in states other than Colorado.
7.2
Political organizations.
7.2.1
A political organization must file on the frequent filing schedule for a political committee in an even-numbered year, and on the infrequent filing schedule in an odd-numbered year, according to the filing schedules set forth in section
1-45-108
(2)
, C.R.S.
7.2.2
A political organization that receives no contributions and spends less than $20 during a reporting period is not required to file a disclosure report for that reporting period. [Section
1-45-108.5
(1)(b)
, C.R.S.]
7.2.3
A political organization must file all disclosure reports required by section
1-45-108.5
, C.R.S., with the appropriate filing officer. For the purposes of this rule, the appropriate filing officer is the same for political organizations as for political committees.