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Rhode Island Statutes § 17-25-7.6 Electronic reporting

⤴ Up to Chapter 17-25: Rhode Island Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting

Statute Text

(a) The filing of campaign finance reports to the board of elections shall commence in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Candidates for general office shall commence filing campaign finance reports electronically beginning with the report required to be filed for the first quarterly reporting period in 2002.
(2) All other candidates for public office and political parties, other than state political parties, who raise or expend more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually, or whose report shows a balance of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more in their campaign fund shall commence filing campaign finance reports electronically beginning with the second quarterly reporting period in 2008; provided, that all candidates may commence filing campaign finance reports electronically beginning with the first report required to be filed for the first quarterly reporting period in 2002.
(3) State political parties, political action committees and vendors required to file campaign finance reports and who raise or expend more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) annually, or whose report shows a balance of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more in their campaign fund shall do so commencing with the first report required to be filed for the first quarterly reporting period in 2002.
(b) The board of elections shall have the authority to adopt regulations to implement and administer the provisions of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding anything else in this section and subject to the implementation of an electronic reporting and tracking system, the board of elections shall have the authority to delay implementation of the requirements of this section by up to ninety (90) days.

History

P.L. 2001 , ch. 176 , § 1 ; P.L. 2007 , ch. 529 , § 1 .

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