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7-9-407. Financial report — Information.
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7-9-407. Financial report — Information.
A financial report of a ballot question committee, a legislative question committee, an individual person, or an elected official, as required by § 7-9-406, shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the committee, individual person, or elected official filing the report;
(2)(A) For a ballot question committee as defined in § 7-9-402(2)(A) or a legislative question committee as defined in § 7-9-402(10)(A):
(i) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report;
(ii) The total amount of expenditures made by the committee or on behalf of the committee by an advertising agency, public relations firm, or political consultant during the period covered by the financial report;
(iii) The cumulative amount of contributions and expenditures reported under subdivisions (2)(A)(i) and (ii) of this section for each ballot question or legislative question;
(iv) The balance of cash and cash equivalents on hand at the beginning and the end of the period covered by the financial report;
(v) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report from persons who contributed less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and the cumulative amount of that total for each ballot question or legislative question;
(vi) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report from persons who contributed fifty dollars ($50.00) or more and the cumulative amount of that total for each ballot question or legislative question;
(vii) The name and street address of each person who contributed fifty dollars ($50.00) or more during the period covered by the financial report, together with the amount
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-407
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7-9-407. Financial report — Information.
A financial report of a ballot question committee, a legislative question committee, an individual person, or an elected official, as required by § 7-9-406, shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the committee, individual person, or elected official filing the report;
(2)(A) For a ballot question committee as defined in § 7-9-402(2)(A) or a legislative question committee as defined in § 7-9-402(10)(A):
(i) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report;
(ii) The total amount of expenditures made by the committee or on behalf of the committee by an advertising agency, public relations firm, or political consultant during the period covered by the financial report;
(iii) The cumulative amount of contributions and expenditures reported under subdivisions (2)(A)(i) and (ii) of this section for each ballot question or legislative question;
(iv) The balance of cash and cash equivalents on hand at the beginning and the end of the period covered by the financial report;
(v) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report from persons who contributed less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and the cumulative amount of that total for each ballot question or legislative question;
(vi) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the financial report from persons who contributed fifty dollars ($50.00) or more and the cumulative amount of that total for each ballot question or legislative question;
(vii) The name and street address of each person who contributed fifty dollars ($50.00) or more during the period covered by the financial report, together with the amount contributed, the date of receipt, and the cumulative amount contributed by that person for each ballot question or legislative question;
(viii) For each person listed under subdivision (2)(A)(vii) of this section, the contributor's principal place of business, employer, occupation, the amount contributed, the date the contribution was accepted by the committee, and the cumulative amount contributed for each ballot question or legislative question;
(ix) The name and address of each person who contributed a nonmoney item, together with a description of the item, the date of receipt, and the value, not including volunteer service by individuals;
(x) [Repealed];
(xi) A list of all expenditures by category, including without limitation the following:
(a) Advertising;
(b) Direct mail;
(c) Office supplies;
(d) Travel;
(e) Expenses; and
(f) Telephone; and
(xii) The total amount of nonitemized expenditures made during the period covered by the financial report;
(B) For a ballot question committee as defined in § 7-9-402(2)(B) or a legislative question committee as defined in § 7-9-402(10)(B) shall include the following information:
(i) The total amount of contributions made by the committee to another ballot or legislative question committee reported during the period covered by the financial report; and
(ii) The cumulative amount of contributions under subdivision (2)(B)(i) of this section;
(C) For an individual person:
(i) The total amount of expenditures made by the individual person or on behalf of the individual person by an advertising agency, public relations firm, or political consultant during the period covered by the financial report; and
(ii) The cumulative amount of expenditures for each ballot question or legislative question; and
(D) For an elected official using public funds:
(i) The total amount of expenditures made by the elected official using public funds or on behalf of the elected official using public funds by an advertising agency, public relations firm, or political consultant during the period covered by the financial report; and
(ii) The cumulative amount of expenditures for each ballot question or legislative question; and
(3) The name and street address of each person to whom expenditures totaling one hundred dollars ($100) or more were made by the committee, individual person, or elected official using public funds, or on behalf of the committee, individual person, or elected official using public funds, by an advertising agency, public relations firm, or political consultant, together with the date and amount of each separate expenditure to each person during the period covered by the financial report and the purpose of each expenditure.
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7-9-402. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Ballot question” means a question in the form of a statewide, county, municipal, or school district initiative or referendum which is submitted or intended to be submitted to a popular vote at an election, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot;
(2)(A) “Ballot question committee” means any person, located within or outside Arkansas, that receives contributions for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of any ballot question, or any person, other than an elected official expending public funds, or an individual, located within or outside Arkansas, who makes expenditures for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of any ballot question.
(B) A person other than an individual or an approved political action committee as defined in § 7-6-201, located within or outside Arkansas, also qualifies as a ballot question committee if two percent (2%) or more of its annual revenues, operating expenses, or funds are used to make a contribution or contributions to another ballot question committee and if the contribution or contributions exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in value;
(3)(A) “Contribution” means, whether direct or indirect, advances, deposits, transfers of funds, contracts, or obligations, whether or not legally enforceable, payments, gifts, subscriptions, assessments, payment for services, dues, advancements, forbearance, loans, pledges, or promises of money or anything of value, whether or not legally enforceable, to a person for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question.
(B
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-402
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 7-9-402. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
7-9-406. Financial reports — Requirement.
(a) A ballot question committee or legislative question committee that either receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question shall file with the Arkansas Ethics Commission financial reports as required by §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409.
(b) An individual person who on his or her own behalf expends in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), excluding contributions, for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question shall file with the commission financial reports as required by §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409.
(c) An elected official expending public funds in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question or the passage or defeat of a legislative question shall file with the commission financial reports as required by §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, any report required by this subchapter shall be deemed timely filed if it is:
(1) Hand-delivered to the commission on or before the date due;
(2) Mailed to the commission, properly addressed, postage prepaid, bearing a postmark indicating that it was received by the post office or common carrier on or before the date due;
(3) Received via facsimile by the commission on or before the date due, provided that the original is received by the commission within ten (10) days of the transmission; or
(4) Received by the commiss
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-9-406
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 7-9-406. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.