§ 169.229Campaign statement filed by political party committee; contents; identification

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of expenditure; designation of contribution to candidate committee or ballot question
 committee; designation of independent expenditure; apportionment of expenditure; list
 of expenditures.
 Sec. 29.
    (1) A campaign statement filed by a political party committee shall contain all of the
 following information:
    (a) The full name and street address of each person from whom contributions are received in
 a calendar year, the amount, and the date or dates contributed; and, if the person is a
 committee, the name and address of the committee and the full name of the committee
 treasurer, together with the amount of the contribution and the date received. The occupation,
 employer, and principal place of business, if any, shall be listed for each person from whom
 contributions totaling more than $100.00 are received in a calendar year.
    (b) Accompanying a campaign statement reporting the receipt of a contribution from a
 committee or person whose treasurer does not reside in, whose principal office is not located
 in, or whose funds are not kept in this state, and whose committee has not filed a statement of
 organization as required in section 24, shall be a statement setting forth the full name and
 address of the treasurer of the committee.
    (c) An itemized list of all expenditures, including in-kind contributions and expenditures
 and loans, made during the period covered by the campaign statement that were contributions
 to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective office or a ballot question committee; or
 independent expenditures in support of the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question
 or in support of the nomination or election of a candidate for elective office or the defeat of
 any of the candidate's opponents.
    (d) The total expenditure by the committee for each candidate for elective office or ballot
 question in whose behalf an independent expenditure was made or a contribution was given
 for the election cycle.
    (e) The filer's name, address, and telephone number, if available, if any, and the full name,
 address, and telephone number, if available, of the committee treasurer.



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    (2) The committee shall identify an expenditure listed under subsection (1)(c) as an
 independent expenditure or as a contribution to a candidate committee or a ballot question
 committee.
    (3) The committee shall designate for a contribution to or on behalf of a candidate
 committee or ballot question committee listed under subsection (1)(c) the name and address of
 the committee, the name of the candidate and the office sought, if any, the amount contributed,
 and the date of contribution.
    (4) The committee shall designate for an independent expenditure listed under subsection
 (1)(c) either the name of the candidate for whose benefit the expenditure was made and the
 office sought by the candidate, or a brief description of the ballot question for which the
 expenditure was made; the amount, date, and purpose of the expenditure; and the full name
 and address of the person to whom the expenditure was made.
    (5) The committee shall apportion an expenditure listed that was made in support of more
 than 1 candidate or ballot question, or both, reasonably among the candidates or ballot
 questions, or both.
    (6) A campaign statement of a committee, in addition to the other information required by
 this section, shall include an itemized list of all expenditures during the reporting period for
 election day busing of electors to the polls, get-out-the-vote activities, slate cards, challengers,
 poll watchers, and poll workers.

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