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(1) The chief petitioners of an
initiative, referendum or recall petition shall appoint a treasurer. The
treasurer shall be an elector of this state. Contributions must be
received and expenditures made by or through the treasurer.

(2) The treasurer
shall file a statement of organization of a petition committee with the
appropriate filing officer. The treasurer shall file the statement not later
than the third business day after a chief petitioner or the treasurer receives
a contribution or makes an expenditure relating to the initiative, referendum
or recall petition. The statement must include:

(a) The name and
address of the chief petitioners.

(b) The name and
address of the treasurer appointed under subsection (1) of this section.

(c) A designation
of the initiative, referendum or recall petition. The designation of the recall
petition must include the name of the officer whose recall is demanded.

(3) In addition
to the information listed in subsection (2) of this section, the statement of
organization must include, or be amended within five business days to include,
the name of the financial institution in which the petition account required
under ORS 260.054 is established, the name of the account, the name of the
account holder and the names of all individuals who have signature authority
for the account. The Secretary of State may not disclose information received
by the secretary under this subsection except as necessary for purposes of
enforcing the provisions of ORS chapters 246 to 260.

(4) A treasurer
may designate an elector of this state to be liable for any civil penalty
imposed under ORS 260.232. The treasurer shall include the name and address of
any elector designated under this subsection in a statement of organization
filed under this section.

(5) Except as
provided in subsection (3) of this section, if there is a change in the
information submitted in a statement of organization under subsections (2) and
(3) of this section, the treasurer shall file an amended statement of
organization not later than the 10th day after the change in information.

(6) The treasurer
of an initiative, referendum or recall petition committee shall use the
electronic filing system adopted under ORS 260.057 to file with the Secretary
of State statements of contributions received and expenditures made by the
petition committee, as described in ORS 260.083.

(7) The treasurer
of an initiative petition committee shall file a statement described in
subsection (6) of this section not later than seven calendar days after a
contribution is received or an expenditure is made. This subsection applies to
contributions received and expenditures made:

(a) During the
period beginning on the 42nd calendar day before the date that is four months
before a general election and ending on the date that is four months before a
general election; and

(b) During the
period beginning on the 42nd calendar day before the date of any primary
election and ending on the date of the primary election and the period
beginning on the 42nd calendar day before the date of any general election and
ending on the date of the general election.

(8) The treasurer
of a referendum petition committee or a recall petition committee shall file a
statement described in subsection (6) of this section not later than seven
calendar days after a contribution is received or an expenditure is made. This
subsection applies:

(a) For a
referendum petition committee, to contributions received and expenditures made
during the period beginning on the date the treasurer is appointed under
subsection (1) of this section and ending on the deadline for submitting
signatures for verification; and

(b) For a recall
petition committee, to contributions received and expenditures made during the
period beginning on the day on which the recall petition is filed under ORS
249.865 and ending on the deadline for submitting signatures for verification.

(9) Except as
provided in subsection (10) of this section, during a period not described in
subsection (7) or (8) of this section, a treasurer of an initiative, referendum
or recall petition committee shall file a statement described in subsection (6)
of this section not later than 30 calendar days after a contribution is
received or an expenditure is made.

(10) If a
treasurer of an initiative petition committee receives a contribution or makes
an expenditure prior to the 42nd calendar day before the date that is four
months before a general election, or the 42nd day before the date of the
primary election or general election, and the treasurer has not filed a
statement of the contribution or expenditure under subsection (6) of this
section by the 43rd calendar day before the date that is four months before a
general election, or the 43rd day before the date of the primary election or
general election, the treasurer shall file a statement described in subsection
(6) of this section not later than the 35th calendar day before the date that
is four months before a general election, or not later than whichever of the
following dates occurs first:

(a) The date
required under subsection (9) of this section; or

(b) The 35th day
before the date of the primary election or general election.

(11) For an
initiative petition committee, the accounting period for the first statement
filed under this section begins on the date the treasurer is appointed under
subsection (1) of this section.

(12) Each
statement required under this section must be signed and certified as true by
the treasurer. Signatures must be supplied in the manner specified by the
secretary by rule.

(13) Subsections
(6) to (12) of this section do not apply to petition committees that file
certificates under ORS 260.112.

(14) As used in
this section, “contribution” and “expenditure” include a contribution or
expenditure to or on behalf of an initiative, referendum or recall petition. [1983
c.71 §6; 1985 c.808 §57; 1987 c.210 §2; 1987 c.727 §8; 1991 c.719 §54; 1993
c.493 §§70,71; 1995 c.607 §57; 1999 c.999 §11; 2001 c.732 §1; 2001 c.965 §56;
2005 c.797 §16; 2005 c.809 §37; 2007 c.848 §13; 2009 c.818 §12; 2013 c.756 §4;
2017 c.517 §3; 2017 c.749 §54; 2018 c.70 §3]



260.120 [Amended by 1957 c.643 §8; 1961
c.67 §1; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]



260.122 [1971 c.749 §12; 1973 c.744 §15;
repealed by 1977 c.644 §7]



260.130 [1967 c.339 §2; repealed by 1971
c.749 §82]



260.132 [1971 c.749 §13; repealed by 1975
c.683 §15]



260.142 [1971 c.749 §14; repealed by 1973
c.744 §48]



260.150 [1975 c.684 §5; 1979 c.190 §353;
repealed by 1987 c.727 §15]



260.152 [1971 c.749 §15; repealed by 1973
c.744 §48]



260.153 [1979 c.190 §354; repealed by 1987
c.727 §15]



260.154 [1973 c.744 §10; repealed by 1975
c.684 §11]