§ 3517.107Federal political committee registration

(A) As used in this section, "federal political committee" means a political committee, as defined in
the Federal Election Campaign Act, that is registered with the federal election commission under
that act.


(B) Any federal political committee may make contributions, expenditures, or independent
expenditures from its federal account in connection with any state or local election in Ohio. Prior to
making any such contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure, the federal political
committee shall register with the secretary of state by filing a copy of its most recent federal
statement of organization. A federal political committee registered with the secretary of state under
this division shall file with the secretary of state any amendment to its statement of organization
that is required under the Federal Election Campaign Act to be reported to the federal election
commission.


(C) When, during any federal reporting period under the Federal Election Campaign Act, a federal
political committee makes a contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure from its federal
account in connection with a state or local election in Ohio, the committee shall file with the
secretary of state not later than the date on which its report is required to be filed with the
appropriate federal office or officer under the Federal Election Campaign Act, copies of the
following pages from that report:


(1) The summary page;


(2) The detailed summary page;


(3) The page or pages that contain an itemized list of the contributions, expenditures, and
independent expenditures made in connection with state and local elections in Ohio.


The total amount of contributions, expenditures, and independent expenditures made in connection



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with state and local elections in Ohio shall be reflected on the summary page or on a form that the
secretary of state shall prescribe.


(D) When, during any calendar year, a federal political committee makes a contribution from its
federal account in connection with a state or local election in Ohio to a state or local political action
committee that is required under section 3517.11 of the Revised Code to file any statement
prescribed by section 3517.10 of the Revised Code, and the federal political committee and state or
local political action committee are established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the same
corporation, organization, continuing association, or other person, including any parent, subsidiary,
division, department, or unit of that corporation, organization, continuing association, or other
person, the federal political committee shall file a statement with the secretary of state not later than
the last business day of January of the next calendar year. The statement shall be on a form
prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include a list of the names and addresses of
contributors that are residents of Ohio that made contributions to the federal political committee
during the calendar year covered by the statement and, for each name listed, the aggregate total
amount contributed by each contributor during the reporting period.




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