§ Ethics Rule 2.108Electioneering communication reports

(A) Any person other than an individual, including a political
action committee, that makes an electioneering communication of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more in the aggregate at least
fifteen (15) days prior to any election shall be required to file a
report with the Commission at the same time that candidate committees
are required to file pre-election reports for the applicable
election.
(B) Any person other than an individual, including a political
action committee, that makes an electioneering communication of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more in the aggregate during the
period beginning no more than fourteen (14) days prior to any
election and ending on the day of the election shall make a report to
the Commission no later than the business day following the day the
electioneering communication is made.
(C) Each report filed by a person other than a political action
committee shall include the name and address of the person making the
electioneering communication and the name, street address, telephone
number, and office or title of the individual filing the report.
(D) Each report filed shall include the name of the political
action committee or the person making the electioneering
communication; the amount, date and a brief description or statement
of each electioneering communication, and the name and office of the
candidate or candidates identified in the electioneering
communication.
(E) If the person making the electioneering communication, other
than a political action committee, received funds from any other
person for the purpose of making an electioneering communication or
communications, the report shall include the name, address and
principal business activity of each person contributing funds in
excess of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in the aggregate and the amount of
any such contribution or contributions that have not been previously
reported, together with a cumulative total of all contributions made
by each person since the first report was filed for the election for
which the electioneering communication is being made. As used in
this section, "for the purpose of" means that the funds are either:
(1) received by an organization or corporation in response to a
solicitation specifically requesting funds to pay for an
electioneering communication or independent expenditure or (2)
specifically designated for electioneering communications or
independent expenditures by the donor.
(F) If the person making the electioneering communication is a
non-profit corporation that has not been officially approved by the
United States Internal Revenue Service for tax exempt status under
Section 501(c) of Title 26 of the United States Code as it currently
exists or as it may be amended, the report shall include the name,
address and principal business activity of each person contributing
funds in excess of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in the aggregate to the
corporation during the current calendar year and the preceding
calendar year and the amount of any such contribution or
contributions that have not been previously reported, together with a
cumulative total of all contributions made by each person since the
first report was filed for the election for which the electioneering
communication is being made.
(G) Reports required by this section shall not relieve the
person making the report from filing other reports required by these
Rules.
(H) If any person makes, or contracts to make, any expenditure
for an electioneering communication and such expenditure is
coordinated with a candidate or a candidate committee in any way, the
expenditure shall be considered as a contribution to the candidate
committee and as an expenditure by the candidate committee.