§ La. R.S. 18:1491.1(untitled)

Registration of committees
A. Each committee, including a subsidiary committee, which knows or anticipates that it will receive
contributions or loans, make expenditures or loans, or make a transfer of funds to or receive a transfer of
funds from another committee during a calendar year in the aggregate amount exceeding one thousand dollars
shall file a statement of organization with the supervisory committee annually after January first and no later
than January thirty-first of each calendar year. Any such committee organized after January thirty-first shall
file the required statement of organization no later than the tenth day after its organization. Any committee
which, after January thirty-first, knows or anticipates that it will receive contributions, loans, or transfers of
funds or make expenditures, loans, or transfers of funds in the aggregate in excess of one thousand dollars
during the calendar year shall file the required statement of organization within ten days after the date on
which it has information which causes it to know or anticipate that it will receive such contributions, loans,
or transfers of funds or make such expenditures, loans, or transfers of funds. If a committee which knows
or anticipates that it will receive contributions, loans, or transfers of funds or make expenditures, loans, or
transfers of funds in the aggregate in excess of one thousand dollars during a calendar year, is organized
within ten days prior to any election, it shall file the statement of organization required by this Section no
later than the third day after such organizing. Any committee required to file supplemental reports under the
provisions of R.S. 18:1491.6 shall file the annual statement of organization. The supervisory committee shall
issue a certificate of registration to each committee which submits the statement required by this Subsection.
B. The statement of organization shall include:
(1) The name of the committee, and the address of the committee, or of its chairman if the committee
has no address.
(2) The names, addresses, and relationships of affiliated organizations.
(3) The name and address of the treasurer of the committee, if any, and of any deputy treasurers of
the committee.
(4) The name and address of the committee chairman and the name, address, and position of other
principal officers and directors of the committee, if any.
(5)(a) A statement, if applicable, that the committee is a principal campaign committee and the
candidate by whom it is designated as a principal campaign committee, if any, or a statement, if applicable,
that the committee is a subsidiary committee and the committee or candidate by whom it is designated as a
subsidiary committee.
(b) A statement, if the committee is organized to support a single candidate and if applicable, that
the committee is not the principal or subsidiary committee of the candidate and a certification by the
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committee that the committee is not working and will not work in coordination, consultation, or cooperation
with the candidate.
(c) A statement, if applicable, that the committee is organized solely to make independent
expenditures and a certification by the committee that the committee is not and will not make contributions,
whether direct or in-kind as defined in R.S. 18:1483, in contravention of provisions of this Chapter.
(d) A statement, if applicable, that the committee is organized as a leadership committee, an
identification of the elected official with whom the committee is affiliated, and a certification by the
committee that the committee is not making and will not make contributions, whether direct or in-kind, to
the principal campaign committee of the elected official with which it is affiliated, or any subsidiary
committee thereof, or expenditures for the purpose of supporting the election to public office of the elected
official with which it is affiliated, or opposing the election to public office of any opponent of the elected
official with which it is affiliated.
(e) A statement, if applicable, that the committee is organized as a joint fundraising committee
pursuant to R.S. 18:1491.9 and the name and mailing address of each committee and organization
participating in the joint fundraising agreement that designates the committee as the joint fundraising
committee.
(6) A listing of all banks, safety deposit boxes, or other depositories used for committee funds.
(7) The estimated number of members of the committee.
(8) Certification of membership as required by R.S. 18:1505.2(H)(2)(b), if applicable.
(9) A statement, if applicable, that the committee has elected to file monthly reports pursuant to R.S.
18:1491.6(I).
C. Any change in information previously submitted in the annual statement of organization shall be
reported to the supervisory committee within ten days following the change.
D. No committee shall receive contributions or loans, make expenditures or loans or make a transfer
of funds to or receive a transfer of funds from another committee in the aggregate in excess of one thousand
dollars in any calendar year until it has filed the annual statement of organization required by this Section.
Any committee which violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be subject to the penalties provided
in R.S. 18:1505.5 and 1505.6.
E.(1) The supervisory committee may impose a fee not to exceed the amount of one hundred dollars
for each statement required to be filed under this Section to be remitted to the supervisory committee together
with the statement on or before the time that the statement is required to be filed. Any statement submitted
without the proper fee shall be deemed as not being properly submitted to the supervisory committee. All
fees collected hereunder shall be used solely by the supervisory committee for the enforcement of the
provisions of this Chapter, as appropriated by the legislature.
(2) The supervisory committee shall accept payment via electronic funds transfer for filing fees
associated with filing a statement of organization. The supervisory committee may charge an electronic
processing fee not to exceed five percent of the filing fee.
F. If the supervisory committee receives a statement pursuant to Subparagraph (B)(5)(b) of this
Section, the supervisory committee shall immediately notify the affected candidate of his obligations
pursuant to R.S. 18:1491.3(C).
G. Statements of organization and other documents required to be filed with the supervisory
committee pursuant to this Section, including electronic filing affidavits, may be filed electronically by
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facsimile or through the Board of Ethics Computerized Data Management System as provided in R.S.
18:1485 and R.S. 42:1158. Documents may be notarized as provided by R.S. 35:621 et seq.