§ La. R.S. 18:1491.7(untitled)

Reports; contents
A. (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, each report required by this Part shall contain the
following information:
(a) The name and address of the committee for whom the report is filed.
(b) The name and address of the treasurer completing the report.
(c) The names and addresses of the committee chairman and of the other principal officers.
(2) Unless otherwise specifically provided, each report by a political committee, principal campaign
committee, or independent expenditure-only committee required by this Part shall contain the following
information:
(a) The name, address, office sought, and party affiliation of each candidate whom the committee
is supporting or opposing, and a designation as to whether such committee is supporting or opposing such
candidate.
(b) Whether the committee is supporting or opposing the entire ticket of any party, and, if so, the
name of the party.
(c) If the report is for a principal campaign committee, a statement that the committee is a principal
campaign committee and the name of the candidate and of all subsidiary committees for whom the principal
campaign committee is reporting and the address of such committees, or if a committee has no address, the
address of the committee chairman.
(3) Unless otherwise specifically provided, each report by a leadership committee required by this
Part shall contain the name of the elected official with whom the leadership committee is affiliated.
B. Each report required to be in conformity with this Section shall contain the following
information:
(1) The amount of cash and cash investments on hand at the end of the prior reporting period.
(2) The total of all contributions received and accepted by the committee during the reporting period.
(3) Cash income from investments received during the reporting period.
(4) Contributions received during the reporting period for which the report is being completed shall
be reported, and the same shall be reported irrespective of the amount thereof except as otherwise provided,
as follows:
(a) The full name and address of each person who has made one or more contributions, except
contributions in the form of a payroll deduction or dues check-off system, to and which have been received
and accepted by the committee during the reporting period; the aggregate amount of such contributions,
except in-kind contributions, from each person, and the date and amount of each such contribution; and a
brief description of each in-kind contribution from each person, the valuation thereof made by the chairman
and the treasurer, and the date of the in-kind contribution.
(b) The full name and address of each person who has made one or more contributions in the form
of a payroll deduction or dues check-off system in excess of twenty-five dollars in the aggregate in a calendar
year to and which have been received and accepted by the committee during the reporting period, and the
date and amount of each contribution. In the case of a political committee that supports multiple candidates
or issues and receives over ten thousand contributions in the form of a payroll deduction or dues check-off
system when no single contributor contributes in excess of fifty dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year,
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such committee may elect to report the names and addresses of its contributors on an annual basis. Political
committees making this election shall list the names and addresses of its contributors, the total amount of
the contributions received per contributor, and the schedule of the receipt of such contributions on the annual
report due by February twenty-eighth complete through the preceding December thirty-first.
(c) The aggregate amount of all contributions, other than in-kind contributions, received and
accepted during the reporting period.
(d) The aggregate valuation of in-kind contributions received during the reporting period.
(5)(a) The gross proceeds received and accepted by the committee during the reporting period from
the sale of paraphernalia. Purchases of paraphernalia from the committee which are made by the same person
and are of such amount as to be reportable, either singly or in the aggregate, as provided in Paragraph (4) of
this Subsection, shall be so reported; however, single transactions to purchase paraphernalia which are not
in excess of fifty dollars must be reported only in the report of gross proceeds and shall not be required to
be reported as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.
(b) The gross proceeds received and accepted by the committee during the reporting period from
the sale of raffle tickets. Purchases of raffle tickets that are made by the same person and are of such amount
as to be reportable, either singly or in the aggregate, as required in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, shall be
so reported; however, single transactions to purchase raffle tickets which are not in excess of fifty dollars
must be reported only in the report of gross proceeds and shall not be required to be reported as provided in
Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.
(6) The gross proceeds received and accepted by the committee during the reporting period from
the sale of tickets to testimonials or similar fundraising events. The proceeds of any such sale shall be
considered a contribution, and such contributions shall also be reported as provided in Paragraph (4) of this
Subsection.
(7) The name and address of each committee from which the reporting committee received and
accepted any transfer of funds during the reporting period, and the amount of each such transfer.
(8) Any other cash receipts, not contributions, received from any other source not included above
during the reporting period, for example, refunds of overpayments or excess contributions and the nature,
source, and an explanation thereof.
(9) Total of all receipts for the reporting period.
(10) The date and amount of each loan for campaign purposes made or received by the committee
to or from any person or committee during the reporting period, together with the full name and address of
the lender, of the recipient of the proceeds of the loan, and of any person who makes any type of security
agreement binding himself or his property, directly or indirectly, for the repayment of all or any part of the
loan.
(11) The total of all loans made and the total of all loans received during the reporting period.
(12) The total of all expenditures made by the committee during the reporting period.
(13) The full name and address of each person to whom an expenditure has been made by the
committee during the reporting period. The amount, a description of the purpose as it relates to the
expenditure, the date of each expenditure, and, for all committees other than leadership committees, the name
and address of and office sought by candidates on whose behalf each such expenditure was made shall be
reported. A brief description of an in-kind expenditure shall be given, as well as the valuation made by the
chairman and the treasurer and the date(s) of the expenditure. When multiple expenditures have been made
to the same person during the reporting period, the aggregate amount of such expenditures, other than in-kind
expenditures, and the aggregate valuation of in-kind expenditures shall be reported for each such person.
The aggregate of all expenditures made during the reporting period, other than in-kind expenditures, and the
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aggregate valuation of all in-kind expenditures shall also be reported. The aggregate amount expended for
each candidate shall also be reported.
(14) The amount and nature of debts and obligations owed by or to the committee during the
reporting period which relate to the conduct of any political campaign, including but not limited to loans
required to be reported under Paragraph (10) of this Subsection.
(15) All payments made during the reporting period to repay loans, the amount, date, and source
thereof.
(16) Repealed by