HB 544-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 544-FN
This bill requires expenditure and contribution reports filed by candidates to include independent expenditures made in the candidate's behalf.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0718
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to reporting by candidates of independent expenditures.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Political Expenditures and Contributions; Reporting by Candidates; Independent Expenditures. Amend RSA 664:7 to read as follows:
664:7 Reporting by Candidates. Each candidate at the primary or general election for governor, councilor, state senator, representative to general court, or county officer, who has expenditures exceeding $500, shall file statements before and after an election in like manner and detail as prescribed in RSA 664:6, II, II-a, III, IV, and V, excepting, however, the expenditures of political committees of the party to which the candidate belongs in elections other than primaries. The candidate's report shall include all independent expenditures made in the candidate's behalf, including the amount, if known, of each independent expenditure. The candidate shall make a good faith effort to ascertain the existence, source, and amount of all independent expenditures made in the candidate's behalf. For purposes of this section, independent expenditures shall be considered to be in behalf of a candidate if the candidate is identified in any positive manner or if an opponent of the candidate is identified in any manner that benefits the candidate.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
LBAO
01-0718
2/5/01
HB 544-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to reporting by candidates of independent expenditures.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.