Arizona Laws 16-927. Campaign finance reporting period
A. A political action committee and political party shall file a campaign finance report covering each reporting period as follows:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 16-927
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Calendar quarter: means a period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Candidate: means an individual who receives contributions or makes expenditures or who gives consent to another person to receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf of that individual in connection with the candidate's nomination, election or retention for any public office. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Candidate committee: includes the candidate. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Committee: means a candidate committee, a political action committee or a political party. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Election: means any election for any ballot measure in this state or any candidate election during a primary, general, recall, special or runoff election for any office in this state other than a federal office and a political party office prescribed by chapter 5, article 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Election cycle: means the two-year period beginning on January 1 in the year after a statewide general election and ending on December 31 in the year of a statewide general election or, for cities and towns, the two-year period beginning on the first day of the calendar quarter after the calendar quarter in which the city's or town's second, runoff or general election is scheduled and ending on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the city's or town's immediately following second, runoff or general election is scheduled, however that election is designated by the city or town. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Political action committee: means an entity that is required to register as a political action committee pursuant to section 16-905. See Arizona Laws 16-901
- Political party: means a committee that meets the requirements for recognition as a political party pursuant to chapter 5 of this title. See Arizona Laws 16-901
1. For a calendar quarter without an election, the political action committee or political party shall file a quarterly report. The quarterly report shall be:
(a) Filed not later than the third Monday in the month after the calendar quarter.
(b) Complete through the last day of the calendar quarter.
2. For a calendar quarter with an election, the political action committee or political party shall file a preelection and postelection report as follows:
(a) A preelection report shall be:
(i) Filed not later than ten days before the election.
(ii) Complete from the first day of the applicable calendar quarter through the seventeenth day before the election.
(b) A postelection report shall be:
(i) Filed not later than the fifteenth day after the applicable calendar quarter.
(ii) Complete from the sixteenth day before the election through the last day of the applicable calendar quarter.
B. A candidate committee shall file a campaign finance report only during the four calendar quarters comprising the twelve-month period preceding the general election for the office for which the candidate is seeking election, or for cities and towns, the city’s or town’s second, runoff or general election, however designated by the city or town. The reporting period for a candidate committee’s first campaign finance report of the election cycle shall include the entire election cycle to date.
C. A committee shall file campaign finance reports until terminated.