Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 16 > Chapter 6 > Article 1.4 - Reporting Requirements and Disclosure Statements

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Advertisement: means information or materials, other than nonpaid social media messages, that are mailed, e-mailed, posted, distributed, published, displayed, delivered, broadcasted or placed in a communication medium and that are for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• 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
• Contribution: means any money, advance, deposit or other thing of value that is made to a person for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Earmarked: means a designation, instruction or encumbrance between the transferor of a contribution and a transferee that requires the transferee to make a contribution to a clearly identified candidate. 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
• Employer: means any person that pays compensation to and directs the labor or services of any individual in the course of employment. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Entity: means a corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, partnership, trust, association, organization, joint venture, cooperative, unincorporated organization or association or other organized group that consists of more than one individual. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Expenditure: means any purchase, payment or other thing of value that is made by a person for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Filing officer: means the secretary of state or the county, city or town officer in charge of elections for that jurisdiction who accepts statements and reports for those elections pursuant to section 16-928. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• identify: means :

  (a) For an individual, the individual's first and last name, residence location or street address and occupation and the name of the individual's primary employer. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• In-kind contribution: means a contribution of goods, services or anything of value that is provided without charge or at less than the usual and normal charge. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Itemized: means that each contribution received or expenditure made is set forth separately. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Labor organization: means any employee representation organization that exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or other conditions of employment. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: means an individual or a candidate, nominee, committee, corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, partnership, trust, association, organization, joint venture, cooperative or unincorporated organization or association. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Personal monies: means any of the following:

  (a) Assets to which the individual or individual's spouse has either legal title or an equitable interest. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• 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
• Retention: means the election process by which a superior court judge, appellate court judge or supreme court justice is retained in office as prescribed by article VI, section 38 or 40, Constitution of Arizona. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Separate segregated fund: means a fund established by a corporation, limited liability company, labor organization or partnership that is required to register as a political action committee. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Social media messages: means forms of communication, including internet sites for social networking or blogging, through which users create a personal profile and participate in online communities to share information, ideas and personal messages. See Arizona Laws 16-901