Kentucky Statutes 121.210 – Central campaign committee — Designation — Duties — Unauthorized or disavowed campaign committee
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(1) Each candidate or slate of candidates may designate one (1) central campaign committee as a candidate-authorized campaign committee. If so designated, the central campaign committee shall receive all reports made by any other campaign committee authorized in writing by the candidate or slate of candidates to accept contributions or make expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of the candidate or slate of candidates who designated a central campaign committee.
(2) Each statement or report which a candidate-authorized committee is required to file with or furnish to the registry shall, if that committee is not a central campaign committee, be furnished instead to the central campaign committee for the candidate on whose behalf that committee is, or is established for the purpose of, accepting contributions or making expenditures.
(3) Each central campaign committee shall receive all reports and statements filed with or furnished to it by other candidate-authorized committees, and shall consolidate and furnish the reports and statements to the registry, together with its own reports and statements as prescribed by KRS § 121.180.
(4) A campaign committee not authorized by, or which has been disavowed by the candidate, shall not include the name of the candidate as part of the committee’s name and shall file the reports and statements with the registry as prescribed in KRS
121.180 as an unauthorized campaign committee.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 4, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 292, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
253, sec. 7.
(2) Each statement or report which a candidate-authorized committee is required to file with or furnish to the registry shall, if that committee is not a central campaign committee, be furnished instead to the central campaign committee for the candidate on whose behalf that committee is, or is established for the purpose of, accepting contributions or making expenditures.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 121.210
- Campaign committee: which means one (1) or more persons who receive contributions and make expenditures to support or oppose one (1) or more specific candidates or slates of candidates for nomination or election to any state, county, city, or district office, but does not include an entity established solely by a candidate which is managed solely by a candidate and a campaign treasurer and whose name is generic in nature, such as "Friends of (the candidate)" and does not reflect that other persons have structured themselves as a committee, designated officers of the committee, and assigned responsibilities and duties to each officer with the purpose of managing a campaign to support or oppose a candidate in an election. See Kentucky Statutes 121.015
- Candidate: means any person who has received contributions or made expenditures, has appointed a campaign treasurer, or has given his or her consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures with a view to bringing about his or her nomination or election to public office, except federal office. See Kentucky Statutes 121.015
- Committee: includes the following:
(a) "Campaign committee" which means one (1) or more persons who receive contributions and make expenditures to support or oppose one (1) or more specific candidates or slates of candidates for nomination or election to any state, county, city, or district office, but does not include an entity established solely by a candidate which is managed solely by a candidate and a campaign treasurer and whose name is generic in nature, such as "Friends of (the candidate)" and does not reflect that other persons have structured themselves as a committee, designated officers of the committee, and assigned responsibilities and duties to each officer with the purpose of managing a campaign to support or oppose a candidate in an election. See Kentucky Statutes 121.015 - Election: means any primary, regular, or special election to fill vacancies regardless of whether a candidate or slate of candidates is opposed or unopposed in an election. See Kentucky Statutes 121.015
- Registry: means the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. See Kentucky Statutes 121.015
- Slate of candidates: means :
(a) Between the time a certificate or petition of nomination has been filed for a candidate for the office of Governor under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 121.015
(3) Each central campaign committee shall receive all reports and statements filed with or furnished to it by other candidate-authorized committees, and shall consolidate and furnish the reports and statements to the registry, together with its own reports and statements as prescribed by KRS § 121.180.
(4) A campaign committee not authorized by, or which has been disavowed by the candidate, shall not include the name of the candidate as part of the committee’s name and shall file the reports and statements with the registry as prescribed in KRS
121.180 as an unauthorized campaign committee.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 4, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 292, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
253, sec. 7.