Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1495.1 – Report through committee
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1495.1
- Candidate: means a person who seeks nomination or election to public office, except the office of president or vice president of the United States, presidential elector, delegate to a political party convention, United States senator, United States congressman, or political party office. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
- committee: means two or more persons, other than a husband and wife, and any legal entity organized for the primary purpose of supporting or opposing one or more candidates, propositions, recalls of a public officer, or political parties, which accepts contributions in the name of the committee, or makes expenditures from committee funds or in the name of the committee, or makes a transfer of funds to or receives a transfer of funds from another committee, or receives or makes loans in an aggregate amount in excess of five hundred dollars within any calendar year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
- Principal campaign committee: means a political committee designated by a candidate pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
A. Each candidate may designate a principal campaign committee as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 18:1491.3. If a candidate designates a principal campaign committee, the candidate shall maintain all records required by this Part and furnish them on a timely basis to his principal campaign committee. Each principal campaign committee shall receive all records furnished to it by the candidate, shall consolidate them with its own reports and shall file a consolidated report for reports required by this Chapter for candidates and committees as otherwise provided in this Chapter. In such case, the candidate shall not be required to file separate reports.
B. Each candidate may designate subsidiary committees as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 18:1491.3, and shall designate such subsidiary committees as required in said Section. Any candidate who designates subsidiary committees and who does not designate a principal campaign committee shall receive all records of the subsidiary committees, consolidate them with his own records, and file a consolidated report for reports required by this Chapter for candidates and committees.
Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.