Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1491.8

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Aggregating period: means :

                (a) For a political committee, except a political committee which supports only one candidate, the period from January first of the calendar year through December thirty-first of the same calendar year. 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
  • Contribution: except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, means a gift, conveyance, payment, or deposit of money or anything of value, or the forgiveness of a loan or of a debt, made for the purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination or election of a person to public office, for the purpose of supporting or opposing a proposition or question submitted to the voters, or for the purpose of supporting or opposing the recall of a public officer, whether made before or after the election. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483

Any political committee which did not receive a contribution in excess of two hundred dollars and which did not make expenditures totaling in excess of five thousand dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period, may file an affidavit setting out such facts, in lieu of any report required by La. Rev. Stat. 18:1491.6; but a separate affidavit shall be required in lieu of any such report.

Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.  Acts 1988, No. 994, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.