Oregon Statutes 260.083 – Contents of statements
(1)(a) For a contribution, except as provided in ORS § 260.085, a statement filed under ORS § 260.044, 260.057, 260.076, 260.078 or 260.118 shall list:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 260.083
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- expenditure: includes the payment or furnishing of money or anything of value or the incurring or repayment of indebtedness or obligation by or on behalf of a candidate, political committee or person in consideration for any services, supplies, equipment or other thing of value performed or furnished for any reason, including support of or opposition to a candidate, political committee or measure, or for reducing the debt of a candidate for nomination or election to public office. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
- Independent expenditure: means an expenditure by a person for a communication in support of or in opposition to a clearly identified candidate or measure that is not made with the cooperation or with the prior consent of, or in consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate or any agent or authorized committee of the candidate, or any political committee or agent of a political committee supporting or opposing a measure. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, club, organization or other combination of individuals having collective capacity. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Petition committee: means an initiative, referendum or recall petition committee organized under ORS § 260. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Political committee: means a combination of two or more individuals, or a person other than an individual, that has:
(a) Received a contribution for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate, measure or political party; or
(b) Made an expenditure for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate, measure or political party. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
- Recall petition: means a petition to recall a public officer for which a prospective petition has been filed but that is not yet a measure. See Oregon Statutes 260.005
(A) The name, occupation and address of each person, and the name and address of each political committee or petition committee, that contributed an aggregate amount of more than $100 in a calendar year on behalf of a candidate or to a political committee or petition committee and the total amount contributed by that person or committee; and
(B) The total amount of other contributions as a single item, but shall specify how those contributions were obtained.
(b) For an expenditure, including an independent expenditure, a statement filed under ORS § 260.044, 260.057, 260.076, 260.078 or 260.118 shall list:
(A) The amount and purpose of each expenditure made in an aggregate amount of more than $100 to a payee, the name or, if applicable, the business name of the payee of the expenditure, and the city, or county if the payee is not located in a city, and state in which the payee is located; and
(B) The total amount of other expenditures as a single item.
(c) For each loan, whether repaid or not, made by or to a candidate, political committee or petition committee, a statement filed under ORS § 260.044, 260.057, 260.076, 260.078 or 260.118 shall list:
(A) The name and address of each person shown as a cosigner or guarantor on a loan and the amount of the obligation undertaken by each cosigner or guarantor;
(B) The name of the lender holding the loan; and
(C) The terms of the loan, including the interest rate and repayment schedule.
(2) An expenditure shall be reported as an account payable only if the expenditure is not paid within the time specified in ORS § 260.057, 260.076 or 260.118.
(3) Anything of value paid for or contributed by any person shall be listed as both an in-kind contribution and an expenditure by the candidate or committee for whose benefit the payment or contribution was made.
(4) If a candidate, political committee or petition committee under ORS § 260.057 or 260.118 makes an expenditure that must be reported as an in-kind contribution and an expenditure as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the candidate, political committee or petition committee making the original expenditure shall, in any statement filed under ORS § 260.057, 260.078 or 260.118, identify the expenditure as an in-kind contribution and identify the candidate, political committee or petition committee for whose benefit the expenditure was made.
(5) If a political committee makes an expenditure that qualifies as an independent expenditure under ORS § 260.005 (10), the listing of the expenditure under this section shall identify any candidates or measures that are the subject of the independent expenditure and state whether the independent expenditure was used to advocate the election, passage or defeat of the candidates or measures.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) ‘Address’ has the meaning given that term in rules adopted by the Secretary of State.
(b) ‘Contribution’ and ‘expenditure’ include a contribution or expenditure to or on behalf of an initiative, referendum or recall petition. [Formerly 260.162; 1981 c.234 § 11; 1985 c.732 § 5; 1989 c.80 § 4; 1989 c.503 § 42; 1989 c.1054 § 12; 1991 c.258 § 1; 1991 c.719 § 15; 1993 c.493 § 68; 1995 c.1 § 20; 1995 c.607 § 87; 1999 c.262 § 3; 1999 c.814 § 1; 1999 c.999 § 10; 2001 c.82 § 5; 2001 c.965 § 59; 2003 c.542 § 14; 2005 c.797 § 13; 2005 c.809 8,16; 2009 c.818 § 10; 2013 c.756 § 3]