HB 3014 - DIGEST

     Provides that every statement of organization, report, or other filing required by this chapter to be filed by an independent expenditure committee must be filed with the commission and the appropriate county elections officer.  The appropriate county elections officer for an independent expenditure committee is the county auditor or other elections officer of the county in which any candidate supported or opposed resides.

     Declares that no person may make independent expenditures in support of or in opposition to a specific candidate that in the aggregate exceed five thousand dollars within twenty-one days before an election.

     Requires an independent expenditure committee to file a copy of any political advertising it proposes to place or distribute with the commission and the appropriate county elections officer at least five business days before distribution.