PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The rule amendments are designed to conform (1) with 2006 legislative changes, (2) with reporting date changes for out-of-state committees, and (3) with the electioneering communications statutes. The new rules define "party organization" in RCW 42.17.510 and "receives or expects to receive" in RCW 42.17.405.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 390-18-025.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17.370.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-04-083 on February 5, 2007.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 22, 2007.
Vicki Rippie
Executive Director
OTS-9547.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-11-132, filed 5/23/06,
effective 6/23/06)
WAC 390-18-025
Advertising -- Identification of "top five
contributors."
(1) For purposes of RCW 42.17.510 (2), (4) and
(5), "top five contributors" means the five persons, as
defined in RCW 42.17.020, giving the largest aggregate
contributions exceeding seven hundred dollars during the
twelve-month period preceding the date on which the
advertisement is published or otherwise presented to the
public. If more than five contributors give an amount equal
to the largest aggregate contribution exceeding seven hundred
dollars and the funds are received during the relevant
twelve-month period, the political committee sponsoring the
advertisement shall select five of these contributors to
identify as the top five contributors.
(2)(((a))) For independent expenditure advertisements or
electioneering communications, the "top five contributors"
identification requirement of RCW 42.17.510 applies to all
political committees that make independent expenditures,
including continuing political committees and out-of-state
political committees subject to chapter 42.17 RCW other than a
bona fide political party committee.
(((b) For electioneering communications, the "top five
contributors" identification requirement of RCW 42.17.510
applies to all political committees that make electioneering
communications including continuing political committees and
out-of-state political committees subject to chapter 42.17 RCW.))
(3) If a political committee keeps records necessary to track contributions according to the use intended by contributors, and the committee subsequently makes independent expenditures for advertisements supporting or opposing a candidate or slate of candidates or an electioneering communication identifying a specific candidate or slate of candidates, that committee may identify the top five contributors giving for that purpose, as opposed to identifying the overall top five contributors to the committee as is otherwise required by RCW 42.17.510 and this section.
However, a contributor's contributions earmarked for independent expenditures supporting or opposing a specific candidate or slate of candidates or electioneering communications identifying a specific candidate or slate of candidates shall not be used with respect to a different candidate or slate of candidates without the contributor being identified as one of the top five contributors for the actual expenditure if that contributor is one of the top five contributors for that expenditure.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.370 and 42.17.562. 06-11-132, § 390-18-025, filed 5/23/06, effective 6/23/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.370(1). 02-12-007, § 390-18-025, filed 5/23/02, effective 6/23/02.]
OTS-9544.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 390-16-320
Candidates in small political
subdivisions -- Reporting.
(1) According to RCW 42.17.030 and
42.17.405(7), a candidate for election in any political
subdivision must report pursuant to chapter 42.17 RCW and
TITLE 390 WAC if the candidate receives five thousand dollars
or more in contributions or expects to receive five thousand
dollars or more in contributions during an election cycle.
(2) It is presumed the candidate "expects to receive" five thousand dollars or more when any one of the following first occurs:
(a) The candidate or candidate's authorized committee receives at least five thousand dollars in aggregate contributions, including contributions from the candidate;
(b) The candidate is seeking the same office last sought, the candidate's election is in the current calendar year, and his or her campaign contributions in the previous election for the same office were five thousand dollars or more in the aggregate;
(c) The contributions received on or before March 31 of the election year total one thousand two hundred fifty dollars or more;
(d) The contributions received on or before June 30 of the election year total two thousand five hundred dollars or more;
(e) The contributions received on or before September 30 of the election year total three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars or more; or
(f) The candidate otherwise anticipates that five thousand dollars or more will be received during the election cycle.
(3) Surplus funds carried over from a candidate's previous campaign are not contributions to the candidate's new campaign and do not count toward the five thousand dollar reporting threshold.
(4) A candidate or candidate's authorized committee that receives, or expects to receive, five thousand dollars or more shall:
(a) Within two weeks of the date the reporting obligation begins under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, file:
(i) A candidate registration, PDC form C1;
(ii) A personal financial affairs statement, PDC form F1 and, if relevant, the F1 Supplement; and
(iii) Contribution and expenditure reports, PDC forms C3 and C4 with appropriate attachments and schedules; and
(b) Otherwise comply with the campaign finance reporting and other provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW and TITLE 390 WAC.
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OTS-9543.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 390-05-275
Definition -- Party organization.
"Party
organization," as that term is used in chapter 42.17 RCW and
TITLE 390 WAC, means a bona fide political party as defined in
RCW 42.17.020.
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