71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1195
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2577
                   Ordered by the House May 30
             Including House Amendments dated May 30
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES, REDISTRICTING, AND PUBLIC
  AFFAIRS (at the request of Secretary of State Bill Bradbury)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Repeals provision allowing waiver of requirement of
electronic filing of certain statements of political
contributions and expenditures. - }   { + Allows Secretary of
State, by rule, to impose fees for electronic filing of
candidate, political committee or chief petitioner contribution
and expenditure statements. + } Directs secretary   { - of
State - }  to make statements filed electronically accessible to
public through Internet.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to electronic filing of election contribution and
  expenditure statements; creating new provisions; amending ORS
  260.159; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 260.159 is amended to read:
  260.159. (1) A candidate, political committee or chief
petitioner required to file a statement under ORS 260.058,
260.063, 260.068, 260.073, 260.102 or 260.118 shall file the
statement in an electronic format if:
  (a) The filing officer for the candidate, political committee
or chief petitioner is the Secretary of State; and
  (b) During the total period described in ORS 260.058, 260.063,
260.068, 260.073, 260.102 or 260.118, the aggregate amount of
contributions received and expenditures made by the candidate,
political committee or chief petitioner is $50,000 or more.
  (2) The Secretary of State by rule shall specify when a
candidate, political committee or chief petitioner required to
file statements in an electronic format under subsection (1) of
this section shall file the first statement in an electronic
format.
  (3) If a candidate, political committee or chief petitioner is
required to file statements electronically under subsection (1)
of this section, the candidate, political committee or chief
petitioner shall continue to file all subsequent statements
required under ORS 260.058, 260.063, 260.068, 260.073, 260.102 or
260.118 in an electronic format, unless the Secretary of State
determines that extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances
have made it impracticable for the candidate, political committee
or chief petitioner to continue filing electronically.
  (4) Statements filed electronically under this section shall
conform to the technical specifications for electronic filing
prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule.
  (5) If a candidate, political committee or chief petitioner
files an amendment to a statement that was filed electronically,
the amendment shall also be filed in an electronic format. The
Secretary of State by rule shall determine the methods and
specifications for the filing of amended statements.
  (6) Signatures required on any statement filed in an electronic
format shall be supplied in the manner specified by the Secretary
of State by rule.
   { +  (7) The Secretary of State shall make the statements
filed in an electronic format under this section accessible to
the public through a searchable public website on the Internet.
  (8) The Secretary of State by rule may impose fees on
candidates, political committees and chief petitioners for the
use of a system for the filing of statements in an electronic
format under this section. The secretary may charge a one-time
start-up fee and may set fees in different amounts depending on
the total amount of contributions received or expenditures made
during a calendar year by a candidate, political committee or
chief petitioner. The fees shall be set in amounts that the
secretary estimates are necessary to pay the expenses incurred by
the secretary in implementing the provisions of this section.
  (9) All moneys received by the Secretary of State under
subsection (8) of this section shall be deposited into the
Secretary of State Electronic Filing Account established under
section 4 of this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The Secretary of State shall make the
statements filed in an electronic format under ORS 260.159
accessible to the public through a searchable public website on
the Internet not later than March 31, 2002. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 4 of this 2001 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 260. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) The Secretary of State Electronic Filing
Account is established in the General Fund.
  (2) All moneys received by the Secretary of State under ORS
260.159 (8) and deposited in the account are appropriated
continuously to the Secretary of State exclusively for the
payment of expenses incurred by the secretary in implementing the
provisions of ORS 260.159. + }
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