Chapter 814 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

SB 1013

Relating to political expenditures; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 260.083.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 260.083 is amended to read:

260.083. (1) A statement filed under ORS 260.058, 260.063, 260.068 or 260.073 shall list:

(a) Under contributions, all contributions received. Except as provided in ORS 260.085 and subject to the prohibitions of ORS 260.168, the statement shall list the name, occupation and address of each person, and the name, address, identification number assigned under ORS 260.052 and primary nature of each political committee, that contributed an aggregate amount of more than $50 on behalf of a candidate or to a political committee and the total amount contributed by that person or political committee. The statement may list as a single item the total amount of other contributions, but shall specify how those contributions were obtained.

(b) Under expenditures, all expenditures made, showing the name of the payee and the amount and purpose of each.

(c) Separately, and subject to the prohibitions of ORS 260.168, all contributions made by the candidate or political committee.

(d) All loans, whether repaid or not, made to the candidate or political committee. The statement shall list 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. The statement also shall list the name of the lender holding the loan.

(2) If an expenditure in an amount exceeding $50 is a prepayment or a deposit made in consideration for any services, supplies, equipment or other thing of value to be performed or furnished at a future date, that portion of the deposit that has been expended during the reporting period shall be listed as an expenditure and the unexpended portion of the deposit shall be listed as an account receivable.

(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 or political committee 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 or political committee making the original expenditure shall, in any statement filed under ORS 260.058, identify the expenditure as an in-kind contribution and identify the candidate or political committee for whose benefit the expenditure was made.

(5) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, expenditures made by an agent of a candidate or political committee on behalf of the candidate or committee shall be reported in the same manner as if the expenditures had been made by the candidate or political committee [itself].

(6)(a) A vendor who enters into a contract with a candidate or political committee to prepare or produce brochures, mailings, polls, other opinion research or television, radio or newspaper advertising, or to provide mail handling and postage, shall not be considered an agent of the candidate or political committee for purposes of subsection (5) of this section. The Secretary of State by rule may designate other specific products or services that would qualify a vendor for an exemption from reporting under this subsection.

(b) Nothing in this section shall require a vendor described in this subsection to disclose the vendor's internal or subcontracting costs for providing the specific product or service under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

[(6)] (7) As used in this section, "address" shall have the meaning given that term in rules adopted by the Secretary of State.

SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 260.083 by section 1 of this 1999 Act apply to expenditures made on or after the effective date of this 1999 Act.

Approved by the Governor July 20, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 20, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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