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Code · California · Government Code

§ 84200.5

548 words·~2 min read·/ca/government-code/84200-5

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(a)In addition to the semiannual campaign reports required by Section 84200, the following elected officers, candidates, and committees shall file preelection reports under Section 84200.8:
(1)All candidates appearing on the ballot at the next election, their controlled committees, and committees primarily formed to support or oppose an elected officer, candidate, or measure appearing on the ballot for the next election.
(2)All elected state officers and candidates for elective state office who are not appearing on the ballot at the next state primary or general election, and who, during the preelection reporting periods covered by Section 84200.8, make contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more to a state or county general purpose committee, or to support or oppose a candidate or measure appearing on the ballot at the next state primary or general election.
(3)A state or county general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision
(a)of Section 82013, other than a political party committee as defined in Section 85205, that, during the preelection reporting periods covered by Section 84200.8, makes contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more to a state or county general purpose committee, or to support or oppose a candidate or measure appearing on the ballot at the next state primary or general election. However, a state or county general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision
(b)or
(c)of Section 82013 is not required to file the preelection reports specified in Section 84200.8.
(4)A political party committee as defined in Section 85205 that, during the preelection reporting periods covered by Section 84200.8, receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or makes contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more, to a state or county general purpose committee, or to support or oppose a candidate or measure appearing on the ballot at a state election.
(5)A city general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision
(a)of Section 82013 that, during the preelection reporting periods covered by Section 84200.8, makes contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more to a city general purpose committee formed within the same jurisdiction, or to support or oppose a candidate or measure appearing on the ballot at the next city election. However, a city general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision
(b)or
(c)of Section 82013 is not required to file the preelection reports specified in Section 84200.8.
(b)During an election period for the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement Board, the following candidates and committees shall file the preelection reports specified in Section 84200.9:
(1)All candidates for these boards, their controlled committees, and committees primarily formed to support or oppose the candidates.
(2)A state or county general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision
(a)of Section 82013 that, during the preelection reporting periods covered by Section 84200.9, makes contributions or independent expenditures totaling five hundred dollars ($500) or more to support or oppose a candidate for the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement Board. However, a general purpose committee formed pursuant to subdivision
(b)or
(c)of Section 82013 is not required to file the reports specified in Section 84200.9.
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