§ 14-03 — Disclosure Dates

§ 14-03 Disclosure Dates.

(a) Filing dates. (i) Disclosure statements are due every Monday of the election year until and including the fourth Monday after the general election. (ii) During the 14 days before a primary or general election, an independent spender must submit a disclosure statement to the Board within 24 hours of distributing any reportable communication, making any reportable expenditure, or receiving any reportable contribution. (iii) An independent spender that has not distributed any reportable communications, made any reportable expenditures, or received any reportable contributions within a reporting period is not required to file a disclosure statement for that period. (b) Reporting periods. (i) First disclosure statement. (A) The reporting period for the first disclosure statement containing communications or expenditures related to candidates in a primary or general election begins on the first day of the election cycle. (B) The reporting period for the first disclosure statement for communications or expenditures related to ballot proposals begins on the first day of January in the year in which the proposal appears on the ballot. (ii) Each subsequent disclosure statement. The reporting period for each subsequent disclosure statement begins on the preceding Monday. (iii) Conclusion of reporting period. The reporting period for all disclosure statements concludes on and includes the day before the filing due date. (Added City Record 8/16/2019, eff. 9/15/2019; amended City Record 5/22/2020, eff. 6/21/2020; amended City Record 2/15/2023, eff. 3/17/2023)