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17 V.S.A. § 2962
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2962. Reports; general provisions

§ 2962. Reports; general provisions|(a) Any report required to be submitted to the Secretary of State under this chapter shall contain the statement "I hereby certify that the information provided on all pages of this campaign finance disclosure report is true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief" and places for the signature of the candidate or the treasurer of the candidate, political committee, or political party.(b) Any person required to file a report under this chapter shall provide the information required in the Secretary of State's reporting form. Disclosure shall be limited to the information required to administer this chapter.(c) [Repealed.]  (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2015, No. 30, § 33, eff. May 26, 2015.)
17 V.S.A. § 2963
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2963. Campaign reports; Secretary of State; forms; filing

§ 2963. Campaign reports; Secretary of State; forms; filing|(a) The Secretary of State shall prescribe and provide a uniform reporting form for all campaign finance reports. The reporting form shall be designed to show the following information:  (1) the full name, town of residence, and mailing address of each contributor who contributes an amount in excess of $100.00, the date of the contribution, and the amount contributed; (2) the total amount of all contributions of $100.00 or less and the total number of all contributors making such contributions; (3) each expenditure listed by amount, date, to whom paid, for what purpose; and  (A) if the expenditure was a related campaign expenditure made on a candidate's behalf:  (i) the name of the candidate or candidates on whose behalf the expenditure was made; and (ii) the name of any other candidate or candidates who were otherwise supported or opposed by the expenditure; or  (B) if the expenditure was not a related campaign expenditure made on a candidate's behalf but was made to support or oppose a candidate or candidates, the name of the candidate or candidates;  (4) the amount contributed or loaned by the candidate to his or her own campaign during the reporting period; and (5) each debt or other obligation, listed by amount, date incurred, to whom owed, and for what purpose, incurred during the reporting period.   (b)(1) The form shall require the reporting of all contributions and expenditures accepted or spent during the reporting period and during the campaign to date and shall require full disclosure of the manner in which any indebtedness is discharged or forgiven.  (2) Contributions and expenditures for the reporting period and for the campaign to date also shall be totaled in an appropriate place on the form. The total of contributions shall include a subtotal of nonmonetary contributions and a subtotal of all monetary contributions. (3) The form shall contain a list of the required filing times so that the person filing may designate for which time period the filing is made. (4) Contributions accepted and expenditures spent after 5:00 p.m. on the third day prior to the filing deadline shall be reported on the next report. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2015, No. 30, § 34, eff. May 26, 2015.)
17 V.S.A. § 2965
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2965. Final reports; candidates for State office, the General Assembly, and county office; political committees; political parties; end-of-cycle reports for political committees and political parties

§ 2965. Final reports; candidates for State office, the General Assembly, and county office; political committees; political parties; end-of-cycle reports for political committees and political parties|(a) At any time, but not later than December 15 following the general election, each candidate required to report under the provisions of section 2964 of this subchapter shall file with the Secretary of State a "final report" that lists a complete accounting of all contributions and expenditures since the last report and liquidation of surplus and that shall constitute the termination of his or her campaign activities.(b)(1) At any time, but not later than December 15 following the general election, each political committee or political party that has not filed a final report as set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall file an end-of-cycle report that lists a complete accounting of all contributions and expenditures since the last report.  (2) At any time, a political committee or a political party may file a "final report" that lists a complete accounting of all contributions and expenditures since the last report and liquidation of surplus and that shall constitute the termination of its campaign activities. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2015, No. 30, § 36, eff. May 26, 2015.)
17 V.S.A. § 2966
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2966. Reports by candidates not reaching monetary reporting threshold

§ 2966. Reports by candidates not reaching monetary reporting threshold|(a) Each candidate for State office, the General Assembly, or a two-year-term county office who was not required to report under the provisions of section 2964 of this subchapter shall file with the Secretary of State 10 days following the general election a statement that the candidate either did not roll over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or has not made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500.00 or more during the two-year general election cycle.(b) Each candidate for a four-year-term county office who was not required to report under the provisions of section 2964 of this subchapter shall file with the Secretary of State 10 days following the general election a statement that the candidate either did not roll over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or has not made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500.00 or more during the four-year general election cycle. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2967
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2967. Additional campaign reports; candidates for State office and the General Assembly

§ 2967. Additional campaign reports; candidates for State office and the General Assembly|(a) In addition to any other reports required to be filed under this chapter, a candidate for State office or for the General Assembly who accepts a monetary contribution in an amount over $2,000.00 within 10 days of a primary or general election shall report the contribution to the Secretary of State within 24 hours of receiving the contribution.(b) A report required by this section shall include the following information:  (1) the full name, town of residence, and mailing address of the contributor; the date of the contribution; and the amount contributed; and (2) the amount contributed or loaned by the candidate to his or her own campaign. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2968
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2968. Campaign reports; local candidates

§ 2968. Campaign reports; local candidates|(a) Each candidate for local office who has rolled over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or who has made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500.00 or more since the last local election for that office shall file with the Secretary of State campaign finance reports 30 days before, 10 days before, four days before, and two weeks after the local election.(b) Within 40 days after the local election, each candidate for local office required to report under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall file with the Secretary of State a "final report" that lists a complete accounting of all contributions and expenditures since the last report and a liquidation of surplus and which shall constitute the termination of his or her campaign activities.(c) The failure of a local candidate to file a campaign finance report under this section shall be deemed an affirmative statement that the candidate either did not roll over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or has not accepted contributions or made expenditures of $500.00 or more since the last local election for that office. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2017, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Dec. 14, 2018.)
17 V.S.A. § 2969
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2969. Reporting of surplus maintenance by former candidates

§ 2969. Reporting of surplus maintenance by former candidates|A former candidate who has maintained surplus by carrying it forward as provided in subdivision 2924(d)(1)(B) of this chapter but who is not otherwise required to file campaign reports under this chapter shall file a report of the amount of his or her surplus and any liquidation of it two weeks after each general election until liquidation of all surplus has been reported. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2970
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2970. Campaign reports; other entities; public questions

§ 2970. Campaign reports; other entities; public questions|(a) Any formal or informal committee of two or more individuals or a corporation, labor organization, public interest group, or other entity, not including a political party, that makes expenditures of $1,000.00 or more during the election cycle for the purpose of advocating a position on a public question in any election shall file a report of its expenditures 30 days before, 10 days before, and two weeks after the election with the Secretary of State.(b) As used in this section, "election cycle" means:  (1) in the case of a public question in a general or local election, the period that begins 38 days after the general or local election prior to the one in which the public question is posed and ends 38 days after the general or local election in which the public question is posed; or (2) in the case of a public question in a special election, the period that begins on the date the special election for the public question was ordered and ends 38 days after that special election. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2972
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2972. Identification in electioneering communications

§ 2972. Identification in electioneering communications|(a) An electioneering communication shall contain the name and mailing address of the person, candidate, political committee, or political party that paid for the communication. The name and address shall appear prominently and in a manner such that a reasonable person would clearly understand by whom the expenditure has been made, except that:  (1) An audio electioneering communication paid for by a candidate does not need to contain the candidate's address. (2) An electioneering communication paid for by a person acting as an agent or consultant on behalf of another person, candidate, political committee, or political party shall clearly designate the name and mailing address of the person, candidate, political committee, or political party on whose behalf the communication is published or broadcast.   (b) If an electioneering communication is a related campaign expenditure made on a candidate's behalf as provided in section 2944 of this chapter, then in addition to other requirements of this section, the communication shall also clearly designate the candidate on whose behalf it was made by including language such as "on behalf of" such candidate.(c)(1) In addition to the identification requirements in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, an electioneering communication paid for by or on behalf of a political committee or political party shall contain the name of any contributor who contributed more than 25 percent of all contributions and more than $2,000.00 to that committee or party since the beginning of the two-year general election cycle in which the electioneering communication was made to the date on which the expenditure for the electioneering communication was made.  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, a political committee or political party shall be treated as having made an expenditure if the committee or party or person acting on behalf of the committee or party has executed a contract to make the expenditure.   (d) If it is not practicable to meet the identification requirements of this section within an electioneering communication that is broadcast over the Internet, such an electioneering communication shall contain a link that shall be clear and conspicuous and that, if clicked, takes the reader to a web page or social media page that provides all of the identification information as required by this section.(e) The identification requirements of this section shall not apply to lapel stickers or buttons, nor shall they apply to electioneering communications made by a single individual acting alone who spends, in a single two-year general election cycle, a cumulative amount of not more than $150.00 on those electioneering communications, adjusted for inflation pursuant to the Consumer Price Index as provided in section 2905 of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2017, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 16, 2018.)
17 V.S.A. § 2973
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2973. Specific identification requirements for radio, television, or Internet communications

§ 2973. Specific identification requirements for radio, television, or Internet communications|(a) In addition to the identification requirements set forth in section 2972 of this subchapter, a person, candidate, political committee, or political party that makes an expenditure for an electioneering communication shall include in any communication that is transmitted through radio, television, or online video, in a clearly spoken manner, an audio statement of the name and title of the person who paid for the communication and that the person paid for the communication.(b) If the person who paid for the communication is not an individual, the audio statement required by this section shall include the name of that person and the name and title of the treasurer in the case of a political committee or political party or the principal officer in the case of any other person that is not an individual. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2017, No. 50, § 66; 2017, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 16, 2018.)
17 V.S.A. § 2981
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2981. Definitions

§ 2981. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Affidavit" means the Vermont campaign finance affidavit required under section 2982 of this chapter. (2) "General election period" means the period beginning the day after the primary election and ending the day of the general election. (3) "Primary election period" means the period beginning the day after primary petitions must be filed under section 2356 of this title and ending the day of the primary election. (4) "Vermont campaign finance qualification period" means the period beginning February 15 of each even-numbered year and ending on the date on which primary petitions must be filed under section 2356 of this title. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2982
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2982. Filing of Vermont campaign finance affidavit

§ 2982. Filing of Vermont campaign finance affidavit|(a) A candidate for the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor who intends to seek Vermont campaign finance grants from the Secretary of State Services Fund shall file a Vermont campaign finance affidavit on the date on or before which primary petitions must be filed, whether the candidate seeks to enter a party primary or is an independent candidate.(b) The Secretary of State shall prepare a Vermont campaign finance affidavit form, informational materials on procedures and financial requirements, and notification of the penalties for violation of this subchapter.(c)(1) The Vermont campaign finance affidavit shall set forth the conditions of receiving grants under this subchapter and provide space for the candidate to agree that he or she will abide by such conditions and all expenditure and contribution limitations, reporting requirements, and other provisions of this chapter.  (2) The affidavit shall also state the candidate's name, legal residence, business or occupation, address of business or occupation, party affiliation, if any, the office sought, and whether the candidate intends to enter a party primary. (3) The affidavit shall also contain a list of all the candidate's qualifying contributions together with the name and town of residence of the contributor and the date each contribution was made. (4) The affidavit may further require affirmation of such other information as deemed necessary by the Secretary of State for the administration of this subchapter. (5) The affidavit shall be sworn and subscribed to by the candidate. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2983
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2983. Vermont campaign finance grants; conditions

§ 2983. Vermont campaign finance grants; conditions|(a) A person shall not be eligible for Vermont campaign finance grants if, prior to February 15 of the general election year during any two-year general election cycle, he or she becomes a candidate by announcing that he or she seeks an elected position as Governor or Lieutenant Governor or by accepting contributions totaling $2,000.00 or more or by making expenditures totaling $2,000.00 or more.(b) A candidate who accepts Vermont campaign finance grants shall:  (1) not solicit, accept, or expend any contributions except qualifying contributions, Vermont campaign finance grants, and contributions authorized under section 2985 of this chapter, which contributions may be solicited, accepted, or expended only in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter; (2) deposit all qualifying contributions, Vermont campaign finance grants, and any contributions accepted in accordance with the provisions of section 2985 of this chapter in a federally insured noninterest-bearing checking account; and (3) not later than 40 days after the general election, deposit in the Secretary of State Services Fund, after all permissible expenditures have been paid, the balance of any amounts remaining in the account established under subdivision (2) of this subsection. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2984
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2984. Qualifying contributions

§ 2984. Qualifying contributions|(a) In order to qualify for Vermont campaign finance grants, a candidate for the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall obtain during the Vermont campaign finance qualification period the following amount and number of qualifying contributions for the office being sought:  (1) for Governor, a total amount of no less than $35,000.00 collected from no fewer than 1,500 qualified individual contributors making a contribution of no more than $50.00 each; or (2) for Lieutenant Governor, a total amount of no less than $17,500.00 collected from no fewer than 750 qualified individual contributors making a contribution of no more than $50.00 each.   (b) A candidate shall not accept more than one qualifying contribution from the same contributor and a contributor shall not make more than one qualifying contribution to the same candidate in any Vermont campaign finance qualification period. For the purpose of this section, a qualified individual contributor means an individual who is registered to vote in Vermont. No more than 25 percent of the total number of qualified individual contributors may be residents of the same county.(c) Each qualifying contribution shall indicate the name and town of residence of the contributor and the date accepted and be acknowledged by the signature of the contributor.(d) A candidate may retain and expend qualifying contributions obtained under this section. A candidate may expend the qualifying contributions for the purpose of obtaining additional qualifying contributions and may expend the remaining qualifying contributions during the primary and general election periods. Amounts expended under this subsection shall be considered expenditures for purposes of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2985
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2985. Vermont campaign finance grants; amounts; timing

§ 2985. Vermont campaign finance grants; amounts; timing|(a)(1) The Secretary of State shall make grants from the Secretary of State Services Fund in separate grants for the primary and general election periods to candidates who have qualified for Vermont campaign finance grants under this subchapter.  (2) To cover any campaign finance grants to candidates who have qualified under this subchapter, the Secretary of State shall report to the Commissioner of Finance and Management, who shall anticipate receipts to the Services Fund and issue warrants to pay for those grants. The Commissioner shall report any such anticipated receipts and warrants issued under this subdivision to the Joint Fiscal Committee on or before December 1 of the year in which the warrants were issued.   (b) Whether a candidate has entered a primary or is an independent candidate, Vermont campaign finance grants shall be in the following amounts:  (1) For Governor, $150,000.00 in a primary election period and $450,000.00 in a general election period, provided that the grant for a primary election period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the candidate's qualifying contributions. (2) For Lieutenant Governor, $50,000.00 in a primary election period and $150,000.00 in a general election period, provided that the grant for a primary election period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the candidate's qualifying contributions; (3) A candidate who is an incumbent of the office being sought shall be entitled to receive a grant in an amount equal to 85 percent of the amount listed in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.   (c) In an uncontested general election and in the case of a candidate who enters a primary election and is unsuccessful in that election, an otherwise eligible candidate shall not be eligible for a general election period grant. However, such candidate may solicit and accept contributions and make expenditures as follows: contributions shall be subject to the limitations set forth in subchapter 3 of this chapter, and expenditures shall be limited to an amount equal to the amount of the grant set forth in subsection (b) of this section for the general election for that office.(d) Grants awarded in a primary election period but not expended by the candidate in the primary election period may be expended by the candidate in the general election period.(e) Vermont campaign finance grants for a primary election period shall be paid to qualifying candidates within the first 10 business days of the primary election period. Vermont campaign finance grants for a general election period shall be paid to qualifying candidates during the first 10 business days of the general election period. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)
17 V.S.A. § 2986
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance|§ 2986. Monetary amounts adjusted for inflation

§ 2986. Monetary amounts adjusted for inflation|The monetary amounts contained in sections 2983-2985 of this subchapter shall be adjusted for inflation pursuant to the Consumer Price Index as provided in section 2905 of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)