Arizona Administrative Code › Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 20 - CITIZENS CLEAN ELECTIONS COMMISSION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R2-20-110 - Participating Candidate Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. All participating candidates shall file
				campaign finance reports that include all receipts and disbursements for their
				current campaign account as follows:
1.
				Expenditures for consulting, advising, or other such services to a candidate
				shall include a detailed description of what is included in the service,
				including an allocation of services to a particular election. When appropriate,
				the Commission may treat such expenditures as though made during the general
				election period.
2. If a
				participating candidate makes an expenditure on behalf of the campaign using
				personal funds, the candidate's campaign shall reimburse the candidate within
				seven calendar days of the expenditure. After the 7 day period has passed, the
				expenditure shall be deemed an in-kind contribution subject to all applicable
				limits.
3. A candidate may
				authorize an agent to purchase goods or services on behalf of such candidate,
				provided that:
a. Expenditures shall be
				reported as of the date that the agent promises, agrees, contracts or otherwise
				incurs an obligation to pay for the goods or services;
b. The candidate shall have sufficient funds
				in the candidate's campaign account to pay for the amount of such expenditure
				at the time it is made and all other outstanding obligations of the candidate's
				campaign committee; and
c. Within
				seven calendar days of the date upon which the amount of the expenditure is
				known, the candidate shall pay such amount from the candidate's campaign
				account to the agent who purchases the goods or services.
4. A joint expenditure is made when two or
				more candidates agree to share the cost of goods or services. Candidates may
				make a joint expenditure on behalf of one or more other campaigns, but must be
				authorized in advance by the other candidates involved in the expenditure, and
				must be reimbursed within seven days. Participating candidates may participate
				in joint expenditures for the cost of goods and services with one or more
				candidates, subject to the following:
a.
				Joint expenditures must be allocated fairly among candidates. An allocated
				share of a joint expenditure paid by one candidate pursuant to such an
				agreement must be reimbursed within seven days.
b. Any violator of part (a) shall be liable
				for a penalty pursuant to
				R2-20-222, in
				addition to penalties prescribed by any other law.
c. If a fairly allocated share of any joint
				expenditure is not reimbursed to a candidate, the unreimbursed amount of the
				joint expenditure fairly allocated to that candidate shall be deemed a
				contribution to that candidate by the campaign committee of the candidate
				obligated to reimburse the share.
d. If a fairly allocated share of any joint
				expenditure is not reimbursed to a participating candidate, the candidate
				obligated to reimburse the share shall reimburse the fund for the unreimbursed
				amount of the joint expenditure fairly allocated to the obligated candidate, in
				addition to any penalty specified by law.
e. A candidate's payment for an
				advertisement, literature, material, campaign event or other activity shall be
				considered a joint expenditure including, but not limited to, the following
				criteria:
i. The activity includes express
				advocacy of the election or defeat of more than 2 candidates;
ii. The purpose of the material or activity
				is to promote or facilitate the election of a second candidate;
iii. The use and prominence of a second
				candidate or his or her name or likeness in the material or activity;
iv. The material or activity includes an
				expression by a second candidate of his or her view on issues brought up during
				the election campaign;
v. The timing
				of the material or activity in relation to the election of a second
				candidate;
vi. The distribution of
				the material or the activity is targeted to a second candidate's electorate;
				or
vii. The amount of control a
				second candidate has over the material or
				activity.
5.
				For the purposes of the Act and Commission rules, a candidate or campaign shall
				be deemed to have made an expenditure as of the date upon which the candidate
				or campaign promises, agrees, contracts or otherwise incurs an obligation to
				pay for goods or services.