Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 970 CMR - OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE › Title 970 CMR 1.00 - Campaign finance activity › Section 1.23 - Additional Rules Relating to Disclosure by Depository Committees

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Filing of Deposit
			 Reports
. A separate deposit report is required for each deposit.
			 Multiple reports may, however, be filed on the same date. Deposit reports may
			 be filed prior to the date such filings are due.
(2)
Filing of Initial Reports,
			 Transition-In and Transition-Out Reports, External Activity Reports, and
			 Itemization Reports
. Committees that file with OCPF in the
			 depository system must file these reports, which are defined in
			 970 CMR
			 1.17.
(3)
Disclosure Schedule for
			 Legislative and Mayoral Special Election Candidates
. Legislative
			 and mayoral special election candidates must clarify expenditures, and file any
			 required credit card, subvendor, reimbursement, and payroll reports no later
			 than eight days before the special primary, eight days before the special
			 election, and 30 days after the special election. The post-election report
			 must, in addition to disclosing monetary contributions and expenditures, also
			 disclose outstanding liabilities and in-kind contributions received.
(4)
Candidates for Legislative
			 Office Who Concurrently become Candidates for Other Depository
			 Office
. Since committees organized on behalf of candidates for
			 legislative office are required by M.G.L. c. 55, § 19 to file deposit
			 reports and clarify bank reports according to a schedule that differs from the
			 schedule applicable to other committees that file in the depository system, the
			 following rules apply to candidates who change the office sought from one type
			 of depository reporting schedule to the other, or who are seeking office for
			 both legislative and other depository office concurrently:
(a)
Filing of Change of Purpose
			 Form - the General Rule
. When a candidate's committee files a
			 Change of Purpose form with OCPF, the committee is required, after the filing
			 of the Change of Purpose form, to file reports according to the schedule
			 applicable for the new office sought. Example 1: if a candidate for mayor
			 (required to file monthly) files a change of purpose reflecting a new purpose
			 of running for the state legislature (required to file quarterly in odd
			 numbered years and five times a year in even numbered years), the frequency for
			 required filing changes from monthly to the schedule applicable for legislative
			 candidates as of the month following the filing of the Change of Purpose form.
			 Example 2: if a candidate for the state legislature files a change of purpose
			 reflecting a new purpose of running for state constitutional office (required
			 to file monthly reports), the frequency required for filing changes to monthly
			 as of the month following the change of purpose.
(b)
Reversion to Initial Schedule
			 after Election
. If an incumbent candidate files a change of
			 purpose to seek election for a depository office with a different schedule and
			 is unsuccessful in the election for the new office, the candidate's filing
			 schedule reverts to the schedule applicable to the office the candidate holds,
			 as of January 1st following the date of the election
			 (or, as of the beginning of the first month after a special election if the
			 candidate was unsuccessful in a special election). For example, if an incumbent
			 state legislator files a change of purpose reflecting a new purpose of running
			 for statewide or county office and the candidate is not successful in the
			 election held for statewide or county office, but continues as a state
			 legislator after the election for statewide or county office, the candidate's
			 committee files on a monthly basis while running for statewide or county office
			 (between the filing of the Change of Purpose and December
			 31st after a regularly scheduled state election).
			 Starting January 1st, however, the candidate's
			 committee files on the schedule applicable for legislative candidates, and the
			 committee continues to file on the legislative schedule during the period the
			 candidate remains an incumbent legislator.
(c)
Seeking Both Legislative and
			 Other Depository Office Concurrently
. If a candidate seeks both
			 legislative and other depository office concurrently, the required filing
			 schedule is determined by which election will occur next. The filing schedule
			 reverts to the other schedule as of the first day of the month following the
			 first election.