Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 970 CMR - OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE › Title 970 CMR 4.00 - Public Finance Regulations › Section 4.05 - Eligible Candidate's Statement of Qualifying Contributions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Any candidate or candidate team who seeks
			 certification as an eligible candidate or candidate team shall, in addition to
			 any other requirement established by M.G.L. c. 55C or
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			 4.00, file with the director on a form prepared by the
			 director a statement of qualifying contributions pursuant to M.G.L. c. 55C,
			 § 3.
(2) The statement of
			 qualifying contributions shall include such information as the Director may
			 reasonably require to expedite the certifications and determinations required
			 to be made by the director under M.G.L. c. 55C and
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			 4.00. Such information, except for the information
			 required by 970 CMR 4.05(2)(e), (g) and (h), shall be submitted in a database
			 approved by the director:
(a) the first and
			 last name and residential address, listed in chronological order by date of
			 deposit, of each individual making a contribution that is being claimed, in
			 whole or in part, as a qualifying contribution;
(b) the amount of each contribution claimed
			 as a qualifying contribution and the date of deposit;
(c) the amount of the contribution claimed as
			 a qualifying contribution which shall not exceed the qualifying contribution
			 limit;
(d) the cumulative total of
			 all contributions claimed as qualifying contributions for the election cycle to
			 date less than or equal to $250 from an individual including the contribution
			 identification number for any previously claimed contributions;
(e) if the contribution equals or exceeds
			 $200 or would equal or exceed $200 when added to any such contribution
			 previously made by the same individual during a calendar year, the occupation
			 and employer of such individual or a copy of the letter requesting such
			 information as required by
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			 1.08(2)(b), unless:
1. such information is contained in the
			 listing of contributions when originally deposited or amended in accordance
			 with
			 970 CMR
			 1.08; or
2. the contributions were solicited less than
			 45 days prior to the submission of the statement of qualifying contributions at
			 which time a request for the information was made by the candidate or
			 committee, but in this instance such submission must be amended by candidates
			 and committees as more accurate employer/occupation information becomes
			 available.
(f) the
			 cumulative total of all contributions made by that individual during the
			 election cycle;
(g) a copy of each
			 contribution check which is being claimed as a qualifying contribution,
			 submitted in chronological order;
(h) the verification card provided for in 970
			 CMR 4.05(3) for the following contributions:
1. a cash contribution of $50 or less, or a
			 contribution made by money order, bank check, treasurer's check, certified or
			 cashier's check or other check on which the contributor is not directly liable
			 of $100 or less;
2. a contribution
			 written on a check which does not contain the name of the contributor;
			 and
3. a contribution written on a
			 check containing a name of a sole proprietorship's account or other
			 unincorporated business association or organization; and
(i) a cumulative, alphabetical listing by
			 last name of all contributions claimed as qualifying contributions to
			 date.