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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-02 - Which laws govern Ohio corporate/labor PACs and FSL PACs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								All Ohio laws and regulations with respect to political
			 action committees apply to Ohio corporate/labor PACs.
(B)
								An FSL PAC is
			 established and governed by federal laws and regulations, except that an FSL
			 PAC shall file such reports and statements required by sections
			 3517.082,
			 3517.10,
			 3517.105 and
			 3517.107 of the Revised Code and
			 this rule. To the extent that an FSL PAC is participating in Ohio elections,
			 and not otherwise governed by federal law, it shall be governed by Ohio
			 law.
Replaces: 111-4-02
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 3517.082
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/7/88, 8/23/95(Emer), 11/21/95,
				1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-03 - FSL corporate/labor PAC must file statement of organization; Ohio corporate/labor PAC must disclose sponsoring corporation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An
			 FSL PAC must file with the Ohio secretary of state a copy of its most recent
			 federal statement of organization prior to making expenditures in connection
			 with Ohio state or local elections. Thereafter, a copy of any amended statement
			 of organization must be filed at the same time it is filed with the federal
			 election commission. No other form of registration is required.
(B) An Ohio corporate/labor PAC must provide
			 the name of its sponsoring corporation or labor organization on its
			 "Designation of Treasurer" form and on all finance reports filed pursuant to
			 sections
			 3517.10
			 and
			 3517.105
			 of the Revised Code.
(C)
(1) An Ohio corporate/labor PAC formed by a
			 corporation must state on its "Designation of Treasurer" form the names of any
			 other PACs, including FSL PACs, of its sponsoring corporation, wholly owned
			 subsidiaries of its sponsoring corporation, and the parent organization of its
			 sponsoring corporation, which receive contributions or make expenditures in
			 connection with Ohio state or local elections.
(2) An Ohio corporate/labor PAC formed by a
			 labor organization must state on its "Designation
			 of Treasurer" form the names of any other PACs,
			 including FSL PACs, of its sponsoring labor organization and the international,
			 national,  state,
			 or local organization of its sponsoring labor organization which receive
			 contributions or make expenditures in connection with Ohio state or local
			 elections.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-04 - Reports to be filed by FSL PACs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An FSL PAC that
			 makes a contribution, expenditure, or independent
			 expenditure in connection with Ohio state or local elections shall file with
			 the secretary of state a copy of the relevant portions of each report that it
			 files with the federal election commission which reflect any disbursement made
			 for the purpose of influencing Ohio state and local elections regardless of
			 amount. The relevant portions of each such report shall include the summary
			 page that contains the total amount of expenditures, contributions or
			 independent expenditures made in connection with Ohio state and local
			 elections, the detailed summary page, and those pages of itemized
			 contributions, expenditures, and independent
			 expenditures made in connection with Ohio state or local elections. The copy of
			 the relevant portions of any such report shall be filed with the secretary of
			 state not later than the date the full report is required to be filed with the
			 federal election commission. For purposes of this rule, any report sent to the
			 secretary of state that is postmarked no later than two days after the date
			 that the report was filed at the federal elections commission shall be
			 considered timely filed.
(B) If
			 during a federal reporting period, an FSL PAC made disbursements related to
			 both federal and state or local elections in Ohio, it may file with the
			 secretary of state a single copy of the portions of its report required to be
			 filed under Ohio and federal law. If an FSL PAC had no disbursements during a
			 federal reporting period related to state or local elections in Ohio, then it
			 is not required to file a copy of its report with the secretary of
			 state.
(C) An FSL PAC that makes a
			 contribution or contributions to a state or local PAC with which it is
			 affiliated shall file a statement of Ohio contributors with the secretary of
			 state on or before the last business day of January of the year following the
			 year in which the contribution was made by the FSL PAC. Such statement need
			 only contain the name and address of each contributor to the FSL PAC who is or
			 was, at the time of making the contribution, a resident of Ohio and, for each
			 name listed, the aggregate total amount contributed by each contributor during
			 the reporting period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-06 - Social or fund-raising events; gifts, prizes, or other things of value in exchange for contributions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A corporation, nonprofit corporation, or
			 labor organization may not use its money or property for a social fund-raising
			 event for its Ohio PAC, if an employee's or labor organization member's right
			 to attend the event is predicated on the employee or member contributing or
			 having contributed or agreeing to contribute to the PAC. An informational
			 meeting concerning the PAC is not a social event for purposes of this rule, so
			 long as any provision of food and beverages at the event is insignificant and
			 merely incidental thereto. An Ohio corporate PAC may charge employees or
			 members to attend a social fund-raising event if the corporation's money or
			 property is not used in connection with the event.
(B) A corporation, including a nonprofit
			 corporation, may not pay for a thing of value, such as a prize or gift, in
			 exchange for a contribution to its Ohio PAC. Lapel pins, plaques, certificates,
			 coffee cups, T-shirts, caps, and like items of
			 insignificant cost evidencing contributor status in the PAC are not things of
			 value for purposes of this rule. An Ohio corporate PAC may pay for a prize,
			 gift, or other thing of value from its political
			 action committee or separate segregated fund in exchange for a contribution to
			 the fund.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-07 - Solicitation of contributions for a particular candidate prohibited; administrative expenses which may and may not be paid by a connected corporation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A corporation, nonprofit corporation, or
			 labor organization may not solicit contributions to its Ohio PAC or FSL PAC for
			 a particular Ohio state or local candidate or a political party. However, an
			 Ohio PAC or FSL PAC may permit their contributors to voluntarily earmark their
			 contributions for any particular candidate, political action committee,
			 political contributing entity, legislative campaign fund, or political party of
			 their choice.
(B) Except as
			 provided in paragraph (D) of this rule, expenses associated with activities of
			 an Ohio PAC or FSL PAC, which aid Ohio state or local candidates, any
			 legislative campaign fund, or any political party, are not administrative
			 expenses under section
			 3517.082
			 of the Revised Code, and a corporation including a nonprofit corporation may
			 not use its money or property for such activities. Such activities include, but
			 are not limited to, the following:
(1)
			 Nonmonetary (in-kind) contributions to Ohio state or local candidates,
			 political parties, and legislative campaign funds;
(2) Receptions or other social events for
			 state or local candidates, political parties, and legislative campaign funds;
			 and
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-08 - Corporation and labor organization communications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As provided by section
			 3599.03
			 of the Revised Code, the placement of a campaign sign on the property of a
			 corporation, nonprofit corporation, or labor
			 organization is not a use of property in violation of division (A) of section
			 3599.03
			 of the Revised Code. A corporation, nonprofit corporation, or labor organization may not produce
			  or pay for
			 the production or placement of
			 a campaign sign on the corporation, nonprofit corporation or labor
			 organization's property unless the production or payment for the production and
			 placement  of the campaign sign
			 is not made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation
			 with, or at the request or suggestion of any candidate or candidates, the
			 campaign committee or agent of the candidate or candidates, or any legislative
			 campaign fund or political party or agent of a legislative campaign fund or
			 political party, and is made subject to the disclosure and identification
			 requirements of section
			 3517.105
			 of the Revised Code.
(B) For the
			 purpose of division (G)(3) of section
			 3599.03
			 of the Revised Code, "communicating information" by a corporation or labor
			 organization shall include all of the following:
(1) Written communication, including
			 communication and information produced and paid for by a candidate's campaign
			 committee, political party, or legislative
			 campaign fund, that is distributed exclusively to members, employees, officers,
			 or trustees of the labor organization or shareholders, employees, officers, or
			 directors of the corporation or to members of the immediate families of any
			 such individual or is unintentionally sent as well to a de minimis number of
			 other individuals by:
(a) Mail either as an
			 individual piece or part of a multi-piece package;
(b) E-mail;
(c) Memoranda; or
(d)
			 Reports.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-09 - Electioneering communication

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As prohibited
			 by paragraph (H) of section
			 3517.1011
			 of the Revised Code, no person shall make, during the thirty days preceding a
			 primary election or during the thirty days preceding a general election, an
			 electioneering communication using any contributions received from a
			 corporation or labor organization. For the purpose of this prohibition, "make"
			 means the airing or running of any electioneering communication.
(B) Division (H) of section
			 3517.1011
			 of the Revised Code does not preclude an individual, partnership, or unincorporated association from making, within
			 the thirty days prior to a primary or general election, an electioneering
			 communication so long as no corporation or labor organization has contributed
			 anything of value toward the making of the electioneering
			 communication.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-3 - Political Action Committees › Section 111:2-3-10 - Statewide "Ballot Issue Political Action Committees"

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As
			 used in divisions (A) and (C) of section
			 3517.12
			 of the Revised Code and this rule, "contribution" shall mean a loan, gift,
			 deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, or transfer
			 of funds or anything of value, including a transfer of funds from an inter
			 vivos or testamentary trust or decedent's estate, and the payment by any person
			 other than the person to whom the services are rendered for the personal
			 services of another person, which contribution is made, received, or used for
			 the purpose of influencing the results of an election.
All contributions shall be included on a statement of
				contributions filed under those divisions and this rule.
(B) For the purpose of divisions (A) and (C)
			 of section
			 3517.12
			 of the Revised Code and this rule, "contribution" does not include any of the
			 following:
(1) Services provided without
			 compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time to the
			 creating, copying, distributing, or circulating
			 of the issue petitions or the gathering of petition signatures;
(2) Ordinary home hospitality;
(3) The personal expenses of a volunteer paid
			 for by that volunteer.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-01 - Payment of filing fee by candidate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The payment of any filing fee required by sections
				3513.10 and
				3513.261
				of the Revised Code by the candidate from the candidate's own funds shall not
				be considered an expenditure that requires the filing of a
				"Designation of Treasurer"
				under section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code.
If the candidate has filed a "Designation of Treasurer" under section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code, payment of the fee required by section
				3513.10 or
				3513.261
				of the Revised Code may be made by the candidate's campaign committee from the
				campaign fund.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-02 - Contributions received for debt retirement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in section
				3517.108 of the Revised Code,
				"unpaid debt" includes both unpaid debts and unpaid loans. Payments made toward
				unpaid debts or loans under section
				3517.108 of the Revised Code
				shall be vouched for pursuant to section
				3517.10 of the Revised
				Code.
For purposes of section
				3517.108 of the Revised Code, a
				campaign committee may accept additional contributions from an individual,
				political action committee, political contributing entity, or other campaign
				committee when that individual, committee, or entity has contributed less than
				the contribution limitations prescribed in section
				3517.102 of the Revised Code or
				has made no contributions to that campaign committee during the primary or
				general election period for which the debt remains unpaid.
Replaces: 111-5-02
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 3517.108
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-03 - Political action committee contributions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any political action committee that is not registered under
				section
				3517.107
				of the Revised Code shall file a "Designation of
				Treasurer" prior to receiving contributions or making expenditures for
				the purpose of influencing the results of a state or local election in Ohio. A
				political action committee not registered under section
				3517.107
				of the Revised Code and that is registered in a state other than Ohio may not
				use any contributions received prior to the filing of the appointment of
				designation of treasurer to make expenditures to influence the results of a
				state or local election in Ohio.
Once a political action committee has filed an appointment of
				designation of treasurer pursuant to section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code, any contribution received or expenditure made by the
				political action committee in connection with any state or local election in
				Ohio shall be received or made in accordance with Chapter 3517. of the Revised
				Code.
Any campaign committee, political action committee, political
				contributing entity, legislative campaign committee or political party that
				receives a contribution from a political action committee prior to that
				political action committee filing a "Designation of
				Treasurer" under section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code and this rule shall return the contribution to the
				political action committee.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-04 - When campaign finance statements must be filed

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Whether and when a campaign finance statement is required to be
				filed under section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code depends upon whether the reporting entity is a campaign
				committee, political action committee, political contributing entity, political
				party, or legislative campaign fund and the amount and purpose of the reporting
				entity's contribution and expenditure activity. Except as otherwise provided in
				paragraph (C) of this rule, the criteria used for filing a
				pre-election statement under division (A)(1) of
				section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code and a postelection statement under division (A)(2) of
				section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code apply to any primary, general, or special election.
(A)
(1) A
			 campaign committee's filing requirements are based upon when the committee's
			 candidate is on the ballot. The campaign committee of a candidate who is not on
			 the ballot during a calendar year is not required to file the statements under
			 division (A)(1) of section
			 3517.10
			 or division (A)(2) of section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code for that year, regardless of contributions received and
			 expenditures made. In this case, the campaign committee is required to file the
			 annual statement under division (A)(3) of section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code reflecting all contributions received and all expenditures
			 made that were not reflected in the last statement required to be filed under
			 section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code through the last day of December.
(2) During a calendar year in which the candidate is on the ballot,
			 the preelection statement required by division (A)(1) of
			 section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code is due when the campaign committee has received one
			 thousand dollars or more in contributions or has made expenditures of one
			 thousand dollars or more, from the contributions and expenditures reflected in
			 the last statement required to be filed under section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code through the twentieth day before the election. The
			 postelection statement required by division (A)(2) of section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code is due when the campaign committee received any
			 contributions or made any expenditures from the contributions and expenditures
			 reflected in the last statement required to be filed under section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code through the seventh day before the postelection statement
			 under division (A)(2) of section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code is required to be filed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-05 - Definition of cash

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For purposes of enforcing section
				3517.13 of the Revised Code, the
				term "cash" means coined or paper money designated as legal tender and
				circulated from hand to hand as a medium of exchange.
Replaces: 111-5-06
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 3517.13
Prior
				Effective Dates: 9/6/74, 1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-06 - Contributions made by a candidate or by the candidate's campaign committee

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Contributions made by a candidate to the candidate's own
				campaign must be reported by the candidate's campaign committee. Contributions
				made by a candidate's campaign committee to a political party, political
				committee, political contributing entity, or another campaign committee must be
				reported as expenditures on Form No.
				31-B, as prescribed by the secretary of
				state, and the word "contribution" should be written in the "purpose" portion
				of the form.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-07 - Monthly statements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Monthly statements shall be filed no later than three business
				days after the last day of the month covered by such statement. Such statement
				shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include all
				of the following:
(A) The full name
			 and address of each person, political party, political contributing entity,
			 campaign committee, legislative campaign fund, or
			 political action committee from whom contributions are received and the
			 registration number assigned to the political action committee;
(B) The amount, month, day, and year of the
			 contribution;
(C) If a campaign
			 committee of a statewide candidate receives a contribution from an individual
			 that exceeds one hundred dollars, the name of the individual's current
			 employer, if any, or, if the individual is self-employed the individual's
			 occupation and name of the individual's
			 business;
(D) If a campaign
			 committee of a statewide candidate receives a contribution transmitted pursuant
			 to section
			 3599.031
			 of the Revised Code from amounts deducted from the wages and salaries of two or
			 more employees that exceeds one hundred dollars, the full name of the
			 employees' employer and the full name of the labor organization of which the
			 employees are members, if any.
The information included on a monthly statement shall not be
				reported again on any subsequent monthly statement, two-business-day statement,
				or campaign finance statement required by section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code.
Any monthly statement required to be filed under section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code that is found to be incomplete or inaccurate by the
				secretary of state shall be accepted on a conditional basis, and the person who
				filed it shall be notified by certified mail as to the incomplete or inaccurate
				nature of the report. Within twenty-one days after receipt of a notice, the
				recipient shall file an addendum to the statement providing the information
				necessary to complete or correct the statement.
A statement is incomplete or inaccurate if it fails to disclose
				substantially all contributions that are received from a source and that are
				required to be reported on the monthly statement required by section
				3517.10
				of the Revised Code or if the report fails to disclose at least ninety per cent
				of the total contributions received during the reporting
				period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-08 - Two-business-day statements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If any contribution, alone or in
				aggregation with any other contribution, is received from the same contributor
				in the amount of ten thousand dollars or more by the campaign committee of any
				candidate for chief justice or any candidate for justice of the supreme court
				or in the amount of ten thousand dollars or more by the campaign committee of
				any other statewide candidate on or after the nineteenth day before through
				midnight of the day of the election, the campaign committee of that candidate
				shall notify the secretary of state within forty-eight hours of receipt of the
				contribution. The notification shall be in writing and shall include the name
				of the candidate and the office sought by the candidate, the identification of
				the contributor, and the date of receipt and amount of the contribution. The
				notification required by this rule shall be in addition to the reporting of
				these contributions on the postelection statement required under division
				(A)(2) of section 3517.10 of the Revised
				Code.
Any two-business-day statement to be
				filed under section 3517.10 of the Revised Code that
				is found to be incomplete or inaccurate by the secretary of state shall be
				accepted on a conditional basis, and the person who filed it shall be notified
				by certified mail as to the incomplete or inaccurate nature of the statement.
				Within twenty-one days after receipt of a notice, the recipient shall file an
				addendum to the statement providing the information necessary to complete or
				correct the statement.
A statement is incomplete or inaccurate
				if it fails to disclose substantially all of the information required to be
				reported on the two-business-day statement.
Replaces: 111-5-09
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: RC 3517.10,
				3517.11
Prior
				Effective Dates: 8/23/95 (Emer.), 11/21/95, 7/13/98 (Emer.), 11/24/98,
				1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-10 - Forms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each statement filed with the office of
			 the secretary of state or a county board of elections by the campaign committee
			 of a candidate or by a political party, political contributing entity,
			 political action committee, ballot issue committee, individual, or legislative
			 campaign fund shall be filed on the appropriate form, or in the appropriate
			 electronic format, as prescribed by the secretary of state. Statements and data
			 filed by electronic means of transmission, pursuant to section
			 3517.106
			 of the Revised Code, shall be submitted in the prescribed file format and
			 pursuant to protocols prescribed by the secretary of state.
(B) Forms may be obtained
			 from the secretary of state's web site,
www.ohiosos.gov
,
			 from any county board of elections, or by writing to the
			 "Ohio
			 Secretary of State, 22 North Fourth Street, 15th floor, Columbus, Ohio
			 43215-3668."
(C) Any
			 individual or entity required to file campaign finance statements under Chapter
			 3517. of the Revised Code whose statement is filed with a board of elections or
			 with the secretary of state may reproduce the forms that are prescribed by the
			 secretary of state or, with the prior written approval of the secretary of
			 state, may modify the forms prescribed by the secretary of state provided that
			 the modified forms are only for the individual's or entity's own use.
(D) Any individual or entity may request
			 approval for forms modified from those prescribed by the secretary of state for
			 use in filing campaign finance statements on paper. Requests should be sentmay be sent via electronic mail or to the "Office of
			 the Secretary of State, Campaign Finance Division,
180 E. Broad
22 North Fourth St., 15th Floor, Columbus, Ohio,
			 43215-3668" and must include complete samples of
			 the proposed modifications.
(E) No
			 individual or entity will be approved to make any modification to the file
			 format or the filing protocols prescribed by the secretary of state for the
			 filing of campaign finance statements by electronic means of
			 transmission.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-12 - Checks combining contributions with other payments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A contributor may not issue a single check to a corporation or
				labor organization that represents both a contribution to the corporation's or
				labor organization's political action committee or separate segregated fund and
				payment of dues or other fees. Checks for contributions and checks for the
				payment of dues or other fees must be issued separately.
A contributor may issue a single check to an association or
				other organization which is not a corporation or labor organization that
				represents both a contribution to the association's or other organization's
				political action committee and payment of dues or other fees. The treasurer of
				the association's or other organization's political action committee that
				receives a portion of the proceeds of a single check issued for dues or other
				fees and a contribution, shall maintain records of the amount received as a
				contribution to ensure that individual contribution limits are not exceeded and
				other reporting requirements are met.
Under a payroll deduction plan, an employer may not
				issue a
				single check on behalf of its employees which check represents a combined
				payment of contributions to a political action committee or separate segregated
				fund of a labor organization of the employer's employees or to a political
				action committee or separate segregated fund of an association of which the
				employer is a member, and dues or other fees to such labor organization or
				association except when such check is issued to an entity separate from the
				labor organization or association on behalf of one or more employees for
				purposes of distribution.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-13 - Accounting for contributions and expenditures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The treasurer of a campaign committee, political action
				committee, ballot issue committee, political contributing entity, political
				party, or legislative campaign fund shall fulfill all record-keeping duties as
				set forth in this rule.
(A) Except as
			 otherwise provided in paragraph (H) of this rule, an account of contributions
			 shall be kept, by any reasonable accounting procedure, of all contributions
			 received by or on behalf of the entity, regardless of the amount of the
			 contribution received or the circumstances of where the contribution was
			 received. The account shall include the name and street address of the
			 contributor, the date the contribution was received, the form in which the
			 contribution was received, and the amount of the contribution. The account
			 shall also include all of the following:
(1)
			 For contributions in excess of one hundred dollars received by a campaign
			 committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for the office of member of the
			 general assembly from two or more employees through a system of payroll
			 deduction, the name and street address of each contributor, the date the
			 contribution was received, the name of the contributors' employer, and the name
			 of the contributors' labor organization, if any;
(2) For contributions received by a campaign
			 committee of a statewide candidate or candidate for the office of member of the
			 general assembly from any person in excess of one hundred dollars, the name of
			 the contributor's employer or, if self-employed, the contributor's
			 occupation;
(3) For contributions
			 from a political action committee, the full name and street address of the
			 political action committee, the registration number of the committee issued by
			 the secretary of state under section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code, if any, and the date of receipt, and amount of the contributions.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-14 - Uniform reporting of contributions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If an itemized contribution is made by
				more than one person in a single instrument, the treasurer of an entity that is
				required to file statements under section
				3517.10 of the Revised Code
				shall report the amount to be attributed to each contributor as specified in
				the written instrument.
Absent evidence to the contrary, any
				contribution made from a joint checking account or by other written instrument
				shall be reported as a contribution by the person signing or endorsing the
				joint check or other written instrument.
If a contribution is made from a
				partnership or unincorporated business account, the treasurer shall report the
				amount to be attributed to each partner or owner as specified by an authorized
				partner or owner of the partnership or unincorporated business. If no specified
				attribution is made, the treasurer shall attribute the contribution equally
				among all partners of the partnership or owners of the unincorporated
				business.
If a contribution is made from an inter
				vivos or testamentary trust or a decedent's estate, the treasurer shall report
				the amount to be attributed to each beneficiary of the trust or estate who is
				making the contribution, as specified by the beneficiary. If no specific
				attribution is made, the treasurer shall attribute the contribution equally
				among all beneficiaries of the trust or estate.
If a contribution is refunded to the
				contributor, the treasurer of the reporting entity making the refund shall
				report the refund on the statement covering the reporting period in which the
				refund is made.
If a contributor's name is known to
				have changed since an earlier contribution reported, the exact name or address
				previously used shall be noted with the first reported contribution from the
				contributor subsequent to the name change.
Replaces: 111-5-15
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 3517.08,
				3517.10
Prior
				Effective Dates: 8/23/95 (Emer), 11/21/95,
				1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-15 - Allocation of expenses between candidates

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Expenditures including in-kind
				contributions and independent expenditures made on behalf of more than one
				clearly identified candidate shall be attributed to each such candidate
				according to the benefit reasonably expected to be derived. For example, in the
				case of a publication or broadcast communication, the attribution shall be
				determined by the proportion of space or time devoted to each candidate as
				compared to the total space or time devoted to all candidates.
An expenditure made by a candidate or
				the candidate's campaign committee with the consent of, in coordination,
				cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of another
				candidate or campaign committee shall be reported as an in-kind contribution to
				the candidate or campaign committee on whose behalf the expenditure was made,
				except that expenditures made by party committees or legislative campaign funds
				need only be reported as an expenditure.
Expenditures for rent, personnel,
				overhead, general administrative, fund-raising, and other day-to-day costs of
				political parties or legislative campaign funds need not be attributed to
				individual candidates, unless these expenditures are made on behalf of a
				clearly identified candidate and the expenditure can be directly attributed to
				that candidate.
Expenditures for educational campaign
				seminars, for training of campaign workers, and for registration or
				get-out-the-vote drives of political parties or legislative campaign funds need
				not be attributed to individual candidates unless these expenditures are made
				on behalf of a clearly identified candidate, and the expenditure can be
				directly attributed to that candidate.
Replaces: 111-5-16
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 3517.08,
				3517.10,
				3517.102
Prior
				Effective Dates: 8/23/95 (Emer.), 11/21/95,
				1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-16 - Other income

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								For purposes of
			 preparing a campaign finance statement required by section
			 3517.10 of the Revised Code,
			 items of other income such as investment income, interest income, refunds
			 received by the reporting entity, uncashed checks, or the reporting entity's
			 own insufficient funds checks that are returned to the reporting entity shall
			 be reported on a form separate from an account of contributions and
			 expenditures. Such items of other income are presumed, unless shown otherwise,
			 not to count toward the contribution limits set forth in section
			 3517.10 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B)
								When an expenditure made by a candidate's campaign
			 committee, political action committee, political contributing entity, political
			 party, or other political entity, for the purpose of refunding the excess
			 portion of a contribution or to refund an otherwise prohibited contribution, is
			 not cashed or negotiated by the payee, the entity may void that expenditure,
			 report it as an uncashed check transaction on the statement of other income and
			 reissue the refund expenditure. If the second refund expenditure is likewise
			 not cashed or negotiated by the payee the reporting entity shall void that
			 expenditure, report it as an uncashed check transaction on the statement of
			 other income and issue an expenditure in the same amount to a qualified
			 charitable organization as defined in division (G) of section
			 3517.08 of the Revised
			 Code.
Replaces: 111-5-17
Effective: 1/25/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/15/2021
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3517.23
Rule
				Amplifies: 3517.10
Prior
				Effective Dates: 8/23/95 (Emer.),
				1/1/02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-17 - Joint fund-raising

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any campaign committee or other reporting entity that engages
				in a joint fund-raising activity shall do the following:
(A) Require each contributor who desires to
			 make a contribution to more than one participant to write a separate check or
			 make a separate contribution to each participant in the joint fund-raiser
			 subject to the contribution limits in section 
									3517.102
								 of the Revised Code;
(B)
			 Report all contributions received in its name or for its benefit on
			 Form
			 31-E;
(C) Return any check or
			 contribution made payable to more than one participant.
Expenses for a joint fund-raising activity shall be equally
				divided among all participants in the activity and reported accordingly, unless
				agreed otherwise by the participants.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-18 - Political communications

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following articles are exempted from
			 the disclaimer or identification requirements of section
			 3517.20
			 of the Revised Code:
(1) Badges or buttons
			 that have a pin or clasp backing for attaching to clothing;
(2) Balloons;
(3) Cups and mugs;
(4) Combs;
(5) Emery boards;
(6) Key tags, key rings, or key fobs;
(7) Lapel pins, charms, tie tacks, rings, and
			 other items of jewelry;
(8) Letter
			 openers;
(9) Pencils;
(10) Pens;
(11) Standard measuring rulers not more than
			 twelve inches long;
(12)
			 Sponges;
(13) Golf balls and golf
			 tees;
(14)
									
			 Insulated beverage sleeves;
(15) Tee shirts,
			 caps, hats, facial coverings, and other articles
			 of clothing;
(16) Individually wrapped candy;
(17)
			 Magnets measuring two and one-half inches by three inches or less, or seven and
			 one-half square inches or less, or three inches in diameter or less;
(18)
			 Stickers, labels, decals, or any other printed material with an adhesive back
			 measuring two and one-half inches by three inches or less, or seven and
			 one-half square inches or less, or three inches in diameter or less.
(19)
			 Plastic discs, designed to be sailed with a flip of the wrist for recreation or
			 competition;
(20) Plastic bags;
(21) Plastic or
			 wooden sticks manufactured for the purpose of stirring paint;
(22)
									Flyswatters;
(23)
									Chip clips ;
(24) Banners that are
			 towed by an aircraft in flight
(25) Status updates
			 or messages posted on a social media website where
			 a home page for the committee exists that properly identifies the
			 committee.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-19 - Amendments

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The secretary of state or the board of
			 elections shall examine all statements required to be filed under sections
			 3517.081
			 to
			 3517.17
			 of the Revised Code for compliance with sections
			 3517.08
			 to
			 3517.17
			 of the Revised Code. If during the examination conducted under division (B)(4)
			 of section
			 3517.11
			 of the Revised Code, the statement is found to be incomplete or inaccurate, a
			 notice shall be sent by certified mail to the committee or entity that filed
			 the statement detailing the items that are incomplete or inaccurate. Except as
			 otherwise provided in this rule, the recipient shall file, within twenty-one
			 days after the receipt of the notice, an addendum, amendment or other
			 correction to the statement providing the information necessary to complete or
			 correct the statement. The addendum, amendment,
			 or other correction shall be submitted to the officer with whom the original
			 statement was filed.
(B) A
			 committee or other entity that receives a notice as described in paragraph (A)
			 of this rule from the secretary of state or a county board of elections may
			 request additional time to respond to the notice. Any request for additional
			 time must be made within twenty-one days after the receipt of the
			 notice.
(C) The secretary of state
			 or a county board of elections may extend the response deadline, for a
			 reasonable period of time as determined by its discretion, for a committee or
			 other entity who receives a notice as described in paragraph (A) of this rule,
			 provided the committee or other entity makes a timely request for additional
			 time pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule. The secretary of state or board of
			 elections may extend the response deadline when the request is made after
			 twenty-one days upon a showing in writing of reasonable exigency by the
			 committee or other entity.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-4 - Contributions; Campaign Finance Statements › Section 111:2-4-20 - Reporting contributions for partnerships

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As required by
			 division (I) of section
			 3517.10
			 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (F) of this
			 rule, the recipient of a contribution from a partnership or other
			 unincorporated business must itemize the contribution by listing both the
			 partnership or other unincorporated business and the name of each partner,
			 owner, or member for whom the partnership or
			 other unincorporated business issued the contribution. No contribution may be
			 made solely in the name of the partnership or other unincorporated
			 business.
(B) Simultaneous with the
			 issuance of a check or other instrument which represents one or more individual
			 contributions, a partnership or other unincorporated business must provide one
			 of the following:
(1) The name of each
			 partner, owner, or member as of the date of the contribution or contributions,
			 and a statement that the total contributions are to be allocated equally among
			 all of the partners, owners, or members; or
(2) The name of each partner, owner, or
			 member as of the date of the contribution or contributions who is participating
			 in the contribution or contributions, and a statement that the contribution or
			 contributions are to be allocated to those individuals in accordance with the
			 information provided by the partnership or other unincorporated business to the
			 recipient of the contribution.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 111:2 - Campaign Finance › Chapter 111:2-5 - Electronic Filing; Paper Filing; Termination of Transition Fund › Section 111:2-5-01 - Electronic signature

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No entity that
			 files statements with the secretary of state shall file
			 by electronic means of
			 transmission, as required by section
			 3517.10,
			 
									3517.105,
			 
								3517.106,
			 3517.1011,
			 3517.1012,
			 3517.1013
								, or
			 3517.1014 of the
			 Revised Code, until that entity receives from the Ohio secretary of state's
			 office a user name, password and electronic signature.
(B)
								No entity that files statements
			 with the board of elections shall file by electronic means of transmission, as
			 permitted by section
			 3517.10,
			 3517.105,
			 or
			 3517.106
			 of the Revised Code, until that entity has properly registered by
			 electronically submitting a Designation of Treasurer in a manner prescribed by
			 the secretary of state.
(C)
								 Any of the following qualify as the electronic
			 signature as required by division (F) of section
			 3517.106
			 of the Revised Code for each campaign entity that files statements by
			 electronic means of transmission:
(1)
									 The combination of user name, password, and electronic
			 signature provided by the secretary of state;
(2)
									 The combination
			 of user name, password, and unique personal identification number provided by
			 the secretary of state; or
(3)
									 The combination
			 of user name, password, and any other multi-factor authentication method
			 prescribed by the secretary of state.