Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-05 - General policies and definitions › Section 390-05-192 - Definition-Aggregate

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The term "aggregate," as used in the act and in these rules,
				means, for purposes of:
(1) A
			 candidate for state or local office subject to contribution limits under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405, the total amount of contributions
			 received by the candidate, an agent of the candidate and any political
			 committee affiliated with the candidate from the beginning of the election
			 cycle;
(2) A candidate for local
			 office not subject to contribution limits under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 or judicial office, the total
			 amount of contributions received by the candidate, an agent of the candidate
			 and any political committee affiliated with the candidate from the beginning of
			 the candidate's campaign;
(3) A
			 bona fide political party or caucus political committee, the total amount of
			 contributions received by the committee from January 1st of the current
			 calendar year;
(4) A political
			 committee, the total amount of contributions received by the committee from the
			 date of organization;
(5) A
			 continuing political committee, the total amount of contributions received by
			 the committee from January 1st of the current calendar year;
(6) A contributor, the total amount of all
			 contributions received from a person, and any person affiliated with the
			 person, to any one candidate or political committee;
(7) A person making independent expenditures
			 with respect to a candidate and the reporting and disclosure provisions of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.255,
			 42.17A.630,
			 and
			 42.17A.320,
			 an independent expenditure made by a person in support of a candidate that
			 shall be added to any independent expenditure by the same person in opposition
			 to one or more of the candidate's opponents; and, for purposes of a person
			 making independent expenditures with respect to a ballot proposition, an
			 independent expenditure made by a person in support of a ballot proposition
			 that shall be added to any independent expenditure by the same person in
			 opposition to the ballot proposition or in support of an alternative ballot
			 proposition;
(8) The special
			 reports required by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.265 and
			 42.17A.625,
			 the total amount of contributions received or expenditures made by a single
			 person or entity during the special reporting period;
(9) An employer of a registered lobbyist, the
			 total amount of all contributions made to a political committee supporting or
			 opposing a candidate for state office, or to a political committee supporting
			 or opposing a statewide ballot proposition during the preceding calendar
			 year;
(10) The sponsor of a grass
			 roots lobbying campaign, the total amount of contributions received since the
			 beginning of the campaign and the total amount of expenditures made during the
			 time frames specified in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.640(1);
(11)RCW
			  42.17A.570, the total amount of all time and
			 demand deposits in each financial institution on December 31st;
(12)RCW
			  42.17A.755, the total amount of monetary
			 penalty that the commission may impose for multiple violations of the
			 act.