16-916

16-916. Filing statements of contributions and
expenditures; public inspection

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the statements, designations
and reports required to be filed pursuant to this article shall be filed as follows:

1. In the office of the secretary of state for political committees supporting or
opposing the recall of a public officer elected statewide or to the legislature,
supporting the circulation of petitions for ballot measures, questions and propositions
appearing on a state general election ballot or recall of public officials elected
statewide or to the legislature or supporting or opposing candidates for state offices
and members of the legislature, for justices of the supreme court, for judges of the
court of appeals and for a statewide initiative or referendum or any measure or
proposition appearing on a state general election ballot. The office of the secretary of
state shall post to its website in a format that is viewable by the public the campaign
finance information prescribed by this section.

2. With the county officer in charge of elections for political committees
supporting or opposing the recall of public officers elected to county offices, school
district governing boards, community college district governing boards or judges of the
superior court, supporting the circulation of petitions for ballot measures, questions
and propositions appearing on a county election ballot or for the recall of a public
officer elected to county offices, school district governing boards, community college
district governing boards or judges of the superior court or supporting or opposing
candidates for county offices, school district governing board members or ballot
questions, community college district governing board members or ballot questions, judges
of the superior court seeking retention, special taxing districts and a county initiative
or referendum or any measure or proposition appearing on a county election ballot. For
any county with a population of more than one hundred thousand persons that operates a
website, the county officer in charge of elections shall post to that website in a format
that is viewable by the public the campaign finance information prescribed by this
section. The posting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to reports where less
than five hundred dollars is spent.

3. With the city or town clerk for political committees supporting or opposing the
recall of public officers elected to city or town offices, supporting the circulation of
petitions for ballot measures, questions and propositions appearing on a city or town
election ballot or recall of public officers elected for city or town offices or
supporting or opposing candidates for city or town offices and for a city or town
initiative or referendum or any measure or proposition appearing on a city or town
election ballot. For any city or town with a population of more than two thousand five
hundred persons that operates a website, the city or town shall post to that website in a
format that is viewable by the public the campaign finance information prescribed by this
section. The posting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to reports where less
than five hundred dollars is spent.

B. Campaign finance reports required pursuant to section 16-913 for the office of
member of the legislature and statewide offices shall be filed with the secretary of
state in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may
provide through the procedures manual adopted pursuant to section 16-452 for an
alternative method for providing public access to the reports prescribed by this section.

C. For all statements, designations and reports, the date of filing is the date of
actual receipt by the officer with whom the document is required to be filed except as
follows:

1. For documents filed by certified mail with a United States mail postmark, the
date of mailing constitutes the date of filing.

2. For documents filed by commercial delivery services that provide a standardized
delivery confirmation process, the date of delivery confirmation constitutes the date of
filing.

3. For documents filed by commercial delivery services that provide for electronic
tracking of specific delivery packages, the date of electronic confirmation of delivery
constitutes the date of filing.

D. If the date for filing any statement, designation or report required by this
article is a Saturday, a Sunday or another legal holiday, the filing deadline is the next
day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or another legal holiday.