§ 21-5-34.1 - (For effective date, see note.) Filing campaign contribution disclosure reports electronically - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 21-5-34.1 (2010)
21-5-34.1. (For effective date, see note.) Filing campaign contribution disclosure reports electronically

(a) (For effective date, see note.) Candidates, candidate committees, and public officers who are required to file campaign contribution disclosure reports shall use electronic means to file such reports with the commission using means prescribed by the commission to file such reports.

(b) (For effective date, see note.) The electronic filing of any campaign disclosure report required under this article shall constitute an affirmation that such report is true, complete, and correct.

(c) (For effective date, see note.) Candidates seeking election to county or municipal offices shall use electronic means to file their campaign contribution disclosure reports with the commission upon having raised or spent a minimum of $20,000.00 in an election cycle, but contributions and expenditures received or made prior to reaching such threshold need not be electronically filed if previously reported, except as cumulative totals. Under that threshold, electronic filing is permitted and encouraged but not required.

(d) (For effective date, see note.) Political action committees, independent committees, and any persons otherwise required by this article to file campaign contribution disclosure reports shall use electronic means to file such reports with the commission upon having raised or spent $5,000.00 in a calendar year, and no paper copy of the report shall be filed. Under that threshold, electronic filing is permitted and encouraged but not required.

(e) The electronic filing of any campaign contribution disclosure report required under this article shall constitute an affirmation that the report is true, complete, and correct.