Bill Text: MS SB2767 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Campaign finance reports; circuit and municipal clerks must forward copies of to Secretary of State within 10 days of receiving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-04-03 - Died In Committee [SB2767 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2767-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Elections
By: Senator(s) Blount
Senate Bill 2767
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-805, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CIRCUIT CLERKS AND MUNICIPAL CLERKS SHALL FORWARD COPIES OF ALL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITHIN TEN CALENDAR DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH REPORTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 23-15-805, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
23-15-805. (a) Candidates for state, state district, and legislative district offices, and every political committee, which makes reportable contributions to or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a candidate for any such office or makes reportable contributions to or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a statewide ballot measure, shall file all reports required under this article with the Office of the Secretary of State.
(b) Candidates for county or county district office, and every political committee which makes reportable contributions to or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a candidate for such office or makes reportable contributions to or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a countywide ballot measure or a ballot measure affecting part of a county, excepting a municipal ballot measure, shall file all reports required by this section in the office of the circuit clerk of the county in which the election occurs. The circuit clerk shall forward copies of all reports to the Office of the Secretary of State within ten (10) calendar days after receiving a report.
(c) Candidates for municipal office, and every political committee which makes reportable contributions to or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a candidate for such office, or makes reportable contributions to or expenditures in support of or in opposition to a municipal ballot measure shall file all reports required by this article in the office of the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the election occurs. The municipal clerk shall forward copies of all reports to the Office of the Secretary of State within ten (10) calendar days after receiving a report.
(d) The Secretary of State, the circuit clerks and the municipal clerks shall make all reports received under this subsection available for public inspection and copying and shall preserve such reports for a period of five (5) years.
(e) The provisions of this section applicable to the reporting by a political committee of contributions and expenditures regarding statewide ballot measures shall apply to the statewide special election for the purpose of selecting the official state flag provided for in Section 1 of Laws, 2001, Chapter 301.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
