Sec. 9-606. (Formerly Sec. 9-333h). Duties and qualifications of campaign treasurers. Appointment and duties of solicitors.
Sec. 9-606. (Formerly Sec. 9-333h). Duties and qualifications of campaign
treasurers. Appointment and duties of solicitors. (a) The campaign treasurer of each
committee shall be responsible for (1) depositing, receiving and reporting all contributions and other funds in the manner specified in section 9-608, (2) making and reporting
expenditures, (3) reporting expenses incurred but not yet paid, (4) filing the statements
required under section 9-608, and (5) keeping internal records of each entry made on
such statements. The campaign treasurer of each committee shall deposit contributions
in the committee's designated depository within fourteen days after receiving them.
The campaign treasurer of each political committee or party committee which makes a
contribution of goods to another committee shall send written notice to the campaign
treasurer of the recipient committee before the close of the reporting period during which
the contribution was made. The notice shall be signed by the campaign treasurer of the
committee making the contribution and shall include the full name of such committee,
the date on which the contribution was made, a complete description of the contribution
and the value of the contribution. Any dispute concerning the information contained in
such notice shall be resolved by the campaign treasurer of the recipient committee. Such
resolution shall not impair in any way the authority of the State Elections Enforcement
Commission under section 9-7b. The campaign treasurer of the recipient committee
shall preserve each such notice received for the period prescribed by subsection (f) of
section 9-607.
(b) A contribution in the form of a check drawn on a joint bank account shall, for
the purpose of allocation, be deemed to be a contribution made by the individual who
signed the check. If a check is signed by more than one individual, the total amount of
the check shall be divided equally among the cosigners for the purpose of allocation. If
a committee receives an anonymous contribution of more than fifteen dollars the campaign treasurer shall immediately remit the contribution to the State Treasurer. The State
Treasurer shall deposit the contribution in the General Fund.
(c) The campaign treasurer of each committee, other than a political committee
established by an organization which receives its funds from the organization's treasury,
may appoint solicitors. If solicitors are appointed, the campaign treasurer shall receive
and report all contributions made or promised to each solicitor. Each solicitor shall
submit to the campaign treasurer a list of all contributions made or promised to him.
The list shall be complete as of seventy-two hours immediately preceding midnight of
the day preceding the dates on which the campaign treasurer is required to file a sworn
statement as provided in section 9-608. Lists shall be received by the campaign treasurer
not later than twenty-four hours immediately preceding each required filing date. Each
solicitor shall deposit all contributions with the campaign treasurer, within seven days
after receipt. No solicitor shall expend any contributions received by him or disburse
such contributions to any person other than the campaign treasurer.
(d) No person shall act as a campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer unless
the person is an elector of this state, and a statement, signed by the chairman in the case
of a party committee or political committee or by the candidate in the case of a candidate
committee, designating the person as campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer,
has been filed in accordance with section 9-603. In the case of a political committee,
the filing of a statement of organization by the chairman of the committee, in accordance
with the provisions of section 9-605, shall constitute compliance with the filing requirements of this section. No provision of this subsection shall prevent the campaign treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or solicitor of any committee from being the campaign
treasurer, deputy campaign treasurer or solicitor of any other committee or prevent any
committee from having more than one solicitor, but no candidate shall have more than
one campaign treasurer. A candidate shall not serve as the candidate's own campaign
treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, except that a candidate who is exempt from
forming a candidate committee under subsection (b) of section 9-604 and has filed a
certification that the candidate is financing the candidate's campaign from the candidate's own personal funds or is not receiving or expending in excess of one thousand
dollars may perform the duties of a campaign treasurer for the candidate's own campaign.
(P.A. 86-99, S. 9, 34; P.A. 91-351, S. 7, 28; P.A. 94-143, S. 2, 6; P.A. 96-119, S. 12, 14; P.A. 02-130, S. 8; P.A. 03-223, S. 1; P.A. 04-112, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 91-351 added provisions to Subsec. (a) re notice of contribution of goods from political or party committee
to another committee and added conditions at end of Subsec. (d) for candidate to perform duties of campaign treasurer for
his own campaign; P.A. 94-143 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. designations, adding "depositing" and "and other
funds in the manner specified in section 9-333j" in Subdiv. (1), and adding Subdivs. (3) and (5) re reporting of expenses
not yet paid and keeping internal records, effective January 1, 1995, and applicable to elections conducted on or after that
date; P.A. 96-119 amended Subsec. (d) to delete provision requiring the designation statement to include the period for
which the appointment is made, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 02-130 amended Subsec. (d) by changing expenditure
limit in cases where candidate serves as his or her own campaign treasurer from $500 to $1,000 and by making technical
changes, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after said date; P.A. 03-223 amended
Subsec. (c) by shortening deadline for solicitor to deposit contributions with campaign treasurer from 10 to 7 days after
receipt, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-112 amended Subsec. (a) by changing deadline for campaign treasurer to deposit
contributions from 7 to 14 days after receipt, effective July 1, 2004; Sec. 9-333h transferred to Sec. 9-606 in 2007.