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121.170 Registration of committees and fundraisers -- Information required -- Permanent committee by member of General Assembly prohibited.

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Page 1 of 2 121.170 Registration of committees and fundraisers -- Information required -- Permanent committee by member of General Assembly prohibited. (1) Any committee, except a federally-registered out-of-state permanent committee, organized under any provisions of this chapter shall register with the registry, by <br>filing official notice of intention at the time of organization, giving names, <br>addresses, and positions of the officers of the organization and designating the <br>candidate or candidates, slate of candidates, or question it is organized to support or <br>oppose on forms prescribed by the registry; except that no campaign committee for <br>a slate of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be registered prior <br>to the filing of a joint notification and declaration by the slate of candidates <br>pursuant to KRS 118.125 and 118.127. No entity which is excluded from the <br>definition of &quot;campaign committee&quot; established in KRS 121.015(3)(a) shall be <br>required to register as a committee with the registry. The name of the committee <br>shall reasonably identify to the public the sponsorship and purpose of the <br>committee. The forms filed with the registry shall require the registrant to clearly <br>identify the specific purpose, sponsorship, and source from which the committee <br>originates; and the registry shall refuse to allow filing by any committee until this <br>requirement has been satisfied. (2) Any person who acts as a fundraiser by directly soliciting contributions for an election campaign of a candidate or slate of candidates for statewide-elected state <br>office or an office in a jurisdiction containing in excess of two hundred thousand <br>(200,000) residents shall register with the registry when he raises in excess of three <br>thousand dollars (&#36;3,000) in any one (1) election for the campaign committee by <br>filing official notice giving his name, address, occupation, employer or, if he is self-<br>employed, the name under which he is doing business, and all candidates or slates <br>of candidates for whom he is soliciting on forms prescribed by the registry. A <br>registered fundraiser shall comply with the campaign finance reporting <br>requirements of KRS 121.180(3), (4), and (5). (3) All provisions of KRS 121.160 governing the duties and responsibilities of a candidate, slate of candidates, or campaign treasurer shall apply to a registered <br>committee, except a federally-registered out-of-state permanent committee, and a <br>person acting as a campaign fundraiser. In case of the death, resignation, or removal <br>of a campaign treasurer for a permanent committee or executive committee, the <br>chairman of the permanent committee or executive committee shall, within three (3) <br>days after receiving notice of the vacancy by certified mail, appoint a successor as <br>treasurer for the committee and file the name and address of the successor with the <br>registry. The chairman of the permanent committee or executive committee shall be <br>accountable as the treasurer for the committee if the chairman fails to meet this <br>filing requirement. (4) The chairman of a committee and the campaign treasurer shall be separate persons. <br>(5) Any federally-registered out-of-state permanent committee that contributes to a Kentucky candidate or a slate of candidates shall: <br>(a) File with the registry a copy of its federal registration (Federal Election Commission Form 1 - Committee Registration Form); Page 2 of 2 (b) File with the registry a copy of the Federal Election Commission finance report when a contribution is made to a Kentucky candidate or a slate of <br>candidates; and (c) Contribute not more than the maximum amount permitted for a permanent committee to make under Kentucky law to any candidate or to any slate of <br>candidates for any office in this Commonwealth. (6) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a contribution made by a federally-registered permanent committee to any candidate or to any slate of <br>candidates for any office in this Commonwealth that complies with the provisions <br>of 2 U.S.C. sec. 441b, 11 C.F.R. sec. 104.10, 11 C.F.R. sec. 106.6, and 11 C.F.R. <br>sec. 114.1-114.12 regarding limitations on contributions by corporations shall be <br>deemed to comply with the campaign finance laws of this Commonwealth <br>prohibiting corporate contributions to candidates or slates of candidates. (7) The organization, formation, or registration of a permanent committee by any member of the General Assembly shall be prohibited. Effective: March 16, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 6, effective March 16, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 599, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 179, sec. 2, effective July <br>15, 1996.. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 458, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1994. -- <br>Amended 1993 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 59, effective January 1, 1994. -- <br>Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 288, sec. 27, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1988 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 45, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 100, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 292, sec. 7, <br>effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 189.