294A.280 - Committee to report expenditures; deadline; period covered; form; filing.

294A.280  Committee to report expenditures; deadline; period covered; form; filing.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, each committee for the recall of a public officer shall, not later than:

      (a) Seven days before the special election to recall a public officer, for the period from the filing of the notice of intent to circulate the petition for recall through 12 days before the special election; and

      (b) Thirty days after the election, for the remaining period through the election,

Ê report each expenditure made by the committee in excess of $100 on the form designed and provided by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 294A.373. The form must be signed by a representative of the committee under penalty of perjury.

      2.  If a petition for the purpose of recalling a public officer is not filed before the expiration of the notice of intent, the committee for the recall of a public officer shall, not later than 30 days after the expiration of the notice of intent, report each expenditure made by the committee in excess of $100.

      3.  If a court does not order a special election for the recall of the public officer, the committee for the recall of a public officer shall, not later than 30 days after the court determines that an election will not be held, for the period from the filing of the notice of intent to circulate the petition for recall through the day the court determines that an election will not be held, report each expenditure made by the committee in excess of $100.

      4.  Each report of expenditures must be filed with the Secretary of State. The committee may mail or transmit the report to the Secretary of State by regular mail, certified mail, facsimile machine or electronic means. A report shall be deemed to be filed with the Secretary of State:

      (a) On the date that it was mailed if it was sent by certified mail; or

      (b) On the date that it was received by the Secretary of State if the report was sent by regular mail, transmitted by facsimile machine or electronic means, or delivered personally.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1061; A 1991, 1398; 1995, 1085; 1997, 250; 1999, 2559; 2003, 3013)