HB545 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Elections, reports of contributions and expenditures by principal campaign committees and political action committees not required to be accompanied by affidavit, Sec. 17-5-8 am'd; Act 2011-697, 2011 Reg. Sess., am'd

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, each principal campaign committee or political action committee must file reports of contributions and expenditures. Each report must be signed and filed by the elected official or on behalf of the political action committee by its chair or treasurer. The report must also be accompanied by an affidavit subscribed and sworn to by the elected official, or chair or treasurer and, if filed by a principal campaign committee, the candidate representing the committee</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would remove the requirement that the report be accompanied by an affidavit</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 17-5-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2011-697, 2011 Regular Session, to remove the requirement that a report of contributions and expenditures must be accompanied by a subscribed and sworn to affidavit. </p>

Subjects

Elections