Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 513

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 3-9-4-4.

Synopsis: Software for candidate reports. Requires the election division to provide to candidates at no cost: (1) software that the candidates may download and install on their personal computers; and (2) training; to enable candidates to file campaign finance reports electronically.

Effective: July 1, 2001.





Craycraft




    January 22, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Legislative Apportionment & Elections.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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SENATE BILL No. 513



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 3-9-4-4 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.176-1999, SECTION 43, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 4. (a) The election division shall develop a filing and coding system consistent with the purposes of this article. The election division and each county election board shall use the filing and coding system. The coding system must provide:
        (1) not more than ten (10) codes to account for various campaign expenditure items; and
        (2) a clear explanation of the kinds of expenditure items that must be accounted for under each code.
    (b) The election division shall develop and use a computer system to store campaign finance reports required to be filed under IC 3-9-5-6 , IC 3-9-5-10 , and IC 3-9-5-20.1. The computer system must enable the election division to do the following:
        (1) Identify all candidates or committees that received contributions from a contributor over the past three (3) years.
        (2) Identify all contributors to a candidate or committee over the

past three (3) years.
        (3) Provide for electronic submission, retrieval, storage, and disclosure of campaign finance reports of candidates for the following:
            (A) Legislative office.
            (B) State office.
        The election division shall provide at no cost to candidates software that candidates may download and install on their personal computers and training at no cost to candidates to enable candidates described in this subdivision to file campaign finance reports electronically.
    (c) This subsection applies to an electronic submission under subsection (b)(3). An electronic submission must be in a format previously approved by the commission that permits the election division to print out a hard copy of the report upon the receipt of the electronic submission from the candidate. Filing of a report occurs under IC 3-5-2-24.5 when the hard copy is printed out and the election division records the date and time of the printout on the hard copy. If a discrepancy exists between the text of the electronic submission and the printed report, the text of the printed report prevails until an amendment is filed under this article to correct the discrepancy.
    (d) The election division is not required to accept an electronic submission unless the submission complies with subsection (b)(3). Upon receiving approval from the commission, the election division may accept an electronic submission from candidates, committees, or persons described in subsection (b)(3).
    (e) The election division shall make campaign finance reports stored on the computer system under subsection (b) available to the general public through an on-line service.