If enacted, this bill would amend current statutes regarding the financial disclosure requirements for candidates seeking state or local office. Under the proposed changes, a candidate would be considered compliant with the financial disclosure requirement for filing nomination papers if they have already submitted the financial disclosure statement required of public officers for that year. This means that candidates would not need to file an additional financial disclosure statement for that year, streamlining the nomination process.

The bill also includes technical amendments to existing language, such as changing "no" to "not" in several sections to clarify deadlines for filing nomination papers. Overall, the updates aim to simplify the nomination process for candidates while ensuring that financial transparency requirements are still met through existing public officer disclosures.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 16-311