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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0039
Campaign reporting.
Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to campaign practices; clarifying when
2 groups are required to file as an organization for purposes
3 of campaign reporting; and providing for an effective date.
4
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7 Section 1. W.S. 22-25-101(d)(iv) is amended to read:
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9 22-25-101. Definitions; statement of formation.
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11 (d) As used in this chapter:
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13 (iv) "Organization", as used in this chapter,
14 means any corporation, partnership, trade union,
15 professional association or civic, fraternal or religious
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1 group or other profit or nonprofit entity or any other
2 entity influencing an election, except a political party,
3 political action committee or candidate's campaign
4 committee. "Organization" includes any group of two (2) or
5 more persons that do not otherwise meet the definition of
6 organization under this paragraph if the group pools or
7 otherwise jointly expends funds totaling in aggregate more
8 than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), even if the
9 expenditure of pooled funds is made by one (1) individual,
10 for the purpose of causing independent expenditures or
11 electioneering communications in any primary, general or
12 special election, provided that the group shall not be
13 required to file as an organization under this chapter if
14 all members of the group are disclosed on the
15 electioneering communications or with the independent
16 expenditures.
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18 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
19 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
20 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
21 Constitution.
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23 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 22-25-101