HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 8/21/2018 - Memorandum From Delynn Coldiron Re: Agenda Item #23 - Ordinance 013, 2018 Amending Chapter 7 Of The Code Of The City Of Fort Collins To Amend Requirements And Procedures Related To Campaigns And CampaCOMPARISON OF VARIOUS TYPES OF COMMITTEES FOR ELECTION PURPOSES
Definition Can Accept
Contributions?
Registration
required?
Required to report? Subject to “Paid
for By”
requirement?
Candidate Committee a person, including the candidate, or persons with the common purpose of receiving contributions and or making expenditures
under the authority of a candidate.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Political Committee (1) Two (2) or more persons who are elected, appointed or chosen, or have associated themselves, for the purpose of
accepting contributions or making expenditures to support or oppose one (1) or more
(2) Any person that has accepted contributions for the purpose of supporting or opposing one (1) or more candidates.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Small‐scale Issue Committee
(accepts contributions/makes
expenditures in an aggregate
amount that do not exceed $200) a committee otherwise meeting the definition of issue committee that has accepted or made contributions or expenditures in an
amount that does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.) during an applicable election cycle for the major purpose of
supporting or opposing any ballot issue or ballot question.
Yes No No No
Small‐scale Issue Committee
(Accepts contributions/makes
expenditures in an aggregate
amount that are between $200
and $5000)
Yes Yes No Yes
Small‐scale Issue Committee
(Accepts contributions/makes
expenditures in an aggregate
amount greater than $5000)
Once a small‐scale issue committee accepts contributions/makes expenditures in excess of $5,000, the small‐scale issue committee must register as an issue committee and file reports
about the
contributions or expenditures it has made or received since the beginning of its existence as a small‐scale issue committee. (See Issue Committee)
Issue Committee (1) Two (2) or more persons who are elected, appointed or chosen, or have associated themselves, for the purpose of
accepting contributions andor making expenditures to support or oppose any ballot issue or ballot question; or
(2) Any partnership committee, association, corporation, labor organization or other organization or group of personsperson
that has accepted contributions or made expenditures to support or opposefor the purpose of supporting or opposing any ballot
issue or ballot question. For purposes of this Paragraph (2), the term expenditure shall not include expenditures made by persons
in the regular course and scope of their business or in connection with communications sent solely to their members. The term
expenditure also does not include a contribution, as defined in this Section.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Person making an Independent
Expenditure
the payment of money by any person for the purpose of advocating the election, defeat or recall of a candidate, which
expenditure is not controlled by, or coordinated with, any candidate or any agent of such candidate. Independent expenditure
shall include expenditures for political messages which unambiguously refer to any specific public office or candidate for such
office. Independent expenditure shall also include the payment of money by any person for supporting or opposing a ballot
issue or ballot question that is not controlled by, or coordinated with, an issue committee or a small‐scale issue committee.
Independent expenditure shall include, but not be limited to, advertisements placed for a fee on another person's website or
advertisement space provided for no fee or a reduced fee where a fee ordinarily would have been charged.
No No Yes‐report all
expenditures made
after reaching
aggregate amount
(to be determined by
Council)
No
“Person” ‐ Person shall mean any individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization or other organization or group of persons.