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AZ HB2095

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2016

Primary Sponsor

Ken Clark

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Requires corporations, limited liability companies, and labor organizations making independent expenditures in elections to register and notify filing officers within one day of reaching spending thresholds: $5,000 for statewide races, $2,500 for legislative races, or $1,000 for local races.

  • Mandates disclosure statements on all literature and advertisements funded by these entities, including the words "paid for by" followed by the entity name and a statement that it is not authorized by any candidate.

  • Requires disclosure statements to identify the four largest major funding sources of the entity at the time of advertisement production, and to specifically identify out-of-state contributors or contributor groups.

  • Establishes penalties for violations including civil liability up to three times the total expenditure amount and criminal penalties of class 1 misdemeanor for knowingly false filings.

  • Specifies disclosure format requirements for different media types: radio (spoken at end), printed materials (printed clearly and conspicuously), and broadcasts (both written and spoken, with written text at least 4% of vertical picture height).

Legislative Description

Independent expenditures; corporations; funding disclosure

Last Action

Referred to House ELECT Committee

1/14/2016

Full Bill Text

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