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OH HB5
Bill
Status
9/10/2010
Primary Sponsor
Daniel Stewart
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AI Summary
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Establishes transition funds allowing individuals elected or appointed to state office to receive donations and pay costs for transition activities and inaugural celebrations, with separate $10,000 limits for governor/lieutenant governor and $2,500 limits for other offices.
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Requires transition fund treasurers to file monthly donation and disbursement statements electronically with the secretary of state, maintain separate bank accounts, and terminate funds within 120 days of establishment.
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Mandates remaining transition fund assets be refunded pro rata to donors or donated to tax-exempt organizations, with campaign committees specifically prohibited from receiving refunds.
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Permits boards of elections conducting special congressional primary elections on or before August 4, 2010, to use limited polling places (maximum four) while providing absent voter ballot applications and allowing provisional ballots at board offices.
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Applies criminal and civil penalties for violations of transition fund rules, including fines up to three times excess donations accepted and requires treasurers to report all transition fund transactions under penalty of election falsification.
Legislative Description
To permit individuals elected or appointed to state office to establish transition funds to receive donations and to make expenditures for transition activities and inaugural celebrations, to permit a board of elections that conducts a special election on or before August 4, 2010, for the purpose of nominating candidates for congressional office to conduct that election with a limited number of polling places, and to declare an emergency.
Winning candidate transition funds
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Effective Date
9/10/2010