153.00.19 Ark. Code R. § 002 Rules On Campaign Finance and Disclosure
Library | Arkansas Administrative Code |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, December, 2023 |
Citation | 153.00.19 Ark. Code R. § 002 |
Year | 2023 |
§ 200
-
(a) "Approved political action committee"
means any person who receives contributions from one or more persons in order
to make contributions to candidates, ballot question committees, legislative
question committees, political parties, county political party committees, or
other political action committees; does not accept any contribution or
cumulative contributions in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) from any
person in any calendar year; and has registered pursuant to Ark. Code Ann
§
prior to making
contributions. "Approved political action committee" does not include political
parties, county political party committees, the candidate's own campaign
committee, exploratory committees, or ballot question committees or legislative
question committees. 7-6-215
-
(b) "Candidate" means any individual who has
knowingly and willingly taken affirmative action, including solicitation of
funds, for the purpose of seeking nomination for or election to any public
office.
-
(c) "Contribution" means, whether direct or
indirect, advances, deposits, or transfers of funds, contracts, or obligations
whether or not legally enforceable, payments, gifts, subscriptions
assessments, payment for services, dues, advancements, forbearance, loans
pledge or promise of money or anything of value, whether or not legally
enforceable, to a candidate, committee, or holder of elective office, made for
the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of any candidate
-
(d) "Carryover funds" means the amount of
campaign funds retained from the last election by the candidate for future use
but not to exceed the annual salary, excluding expense allowances, set by
Arkansas law for the office sought. "Carryover funds" does not include campaign
signs, campaign literature, and other printed materials that were:
-
(e) "Constitutional office" means
the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor of State, Treasurer of
State, Secretary of State, Commissioner of State Lands, the Attorney General,
the General Assembly, Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of
Appeals, circuit judge, and district judge.
-
(f) "County political party committee" means
a person that is organized at the county level for the purpose of supporting
its affiliate party and making contributions; is recognized by an organized
political party, as defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
, as being affiliated with
that political party; receives contributions from one (1) or more persons in
order to make contributions to candidates, ballot question committees,
legislative question committees, political parties, political action
committees, or other county political party committees; does not accept any
contribution or cumulative contributions in excess of five thousand dollars
($5,000) from any person in any calendar year; and registers pursuant to Ark.
Code Ann. §
7-1-101 prior to making
contributions. 7-6-226
-
(g) "Election" means each election to be held
to nominate or elect a candidate to any public office, including school
elections. For the purposes of these rules, a preferential primary election, a
runoff election, a special election, and a general election shall each
constitute a separate election.
-
(h) "Expenditure" means a purchase, payment,
distribution, gift, loan, or advance of money or anything of value, and a
contract, promise, or agreement to make an expenditure, made for the purpose of
influencing the nomination or election of any
candidate.
-
(i) "Exploratory committee" means a person
who receives contributions which are held to be transferred to the campaign of
a single candidate in an election.
-
(j)
"Fair market value" means the price the good or service would bring between a
willing seller and a willing buyer in the open market after negotiations.
-
(k) "Family"
means an individual's spouse, children of that individual or his or her spouse,
or brothers, sisters, or parents of the individual or his or her
spouse.
-
(l) "Financial institution"
means any commercial bank, savings and loan, mutual savings bank or savings
bank, credit union, insurance company, brokerage house, or any corporation that
is in the business of lending money and that is subject to state or federal
regulation.
-
(m) "Guarantor" means a person who makes a
guaranty for a debt, the liability for which does not begin until the principal
debtor is in default.
-
(n) "In-kind
contribution" means a contribution of goods, services, or any other thing of
value, or its use, other than money and includes an agreement made or other
obligation incurred, whether legally enforceable or not, to make such a
contribution in the future. The term does not include direct campaign
contributions. For a more detailed discussion of in-kind contributions,
-
(o) "Independent expenditure" means any
expenditure which is not a contribution and expressly advocates the election or
defeat of a clearly identified candidate for office; is made without
arrangement, cooperation, or consultation between any candidate or any
authorized committee or agent of the candidate and the person making the
expenditure or any authorized agent of that person; and is not made in concert
with or at the request or suggestion of any candidate or any authorized
committee or agent of the candidate.
-
(p) "Independent expenditure committee" means
any person who receives contributions from one (1) or more persons in order to
make an independent expenditure and is registered pursuant to Ark. Code Ann.
§
prior to making
expenditures. 7-6-227
-
(q) "Individual" means a human
being.
-
(r) "Legislative caucus
committee" means a person that is composed exclusively of members of the
General Assembly, that elects or appoints officers and recognizes identified
legislators as members of the organization, and that exists for research and
other support of policy development and interests that the membership hold in
common. A "legislative caucus committee" includes, but is not limited to, a
political party caucus of the General Assembly, the Senate, or the House of
Representatives. An organization whose only nonlegislator members are the
Lieutenant Governor or the Governor is a "legislative caucus committee" under
these rules.
-
(s) "Nonpartisan candidate" means a candidate
for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals
circuit judge, district judge, or prosecuting...
To continue reading
Request your trial