Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 16 > Chapter 6 - Campaign Contributions and Expenses

• Advertisement: means information or materials, other than nonpaid social media messages, that are mailed, e-mailed, posted, distributed, published, displayed, delivered, broadcasted or placed in a communication medium and that are for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Affiliate: means any organization that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a corporation, limited liability company or labor organization. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Agency: means any business serving the public, which as part of its services accepts money for and on behalf of a licensee. See Arizona Laws 6-701
• Agent: means any person who has actual authority, either express or implied, to represent or make decisions on behalf of another person. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Best effort: means that a committee treasurer or treasurer's agent makes at least one written effort, including an attempt by e-mail, text message, private message through social media or other similar communication, or at least one oral effort that is documented in writing to identify the contributor of an incomplete contribution. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Branch: means any banking office other than the principal banking office. See Arizona Laws 6-101
• Branch office: means any office operated solely for the purpose of accepting money and performing other services for a licensee. See Arizona Laws 6-701
• Calendar quarter: means a period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Candidate: means an individual who receives contributions or makes expenditures or who gives consent to another person to receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf of that individual in connection with the candidate's nomination, election or retention for any public office. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Candidate committee: includes the candidate. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Clearly identified candidate: means that the name or a description, image, photograph or drawing of the candidate appears or the identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent by unambiguous reference. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Committee: means a candidate committee, a political action committee or a political party. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consumer: means an individual who obtains a consumer lender loan for personal, family or household purposes. See Arizona Laws 6-601
• Contribution: means any money, advance, deposit or other thing of value that is made to a person for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Control: means to possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or to cause the direction of the management or policies of another organization, whether through voting power, ownership, contract or otherwise. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Coordinated party expenditures: means expenditures that are made by a political party to directly pay for goods or services on behalf of its nominee. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• coordination: means the coordination of an expenditure as prescribed by section 16-922. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}
• Debt management company: means a corporation, company, firm, partnership, association or society, as well as a natural person, that for compensation engages in the business of receiving money, or evidences thereof, in this state or from a resident of this state as agent of a debtor for the purpose of distributing the same to his creditors in payment or partial payment of his obligations. See Arizona Laws 6-701
• Debtor: means a person from whom monies are being accepted for disbursement to creditors. See Arizona Laws 6-701
• Department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 6-101
• Deputy director: means the deputy director of the financial institutions division of the department. See Arizona Laws 6-101
• District office: means an elected office established or organized pursuant to title 15 or 48. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Earmarked: means a designation, instruction or encumbrance between the transferor of a contribution and a transferee that requires the transferee to make a contribution to a clearly identified candidate. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Election: means any election for any ballot measure in this state or any candidate election during a primary, general, recall, special or runoff election for any office in this state other than a federal office and a political party office prescribed by chapter 5, article 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Election cycle: means the two-year period beginning on January 1 in the year after a statewide general election and ending on December 31 in the year of a statewide general election or, for cities and towns, the two-year period beginning on the first day of the calendar quarter after the calendar quarter in which the city's or town's second, runoff or general election is scheduled and ending on the last day of the calendar quarter in which the city's or town's immediately following second, runoff or general election is scheduled, however that election is designated by the city or town. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Employee: means an individual who is entitled to compensation for labor or services performed for the individual's employer. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Employer: means any person that pays compensation to and directs the labor or services of any individual in the course of employment. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Enforcement officer: means the attorney general or the county, city or town attorney with authority to collect fines or issue penalties with respect to a given election pursuant to section 16-938. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Entity: means a corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, partnership, trust, association, organization, joint venture, cooperative, unincorporated organization or association or other organized group that consists of more than one individual. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Excess contribution: means a contribution that exceeds the applicable contribution limits for a particular election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Exclusive insurance contract: means an insurance producer's contract with an insurer that does either of the following:

  (a) Prohibits the producer from soliciting insurance business for any other insurer. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• Expenditure: means any purchase, payment or other thing of value that is made by a person for the purpose of influencing an election. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Filing officer: means the secretary of state or the county, city or town officer in charge of elections for that jurisdiction who accepts statements and reports for those elections pursuant to section 16-928. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Firewall: means a written policy that precludes one person from sharing information with another person. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• identify: means :

  (a) For an individual, the individual's first and last name, residence location or street address and occupation and the name of the individual's primary employer. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• In-kind contribution: means a contribution of goods, services or anything of value that is provided without charge or at less than the usual and normal charge. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Incomplete contribution: means any contribution that is received by a committee for which the contributor's complete identification has not been obtained. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Independent expenditure: means an expenditure by a person, other than a candidate committee, that complies with both of the following:

  (a) Expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• Insurance producer: means a person that:

  (a) Is required to be licensed to sell, solicit or negotiate insurance. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• Itemized: means that each contribution received or expenditure made is set forth separately. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Labor organization: means any employee representation organization that exists for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or other conditions of employment. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Legislative office: means the office of representative in the state house of representatives or senator in the state senate. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• License: means a license issued under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 6-701
• Licensee: means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 6-601
• Licensee: means a corporation, company, firm, partnership, association or society, as well as a natural person, licensed by the deputy director to engage in the business of a debt management company pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 6-701
• Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Nominee: means a candidate who prevails in a primary election for partisan office and includes the nominee's candidate committee. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Oath: includes an affirmation or declaration. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual or a candidate, nominee, committee, corporation, limited liability company, labor organization, partnership, trust, association, organization, joint venture, cooperative or unincorporated organization or association. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Personal monies: means any of the following:

  (a) Assets to which the individual or individual's spouse has either legal title or an equitable interest. See Arizona Laws 16-901

• Political action committee: means an entity that is required to register as a political action committee pursuant to section 16-905. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Political party: means a committee that meets the requirements for recognition as a political party pursuant to chapter 5 of this title. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Primary purpose: means an entity's predominant purpose. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Retention: means the election process by which a superior court judge, appellate court judge or supreme court justice is retained in office as prescribed by article VI, section 38 or 40, Constitution of Arizona. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Separate segregated fund: means a fund established by a corporation, limited liability company, labor organization or partnership that is required to register as a political action committee. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Social media messages: means forms of communication, including internet sites for social networking or blogging, through which users create a personal profile and participate in online communities to share information, ideas and personal messages. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Sponsor: means any person that establishes, administers or contributes financial support to the administration of a political action committee or that has common or overlapping membership or officers with that political action committee. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Standing committee: means a political action committee or political party that is active in more than one reporting jurisdiction in this state and that files a statement of organization in a format prescribed by the secretary of state. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Statewide office: means the office of governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, corporation commissioner or mine inspector. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Surplus monies: means those monies of a terminating committee that remain after all of the committee's expenditures have been made, all debts have been extinguished and the committee ceases accepting contributions. See Arizona Laws 16-901
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.