Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1495.6 – Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1495.6
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Aggregating period: means :
(a) For a political committee, except a political committee which supports only one candidate, the period from January first of the calendar year through December thirty-first of the same calendar year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
- Candidate: means a person who seeks nomination or election to public office, except the office of president or vice president of the United States, presidential elector, delegate to a political party convention, United States senator, United States congressman, or political party office. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
- Contribution: except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, means a gift, conveyance, payment, or deposit of money or anything of value, or the forgiveness of a loan or of a debt, made for the purpose of supporting, opposing, or otherwise influencing the nomination or election of a person to public office, for the purpose of supporting or opposing a proposition or question submitted to the voters, or for the purpose of supporting or opposing the recall of a public officer, whether made before or after the election. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
- District office: means the following offices but shall not include any major office:
(a) The office of a member of the Louisiana Legislature. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1483
Any candidate, for a major or district office required by this Chapter to file reports of information as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 18:1495.5, who did not receive a contribution in excess of two hundred dollars and who did not make expenditures totaling in excess of five thousand dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period, may file an affidavit setting out such facts in lieu of each report required by La. Rev. Stat. 18:1495.4, but a separate affidavit shall be required in lieu of each such report.
Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 266, §1, eff. July 18, 1982; Acts 1988, No. 994, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.