North Dakota Code 16.1-08.1-02.1 – State political party convention revenue and expense statement required
1. State political parties shall establish separate and segregated accounts for the management of state nominating conventions. All revenue obtained and expenditures made for the planning and running of a state convention must be accounted for in these accounts.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 16.1-08.1-02.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
2. A postconvention statement must be filed with the secretary of state sixty days after the close of the state nominating convention. The reporting period for the postconvention statement begins on the first day of January of the reporting year and ends thirty days after the close of the state nominating convention.
3. A year-end statement covering the entire calendar year must be filed with the secretary of state before February first of the following year even if no convention revenue was received or expenditures made within the calendar year.
4. The statement filed according to this section must show the following:
a. The balance of the filer’s convention accounts at the start and close of the reporting period; b. The total of all revenue received and expenditures made of two hundred dollars, or less; c. The total of all revenue received and expenditures made in excess of two hundred dollars; d. For each aggregated revenue received from a person in excess of two hundred dollars:
(1) The name of each person; (2) The mailing address of each person; (3) The date of the most recent receipt of revenue from each person; and
(4) The purpose or purposes for which the aggregated revenue total was received from each person; e. For each aggregated expenditure made to a person in excess of two hundred dollars:
(1) The name of each person or entity; (2) The mailing address of each person or entity; (3) The date of the most recent expense made to each person or entity; and
(4) The purpose or purposes for which the aggregated expenditure total was disbursed to each person or entity; and
f. For each aggregated revenue from an individual which totals five thousand dollars or more during the reporting period, the occupation, employer, and principal place of business of the individual must be disclosed.
5. If a net gain from the convention is transferred to the accounts established for the support of the nomination or election of candidates, the total transferred must be reported as a contribution in the statements required by section 16.1-08.1-02.4.
6. If a net loss from the convention is covered by a transfer from the accounts established for the support of the nomination or election of candidates, the total transferred must be reported as an expenditure in the statements required by section 16.1-08.1-02.4.