North Dakota Code 16.1-08.1-03.1 – Special requirements for statements required of persons engaged in activities regarding ballot measures
1. For each reportable contribution and expenditure under section 16.1-08.1-02.4, the threshold for reporting is one hundred dollars for any person engaged in activities described in subdivision e of subsection 12 of section 16.1-08.1-01.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 16.1-08.1-03.1
- Ballot: means a paper ballot from which the votes for candidates and questions are tabulated by hand or by a voting system. See North Dakota Code 16.1-06-12
- 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
- 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
2. For contributions received from any contributor, a person engaged in activities described in subdivision e of subsection 12 of section 16.1-08.1-01 shall include the following information regarding each subcontributor that has stated a contribution is for the express purpose of furthering the passage or defeat of a ballot measure in the statements required under section 16.1-08.1-02.4:
a. A designation as to whether any person contributed in excess of one hundred dollars of the total contribution; b. The name and mailing address of each subcontributor that contributed in excess of one hundred dollars of the total contribution; c. The contribution amounts of each disclosed subcontributor; and
d. The occupation, employer, and address for the employer’s principal place of business of each disclosed subcontributor.
3. An initiative and referendum sponsoring committee also shall file a disclosure statement by the date the secretary of state approves the petition for circulation, and shall file an additional statement on the date the petitions containing the required number of signatures are submitted to the secretary of state for review. The statements required under this subsection must be in the same form as the year-end statements under section 16.1-08.1-02.4.
4. A sponsoring committee shall file a statement regarding its intent to compensate circulators before paying for petitions to be circulated.