A filing
fee of one dollar shall accompany each declaration of candidacy
for precinct committee officer; a filing fee of ten dollars shall
accompany the declaration of candidacy for any office with a
fixed annual salary of one thousand dollars or less; a filing fee
equal to one percent of the annual salary of the office at the
time of filing shall accompany the declaration of candidacy for
any office with a fixed annual salary of more than one thousand
dollars per annum. No filing fee need accompany a declaration of
candidacy for any office for which compensation is on a per diem
or per meeting attended basis.
A candidate who lacks sufficient assets or income at the
time of filing to pay the filing fee required by this section
shall submit with his or her declaration of candidacy a filing
fee petition. The petition shall contain not less than a number
of signatures of registered voters equal to the number of dollars
of the filing fee. The signatures shall be of voters registered
to vote within the jurisdiction of the office for which the
candidate is filing.
When the candidacy is for:
(1) A legislative or judicial office that includes territory
from more than one county, the fee shall be paid to the secretary
of state for equal division between the treasuries of the
counties comprising the district.
(2) A legislative or judicial office that includes territory
from only one county:
(a) The fee shall be paid to the county auditor if the
candidate filed his or her declaration of candidacy with the
county auditor;
(b) The fee shall be paid to the secretary of state if the
candidate filed his or her declaration of candidacy with the
secretary of state. The secretary of state shall then promptly
transmit the fee to the county auditor of the county in which the
legislative or judicial office is located.
(3) A city or town office, the fee shall be paid to the
county auditor who shall transmit it to the city or town clerk
for deposit in the city or town treasury.
[2006 c 206 § 3; 2005 c 221 § 2; 2004 c 271 § 160.]