(1) Each report required
under RCW 42.17.080 (1) and (2) shall disclose the following:
(a) The funds on hand at the beginning of the period;
(b) The name and address of each person who has made one or
more contributions during the period, together with the money
value and date of such contributions and the aggregate value of
all contributions received from each such person during the
campaign or in the case of a continuing political committee, the
current calendar year: PROVIDED, That pledges in the aggregate
of less than one hundred dollars from any one person need not be
reported: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the income which results from a
fund-raising activity conducted in accordance with RCW 42.17.067
may be reported as one lump sum, with the exception of that
portion of such income which was received from persons whose
names and addresses are required to be included in the report
required by RCW 42.17.067: PROVIDED FURTHER, That contributions
of no more than twenty-five dollars in the aggregate from any one
person during the election campaign may be reported as one lump
sum so long as the campaign treasurer maintains a separate and private list of the
name, address, and amount of each such contributor: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That the money value of contributions of postage shall
be the face value of such postage;
(c) Each loan, promissory note, or security instrument to be
used by or for the benefit of the candidate or political
committee made by any person, together with the names and
addresses of the lender and each person liable directly,
indirectly or contingently and the date and amount of each such
loan, promissory note, or security instrument;
(d) All other contributions not otherwise listed or
exempted;
(e) The name and address of each candidate or political
committee to which any transfer of funds was made, together with
the amounts and dates of such transfers;
(f) The name and address of each person to whom an
expenditure was made in the aggregate amount of more than fifty
dollars during the period covered by this report, and the amount,
date, and purpose of each such expenditure. A candidate for
state executive or state legislative office or the political
committee of such a candidate shall report this information for
an expenditure under one of the following categories, whichever
is appropriate: (i) Expenditures for the election of the
candidate; (ii) expenditures for nonreimbursed public
office-related expenses; (iii) expenditures required to be
reported under (e) of this subsection; or (iv) expenditures of
surplus funds and other expenditures. The report of such a
candidate or committee shall contain a separate total of
expenditures for each category and a total sum of all
expenditures. Other candidates and political committees need not
report information regarding expenditures under the categories
listed in (i) through (iv) of this subsection or under similar
such categories unless required to do so by the commission by
rule. The report of such an other candidate or committee shall
also contain the total sum of all expenditures;
(g) The name and address of each person to whom any
expenditure was made directly or indirectly to compensate the
person for soliciting or procuring signatures on an initiative or
referendum petition, the amount of such compensation to each such
person, and the total of the expenditures made for this purpose.
Such expenditures shall be reported under this subsection (1)(g)
whether the expenditures are or are not also required to be
reported under (f) of this subsection;
(h) The name and address of any person and the amount owed
for any debt, obligation, note, unpaid loan, or other liability
in the amount of more than two hundred fifty dollars or in the
amount of more than fifty dollars that has been outstanding for
over thirty days;
(i) The surplus or deficit of contributions over
expenditures;
(j) The disposition made in accordance with RCW 42.17.095 of
any surplus funds; and
(k) Such other information as shall be required by the
commission by rule in conformance with the policies and purposes
of this chapter.
(2) The treasurer and the candidate shall certify the
correctness of each report.
[2003 c 123 § 1; 1993 c 256 § 6; 1989 c 280 § 9. Prior: 1986 c 228 § 1; 1986 c 12 § 2; 1983 c 96 § 1; 1982 c 147 § 7; 1977 ex.s. c 336 § 2; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 112 § 3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 294 § 7; 1973 c 1 § 9 (Initiative Measure No. 276, approved November 7, 1972).]
NOTES:
Severability -- Effective date--1993 c 256: See notes following RCW 29.79.500.
Effective date -- 1989 c 280: See note following RCW 42.17.020.
Severability -- 1977 ex.s. c 336: See note following RCW 42.17.040.
Appearance of fairness doctrine -- Application to candidates for public office -- Campaign contributions: RCW 42.36.040, 42.36.050.