Arkansas § 3-8-705 - Financial reports — Requirement.
Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 3-8-705 — Financial reports — Requirement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-8-705. Financial reports — Requirement.
A local-option ballot question committee that either receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a local-option ballot question shall file with the Arkansas Ethics Commission a Ballot Question Committee Financial Report as required by §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409. An individual person who on his or her own behalf expends in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), excluding contributions, for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a local-option ballot question shall file with the commission financial reports as required by §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409. An elected official expending public funds in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a local-option ballot question shall file with the commission financial reports as required by §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a report required by this subchapter shall be deemed timely filed if it is: Hand-delivered to the commission on or before the date due; Mailed to the commission, properly addressed, postage prepaid, bearing a postmark indicating that it was received by the post office or common carrier on or before the date due; Received via facsimile by the commission on or before the date due, provided that the original is received by the commission within ten (10) days of the transmission; or Received by the commission in a readable electronic format that is approved by the commission. Whenever a report under this subchapter becomes due on a day that is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the report shall be due the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. A preelection report is timely filed if it is received by the commission no later than seven (7) days prior to the election for which it is filed.
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What does Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 3-8-705 cover?
Section 3-8-705 ("Financial reports — Requirement.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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