COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE
[8 CCR 1505-6]
RULES CONCERNING CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE

Preliminary Draft of Proposed Rules

December 10, 2010

Disclaimer:  This draft is not yet final.  The proposed changes to be considered at the public rulemaking hearing may be different than the proposed changes in this draft.  This draft is submitted to the Department of Regulatory Agencies for the purpose of complying with section 24-4-103(2.5), C.R.S., which requires that a draft be submitted to the Department at the time that a notice of proposed rulemaking is filed with the Secretary of State.

A final copy of the proposed rule changes will be available to the public no later than January 21, 2011, and a copy will be posted on the Department of State’s web site, in compliance with the requirement of section 24-4-103(4)(a), C.R.S., that “[a]ny proposed rule or revised proposed rule by an agency which is to be considered at the public hearing . . . shall be made available to any person at least five days prior to said hearing.”

Proposed additions to the current rules are reflected in small caps.  Proposed deletions from current rules are shown in stricken type.   Annotations may be included.

New Rule 4.27 would be adopted as follows:
4.27	In accordance with the decision of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sampson v. Buescher, Nos. 08-1389, 08-1415 (10th Cir. 2010), the $200 amount specified in Article XXVIII, section 2(10)(a) of the Colorado Constitution and section 1-45-108, C.R.S., is increased to  [$2,500].