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

11.	Electronic Filing.
11.1	Effective October 1, 2007, all disclosure reports filed with the secretary of state pursuant to Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution and Article 45 of Tile 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes shall be filed electronically.  Reports required to be filed electronically with the secretary of state under this rule that are presented for manual filing shall not be accepted.
11.2	In accordance with section 24-21-111, C.R.S., reports are not required to be filed electronically in any of the following circumstances:
	11.2.1	An individual report contains fewer than thirty (30) entries.
	11.2.2	The secretary of state has granted an exception to the electronic filing requirement after written application based on hardship or other good cause shown.  All applications for an exception shall include a brief statement of the hardship or good cause for which the exception is sought.  Applications must be received by the secretary of state at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first applicable filing deadline in the election cycle, unless the exception is based on emergency circumstances arising after such deadline, in which case the nature of the emergency shall be described in the application.  The filing of an application for exception based on emergency circumstances does not delay any reporting deadlines, however, if a penalty is imposed for failure to file a report on the date due, the penalty may be set aside or reduced in accordance with section 10(2) of Article XXVIII.  The Secretary of State shall review and respond in writing to all applications for an exception within three (3) business days.
	11.2.3	The report is filed using the secretary of state’s Electronic Data Interface (EDI) upon approval of the secretary of state.
11.3	For the purposes of this rule 11, “electronic filing” is defined as the filing of reports required by Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution and Article 45 of Tile 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes utilizing the internet system created by the secretary of state pursuant to section 1-45-109(6), C.R.S.
11.4	For the purposes of this rule 11, “entry” is defined as any contribution, expenditure, returned contribution, or expenditure, loan, or loan repayment

New Rule 12 would be adopted as follows:
12.	Inflationary Adjustments to Contribution and Voluntary Spending Limits
12.1	Calculation of adjustments.
	12.1.1	In accordance with sections 3(13) and 4(7) of Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, limits on contributions set forth in section 2(14) and subsections (1), (2), (3), and (5) of section 3, and the voluntary limits on spending set forth in section 4(1), are adjusted in the first quarter of 2007 and shall be adjusted every four years thereafter, based on the percentage change in the consumer price index for the Denver-Boulder-Greeley area, over the four year period immediately preceding the adjustment.   
  	12.1.2	In determining the adjusted amount, the percentage change in the consumer price index is rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.  In accordance with sections 3(13) and 4(7), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, the adjusted limits are rounded to the nearest, lowest twenty-five dollars ($25).
12.2	There is no adjustment to the contribution limits on individual donations to small donor committees outlined in section 2(14), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution.
12.3	The aggregate limits on contributions from any person for a primary or a general election, described in section 3(1), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, are adjusted as follows:
a. 	Five hundred twenty-five dollars ($525) to any one:
(I) 	Governor candidate committee for the primary election, and governor and lieutenant governor candidate committee, as joint candidates under 1-1-104, C.R.S., or any successor section, for the general election;
(II) 	Secretary of state, state treasurer, or attorney general candidate committee.
b. 	There is no adjustment to the limits on contributions to any one state senate, state house of representatives, state board of education, regent of the university of Colorado, or any district attorney candidate committee.
12.4	The aggregate limits on contributions from a small donor committee for a primary or a general election, described in section 3(2), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, are adjusted as follows:
a. 	Five thousand three hundred dollars ($5,300) to any one:
(I) 	Governor candidate committee for the primary election, and governor and lieutenant governor candidate committee, as joint candidates under 1-1-104, C.R.S., or any successor section, for the general election;
(II) 	Secretary of state, state treasurer, or attorney general candidate committee; and
b. 	Two thousand one hundred, twenty-five dollars ($2,125) to any one state senate, state house of representatives, state board of education, regent of the university of Colorado, or any district attorney candidate committee.
12.5 	The aggregate limits on contributions from any person to a political party, described in section 3(3)(a), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, are adjusted as follows:
a. 	Three thousand one hundred seventy-five dollars ($3,175) per year at the state, county, district, and local level combined; and
b. 	Of such, no more than two thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2,650) at the state level.
12.6	The aggregate limits on contributions from a small donor committee to a political party, described in section 3(3)(b), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, are adjusted as follows:
a. 	Fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars ($15,900) per year at the state, county, district, and local level combined; and
b. 	Of such, no more than thirteen thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($13,250) at the state level.
12.7	The aggregate limits on pro-rata contributions or dues made to political committees, described in section 3(5), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution, are adjusted to five hundred twenty-five dollars ($525) per house of representatives election cycle.
12.8	The voluntary spending limits for a candidate described in section 4(1), Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution are adjusted as follows:
a. 	The spending limit for governor, and governor and lieutenant governor as joint candidates under 1-1-104, C.R.S., or any successor section shall be adjusted to two million six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,650,000).
	b.  	The spending limit for a candidate for secretary of state, attorney general, or treasurer shall be adjusted to five hundred thirty thousand dollars ($530,000).
	c.  	The spending limit for a candidate for state senate shall be adjusted to ninety five thousand four hundred dollars ($95,400).
	d.  	The spending limit for a candidate for state house of representatives, state board of education, regent of the university of Colorado or district attorney shall be adjusted to sixty eight thousand, nine hundred dollars ($68,900).