Amendments Adopted April 2, 2010
SECRETARY OF STATE
RULES CONCERNING CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE 
[8 CCR 1505-6]

(Redline Version)

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

Rule 4.12 is repealed as follows:
4.12	Repealed.
Rule 4.22 is repealed as follows:
4.22	Repealed.
New rule 4.26 is adopted as follows:	
4.26	For disclosure required pursuant to section 1-45-108(1)(a)(III), C.R.S., if the person making the expenditure for electioneering communications is a corporation or labor organization, disclosure of the names and addresses of persons contributing $250 or more used to make electioneering communications shall only be required if such moneys are specifically intended to be used for electioneering communications.
New Rule 9.6 is adopted as follows:
9.6	In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of Colorado in In re: Interrogatories Propounded by Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Concerning the Effect of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S.          (2010) on Certain Provisions of Article XX[V]III of the Constitution of the State of Colorado,  notwithstanding Article XXVIII, section 3(4)(a) and section 6(2) of the Colorado Constitution, corporations and labor organizations shall not be prohibited from making independent expenditures or from providing funding for electioneering communications.  Such expenditures shall be reported in accordance with section 1-45-108(2), C.R.S., and this rule.	 
Rule 14.3 is amended as follows:
14.3	For the purposes of section 5, article XXVIII, any person, including a corporation or labor organization, who is otherwise not required to file reports with the Secretary of State or county clerk and who obligates funds exceeding $1,000 for any single independent expenditure more than 30 days prior to a primary or general election shall deliver notice to the Secretary of State in accordance with the reporting schedule established for political parties in section 1-45-108 (2), C.R.S. [In re: Interrogatories Propounded by Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Concerning the Effect of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S.           (2010) on Certain Provisions of Article XX[V]III of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, No. 10SA43 (Colo. Mar. 22, 2010)]
Rule 14.4 is amended as follows:
14.4	Notwithstanding rules 14.1 and 14.2, any person (including a natural person, entity, candidate committee, political committee, small donor committee, political party, 527 political organization, corporation, or labor organization) who obligates funds in any amount for an independent expenditure, fewer than 31 days before a primary or general election, shall deliver notice to the Secretary of State within 48 hours of obligating funds for such expenditure. [In re: Interrogatories Propounded by Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Concerning the Effect of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S.           (2010) on Certain Provisions of Article XX[V]III of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, No. 10SA43 (Colo. Mar. 22, 2010)]