Amendments Adopted September 17th, 2009

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

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.
Effective January 1, 2010:

Rules 2.10 are amended and Rule 2.11 is repealed as follows:
2.10	In accordance with the procedures set out in the “State Administrative Procedure Act” (Article 4 of Title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes), the secretary of state may close an inactive committee after two years of non-reporting.  A committee shall be deemed inactive for the purpose of this rule after such committee has failed to file any reports with the appropriate filing officer for two consecutive years. [Article XXVIII, Section 2(3), and C.R.S. 24-4-105]
2.10.1	A county clerk and recorder or municipal clerk designated as a committee’s appropriate filing officer pursuant to section 1-45-109, C.R.S., may request the secretary of state to close a committee pursuant to this Rule.  Such request shall be submitted in writing and contain a statement from the county clerk and recorder or municipal clerk that no disclosure reports have been received for at least two years either manually or electronically from such committee, and any other information that is relevant.
2.11	The “appropriate filing officer” for a political committee whose purpose is to support  or oppose school board candidates or an issue committee whose purpose is to support or oppose a ballot issue, question, or measure for a school district not wholly contained within a single county shall be the county clerk and recorder of the county where the school district administrative offices are located. Repealed.
Rules 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, and 5.10 are amended as follows:
5.7	The reporting period for any quarterly, monthly, or biweekly report begins on the first day following the last day of the reporting period for the previous report filed with the secretary of state appropriate officer.  [1-45-108(2)(c)]
5.8	Special district elections.
a.		For rReports relating to special district elections that are required to be filed with the county clerk and recorder shall be required only on the 21st day prior to, and on the Friday prior to, and on the 30th day after the date of the regular election. [1-45-109(1)(a)(ii) and (1)(c)]
b.	Reports relating to special district elections that are required to be filed with the secretary of state shall be subject to quarterly, monthly, and biweekly reporting as provided in section 1-45-108(2)(a)(I) if the major elections for such special district occur on the date of the general election.  If the major elections for such special district occur at any other time, then reports shall be required only on the 21st day prior to, on the Friday prior to, and on the 30th day after the date of the regular election. Repealed.
5.9	The reporting period for any report that is required to be filed with the county clerk and recorder pursuant to sections 1-45-109(1)(a)(II) and (1)(c) shall close five calendar days prior to the date that the report is due. 
5.10	For purposes of section 1-45-108(2)(d), which exempts a candidate committee for a former officeholder or person not elected to office from reporting if there is no change in the balance of funds maintained by such committee and if certain other conditions are met, a change in the balance of funds resulting solely from the accrual of interest or dividends to the account and/or the automatic deduction of periodic service fees does not subject such candidate committee to the reporting requirements of section 1-45-108, C.R.S., except that such candidate committee shall file an annual report for each calendar year.  State candidate committees shall file such report not later than January 15th of the following year, and county and municipal candidate committees shall file such report in accordance with section 1-45-108(2)(a)(II),, C.R.S.  Candidate committees that choose this option must notify, in writing, the appropriate filing officer of their intent. [1-45-108(2)(c) and (2)(d)]
a. 	State candidate committees shall file such report not later than January 15th of the following year.
b.	All other candidate committees shall file such report on the first 	day of the month in which the anniversary of the major election occurs, in accordance with section 1-45-108(2)(a)(II), C.R.S.  
Rule 5.11 is repealed as follows:
5.11	County political party organizations shall file required reports pursuant to section 1‑45‑108 (2)(a)(II) with the county clerk and recorder for their jurisdiction.  State political party organizations shall file required reports pursuant to section 1-45-108 with the secretary of state. Repealed. 
Rules 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 are amended as follows:
8.1	The special district designated election official or, as applicable, the presiding officer or the secretary of the board of directors, under section 32-1-804.3(5), C.R.S., shall provide to the Secretary of State  county clerk and recorder of the county in which the district court having jurisdiction over the special district pursuant to section 32-1-303, C.R.S., is located, the self-nomination and acceptance forms and letters, and affidavits of intent to be a write-in candidate no later than the date established for certification of the special district’s ballot pursuant to section 1-5-203(3)(a), C.R.S.
8.2	If a candidate for a special district office fails to file a candidate affidavit, or the filed self-nomination and acceptance form or letter, or the affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate does not contain the statement required by section 1-45-110(1), C.R.S., the county clerk and recorder Secretary of State shall mail the special district a copy of the notification to the candidate regarding pending disqualification sent pursuant to section 1-45-110(3).
8.3	The clerk and recorder’s Secretary of State’s receipt of the self-nomination and acceptance form or letter or the affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be deemed to be filed by the candidate; provided, however, that.  nNothing in this rule shall be deemed or construed to impose any duty on a designated election official, presiding officer, or secretary to file any document on behalf of any candidate or to relieve any candidate of any obligation to file any document required by the fair campaign practices act, article XXVIII, or other law.