§97-3 Contributions and expenditures; statement. (a) The following persons shall file a statement of expenditures with the state ethics commission on March 31, May 31, and January 31 of each year and within thirty days after adjournment sine die of any special session of the legislature:
(b) The March 31 report shall cover the period from January 1 through the last day of February. The May 31 report shall cover the period from March 1 through April 30. The January 31 report shall cover the period from May 1 through December 31 of the previous year. The report to be filed within thirty days after adjournment sine die of a special session of the legislature shall:
provided that those expenditures and contributions included in the report need not be included by the person filing the report in any subsequent statement of expenditures.
(c) The statement shall contain the following information:
(d) The receipt or expenditure of any money for the purpose of influencing the election or defeat of any candidate for an elective office or for the passage or defeat of any proposed measure at any special or general election is excluded from the reporting requirement of this section. [L 1975, c 160, pt of §1; am L 1979, c 91, §11; am L 1980, c 129, §1(d); am L 1982, c 105, §4; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 238, §1; am L 1995, c 220, §6; am L 2014, c 144, §1 and c 224, §1; am L 2017, c 51, §5; am L 2023, c 8, §1]