Code of Alabama
Chapter 5 - The Fair Campaign Practices Act.
Section 17-5-3 - Political Action Committees; Officers; Accounting and Reporting.

(a) Every political action committee shall have a chair and a treasurer.
(b) All funds of a political action committee shall be segregated from, and shall not be commingled with, any personal funds of officers, members, or associates of such committee.
(c) It shall be the duty of the treasurer of a political action committee to keep a detailed, exact account of:
(1) All contributions made to or for such committee.
(2) All expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee.
(3) The identification of every person to whom an expenditure is made, the date and amount thereof, and the name of each candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made or a designation of the election proposition the result of which the political action committee will attempt to influence by making expenditures or receiving contributions.
(d) It shall be the duty of the treasurer to obtain and keep a receipted bill or cancelled check, stating the particulars for every expenditure made by or on behalf of a political action committee greater than one hundred dollars ($100), and for any such expenditure in a lesser amount, if the aggregate amount of such expenditures to the same person during a calendar year is greater than one hundred dollars ($100). Provided, however, the treasurer of a political action committee shall not be required under this chapter to report any expenditure not related to political contributions or expenditures or made as an administrative expense. The treasurer shall preserve all receipted bills and accounts required to be kept by this section for a period of two years from the date of any such expenditure.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 17 - Elections.

Chapter 5 - The Fair Campaign Practices Act.

Section 17-5-1 - Short Title.

Section 17-5-2 - Definitions.

Section 17-5-3 - Political Action Committees; Officers; Accounting and Reporting.

Section 17-5-4 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Filing Statement to Show Principal Campaign Committee; Duties and Procedures; Dissolution.

Section 17-5-5 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Statement of Organization; Notice of Termination or Dissolution.

Section 17-5-5.1 - Regulation of Legislative Caucus Organizations.

Section 17-5-6 - Checking Account; Expenditures.

Section 17-5-7 - Use of Excess Moneys Received; Solicitation, etc., of Contributions.

Section 17-5-7.1 - Return or Refund of Contributions.

Section 17-5-7.2 - Disposal of Campaign Property.

Section 17-5-8 - Reports of Contributions and Expenditures by Candidates, Committees, and Officials; Filing; Procedure

Section 17-5-8.1 - Electronic Reporting; Electronic Searchable Database; Rules.

Section 17-5-8.2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 17-5-9 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Filing Procedures.

Section 17-5-10 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Public Inspection of Reports; Date of Receipt.

Section 17-5-11 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Duties of Secretary of State.

Section 17-5-12 - Identification of Paid Advertisements.

Section 17-5-13 - Cards, Pamphlets, Circulars, etc., to Bear Name of Candidate, Committee, Etc.

Section 17-5-14 - Corporate Contributions or Expenditures to Political Action Committees; Establishment by Corporation; Actions by Utilities.

Section 17-5-14.1 - Establishment of Segregated, Separate Political Funds; Voluntary Contributions; Filing of Disclosure Reports; Violations.

Section 17-5-15 - Contributions by One Person in Name of Another; Contributions Between Political Action Committees, Etc.

Section 17-5-15.1 - Limitation on Receipt and Spending of Funds by Principal Campaign Committee of a State or Local Candidate.

Section 17-5-16 - Fraudulent Misrepresentation as Acting for Candidate, etc., Prohibited; Automated or Pre-Recorded Communications.

Section 17-5-17 - Solicitation by Force, Job Discrimination, Threats, etc., Prohibited.

Section 17-5-18 - Failure to File Required Statement or Report.

Section 17-5-19 - Violations.

Section 17-5-19.1 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Civil Penalties.

Section 17-5-19.2 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Administrative Review.

Section 17-5-20 - Appointment of Designated Filing Agents; Submission of Reports.

Section 17-5-21 - Administrative Rules.