67-6612. DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS MADE TO SIGNATURE GATHERERS. (1) Any person who pays or provides other valuable consideration in an aggregate amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or more to another person or persons, in exchange for their actions or intended actions of gathering signatures on a ballot initiative petition or referendum, shall file a statement of the expenditure with the secretary of state.
(2) The provisions of this section shall apply beginning on the date that the ballot initiative or referendum petitioners receive from the secretary of state the official ballot title for which the person is paying to have signatures gathered and shall continue for as long as the filer makes payments to a signature gatherer or gatherers.
(3) Statements shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month during which the payments to the signature gatherers were made.
(4) The statement shall contain the following information:
(a) The name and address of any signature gatherer to whom a payment in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) has been made during the reported month; and
(b) The total sum of all payments made to signature gatherers in the aggregate during the reported month.
(5) In addition to the statements filed under subsection (3) of this section, any person who pays a signature gatherer or gatherers the aggregate amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more during the fourteen (14) days prior to the election shall file a notice of the expenditures with the secretary of state not more than forty-eight (48) hours from the time of the expenditure. The notice shall include the information required under subsection (4) of this section.
History:
[67-6612, added 2020, ch. 336, sec. 4, p. 979.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 66 - ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES — LOBBYISTS
Section 67-6601 - PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Section 67-6602 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 67-6603 - APPOINTMENT OF POLITICAL TREASURER.
Section 67-6604 - ACCOUNTS OF POLITICAL TREASURER.
Section 67-6605 - CONTRIBUTIONS OBTAINED BY A POLITICAL COMMITTEE.
Section 67-6606 - EXPENDITURES BY NONBUSINESS ENTITY.
Section 67-6607 - REPORTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 67-6608 - SPECIAL PROVISION FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS AND MEASURES.
Section 67-6609 - STATEMENT AS TO NO CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE.
Section 67-6610 - CONTRIBUTION IN EXCESS OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
Section 67-6610A - LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 67-6610B - RETIRING DEBT.
Section 67-6610C - USE OF CONTRIBUTED AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
Section 67-6611 - INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.
Section 67-6612 - DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS MADE TO SIGNATURE GATHERERS.
Section 67-6613 - COMMERCIAL REPORTING.
Section 67-6614 - IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
Section 67-6614A - PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF POLITICAL STATEMENTS.
Section 67-6615 - INSPECTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE AND COUNTY CLERKS.
Section 67-6616 - EXAMINATION OF STATEMENTS.
Section 67-6617 - REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS.
Section 67-6618 - EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.
Section 67-6619 - REPORTING BY LOBBYISTS.
Section 67-6619A - REPORTS BY STATE ENTITIES.
Section 67-6620 - EMPLOYMENT OF UNREGISTERED PERSONS.
Section 67-6621 - DUTIES OF LOBBYISTS.
Section 67-6623 - DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND COUNTY CLERKS.
Section 67-6624 - STATEMENTS TO BE CERTIFIED.
Section 67-6625 - VIOLATIONS — CIVIL FINE — MISDEMEANOR PENALTY — PROSECUTION — LIMITATION — VENUE.
Section 67-6625A - LATE FILING OF STATEMENT OR REPORT — FEES.
Section 67-6626 - INJUNCTIONS.
Section 67-6628 - ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS — STATEMENTS.