North Carolina General Statutes
Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns.
§ 163-278.40A - Organizational report.

163-278.40A. Organizational report.
(a) Each candidate and political committee in a city election shall appoint a treasurer and, under verification, report the name and address of the treasurer to the board. A candidate may appoint himself or any other individual, including any relative except his spouse, as his treasurer. If the candidate fails to designate a treasurer, the candidate shall be deemed to have appointed himself as treasurer. A candidate or political committee may remove his or its treasurer.
(b) The organizational report shall state the bank account and number of such campaign fund. Each report required by this Part shall reflect all contributions, expenditures and loans made in behalf of a candidate. The organizational report shall be filed with the county board of elections within 10 days after the candidate files a notice of candidacy with the county board of elections, or within 10 days following the organization of the political committee, whichever occurs first. (1981, c. 837, s. 3; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws

Article 22A - Regulating Contributions and Expenditures in Political Campaigns.

§ 163-278.5 - Scope of Article; severability.

§ 163-278.6 - Definitions.

§ 163-278.7 - Appointment of political treasurers.

§ 163-278.7A - Gifts from federal political committees.

§ 163-278.8 - Detailed accounts to be kept by political treasurers.

§ 163-278.8A - Campaign sales by political party executive committees.

§ 163-278.8B - Affiliated party committees.

§ 163-278.8C - Council of State affiliated party committees.

§ 163-278.9 - Statements filed with Board.

§ 163-278.9A - Statements filed by referendum committees.

§ 163-278.10 - Procedure for inactive candidate or committee.

§ 163-278.10A - Threshold of $1,000 for financial reports for certain candidates.

§ 163-278.11 - Contents of treasurer's statement of receipts and expenditures.

§ 163-278.12 - Special reporting of contributions and independent expenditures.

§ 163-278.12C - Special reporting of electioneering communications.

§ 163-278.13 - Limitation on contributions.

§ 163-278.13B - Limitation on fund-raising during legislative session.

§ 163-278.13C - Campaign contributions prohibition.

§ 163-278.14 - No contributions in names of others; no anonymous contributions; contributions in excess of fifty dollars; no contribution without specific designation of contributor.

§ 163-278.14A - Evidence that communications are "to support or oppose the nomination or election of one or more clearly identified candidates."

§ 163-278.15 - No acceptance of contributions made by corporations, foreign and domestic, or other prohibited sources.

§ 163-278.16 - Regulations regarding timing of contributions and expenditures.

§ 163-278.16A - Restriction on use of State funds by declared candidate for Council of State for advertising or public service announcements using their names, pictures, or voices.

§ 163-278.16B - Use of contributions for certain purposes.

§ 163-278.17 - Statements of media outlets regarding political advertising.

§ 163-278.18 - Normal commercial charges for political advertising.

§ 163-278.19 - Violations by corporations, business entities, labor unions, professional associations and insurance companies.

§ 163-278.19A - Contributions allowed.

§ 163-278.19B - Political party headquarters building funds.

§ 163-278.21 - Promulgation of policy and administration through State Board of Elections.

§ 163-278.22 - Duties of State Board.

§ 163-278.23 - Duties of Executive Director of State Board.

§ 163-278.24 - Statements examined within four months.

§ 163-278.25 - Issuance of declaration of nomination or certificate of election.

§ 163-278.26 - Appeals from State Board of Elections; early docketing.

§ 163-278.27 - Criminal penalties; duty to report and prosecute.

§ 163-278.28 - Issuance of injunctions; special prosecutors named.

§ 163-278.29 - Compelling self-incriminating testimony; individual so testifying excused from prosecution.

§ 163-278.30 - Candidates for federal offices to file information reports.

§ 163-278.32 - Statements under oath.

§ 163-278.33 - Applicability of Article 22.

§ 163-278.34 - Civil penalties.

§ 163-278.34A - Presumptions.

§ 163-278.35 - Preservation of records.

§ 163-278.37 - County boards of elections to preserve reports.

§ 163-278.38 - Effect of failure to comply.

§ 163-278.38Z - Definitions.

§ 163-278.39 - Basic disclosure requirements for all political advertisements.

§ 163-278.39B - Recodified as G.S163-278.38Z by Session Laws 2004-203, s12(a), effective August 17, 2004.

§ 163-278.39C - Scope of disclosure requirements.

§ 163-278.40 - Definitions.

§ 163-278.40A - Organizational report.

§ 163-278.40B - Campaign report; partisan election.

§ 163-278.40C - Campaign report; nonpartisan election and runoff.

§ 163-278.40D - Campaign report; nonpartisan primary and elections.

§ 163-278.40E - Campaign report; nonpartisan plurality.

§ 163-278.40F - Form of report.

§ 163-278.40G - Content.

§ 163-278.40H - Notice of reports due.

§ 163-278.40I - Part 1 to apply.

§ 163-278.40J - Other committees report by municipal schedule.