A Report of Contributions and Expenditures by a political action committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
A. (1) the name of the committee and the time period covered by the report;
(2) the total of all monetary contributions accepted during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all monetary contributions accepted during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(3) the total of all monetary contributions from other political action committees accepted during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all monetary contributions from other political action committees accepted during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(4) the total of all other funds accepted during the time period covered by the report, including transfers from an associated political action committee, and the aggregate total of all such other funds accepted during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(5) the total of all monetary contributions or funds accepted from any source during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all monetary contributions or funds accepted during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(6) the total value of all in-kind contributions accepted during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total value of all in-kind contributions accepted during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(7) the total of all expenditures (other than contributions to candidate committees, independent expenditures or electioneering communications) made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all such expenditures made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(8) the total of all refunds made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all refunds made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(9) the total of all transfers made to or received from an associated political action committee during the time period covered by the report and the date of each transfer, and the aggregate total of all such transfers made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(10) the total amount of all contributions made by the committee to a candidate committee during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all such contributions made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(11) the total amount of all independent expenditures made by the committee during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all such independent expenditures made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(12) the total amount of funds spent on electioneering communications made by the committee during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of funds spent on electioneering communications made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(13) the beginning balance of the committee account for the reporting period, and the closing balance of the committee account at the end of the reporting period;
(14) for limited committees affiliated with a corporation or labor union, the total amount of funds spent by the corporation or labor union during the time period covered by the report for the costs of establishment of, administration of and solicitation of contributions to the committee; and the aggregate total of funds spent on the costs of establishment of, administration of and solicitation of contributions to the committee made during the calendar year.
B. (1) The name, address, occupation and employer of any person other than a political action committee making a contribution or contributions exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in value in the aggregate, the date and amount of any monetary or in-kind contributions made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all contributions accepted from the person during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(2) the total of all contributions accepted during the time period covered by the report from contributors making contributions of no more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in the aggregate, and the aggregate total of all such contributions during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(3) the name and Commission identification number of a political action committee making a contribution or contributions, the date and amount of any monetary or in-kind contributions made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all contributions accepted from the political action committee during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(4) the name, address, occupation and employer, if applicable, of a contributor to whom a refund was made during the time period covered by the report, the date and amount of the refund, and the aggregate total of all contributions refunded to the contributor during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(5) loans made to the committee during the time period covered by the report, including loans by commercial financial institutions; the name, address and, if applicable, occupation and employer, of the person making the loan; the amount of the loan, the date the loan was made, the interest rate for the loan, the repayment terms for the loan and the total of all loans made to the committee; any payments on loans during the time period covered by the report, the amount of the payment, the date the payment was made and the remaining balance of the loan following the payment; and the total of all payments made on all loans to the committee and the remaining balance on all loans to the committee during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(6) the name and address of any person or entity to whom an expenditure of more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) in the aggregate was made during the time period covered by the report, a description of the goods or services purchased with the expenditure, and the aggregate total of all expenditures made to the person or entity during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report. Split purchasing for the purpose of evading reporting an expenditure shall be prohibited. Expenditures made to compensate political consultants and similar consultants shall be reported by identifying the type of services provided to the campaign by the consultants. Expenditures made by political consultants and other third parties on behalf of the committee shall be reported as if the expenditures were made by the committee. Expenditures made by using a credit card shall be reported by itemizing each individual expenditure of more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Contributions accepted from a limited liability company shall be reported as contributions from the individual members of the limited liability company in proportions equal to their ownership interest in the limited liability company. Contributions accepted from a partnership shall be reported as contributions from the individual partners of the partnership in proportions equal to their ownership interest in the partnership. As used in this section, “associated political action committee” shall mean a political action committee registered with the Federal Election Commission when the connected or affiliated entities of the two committees share a formal business relationship such as the national and state organizations of a professional or business organization or labor union. Transfers between a political action committee and an associated political action committee shall not be considered as contributions or expenditures.
C. The Report of Contributions and Expenditures for Non-Oklahoma Committees shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) the name of the committee and the time period covered by the report;
(2) the total amount of all contributions made by the committee to an Oklahoma state candidate committee during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all such contributions made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(3) the total amount of all independent expenditures made by the committee during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all such independent expenditures made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(4) the total amount of funds spent on electioneering communications made by the committee during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of funds spent on electioneering communications made during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report;
(5) The name, address, occupation and employer of any Oklahoma resident making a contribution or contributions exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in value in the aggregate, the date and amount of any monetary or in-kind contributions made during the time period covered by the report, and the aggregate total of all contributions accepted from the person during the calendar year of the time period covered by the report.
Promulgated by Ethics Commission January 10, 2014; effective upon Legislature’s sine die adjournment May 23, 2014; operative January 1, 2015.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
Rule 1.1. Purpose of Ethics Rules.
Rule 1.4. Determination of Timely Filing.
Rule 1.5. Political Activity of Ethics Commissioners.
Rule 1.6. Ethics Commissioners Disqualification.
Rule 1.8. Forms and Publications
Rule 2.4. Prohibited Uses of Public Funds to Influence Elections.
Rule 2.5. Elective Officer Prohibited From Soliciting Contributions from Employees.
Rule 2.7. Prohibition on distribution of campaign materials on state property
Rule 2.8. Use of Public Property for Political Purposes
Rule 2.10. Use of Public Facilities for Voter Registration.
Rule 2.11. Newsletters and Informational Materials by Elected State Officers.
Rule 2.12. Posting of Material by Elected State Officers Indicating Positions on Issues.
Rule 2.13. State Employees Maintaining Schedule for Elected Officers.
Rule 2.14. Prohibition on Use of State Owned Equipment and Resources for Campaigns.
Rule 2.15. Prohibition on Use of State Owned Equipment to Make a Campaign Contribution.
Rule 2.16. Use of Social Media Account by State Officer.
Rule 2.17. General Rule for Contributions.
Rule 2.18. Contribution in Name of Another.
Rule 2.19. Cash Contributions.
Rule 2.20. Anonymous Contributions.
Rule 2.21. Contribution Deemed Accepted if Not Returned.
Rule 2.22. Deposit of Contributions.
Rule 2.23. Corporate and Labor Union Contributions Prohibited.
Rule 2.24. Contributions by Limited Liability Companies.
Rule 2.25. Contributions by Partnerships.
Rule 2.26. Use of Corporate Funds for Political Action Committees.
Rule 2.27. Use of Labor Union Funds for Political Action Committees.
Rule 2.29. Corporate and Labor Union Communications Not Considered as Contributions.
Rule 2.30. Candidate Committee Prohibited from Receiving Federal Candidate Committee Contributions.
Rule 2.31. Contributions to Political Party.
Rule 2.32. Contributions by Political Party Committee.
Rule 2.33. Contributions to and by Limited Committee.
Rule 2.35. Contributions to and by Unlimited Committee.
Rule 2.36. Contributions to State Question Committee.
Rule 2.37. Contributions to candidate committees
Rule 2.38. Candidate Contributions to Own Committee.
Rule 2.39. Personal Use of Contributions Prohibited.
Rule 2.40. Political Party Expenditures.
Rule 2.41. Limited Committee Expenditures.
Rule 2.42. Unlimited Committee Expenditures.
Rule 2.43. Candidate Committee Expenditures.
Rule 2.44. Officeholder Expenses.
Rule 2.45. Calculation of Travel Expenditures.
Rule 2.46. Political Party Committee Surplus Funds.
Rule 2.47. Political Action Committee Surplus Funds.
Rule 2.48. Candidate Committee Surplus Funds.
Rule 2.49. Candidate Committee Prohibition on Independent Expenditures.
Rule 2.50. Unlimited Independent Expenditures.
Rule 2.51. Electioneering Communications by Candidate Committees.
Rule 2.52. Unlimited Electioneering Communications.
Rule 2.53. Political Party Electronic Advertisement Disclosure Requirements.
Rule 2.54. Political Party Printed Advertisement Disclosure Requirements.
Rule 2.55. Candidate Committee Electronic Advertisement Disclosure Requirements.
Rule 2.56. Candidate Committee Printed Advertisements Disclosure Requirements.
Rule 2.59. Joint Candidate Fund
Rule 2.60. Hosting Fundraisers in Residence.
Rule 2.64. Free Campaign Related Goods or Services and Sale of Campaign Related Goods or Services.
Rule 2.65. Loans to Committees by Commercial Financial Institutions.
Rule 2.66. Loans to Political Party or Political Action Committees by Non
Rule 2.67. Loans to Candidate Committees by Candidate and Other Non
Rule 2.68. Designation of Candidate Committee.
Rule 2.69. Permissible number of candidate committees
Rule 2.70. When to File a Candidate Committee Statement of Organization.
Rule 2.71. Candidate Committee Officers
Rule 2.72. Vacancy in Treasurer Office
Rule 2.73. Candidate Committee Treasurer Responsibilities.
Rule 2.74. Filling Candidate Committee Officer Vacancy.
Rule 2.75. Candidate Committee Statement of Organization Requirements.
Rule 2.76. Executive Director Authority to Require Additional Information.
Rule 2.77. Judicial Candidates Exclusively Responsible for Compliance with Rules.
Rule 2.78. Exploratory Activities.
Rule 2.79. Political Action Committee Definition.
Rule 2.80. Statement of Organization
Rule 2.81. Political Action Committee Officers.
Rule 2.82. Vacancy in Treasurer Office
Rule 2.83. Political Action Committee Treasurer Responsibilities.
Rule 2.84. Filling Political Action Committee Office Vacancy.
Rule 2.85. Political Action Committee Statement of Organization Requirements.
Rule 2.87. Limitations on Solicitations by Political Action Committee Affiliated with Corporation.
Rule 2.89. Limitations on Solicitations by Political Action Committee Affiliated with Labor Union.
Rule 2.90. Solicitations by Non
Rule 2.91. Contributions to Be Voluntary.
Rule 2.92. Registration Requirements for Out of State Political Action Committee.
Rule 2.94. Campaign Depository in Financial Institution.
Rule 2.95. Campaign Depository Account Requirements.
Rule 2.96. Political Action Committee Registered with Federal Election Commission.
Rule 2.97. Payment of Costs of Affiliated Limited Committee.
Rule 2.98. Reports for Political Action Committee Registered with Federal Election Committee.
Rule 2.99. Reports for Out of State Political Action Committees.
Rule 2.100. Quarterly Report of Contributions and Expenditures
Rule 2.101. Candidate committees
Rule 2.102. Continuing Reports by Candidate Committee Between Pre
Rule 2.103. First Report for Candidate Committee or Political Action Committee.
Rule 2.104. Report by political party committee
Rule 2.105. Report Requirements for Political Action Committee.
Rule 2.106. Report Requirements for Candidate Committee.
Rule 2.107. Independent expenditure reports
Rule 2.108. Electioneering communication reports
Rule 2.110. Campaign Communications Received on State Equipment by State Officer or Employee.
Rule 2.111. Use of Personal Resources for Volunteer Campaign Communications.
Rule 2.112. Use of Commercial Resources for Campaign Communications.
Rule 2.113. Website Development
Rule 2.114. Dissolution of Political Party Committee.
Rule 2.115. Dissolution of Political Action Committee.
Rule 2.116. Dissolution of Candidate Committee.
Rule 2.117. Resolution of Committee Debt.
Rule 2.118. Final report of contributions and expenditures
Rule 2.119. Special purpose committees
Rule 2.121. Special Committee Reports.
Rule 2.122. Electronic Filing.
Rule 3.15. Financial disclosure statements
Rule 3.16. Financial disclosure by elected or appointed state officers.
Rule 4.3. Rules or Policies More Restrictive than Ethics Rules.
Rule 4.5. Misuse of Authority.
Rule 4.6. State Officer or Employee Emergency Relief Efforts.
Rule 4.7. State Officer Impartiality.
Rule 4.8. Gifts from Vendors to Persons Engaged in Purchasing Decisions.
Rule 4.9. Gifts from Successful Vendors.
Rule 4.10. Gifts to State Officers or Employees from Regulated and Licensed Entities.
Rule 4.11. Gratuities Offered at Seminars
Rule 4.12. Modest Items of Food and Refreshments
Rule 4.13. Acceptance of Meals
Rule 4.14. Acceptance of Meals
Rule 4.15. Benefits arising from presenting information at a conference or other event
Rule 4.16. Acceptance of meals for professional
Rule 4.17. Gifts to Superiors by State Officers or Employees.
Rule 4.18. State Officer or Employee Representation of Others in Transactions involving the State.
Rule 4.19. State Officer or Employee Representation of Others Before Employing Agency.
Rule 4.20. Acceptance of Things of Value When Representing the State in an Official Capacity.
Rule 4.21. Representation of Constituents by Governor and Legislature.
Rule 4.23. State Officer or Employee Violation of Rules through Indirect Action.
Rule 5.3. Annual Registration for Legislative Liaison and Legislative Lobbyist.
Rule 5.5. Annual Registration and Termination of Registration for Executive Lobbyist.
Rule 5.6. Nothing of value to be provided or accepted except as provided in these Rules
Rule 5.7. Meal Limits for Legislative Liaisons or Legislative Lobbyist.
Rule 5.8. Gift Limits for Legislative Liaison or LegislativeLobbyist.
Rule 5.9. Meals Provided by Non
Rule 5.10. Meal Limits for Executive Lobbyist.
Rule 5.11. Gift Limits for Executive Lobbyist.
Rule 5.12. Modest Items of Food and Refreshments.
Rule 5.13. Lobbyist Principal Gifts for Public Service to Individual State Officer or Employee.
Rule 5.15. Food and Beverage Provided by a Lobbyist Principal to a Political Caucus.
Rule 5.17. Food and Beverage Provided by a Lobbyist Principal for Out of State Events.
Rule 5.18. Lobbyist Principal Purchase of Tickets or Sponsorship of Bona Fide Community
Rule 5.19. Legislative Liaison and Legislative Lobbyist Report Deadlines.
Rule 5.20. Executive Lobbyist Report Deadlines.
Rule 5.21. Legislative Lobbyist Report Required Information.
Rule 5.22. Executive Lobbyist Report Required Information.
Rule 5.23. Legislative Liaison
Rule 5.24. Executive Director Authority to Require Additional Information.
Rule 5.25. Waiver based on preexisting relationships
Rule 5.26. Legislative Liaison
Rule 5.27. Lobbying Activity Disclosure Requirements.
Rule 5.28. State Officer or Employee Prohibition on Legislative or Executive Lobbying.
Rule 5.29. Lobbyist or Legislative Liaison Violation of Rules through Indirect Action
Rule 6.3. Source of a complaint
Rule 6.5. Preliminary Investigation of Complaint.
Rule 6.6. Commission Review of Complaint or Investigation.
Rule 6.7. Formal Investigation.
Rule 6.9. Confidentiality of Complaint or Investigation.
Rule 6.10. Commission Action During Formal Investigation.
Rule 6.11. Commission Transmittal of Information to Appropriate Authorities.
Rule 6.12. Civil Lawsuits for Violation of Rules.
Rule 6.13. Civil Penalties for Violation of Rules.
Rule 6.15. Monetary Liability for Violation of Rules.
Rule 6.16. Monetary Liability Assessed by District Court.
Rule 6.17. Separate Liability Assessed by District Court.