(a) In addition to other reporting required under this article, any member, or any candidate committee for a member of the Legislature who is a candidate for legislative office, who has a fund-raising event while the Legislature is in session, shall disclose the existence of the event and the receipt of all contributions, including the source and amounts, within five business days after the fund-raising event.
(b) The reporting requirements under this section also apply to former candidates or candidate committees for legislative office who are still holding any legislative office and who use a fund-raising event to retire or pay-off debt of a campaign account while the Legislature is in session.
(c) The reporting requirements of this section do not relieve a candidate or candidate’s committee from reporting contributions received and disclosed in conformity with this section from reporting them as required by the regular reporting requirements as contained in section five of this article.
(d) The Secretary of State shall prepare a form for disclosure of these contributions and publish the information on the Secretary of State’s website within forty-eight hours of the Secretary of State receiving the completed form: Provided, That as an alternative, the Secretary of State is authorized to establish a means for electronic filing and disclosure.
(e) Pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the Secretary of State may propose rules and emergency rules for legislative approval relating to procedures and policies consistent with this section.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections
§3-8-1. Provisions to Regulate and Control Elections
§3-8-2. Requirements for Reporting Independent Expenditures
§3-8-2b. Disclosure of Electioneering Communication
§3-8-3. Committee Treasurers; Required to Receive and Disburse Funds
§3-8-4. Treasurers and Financial Agents; Written Designation Requirements
§3-8-4a. Termination of Political Committees
§3-8-5. Detailed Accounts and Verified Financial Statements Required
§3-8-5a. Information Required in Financial Statement
§3-8-5b. Where Financial Statements and Reports Shall Be Filed; Filing Date Prescribed
§3-8-5c. Contribution Limitations
§3-8-5d. Offenses and Penalties
§3-8-5e. Pre-Candidacy Financing and Expenditures
§3-8-5f. Loans to Candidates, Organizations or Persons for Election Purposes
§3-8-5g. Prohibition on Political Contributions and Expenditures by Foreign Nationals
§3-8-6. Financial Statement Forms; Filing; Disposition
§3-8-7. Failure to File Statement; Delinquent or Incomplete Filing; Criminal and Civil Penalties
§3-8-9a. Coordinated Expenditures
§3-8-10. Use of Certain Contributions
§3-8-11. Specific Acts Forbidden; Penalties
§3-8-13. Parties Liable and Subject to Penalties
§3-8-14. Effective Date of Certain Criminal Offenses
§3-8-15. Disclosure of Contributions During Legislative Session