8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1505-6-12

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Rule 8 CCR 1505-6-12 - Changing or Closing a Committee

12.1 A committee must report any change to its committee registration statement to the appropriate filing officer within ten days. [Section 1-45-108(3), C.R.S.]

12.2 A candidate seeking a different public office must terminate his or her existing candidate committee and register a new candidate committee within ten days. See Rule 2.2.

12.3 A committee may file a termination report terminating the committee if the following conditions are met:

12.3.1 The committee no longer intends to receive contributions or make expenditures;

12.3.2 The committee's TRACER account has a zero balance, indicating it has no cash or assets on hand and there are no outstanding debts, penalties, or obligations;

12.3.3 A committee may dispose of assets remaining in its possession before termination in the same manner as allowed for unexpended contributions;

12.3.4 The committee has no pending campaign and political finance complaints or related proceedings pending before the elections division or any court; and

12.3.5 In addition to the requirements outlined in this Rule 12.3, candidate committees must terminate within:

(a) One year after the election, if the candidate was not elected; or

(b) One year after an elected candidate leaves office.

[Sections 1-45-103.7(12)(a)(I) and (II), C.R.S.]

12.4 Administrative committee terminations. The appropriate officer may terminate a standalone candidate or committee if the standalone candidate or committee fails to file any required reports for six consecutive reporting periods or 18 months, whichever is shorter, or files "zero" reports or reports with no activity for the same time period in accordance with the procedures set out in the State Administrative Procedure Act. [Colo. Const. Article XXVIII, Section 2(3), and section 24-4-105, C.R.S.]

12.5 If the appropriate filing office receives verifiable information in writing that the candidate is deceased, the appropriate filing office may immediately terminate the candidate's candidate committee.

8 CCR 1505-6-12

38 CR 13, July 10, 2015, effective 7/30/2015

38 CR 22, November 25, 2015, effective 12/15/2015

39 CR 17, September 10, 2016, effective 9/30/2016

40 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/2017

41 CR 15, August 10, 2018, effective 8/30/2018

41 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 11/30/2018

42 CR 01, January 10, 2019, effective 1/30/2019

43 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 9/30/2020

45 CR 20, October 25, 2022, effective 11/14/2022

46 CR 06, March 25, 2023, effective 2/15/2023

46 CR 10, May 25, 2023, effective 4/13/2023

46 CR 09, May 10, 2023, effective 5/30/2023

46 CR 18, September 25, 2023, effective 10/15/2023