8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1505-6-5
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024
Rule 8 CCR 1505-6-5 - Independent Expenditures and Independent Expenditure Committees5.1 An independent expenditure committee must report donations over $20 given for the purpose of making an independent expenditure. 5.1.1 An independent expenditure committee must itemize donations of $250 or more per year given for the purpose of making an independent expenditure and include the name and address of the donor.5.1.2 Except for a committee exercising its right to cure under section 1-45-111.7(4), C.R.S., if the committee is unable to gather the information required by section 1-45-107.5(4)(b)(II), or (III), C.R.S., within 30 days after receipt of the donation, the committee must return the donation to the donor no later than the 31st day after receipt.5.1.3 An independent expenditure committee must itemize independent expenditures made in an aggregate amount of $1,000 in any one calendar year and include the information required by section 1-45-107.5, C.R.S.5.1.4 An independent expenditure committee must list all expenditures of $250 or more during a reporting period, including the name and address of payees. The committee may report any disbursement not defined as an expenditure to the appropriate officer.5.1.5 An independent expenditure committee must list individual expenditures in amounts of less than $250 that aggregate to total of $250 or more to the same payee during the reporting period.5.1.6 An independent expenditure committee may report all other expenditures of less than $250 during a reporting period, in total, as non-itemized expenditures.5.2 An independent expenditure committee may not coordinate its campaign-related expenditures with a candidate, candidate committee, or political party. Nothing in these rules limits joint fundraising efforts or the transfer of funds raised through joint fundraising efforts by an independent expenditure committee or other committee as long as each committee pays its allocated share of joint fundraising expenses and no committee participating in the joint fundraising activity receives more than its allocated share of funds raised in accordance with applicable contribution limits.38 CR 13, July 10, 2015, effective 7/30/201538 CR 22, November 25, 2015, effective 12/15/201539 CR 17, September 10, 2016, effective 9/30/201640 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/201741 CR 15, August 10, 2018, effective 8/30/201841 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 11/30/201842 CR 01, January 10, 2019, effective 1/30/201943 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 9/30/202045 CR 20, October 25, 2022, effective 11/14/202246 CR 06, March 25, 2023, effective 2/15/202346 CR 10, May 25, 2023, effective 4/13/202346 CR 09, May 10, 2023, effective 5/30/202346 CR 18, September 25, 2023, effective 10/15/202347 CR 20, October 25, 2024, effective 11/14/2024