8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1505-6-7
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024
Rule 8 CCR 1505-6-7 - Federal PACs and 527 Political Organizations7.1 Federal PACs 7.1.1 A Federal PAC that qualifies as a political committee under Colo. Const. Article XXVIII, section 2(12), must register with the Secretary of State's office as a state political committee and follow all requirements for state political committees; except that a Federal PAC is not required to form a separate bank account for the state political committee so long as the funds used for the state political committee can be separately identified. Nothing in this rule requires a Federal PAC to observe Colorado requirements for contributions, expenditures, or other campaign finance activity for federal elections or elections in states other than Colorado.7.2 Political organizations.7.2.1 A political organization must file on the frequent filing schedule for a political committee in an even-numbered year, and on the infrequent filing schedule in an odd-numbered year, according to the filing schedules set forth in section 1-45-108(2), C.R.S.7.2.2 A political organization that receives no contributions and spends less than $20 during a reporting period is not required to file a disclosure report for that reporting period. [Section 1-45-108.5(1)(b), C.R.S.]7.2.3 A political organization must file all disclosure reports required by section 1-45-108.5, C.R.S., with the appropriate filing officer. For the purposes of this rule, the appropriate filing officer is the same for political organizations as for political committees.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 5/30/2023