16-940. Findings and declarations (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The people of Arizona declare our intent to create a clean elections system that will improve the integrity of Arizona state government by diminishing the influence of special-interest money, will encourage citizen participation in the political process, and will promote freedom of speech under the […]
16-941. Limits on spending and contributions for political campaigns (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a participating candidate: 1. Shall not accept any contributions, other than a limited number of five-dollar qualifying contributions as specified in section 16-946 and early contributions as specified in section 16-945, except in the […]
16-942. Civil penalties and forfeiture of office (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The civil penalty for a violation of any contribution or expenditure limit in section 16-941 by or on behalf of a participating candidate shall be ten times the amount by which the expenditures or contributions exceed the applicable limit. B. In addition […]
16-943. Criminal violations and penalties (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. A candidate, or any other person acting on behalf of a candidate, who knowingly violates section 16-941 is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. B. Any person who knowingly pays any thing of value or any compensation for a qualifying contribution as defined in […]
16-945. Limits on early contributions (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. A participating candidate may accept early contributions only from individuals and only during the exploratory period and the qualifying period, subject to the following limitations: 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no contributor shall give, and no participating candidate shall accept, contributions from […]
16-946. Qualifying contributions (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. During the qualifying period, a participating candidate may collect qualifying contributions, which shall be paid to the fund. B. To qualify as a qualifying contribution, a contribution must be: 1. Made by a qualified elector as defined in section 16-121, who at the time of the […]
16-947. Certification as a participating candidate (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. A candidate who wishes to be certified as a participating candidate shall file, before the end of the qualifying period, an application with the secretary of state, in a form specified by the citizens clean elections commission. B. The application shall identify the […]
16-948. Controls on participating candidates’ campaign accounts (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. A participating candidate shall conduct all financial activity through a single campaign account of the candidate’s campaign committee. A participating candidate shall not make any deposits into the campaign account other than those permitted under section 16-945 or 16-946. B. A candidate […]
16-949. Controls on spending from citizens clean elections fund (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. The commission shall not spend, on all costs incurred under this article during a particular calendar year, more than five dollars times the number of Arizona resident personal income tax returns filed during the previous calendar year. The commission may […]
16-950. Qualification for clean elections funding (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. A candidate who has made an application for certification may also apply, in accordance with subsection B of this section, to receive funds from the citizens clean elections fund, instead of receiving private contributions. B. To receive any clean elections funding, the candidate […]
16-951. Clean elections funding (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. At the beginning of the primary election period, the commission shall pay from the fund to the campaign account of each candidate who qualifies for clean elections funding: 1. For a candidate who qualifies for clean elections funding for a party primary election, an amount […]
16-952. One-party-dominant legislative district (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) Upon applying for clean elections funding pursuant to section 16-950, a participating candidate for the legislature in a one-party-dominant legislative district who is qualified for clean elections funding for the party primary election of the dominant party may choose to reallocate a portion of funds from […]
16-953. Return of monies to the citizens clean elections fund (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. At the end of the primary election period, a participating candidate who has received monies pursuant to section 16-951, subsection A, paragraph 1 shall return to the fund all monies in the candidate s campaign account above an amount […]
16-954. Disposition of excess monies (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Beginning January 1, 1999, an additional surcharge of ten per cent shall be imposed on all civil and criminal fines and penalties collected pursuant to section 12-116.01 and shall be deposited into the fund. B. At least once per year, the commission shall project […]
16-955. Citizens clean election commission; structure (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The citizens clean elections commission is established consisting of five members. No more than two members of the commission shall be members of the same political party. No more than two members of the commission shall be residents of the same county. No […]
16-956. Voter education and enforcement duties (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The commission shall: 1. Develop a procedure for publishing a document or section of a document having a space of predefined size for a message chosen by each candidate. For the document that is delivered before the primary election, the document shall contain […]
16-957. Enforcement procedure (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. If the commission finds that there is reason to believe that a person has violated any provision of this article, the commission shall serve on that person an order stating with reasonable particularity the nature of the violation and requiring compliance within fourteen days. During that […]
16-958. Manner of filing reports (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Any person who has previously reached the dollar amount specified in section 16-941, subsection D for filing an original report shall file a supplemental report each time previously unreported independent expenditures specified by that subsection exceeds one thousand dollars. Such reports shall be filed […]
16-959. Inflationary and other adjustments of dollar values (Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Every two years, the secretary of state shall modify the dollar values specified in the following parts of this article, in the manner specified by section 16-905, subsection H, to account for inflation: section 16-941, subsection A, paragraph 2 or subsection […]
16-960. Severability (Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) If a provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this […]
