Public Chapter 410

SENATE BILL NO. 739

By Kyle

Substituted for: House Bill No. 1574

By Kisber

AN ACT To amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-107(a) and (c) and Section 2-10-105(a) and (b), to remove the requirement of reporting the dates of certain contributions and expenditures under the campaign financial disclosure laws.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-105(a), is amended by deleting the first sentence and substituting instead the following:

Each candidate for state public office or political campaign committee in a state election shall file with the registry of election finance a statement of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of such candidate or such committee. The statement of each candidate for state public office shall include the date of the receipt of each contribution and the statement of a political campaign committee in a state election shall include the date of each expenditure which is a contribution to a candidate.

SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-105(b), is amended by deleting the first sentence and substituting instead the following:

Each candidate for local public office or political campaign committee for a local election shall file with each county election commission of the county where the election is held, a statement of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of such candidate or such committee. The statement of each candidate for local public office shall include the date of the receipt of each contribution and the statement of a political campaign committee for a local election shall include the date of each expenditure which is a contribution to a candidate.

SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-107(a)(2)(A), is amended by deleting subdivision (i) and substituting instead the following:

The statement shall list the full name and complete address of each person who contributed a total amount of more than one hundred dollars ($100) during the period for which the statement is submitted, and the amount contributed by that person. The statement of each candidate shall include the date of the receipt of each contribution and the statement of a political campaign committee shall include the date of each expenditure which is a contribution to a candidate.

SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-107(c)(1), is amended by deleting subdivision (B) and substituting instead the following:

In-kind contributions of more than one hundred dollars ($100) during the period for which the statement is submitted, and for each such contribution, the name and address of each person who contributed it. The statement of each candidate shall include the date of the receipt of each in-kind contribution and the statement of a political campaign committee shall include the date of each expenditure which is an in-kind contribution to a candidate.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.