Section 84101 Of Article 1. Organization Of Committees From California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) A committee that is a committee by virtue of subdivision
(a) of Section 82013 shall file a statement of organization. The
committee shall file the original of the statement of organization
with the Secretary of State and shall also file a copy of the
statement of organization with the local filing officer, if any, with
whom the committee is required to file the originals of its campaign
reports pursuant to Section 84215. The original and copy of the
statement of organization shall be filed within 10 days after the
committee has qualified as a committee. The Secretary of State shall
assign a number to each committee that files a statement of
organization and shall notify the committee of the number. The
Secretary of State shall send a copy of statements filed pursuant to
this section to the county elections official of each county that he
or she deems appropriate. A county elections official who receives a
copy of a statement of organization from the Secretary of State
pursuant to this section shall send a copy of the statement to the
clerk of each city in the county that he or she deems appropriate.
(b) In addition to filing the statement of organization as
required by subdivision (a), if a committee qualifies as a committee
under subdivision (a) of Section 82013 before the date of an election
in connection with which the committee is required to file
preelection statements, but after the closing date of the last
campaign statement required to be filed before the election pursuant
to Section 84200.8 or 84200.9, the committee shall file, by facsimile
transmission, online transmission, guaranteed overnight delivery, or
personal delivery within 24 hours of qualifying as a committee, the
information required to be reported in the statement of organization.
The information required by this subdivision shall be filed with the
filing officer with whom the committee is required to file the
originals of its campaign reports pursuant to Section 84215.
(c) If an independent expenditure committee qualifies as a
committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 during the
time period described in Section 82036.5 and makes independent
expenditures of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more to support or
oppose a candidate or candidates for office, the committee shall
file, by facsimile transmission, online transmission, guaranteed
overnight delivery, or personal delivery within 24 hours of
qualifying as a committee, the information required to be reported in
the statement of organization. The information required by this
section shall be filed with the filing officer with whom the
committee is required to file the original of its campaign reports
pursuant to Section 84215, and shall be filed at all locations
required for the candidate or candidates supported or opposed by the
independent expenditures. The filings required by this section are in
addition to filings that may be required by Section 84204.
(d) For purposes of this section, in calculating whether two
thousand dollars ($2,000) in contributions has been received,
payments for a filing fee or for a statement of qualifications to
appear in a sample ballot shall not be included if these payments
have been made from the candidate's personal funds.