• Receives contributions that total in the aggregate $1,000 or more from a single source during the 90 days before the candidate’s election, including the date of the election; or • Makes contributions that total in the aggregate $1,000 or more to a candidate or a committee primarily formed to support a candidate(s) or ballot measure(s) during the 90 days before the candidate’s or measure’s election, including the date of the election; or • Makes contributions that total in the aggregate $1,000 or more to a state or county political party committee during the 90 days before any state election, including the date of the election. • Makes contributions that total in the aggregate $5,000 or more to support or oppose the qualification of a single local initiative or referendum ballot measure. This Form 497 is required to be filed within 10 business days in the place(s) where the committee would be required to file campaign statements as if it were formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the local initiative or referendum ballot measure. Contributions reported on the Form 497 must also be reported on the committee’s next Form 460. Ex 11.1 - Thirty days before the candidate’s election, the candidate’s committee received a $500 contribution. Four days later, the same person contributed $600. The candidate’s committee must file a Form 497 since $1,000 or more was received from a single source during the 90-day period before the election. The same person must contribute another $1,000 or more in order for a subsequent Form 497 to be required.
QUICK TIP: If a committee makes a nonmonetary contribution, it must notify the recipient of the contribution’s value within 24 hours.
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Chapter 11.3
Campaign Manual 2 August 2023
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