REVIEW OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Campaign Disclosure Filing Requirements for Candidates and Committees
HELPFUL HINTS
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.... The Political Reform Act imposes certain duties and obligations on candidates, officeholders, committee treasurers and others participating in the political process. For example: — Detailed records must be maintained for all financial activity, and contributions received for political purposes must not be commingled with personal funds. — Campaign statements must be filed at specified times disclosing contributions received, expenditures made, and other financial information. In some cases, candidates can avoid filing long form campaign statements by submitting a “Candidate and Officeholder Campaign Statement Short Form (Form 470).” — Campaign statements must be filed electronically pursuant to Chapter 2.57 Online or Electronic Filing of Fair Political Practices Commission Forms of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code. — The Political Reform Act provides a formula for assessing late fines of original campaign statements filed in our office. The fine is $10 per day, starting the day after the filing deadline, until the statement is filed; however, no liability may exceed the cumulative amount of reported contributions, expenditures, of the Form 460 or $100, whichever is greater. Failure to submit a required statement is a misdemeanor. Persons who fail to submit required statements are referred to the Fair Political Practices Commission. UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES Defeated candidates must file campaign disclosure reports until the campaign committee has been terminated by filing Form 410. WHERE TO FILE Candidates and committees must file the electronic campaign statements with: San Bernardino City Clerk Department via NetFile. City Clerk staff will issue an account.
Unsigned forms are incomplete and are not considered filed until they are signed.
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