GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-235
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR NOTARIZATION OF CAMPAIGN REPORTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163-278.32 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-278.32. Statements under oath.
Any statement required to be filed under this Article shall
be signed and certified as true and correct by the individual, media,
candidate, treasurer or others required to file it, and shall be verified by
the oath or affirmation ofcertified as true and correct to the best of
the knowledge of the individual, media, candidate, treasurer or others
filing the statement, taken before any officer authorized to administer
oaths;statement; provided further that the candidate shall certify
as true and correct to the best of his knowledge the organizational report and
appointment of treasurer filed for the candidate or the candidate's principal
campaign committee. Any person making a certification under this Article
knowing the information to be untrue may be prosecuted for perjury under G.S.
14-209."
SECTION 2. G.S. 163-278.9(i) reads as rewritten:
"(i) Any report or
attachment filed under subsection (e) of this section must be made under
oath certified."
SECTION 3. G.S. 163-278.10A(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a candidate shall be exempted from the reports of contributions, loans, and expenditures required in G.S. 163-278.9(a), 163-278.40B, 163-278.40C, 163-278.40D, and 163-278.40E if to further his campaign that candidate:
(1) Does not receive more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) in contributions, and
(2) Does not receive more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) in loans, and
(3) Does not spend more than three thousand dollars ($3,000).
To qualify for the exemption from those reports, the candidate's
treasurer shall file a certification under oaththat he does not intend
to receive in contributions or loans or expend more than three thousand dollars
($3,000) to further his campaign. The certification shall be filed with the
Board at the same time the candidate files his Organizational Report as
required in G.S. 163-278.7, G.S. 163-278.9, and G.S. 163-278.40A. If the
candidate's campaign is being conducted by a political committee which is
handling all contributions, loans, and expenditures for his campaign, the
treasurer of the political committee shall file a certification of intent to
stay within the threshold amount. If the intent to stay within the threshold
changes, or if the three thousand dollar ($3,000) threshold is exceeded, the
treasurer shall immediately notify the Board and shall be responsible for
filing all reports required in G.S. 163-278.9 and 163-278.40B, 163-278.40C, 163-278.40D,
and 163-278.40E; provided that any contribution, loan, or expenditure which
would have been required to be reported on an earlier report but for this
section shall be included on the next report required after the intent changes
or the threshold is exceeded."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 2001.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:55 p.m. this 22nd day of June, 2001