Arkansas Code Title 7, Chapter 6, Subchapter 2 - Campaign Financing
- § 7-6-201 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Approved political action committee" means any person that: (i) Receives contributions from one (1) or more persons...
- § 7-6-202 - Penalties.
A person who knowingly fails to comply with this subchapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
- § 7-6-203 - Contributions -- Limitations -- Acceptance or Solicitation -- Use As Personal Income -- Disposition.
(a) (1) (A) It shall be unlawful for any candidate for any public office or for any person acting on the candidate's behalf to...
- § 7-6-204 - Restriction on Cash Contributions or Expenditures -- Exception.
(a) No campaign contribution in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) or expenditure in excess of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be made or received...
- § 7-6-205 - Contributions Made Indirectly, Anonymously, or Under Assumed Names.
(a) No campaign contribution shall be made to a candidate, a political action committee, an independent expenditure committee, an exploratory committee, a county political...
- § 7-6-206 - Records of Contributions and Expenditures.
(a) A candidate, a political party, or a person acting in the candidate's behalf shall keep records of all contributions and expenditures in a...
- § 7-6-207 - Reports of Contributions -- Candidates for Office Other Than School District, Township, Municipal, or County Office, Etc.
(a) Reports Required. (1) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (e) of this section, each candidate for office, other than a school district,...
- § 7-6-208 - Reports of Contributions -- Candidates for School District, Township, or Municipal Office.
(a) Reports Required. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, each candidate for school district, township, or municipal office, or a person...
- § 7-6-209 - Reports of Contributions -- Candidates for County Office.
(a) Reports Required. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, each candidate for county office or a person acting in the candidate's...
- § 7-6-210 - Reports of Contributions -- Personal Loans.
(a) (1) The transfer of a candidate's own personal funds to his or her campaign shall be reported as either a loan from the...
- § 7-6-211, 7-6-212 - [Repealed.]
- § 7-6-213 - Verification of Reports.
All reports required to be filed by the provisions of this subchapter shall be verified by affidavit by the candidate or a person acting...
- § 7-6-214 - Publication of Reports.
(a) (1) Upon proper filing, the information required in §§ 7-6-203 and 7-6-207 -- 7-6-210 shall constitute a public record and shall be available...
- § 7-6-215 - Registration and Reporting by Approved Political Action Committees.
(a) (1) (A) To qualify as an approved political action committee, the political action committee shall register with the Secretary of State within fifteen...
- § 7-6-216 - Registration and Reports by Exploratory Committees.
(a) (1) An exploratory committee shall register with the appropriate filing office within fifteen (15) days after receiving contributions during a calendar year which,...
- § 7-6-217 - Creation of Arkansas Ethics Commission.
(a) (1) The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall be composed of five (5) members, one (1) each appointed by the Governor, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor,...
- § 7-6-218 - Citizen Complaints.
(a) (1) Any citizen may file a complaint with the Arkansas Ethics Commission against a person covered by this subchapter, by § 7-1-103(a)(1)-(4), (6),...
- § 7-6-219 - Retiring a Campaign Debt.
(a) (1) Any person who was a candidate and has a campaign debt from an election that has ended may solicit funds and hold...
- § 7-6-220 - Reporting of Independent Expenditures.
(a) A person who or an independent expenditure committee which makes independent expenditures in an aggregate amount or value in excess of five hundred...
- § 7-6-221 - [Repealed.]
- § 7-6-222 - Tax Credits for Certain Individual Political Contributions.
(a) Pursuant to regulations to be adopted by the Department of Finance and Administration, a credit against individual Arkansas income taxes shall be allowed...
- § 7-6-223 - Reports of Contributions by Political Parties.
(a) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter, each political party that meets the definition of political party stated...
- § 7-6-224 - Authority of Local Jurisdictions.
Municipalities, counties, and townships shall have the authority to establish reasonable limitations on: (1) Time periods that candidates for local office shall be allowed...
- § 7-6-225 - Filing Deadlines.
Whenever a report becomes due on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the report shall be due the next day...
- § 7-6-226 - Registration and Reporting by County Political Party Committees.
(a) (1) (A) To qualify as a county political party committee, the committee shall register with the Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days...
- § 7-6-227 - Registration by Independent Expenditure Committee.
(a) (1) (A) An independent expenditure committee shall register with the Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after accepting contributions that exceed five...
- § 7-6-228 - Campaign Signs and Materials.
(a) A candidate may retain campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials that: (1) Were purchased by the campaign; (2) Were reported...
- § 7-6-229 - Amendment of Reports -- Affirmative Defense.
(a) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution or disciplinary action if a person required to file a report under this subchapter amends the...
Last modified: November 15, 2016