8 CCR 1505-6-3 - Political Committees and Small Donor Committees

3.1 A political committee or small donor committee may not make contributions to an issue committee or small-scale issue committee, except to the extent that a contribution is for the purchase of items such as event tickets, merchandise, or services. [Colo. Const. Article XXVIII, Section 2(12)(a)]

3.2 A political committee may change its registration to a small donor committee without terminating the political committee if it has never accepted contributions of more than $50 per natural person per year.

3.3 Only the following qualify as a contribution or expenditure made to "support or oppose" a candidate, as those terms are used in the definition of "political committee" in subsection (12) (a) of section 2 of article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution:

3.3.1 Contribution to the candidate committee: must be a payment, loan, pledge, gift, or advance of money, guarantee of a loan, or the gift or loan of property, made by the political committee and given directly to the candidate committee for the purpose of promoting the candidate's nomination, retention, recall, or election; or

3.3.2 Expenditure from the political committee: must be coordinated with a candidate committee or political party and be intended to:

(a) Support that candidate's nomination, retention, recall, or election; or

(b) Oppose a competing candidate's nomination, retention, recall, or election.

3.4 Where there is no coordination as described in Rule 3.3, and the aggregate amount of the expenditures is in excess of one thousand dollars, the entity is an independent expenditure committee rather than a political committee. If the person or group meets the registration requirements of an independent expenditure committee, it must register as an independent expenditure committee.

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8 CCR 1505-6-3

38 CR 13, July 10, 2015, effective 7/30/2015 38 CR 22, November 25, 2015, effective 12/15/2015 39 CR 17, September 10, 2016, effective 9/30/2016 40 CR 22, November 25, 2017, effective 12/15/2017 41 CR 15, August 10, 2018, effective 8/30/2018 41 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 11/30/2018 42 CR 01, January 10, 2019, effective 1/30/2019 43 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 9/30/2020 45 CR 20, October 25, 2022, effective 11/14/2022 46 CR 06, March 25, 2023, effective 2/15/2023 46 CR 10, May 25, 2023, effective 4/13/2023 46 CR 09, May 10, 2023, effective 5/30/2023