§3-8-15. Disclosure of fund-raising events during legislative session.

(a) In addition to other reporting required under this article, any current Governor, State Senator, or member of the House of Delegates who has declared his or her candidacy for election and who has a fund-raising event, as defined in section one-a of this article, while the Legislature is in Regular Session, shall disclose the existence of the event and the receipt of contributions, including the source and amounts, in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) If the fund-raising event occurs during the first thirty days of the Regular Session, within ten calendar days after the thirtieth day of the Regular Session; or

(2) If the fund-raising event occurs between days thirty-one and sixty of the Regular Session, within ten calendar days after the sixtieth day of the Regular Session.

(b) If any disclosure deadline set forth in subsections (a) or (b) falls within ten calendar days of a regularly scheduled reporting deadline under this article, then the deadline is satisfied by the filing of the regularly scheduled report.

(c) The reporting requirements under this section also apply to current Governors, State Senators or members of the House of Delegates who fund-raise in order to retire or pay-off debt of a campaign account while the Legislature is in regular session.

(d) The Secretary of State shall prepare a form for disclosure of these contributions and publish the information on the Secretary of State’s website within one business day of the Secretary of State receiving the completed form: Provided, That in the alternative, the Secretary of State is authorized to establish a means for electronic filing and disclosure.

(e) Pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the Secretary of State may propose rules and emergency rules for legislative approval relating to the creation and maintenance of a publically accessible database available on the Secretary of State’s website; the establishment of forms and procedures for submission of information to the Secretary of State; and for other procedures and policies consistent with this section.