Conditions:
An employer corporation would share no common ownership or control with an incorporated employee-sponsored political action committee (“PAC”), and neither entity would exhibit control over the other:
(1) The employer corporation has different directors and different officers than the incorporated employee-sponsored PAC,
(2) Neither entity pays the administrative fees for or contributes to the other entity in any way, and
(3) The directors and officers for each entity lack authority concerning disposition of funds by the other entity.

The commission’s tax id number can be downloaded as a W-9. Download W-9 Commission Tax Form

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• If you are filing a Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report, be sure to use the FilerID that begins with a “C”.
• If you are filing a Personal Filing Disclosure Statement, be sure to use the FilerID that begins with an “F”.
• The email address you use to log into the system must be the same email address used on the PIN Application submitted to our office.
• If you have not received your password, please verify the email is not located in your spam folder before contacting our office.

From S.B. 160 (passed in 2011, effective 5/12/2011)
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campaign contributions, so as to provide that a public utility corporation shall be allowed to make contributions to political campaigns; to prohibit regulated entities from making contributions to certain elected executive officers or candidates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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From S.B. 17 (passed in 2010, effective 1/10/2011)

• The Commission has a new name: The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.
• All local filings (county and municipal) are now made with the Commission. Local filing officers will no longer be required to maintain Campaign Finance Commission filings made after 1/10/2011. Local filing officers will continue to maintain filings made prior to 1/10/2011.
• Adds the definition and duties of a Qualifying Officer; Qualifying Officer means a person who qualifies a candidate for an election; Qualifying Officers shall notify the commission in writing of the names and addresses of all candidates and offices sought in any election within ten days of the close of the qualification period.
  

During the 2011 session of the General Assembly, H.B. 232 was passed which made further changes to the Campaign Finance Act.

• The changes primarily affected the lobbyist registration provisions of the Act by adding: 1) a 10% threshold for determining when an individual’s lobbying activities rise to the level of requiring registration; 2) a $1,000 per calendar year threshold (increased from $250) for any person who makes expenditures to influence legislation; and 3) exemption for bona fide salespersons from the definition of vendor lobbyist.
• HB 232 also made changes to the electronic filing requirements of local public officers, giving them the ability to make filings by certified mail (although this method is not recommended by the Commission).
• HB 232 became effective retroactively on 1/10/2011.

If a local election superintendent has mistakenly accepted such documents as filed at the local level does that meet the reporting requirements of the Act?

Answer

These Campaign Finance forms and reports are not considered filed unless and until they are received and processed by the GGT & CFC. Filing such documents at the local level does not meet the requirements of the Act.