[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR9008.51]

[Page 328-329]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9008_FEDERAL FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS--Table of 
 
Subpart B_Host Committees and Municipal Funds Representing a Convention 
                                  City
 
Sec.  9008.51  Registration and reports.

    (a) Registration by host committees and municipal funds. (1) Each 
host committee and municipal fund shall register with the Commission by 
filing a Statement of Organization on FEC Form 1 within 10 days of the 
date on which such party chooses the convention city, or within 10 days 
after the formation of the host committee or municipal fund, whichever 
is later. In addition to the information already required to be provided 
on FEC Form 1, the following information shall be disclosed by the 
registering entity on FEC Form 1: The name and address; the name and 
address of its officers; and a list of the activities that the 
registering entity plans to undertake in connection with the convention.
    (2) Any such committee, organization or group which is unsuccessful 
in its efforts to attract the convention to a city need not register 
under this section.
    (3) Each host committee and municipal fund required to register with 
the Commission under paragraph (a) of this section, shall submit to the 
Commission a copy of any and all written contracts or agreements that it 
has entered into with the city, county, or

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State hosting the convention, a host committee, a municipal fund, or a 
convention committee, including subsequent written modifications to 
previous contracts or agreements, unless such contracts, agreements or 
modifications have already been submitted to the Commission by the 
convention committee. Each such contract or agreement or modification 
shall be filed with the first report due under paragraph (b) of this 
section after the contract or agreement or modification is executed.
    (b) Post-convention and quarterly reports by host committees and 
municipal funds; content and time of filing. (1) Each host committee or 
municipal fund required to register with the Commission pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this section shall file a post convention report on FEC 
Form 4. The report shall be filed on the earlier of: 60 days following 
the last day the convention is officially in session; or 20 days prior 
to the presidential general election. This report shall be complete as 
of 15 days prior to the date on which the report must be filed and shall 
disclose all the information required by 11 CFR part 104 with respect to 
all activities related to a presidential nominating convention.
    (2) If such host committee or municipal fund has receipts or makes 
disbursements after the completion date of the post convention report, 
it shall begin to file quarterly reports no later than 15 days after the 
end of the following calendar quarter. This report shall disclose all 
transactions completed as of the close of that calendar quarter. 
Quarterly reports shall be filed thereafter until the host committee or 
municipal fund ceases all activity that must be reported under this 
section.
    (3) Such host committee or municipal fund shall file a final report 
with the Commission not later than 10 days after it ceases activity that 
must be reported under this section, unless such status is reflected in 
either the post-convention report or a quarterly report.
    (c) Post-convention statements by State and local government 
agencies. Each government agency of a State, municipality, or other 
political subdivision that provides facilities or services related to a 
Presidential nominating convention shall file, by letter, a statement 
with the Commission reporting the total amount spent to provide 
facilities and services for the convention under 11 CFR 9008.52(b), a 
list of the categories of facilities and services the government agency 
provided for the convention, the total amount spent for each category of 
facilities and services provided, and the total amount defrayed from 
general revenues. This statement shall be filed on the earlier of: 60 
days following the last day the convention is officially in session; or 
20 days prior to the presidential general election. Categories of 
facilities and services may include construction, security, 
communications, transportation, utilities, clean up, meeting rooms and 
accommodations. This paragraph (c) does not apply to any activities of a 
State or local government agency through a municipal fund that are 
reported pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section.

[59 FR 33616, June 29, 1994, as amended at 68 FR 47417, Aug. 8, 2003]