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16-934. Termination statement; filing; contents
A. A committee may terminate only when the committee treasurer files a termination statement with the filing officer with whom the committee's statement of organization was filed.
B. In the termination statement, the committee treasurer shall certify under penalty of perjury that either of the following applies:
1. The committee received no contributions.
2. The committee received contributions and all of the following apply:
(a) The committee will no longer receive any contributions or make any disbursements.
(b) The committee either:
(i) Has no outstanding debts, obligations or void penalties pursuant to section 16-937, subsection B, paragraph 1.
(ii) Has outstanding debts or obligations, or both, that are all more than five years old, and that the committee's creditors have agreed to discharge the debts and obligations and have agreed to the termination of the committee.
(c) Any surplus monies have been disposed of and that the committee has no cash on hand.
(d) All contributions and expenditures have been reported, including any disposal of surplus monies.
C. A filing officer may reject the termination statement if it appears to the filing officer that the requirements in subsection B of this section have not been satisfied.
D. After a termination statement is filed, a committee:
1. Is not required to file any subsequent campaign finance reports.
2. Shall have no further receipts or disbursements without filing a new statement of organization.
E. A standing committee may terminate its activities in a particular reporting jurisdiction, and remain active in other reporting jurisdictions, by filing a statement of that intent with the filing officer in each reporting jurisdiction.
F. Notwithstanding any other law, if a deceased candidate was serving as the treasurer for that candidate's own candidate committee, the following individuals in the following order of priority are authorized to act as the treasurer for that committee for the purposes of this section and section 16-933 after the candidate's death unless an alternate treasurer was previously designated by the deceased candidate:
1. If the candidate provided for allocation of an unexpended balance through a will or trust, the personal representative of the will or the trustee of the trust.
2. The surviving spouse of the deceased candidate.
3. The next of kin of the deceased candidate.
4. An individual who is appointed by the court.
G. An individual who serves as the treasurer pursuant to subsection F of this section shall note on the termination statement that the candidate is deceased and shall provide the filing officer with documentation that verifies the candidate's death.