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Any political action committee that has been filing electronically, but does not anticipate accepting contributions or making expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the upcoming calendar year, may sign a waiver, on a form prescribed by the State Board, to exempt the committee from the electronic filing requirement for the calendar year. Such waiver form shall be submitted and received no later than the date the first report is due covering activity for that calendar year.C\n\nFor political action committees that are not subject to the provisions of subsection B, any report required to be filed with the State Board shall be deemed to be filed by the deadline for the report if it is mailed and postmarked not later than the deadline for filing the report.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235168,"text":"Political action committees required to file reports by this article shall file all statements and campaign finance reports with the State Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":235169,"text":"A political action committee that is required by this chapter to file reports with the State Board, and that accepts contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $10,000 in any calendar year, or that accepted contributions or made expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the previous calendar year, shall file its reports with the State Board by computer or electronic means in accordance with the standards approved by the State Board until such time as the political action committee files a final report. Any political action committee that has been filing electronically, but does not anticipate accepting contributions or making expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the upcoming calendar year, may sign a waiver, on a form prescribed by the State Board, to exempt the committee from the electronic filing requirement for the calendar year. 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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 687<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapters 364<\/a> and 392<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 416<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 864<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 511<\/a> and 555<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 242<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 787<\/a> and 892<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64612,"identifier":"24.2-949.8","token":"24.2\/9.3\/4\/24.2-949.8","url":"\/24.2-949.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-949.8\/","token":"24.2\/9.3\/4\/24.2-949.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"With whom political action committees file reports; electronic filing requirement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-949.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Political action committees required to file reports by this article shall file all statements and campaign finance reports with the State Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A political action committee that is required by this chapter to file reports with the State Board<\/span>, and that accepts contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $10,000 in any calendar year, or that accepted contributions or made expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the previous calendar year, shall file its reports with the State Board<\/span> by computer or electronic means in accordance with the standards approved by the State Board<\/span> until such time as the political action committee files a final report. Any political action committee that has been filing electronically, but does not anticipate accepting contributions or making expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the upcoming calendar year, may sign a waiver<\/span>, on a form prescribed by the State Board<\/span>, to exempt the committee from the electronic filing requirement for the calendar year. Such waiver<\/span> form shall be submitted and received no later than the date the first report is due covering activity for that calendar year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For political action committees that are not subject to the provisions of subsection B, any report required to be filed with the State Board<\/span> shall be deemed to be filed by the deadline for the report if it is mailed and postmarked not later than the deadline for filing the report. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWITH WHOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES FILE REPORTS; ELECTRONIC FILING\nREQUIREMENT (\u00a7 24.2-949.8)\n\nA. Political action committees required to file reports by this article shall\nfile all statements and campaign finance reports with the State Board.\n\nB. A political action committee that is required by this chapter to file reports\nwith the State Board, and that accepts contributions or makes expenditures in\nexcess of $10,000 in any calendar year, or that accepted contributions or made\nexpenditures in excess of $10,000 in the previous calendar year, shall file its\nreports with the State Board by computer or electronic means in accordance with\nthe standards approved by the State Board until such time as the political\naction committee files a final report. Any political action committee that has\nbeen filing electronically, but does not anticipate accepting contributions or\nmaking expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the upcoming calendar year, may sign\na waiver, on a form prescribed by the State Board, to exempt the committee from\nthe electronic filing requirement for the calendar year. Such waiver form shall\nbe submitted and received no later than the date the first report is due\ncovering activity for that calendar year.\n\nC. For political action committees that are not subject to the provisions of\nsubsection B, any report required to be filed with the State Board shall be\ndeemed to be filed by the deadline for the report if it is mailed and postmarked\nnot later than the deadline for filing the report.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 687, \u00a7 24.2-914.1; 1997, cc. 364, 392; 1998, c. 416; 1999, c.\n864; 2000, cc. 511, 555; 2003, c. 242; 2006, cc. 787, 892.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}