§1491.2. Statement of dissolution

A. Each political committee, including any subsidiary committee, which after having filed an annual statement of organization wishes to dissolve or disband and (1) determines that it no longer meets the criteria in R.S. 18:1491.1(A), or (2) determines that it will no longer receive any contributions, loans, or transfers of funds and will no longer make any expenditures, loans, or transfers of funds, shall file a statement of dissolution with the supervisory committee prior to dissolving. No committee which has unpaid debts or obligations or which has any funds on hand shall file a statement of dissolution, until any debts or obligations have been paid or otherwise extinguished and any funds have been expended or otherwise distributed. A statement of dissolution shall include (1) a certified statement by the committee chairman and campaign treasurer, if any, that the committee has not received contributions, transfers of funds, or loans, or made expenditures, transfers of funds, or loans in the aggregate during the calendar year in excess of five hundred dollars and does not anticipate doing so, or (2) a certified statement by the committee chairman and campaign treasurer, if any, that the committee will receive no contributions, transfers of funds, or loans and will make no expenditures, transfers of funds, or loans, during the remainder of the calendar year. The committee shall file a report of contributions and expenditures containing the information required in R.S. 18:1491.7 with the statement of dissolution.

B. No political committee shall dissolve or file a statement of dissolution as provided in Subsection A above and reorganize under a modified name, charter, or organizational structure merely as a subterfuge to avoid the reporting and other requirements of this Part. Any committee which dissolves or files a statement of dissolution as provided in Subsection A above and is thereafter recreated with substantially the same membership and purposes with the intent to avoid the requirements of this Part, for purposes of this Part, shall be deemed not to have been dissolved and shall be subject to the provisions of this Part as if no dissolution had taken place and no statement of dissolution filed. In addition, any committee which violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 18:1505.4, R.S. 18:1505.5, and R.S. 18:1505.6.

Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.