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38.4. QUICK TIP - What Activity Triggers the Requirement to File the Form 497?

The Form 497 must be followed in each of the following situations:

1) A state or local primarily formed ballot measure committee receives contributions totaling $1,000 or more from a single source within 90 days before the election (state committees must also report contributions received on the day of the election).

2) A state or local primarily formed or general purpose ballot measure committee makes contributions totaling $1,000 or more to a primarily formed committee or a candidate election committee within 90 days of the measure's or candidate's election, or to a state or county political party committee within 90 days of any state election. All state and local ballot measure committees must file if the committee makes contributions of $1,000 or more to a primarily formed committee or candidate election committee during the 90 days before an election.

3) A state primarily formed ballot measure committee (including a group circulating a petition to qualify a state measure) that files electronically receives a contribution of $5,000 or more at any time other than during the 90-day election cycle.

4) A state general purpose ballot measure committee that files electronically makes contributions totaling $5,000 or more to a state primarily formed ballot measure committee or to a state general purpose committee that will use the funds to support or oppose a state ballot measure outside of the 90-day election cycle.