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# Disclosure reports; persons required to file

Except as otherwise specifically provided, the following persons or their treasurers, if any, shall file reports of contributions and expenditures as more specifically provided in this Chapter:

(1) Each candidate for major office or district office.

(2) Each candidate for any other public office who does either of the following:

(a) Makes expenditures in excess of five thousand dollars.

(b) Receives contributions in excess of five thousand dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period. For purposes of this Paragraph only, a contribution by a candidate for his own campaign for a public office other than a major office or district office shall not be considered in determining whether the candidate has received a contribution in excess of five thousand dollars in the aggregate.

(3) Each committee.

(4) Any person other than a candidate or political committee required to file reports under the provisions of Part IV of this Chapter.