3003.1 To invoke the exemption from the filing and reporting requirements, a candidate must anticipate spending less than five hundred dollars ($500) in any one election.

3003.2 A candidate shall be exempt from the filing and reporting requirements of the Act if, on the Statement of Candidacy form, the candidate:

1. (a) Certifies that he or she anticipates spending less than five hundred dollars ($500) in any one election; and
2. (b) Excludes the designation of a principal campaign committee.

3003.3 Each exempt candidate shall notify the Director in writing within forty-eight (48) hours from the time he or she spends, or anticipates spending, five hundred dollars ($500) or more.

3003.4 Each exempt candidate shall certify in writing to the Director, on a Report of Exemption for a Candidate Spending Less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500), that he or she has not spent more than five hundred dollars ($500). Such certification shall be filed with the Director by no later than:

1. (a) The fifteenth (15th) day before the date of the election in which the candidate seeks office; and
2. (b) The thirtieth (30th) day following the election.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 3161 (May 22, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 5919 (July 28, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 1402 (February 8, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 11864 (August 16, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3025 (March 13, 2015).