1. (1) Each candidate shall certify the name, email address, and mailing address of the candidate’s political treasurer, or of the treasurer of such candidate’s authorized political campaign committee, to the Registry of Election Finance or the county election commission, where appropriate, before the candidate or such candidate’s committee may receive a contribution or make an expenditure in a state or local election. A statement certifying a candidate’s treasurer must contain the office the candidate is seeking and the year of the election. A state public officeholder shall also certify the name, email address, and mailing address of the officeholder’s political treasurer, or of the treasurer of such officeholder’s authorized political campaign committee, before the officeholder or such officeholder’s political campaign committee may accept a contribution to defray the expenses incurred in connection with the performance of the officeholder’s duties or responsibilities, and a local officeholder shall so certify the name and address of such officeholder’s treasurer to the appropriate county election commission.
2. (2) After a candidate completes his/her last election in an election year, a candidate must file an “Appointment of Political Treasurer’s Statement” to certify the name of the campaign treasurer with the Registry and/or local county election commission, as appropriate, before the candidate may receive any additional contributions for a future election. The candidate may utilize the same individual as political treasurer that has been used in a past election cycle, but the new designation of treasurer must be filed.

3. (3) Each political campaign committee shall certify the name, email address, and mailing address of the committee’s responsible individual, treasurer, and officers to the Registry of Election Finance before the committee may receive a contribution or make an expenditure in a state or local election. Each political campaign committee must identify at least one (1) officer, not including the treasurer of such committee, and must identify at least one (1) responsible individual. Each political campaign committee must also submit proof of identification for each responsible individual, treasurer, and officer before the committee may receive a contribution or make an expenditure in a state or local election.

   1. (a) A “responsible individual” is defined as any person who directly controls expenditures for the committee and includes any individual who, on their own authority, is authorized to make expenditures on behalf of the committee.
   2. (b) After a political campaign committee submits evidence of identification, if the committee designates a new person as a responsible individual, treasurer, or officer, then the committee shall submit evidence of identification for such person within thirty (30) days of the designation.
   3. (c) “Evidence of identification” includes any document identified by T.C.A. § 2-7-112(c), including a Tennessee driver’s license, a valid identification card issued by the State of Tennessee or the United States (provided that such identification includes a photograph of the individual), a valid identification card issued pursuant to T.C.A. § 55- 50-336 (photo identification licenses), a valid U.S. Passport, a valid employee identification card issued by the State of Tennessee or the United States (provided that such identification includes a photograph of the individual), a valid U.S. military identification card, an employee identification card for retired state employees authorized pursuant to T.C.A. § 8-50-118, or any other equivalent identification issued by another state of the United States.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 2-10-105 and 2-10-207(1). Administrative History: Original rule filed August 29, 2001; effective December 28, 2001. Amendments filed August 19, 2025; effective November 17, 2025.