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FPPC adopts rewritten termination rules to align with Secretary of State CARS and add reopening guidance
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to adopt reorganized and substantive changes to regulations governing committee termination and reopening, including new handling of security reimbursements and clearer procedures for reopening terminated committees; staff said the changes reflect CARS transition and recent statute updates.
Senior Commission Counsel Karen Harrison summarized a package of amendments to regulation 18404 and related sections that reorganizes termination rules, removes form‑specific references, and adds clarified reopening and refund procedures to coordinate with the Secretary of State’s CARS system.
Harrison said the package is mainly a consolidation and modernization: “These regulations also reflect a change in law. So there has been recent legislative updates in the use of campaign funds for security expenses,” and the revised rules explain how committees can terminate while preserving obligations to reimburse security expenses when an ongoing threat prevents immediate repayment.
Why it matters: the package changes how committees terminate filing…
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