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[88 STAT. 454]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1975
[88 STAT. 454]

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PUBLIC LAW 93-376-AUG. 14, 1974

[88 STAT.

FORMAL REQUIREMENTS RESPECTING REPORTS AND STATEMENTS D.C. Code 1 1138.

<^°pies. Regulations.

SEC. 208. (a) A report or statement required by this title to be filed by a treasurer of a political committee, a candidate, or by any other person, shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person filing such report or statement, taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. ^|3) ^ copy of a report or statement shall be preserved by the person filing it for a period to be designated by the Board in a published regulation. ^^^ rpj^^ Board, shall, by published regulations of general applicability, prescribe the manner in which contributions and expenditures in the nature of debts and other contracts, agreements, and promises to make contributions or expenditures shall be reported. Such regulations shall provide that they be reported in separate schedules. In determining aggregate amounts of contributions and expenditures, amounts reported as provided in such regulations shall not be considered until actual payment is made. E X E M P T I O N FOR CANDIDATES WHO ANTICIPATE SPENDING LESS THAN $250

D.C. Code 1 1139.

SEC, 209. Except for the provisions of subsections (c] and (d) of section 201, and subsection (a) of section 205, the provisions of this title shall not apply to any candidate who anticipates spending or spends less than $250 in any one election and who has not designated a principal campaign committee. On the fifteenth day prior to the date of the election in which such candidate is entered, and on the thirtieth day after the date of such election, such candidate shall certify to the Director that he has not spent more than $250 in such election. IDENTIFICATION OF CAMPAIGN LITERATUltE

D.C. Code 1 1140.

SEC. 210. All newspaper or magazine advertising, posters, circulars, billboards, handbills, bumper stickers, sample ballots, and other printed matter with reference to or intended for the support or defeat of a candidate or group of candidates for nomination or election to any public office shall be identified by the words "paid for by" followed by the name and address of the payer or the committee or other person and its treasurer on whose behalf the material appears. EFFECT ON LIABILITY

D.C. Code 1 1141.

SEC. 211, Nothing in this title shall be construed as creating or limiting in any way the liability of any person under existing law for any financial obligation incurred by a political committee or candidate. TITLE III—DIRECTOE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR

D.C. Code 1 1151.

Appointment. 5 USC 101

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SEC. 301. (a) There is established within the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics the office of Director of Campaign Finance (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the Director"). The Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Director, except that on and after January 2, 1975, any vacancy in the office of Director shall be filied by appoiutmcut by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council. Such appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code, governing appoint-