Powers and duties of the election commission.

Split the administrative disbandment provisions into two separate sections to clearly distinguish between committees filed with county election boards and those filed with the state election division.

Established a specific $500 civil penalty for violations of electronic filing requirements.

Removed the election commission's ability to waive outstanding civil penalties for committees that are administratively disbanded, requiring penalties to be imposed automatically.

Clarified that the commission must impose a civil penalty of $1,000 or $500, plus investigative costs, for specific violations of committee reporting requirements.

The criteria for administrative dissolution were updated to require that a committee has not filed expenditure reports for the previous three years, increased from the previous two-year standard.

Jurisdiction was clarified to specify that the state Commission dissolves state and legislative committees, while county boards handle local and school board committees.

A new section was added to provide specific procedures for administratively dissolving committees whose statements of organization were filed directly with the state election division.

The process for administrative dissolution was expanded to include a formal notice procedure, findings of inactivity, and a mechanism to waive outstanding civil penalties if collecting them is deemed wasteful.