111-6-02 Acknowledgement of statement filed by electronic means of transmission.

(A) Except as otherwise provided for in section (D) of this rule, a statement filed by electronic means of transmission pursuant to sections 3517.10, 3517.106, 3517.1011, 3517.1012 or 3517.1013 of the Revised Code shall be filed by either of the following methods:

(1) An on-line application linked to the secretary of state’s home page on the world wide web;

(2) An electronic mail message with a properly constructed and formatted data attachment sent to the secretary of state.

(B)

(1) The secretary of state shall immediately acknowledge statements filed by the on-line application by notifying the filer when the statement submitted is successfully processed.

(2) The secretary of state shall immediately acknowledge statements filed by electronic mail message by sending to an e-mail address of the filing entity a notice when the date attachment is successfully processed.

(C) The secretary of state’s method of preserving all statements filed by electronic means of transmission is to store all such statements in a data base maintained by the secretary of state.

(D) All electioneering communication contribution and disbursement statements filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 3517.1011 of the Revised Code shall be filed only using the on-line application as described in (A)(1) of this rule.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 12/26/2006

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: RC 3517.23

Rule Amplifies: RC 3517.106

Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/02, 1/1/06