Best Efforts. When the treasurer of a political committee
shows that best efforts have been used to obtain,
maintain and submit the information required, the com-mittee
shall be considered in compliance with the Act.
With regard to reporting the identification of each
person whose contribution(s) to the committee and its
affiliated committees aggregate in excess of $200 in a
calendar year, the treasurer will not be deemed to have
exercised best efforts to obtain the required information
unless he or she has made at least one effort per
solicitation either by written request or by an oral
request documented in writing to obtain the information
from the contributor. The best effort shall consist of a
clear request for the information (i.e., name, mailing
address, occupation, name of employer) which informs
the contributor that the reporting of the information is
required by law.