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AN ACT concerning election campaign finance; concerning contribu-
  tions; amending K.S.A. 25-4153 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
  Section 1.  K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
4153. (a) The aggregate amount contributed to a candidate and such
candidate's candidate committee and to all party committees and political
committees and dedicated to such candidate's campaign, by any political
committee or any person individual except a party committee, the can-
didate or the candidate's spouse, shall not exceed the following:
  (1)  For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor or for
other state officers elected from the state as a whole, $2,000 for each
primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political
party) and an equal amount for each general election;
  (2)  for the office of member of the house of representatives, district
judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney, member of the state
board of education or a candidate for local office, $500 for each primary
election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party) and
an equal amount for each general election.
  (3)  for the office of state senator, $1,000 for each primary election
(or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party) and an equal
amount for each general election.
  (b)  For the purposes of this section, the face value of a loan at the
end of the period of time allocable to the primary or general election is
the amount subject to the limitations of this section. A loan in excess of
the limits herein provided may be made during the allocable period if
such loan is reduced to the permissible level, when combined with all
other contributions from the person making such loan, at the end of such
allocable period.
  (c)  For the purposes of this section, all contributions made by une-
mancipated children under 18 years of age shall be considered to be
contributions made by the parent or parents of such children. The total
amount of such contribution shall be attributed to a single custodial par-
ent and 50% of such contribution to each of two parents.
  (d)  The aggregate amount contributed to a state party committee by
-a person an individual or a party committee other than a national party
committee or a political committee shall not exceed $15,000 in each cal-
endar year; and the aggregate amount contributed to any other party
committee by a person an individual or a party committee other than a
national party committee or a political committee shall not exceed $5,000
in each calendar year.
  The aggregate amount contributed by a national party committee to a
state party committee shall not exceed $25,000 $50,000 in any calendar
year, and the aggregate amount contributed to any other party committee
by a national party committee shall not exceed $10,000 in any calendar
year.
  The aggregate amount contributed to a party committee by a political
committee shall not exceed $5,000 in any calendar year.
  (e)  Any political funds which have been collected and were not sub-
ject to the reporting requirements of this act shall be deemed a person
subject to these contribution limitations.
  (f)  Any political funds which have been collected and were subject to
the reporting requirements of the campaign finance act shall not be used
in or for the campaign of a candidate for a federal elective office.
  (g)  The amount contributed by each individual party committee of
the same political party other than a national party committee to any
candidate for office, for any primary election at which two or more can-
didates are seeking the nomination of such party shall not exceed the
following:
  (1)  For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor and
for each of the other state officers elected from the state as a whole,
$2,000 for each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention
of a political party);
  (2)  for the office of member of the house of representatives, district
judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney, member of the state
board of education or a candidate for local office, $500 for each primary
election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party).
  (3)  for the office of state senator, $1,000 for each primary election
(or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party).
  (h)  When a candidate for a specific cycle does not run for office, the
contribution limitations of this section shall apply as though the individual
had sought office.
  (i)  No person shall make any contribution or contributions to any
candidate or the candidate committee of any candidate in the form of
money or currency of the United States which in the aggregate exceeds
$100 for any one primary or general election, and no candidate or can-
didate committee of any candidate shall accept any contribution or con-
tributions in the form of money or currency of the United States which
-in the aggregate exceeds $100 from any one person for any one primary
or general election.
  (j)  No contributions shall be accepted by any candidate except from
an individual or a party committee other than a national party committee.
  (k)  No contributions shall be accepted by any candidate committee
except from an individual or a party committee other than a national
party committee.
  (l)  No state party committee shall accept contributions except from
an individual or another party committee.
  (m)  No district or county party committee or any political committee
established by a state party committee and designated as a recognized
political committee shall accept contributions except from an individual
or a party committee other than a national party committee.
  Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby repealed.
  Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.