Session of 1998
HOUSE BILL No. 2659
By Committee on Governmental Organization and
Elections
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AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating
to the use of public prop-
10 erty; imposing certain
limitations; amending K.S.A. 25-4169a and re-
11 pealing the existing
section.
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13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section 1. K.S.A. 25-4169a is
hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
15 4169a. (a) No officer or employee of the
state of Kansas, any county, any
16 unified school district having 35,000 or
more pupils regularly enrolled,
17 any city of the first class or the board of
public utilities of the city of
18 Kansas City, Kansas, shall use or authorize
the use of public funds or
19 public vehicles, machinery, equipment or
supplies of any such govern-
20 mental agency or the time of any officer or
employee of any such gov-
21 ernmental agency, for which the officer or
employee is compensated by
22 such governmental agency, for the purpose
of influencing the nomination
23 or election of any candidate to state
office or local office. The provisions
24 of this section prohibiting the use of time
of any officer or employee for
25 such purposes shall not apply to an
incumbent officer campaigning for
26 nomination or reelection to a succeeding
term to such office or to mem-
27 bers of the personal staff of any elected
officer.
28 (b) No person shall use
the state capitol building or the grounds of
29 the state capitol building for the
purpose of soliciting or accepting con-
30 tributions. No officer or employee of
the state of Kansas shall authorize
31 the use of the state capitol building or
the grounds of the state capitol
32 building for the purpose of soliciting
or accepting contributions.
33 (b)
(c) Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be
34 guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
35 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 25-4169a is
hereby repealed.
36 Sec. 3. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
37 publication in the statute book.
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