Session of 1998
HOUSE BILL No. 2730
By Committee on Governmental Organization and
Elections
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AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating
to treasurer's reports;
10 amending K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 25-4148 and repealing the existing
11 section.
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13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section 1. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 25-4148 is hereby amended to read as
15 follows: 25-4148. (a) Every treasurer shall
file a report prescribed by this
16 section. Reports filed by treasurers for
candidates for state office, other
17 than officers elected on a state-wide
basis, shall be filed in both the office
18 of the secretary of state and in the office
of the county election officer of
19 the county in which the candidate is a
resident. Reports filed by treasurers
20 for candidates for state-wide office shall
be filed only with the secretary
21 of state. Reports filed by treasurers for
candidates for local office shall be
22 filed in the office of the county election
officer of the county in which
23 the name of the candidate is on the
ballot. Except as otherwise provided
24 by subsection (h), all such reports shall
be filed in time to be received in
25 the offices required on or before each of
the following days:
26 (1) The eighth day
preceding the primary election, which report shall
27 be for the period beginning on January 1 of
the election year for the office
28 the candidate is seeking and ending 12 days
before the primary election,
29 inclusive;
30 (2) the eighth day
preceding a general election, which report shall be
31 for the period beginning 11 days before the
primary election and ending
32 12 days before the general election,
inclusive;
33 (3) for a member of
the governing body of a city of the first class, any
34 elected office of a unified school
district having 35,000 or more pupils
35 regularly enrolled in the preceding
calendar year or a member of the
36 board of public utilities, June 10 which
report shall be for the period
37 beginning 11 days before the general
election and ending on June 6, in-
38 clusive;
39 (4) for a member of
the governing body of a city of the first class, any
40 elected office of a unified school
district having 35,000 or more pupils
41 regularly enrolled in the preceding
calendar year or a member of the
42 board of public utilities, January 10 of
the year after an election year,
43 which report shall be for the period
beginning June 7 and ending on
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1 December 31, inclusive;
2 (3)
(5) for all other offices subject to the campaign finance
act which
3 are not specified in paragraph
(4), January 10 of the year after an election
4 year, which report shall be for the
period beginning 11 days before the
5 general election and ending on
December 31, inclusive;
6 (4)
(6) for any calendar year when no election is held, a
report shall
7 be filed on the next January 10 for
the preceding calendar year;
8 (5)
(7) a treasurer shall file only the annual report
required by sub-
9 section (4)
(6) for those years when the candidate is not participating
in
10 a primary or general election.
11 (b) Each report required
by this section shall state:
12 (1) Cash on hand on the
first day of the reporting period;
13 (2) the name and address
of each person who has made one or more
14 contributions in an aggregate amount or
value in excess of $50 during the
15 election period together with the amount
and date of such contributions,
16 including the name and address of every
lender, guarantor and endorser
17 when a contribution is in the form of an
advance or loan;
18 (3) the aggregate amount
of all proceeds from bona fide sales of po-
19 litical materials such as, but not limited
to, political campaign pins, but-
20 tons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners
and literature;
21 (4) the aggregate amount
of contributions for which the name and
22 address of the contributor is not
known;
23 (5) each contribution,
rebate, refund or other receipt not otherwise
24 listed;
25 (6) the total of all
receipts;
26 (7) the name and address
of each person to whom expenditures have
27 been made in an aggregate amount or value
in excess of $50, with the
28 amount, date, and purpose of each
and; the names and addresses of all
29 persons to whom any loan or advance has
been made; when an expend-
30 iture is made by payment to an advertising
agency, public relations firm
31 or political consultants for disbursement
to vendors, the report of such
32 expenditure shall show in detail the name
of each such vendor and the
33 amount, date and purpose of the payments to
each;
34 (8) the name and address
of each person from whom an in-kind con-
35 tribution was received or who has paid for
personal services provided
36 without charge to or for any candidate,
candidate committee, party com-
37 mittee or political committee, if the
contribution is in excess of $50 and
38 is not otherwise reported under subsection
(b)(7), and the amount, date
39 and purpose of the contribution;
40 (9) the aggregate of all
expenditures not otherwise reported under
41 this section; and
42 (10) the total of
expenditures.
43 (c) Treasurers of
candidates and of candidate committees shall be
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1 required to itemize, as provided in
subsection (b)(2), only the purchase
2 of tickets or admissions to
testimonial events by a person who purchases
3 such tickets or admissions in an
aggregate amount or value in excess of
4 $50 per event, or who purchases such
a ticket or admission at a cost
5 exceeding $25 per ticket or
admission. All other purchases of tickets or
6 admissions to testimonial events
shall be reported in an aggregate amount
7 and shall not be subject to the
limitations specified in K.S.A. 25-4154,
8 and amendments thereto.
9 (d) If a
contribution or other receipt from a political committee is
10 required to be reported under subsection
(b), the report shall include the
11 full name of the organization with which
the political committee is con-
12 nected or affiliated or, name or
description sufficiently describing the
13 affiliation or, if the committee is not
connected or affiliated with any one
14 organization, the trade, profession or
primary interest of contributors of
15 the political committee.
16 (e) The commission may
require any treasurer to file an amended
17 report for any period for which the
original report filed by such treasurer
18 contains material errors or omissions, and
notice of the errors or omissions
19 shall be part of the public record. The
amended report shall be filed
20 within 30 days after notice by the
commission.
21 (f) The commission may
require any treasurer to file a report for any
22 period for which the required report is not
on file, and notice of the failure
23 to file shall be part of the public record.
Such report shall be filed within
24 five days after notice by the
commission.
25 (g) For the purpose of
any report required to be filed pursuant to
26 subsection (a) by the treasurer of any
candidate seeking nomination by
27 convention or caucus or by the treasurer of
the candidate's committee or
28 by the treasurer of any party committee or
political committee of which
29 the primary purpose is supporting or
opposing the nomination of any such
30 candidate, the date of the convention or
caucus shall be considered the
31 date of the primary election.
32 (h) If a report is sent
by certified or registered mail on or before the
33 day it is due, the mailing shall constitute
receipt by that office.
34 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 25-4148 is hereby repealed.
35 Sec. 3. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
36 publication in the statute book.
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