By Committee on Governmental Organization and
Elections
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AN ACT concerning elections; enacting the
Kansas clean money cam-
10 paign reform act;
amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 25-4148 and repealing
11 the existing
section.
12
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 New
Section 1. Sections 1 to 18, inclusive, and amendments
thereto,
15 shall be known and may be cited as the
``Kansas clean money campaign
16 reform act.''
17 New Sec. 2. Unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, the defi-
18 nitions in K.S.A. 25-4143, and amendments
thereto, shall apply to this
19 act. In addition, as used in this act,
unless the context otherwise requires:
20 (a) ``Fund'' means the
clean money election campaign fund.
21 (b) ``Grant'' means a
contribution from the clean money election cam-
22 paign fund.
23 (c) ``Legislative
office'' means a member of the Kansas house of rep-
24 resentatives or Kansas senate.
25
(d) (1) ``Qualifying contribution'' means:
26 (A) A contribution
contributed to a candidate or such candidate's can-
27 didate committee for statewide office in
the amount of $100 or less;
28 (B) a contribution
contributed to a candidate or such candidate's can-
29 didate committee for legislative office in
the amount of $50 or less;
30 (C) a contribution by
and from a qualified voter residing or registered
31 to vote in the state of Kansas; or
32 (D) a contribution
received on or after January 1 of an election year
33 in which the recipient is a candidate for
office.
34 (2) ``Qualifying
contribution'' does not mean:
35 (A) A loan, pledge, or
in-kind contribution;
36 (B) any contribution or
contributions in which the aggregate amount
37 contributed to a candidate and such
candidate's candidate committee ex-
38 ceeds the limits of paragraph (A) or (B) of
subsection (d)(1) of this section,
39 and amendments thereto.
40 (e) ``Receipt and
expenditure report'' means a report of accounts of
41 all contributions and other receipts
received and all expenditures made
42 by or on behalf of the treasurer's
candidate or committee as required
43 under the campaign finance act.
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1 (f) ``Statewide
office'' means the governor, lieutenant governor, sec-
2 retary of state, attorney general,
state treasurer and insurance commis-
3 sioner.
4 (g) ``Commission''
means the Kansas commission on governmental
5 standards and conduct.
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(h) (1) ``Independent expenditure'' means:
7 (A) Any purchase,
payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or
8 gift of money or any other thing of
value that has the effect of directly or
9 indirectly influencing the nomination
or election of any individual to state
10 office or providing information which has
the effect of directly or indi-
11 rectly influencing the nomination or
election of any individual to state
12 office;
13 (B) any contract to make
an independent expenditure;
14 (C) a transfer of funds
between any two or more candidate commit-
15 tees, party committees or political
committees; or
16 (D) payment of a
candidate's filing fees.
17 (2) Independent
expenditure does not mean:
18 (A) The value of
volunteer services provided without compensation;
19 (B) costs to a volunteer
incidental to the rendering of volunteer serv-
20 ices not exceeding a fair market value of
$500 during an allocable election
21 period as provided in K.S.A. 25-4149 and
amendments thereto;
22 (C) payment by a
candidate or candidate's spouse for personal meals,
23 lodging and travel by personal automobile
of the candidate or candidate's
24 spouse while campaigning or payment of such
costs by the treasurer of a
25 candidate or candidate committee;
26 (D) the value of goods
donated to events such as testimonial events,
27 bake sales, garage sales and auctions by
any individual not exceeding fair
28 market value of $500 per event;
29 (E) any communication by
an incumbent elected state officer with
30 one or more individuals unless the primary
purpose thereof is to directly
31 or indirectly influence the nomination or
election of any candidate or
32 providing information which has the effect
of directly or indirectly influ-
33 encing the nomination or election of any
candidate;
34 (F) costs associated
with any news story, commentary or editorial dis-
35 tributed in the ordinary course of business
by a broadcasting station,
36 newspaper, other periodical publication or
by internet communication;
37 (G) costs associated
with nonpartisan activities designed to encourage
38 individuals to register to vote or to vote;
or
39 (H) costs associated
with internal organizational communications of
40 business, labor, professional or other
associations.
41 New Sec. 3. (a)
Each individual filing an income tax return for any
42 taxable year who has a state income tax
liability or is entitled to an income
43 tax refund or other payment from the
department of revenue may des-
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1 ignate an amount of $4 ($8 for
individuals filing a joint return) to be
2 deposited into the clean money
election campaign fund which is hereby
3 established in the state
treasury.
4 (b) Such
designation shall not increase a taxpayer's liability or de-
5 crease a refund or other payment to
the taxpayer from the department
6 of revenue.
7 (c) The department
of revenue shall place on the top 1/3 of the first
8 page of all tax returns to be filed
the following language:
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KANSAS CLEAN MONEY ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND
10 Do you want $4 to go to this
fund?
Yes No
11 If joint return, does your
spouse want $4 to go to this fund?
Yes No
12 Note: Checking ``Yes'' will not
increase your tax or reduce your refund.
13 (d) The director of
taxation of the department of revenue shall de-
14 termine annually the total amount
designated for use in the Kansas clean
15 money election campaign fund pursuant to
this section and shall report
16 such amount to the state treasurer who
shall credit the entire amount
17 thereof to such fund. All expenditures from
such fund shall be made in
18 accordance with appropriation acts upon
warrants of the director of ac-
19 counts and reports issued pursuant to
vouchers approved by the chair-
20 person of the Kansas commission on
governmental standards and conduct
21 or the chairperson's designee.
22 (e) For each fiscal year
in which an election for legislative or statewide
23 office is required by law, the legislature
shall appropriate from the state
24 general fund, an amount sufficient to fully
fund all candidates eligible to
25 receive grants pursuant to this act. The
commission shall provide the
26 director of taxation of the department of
revenue with a written estimate
27 of the amount necessary to fully fund all
eligible candidates no later than
28 January 1 of any such election year. If
insufficient funds are appropriated
29 by the legislature to pay such sums, the
finance council, upon the request
30 of the commission, shall transfer
sufficient moneys from the appropriation
31 for contingencies to make all payments
authorized by the provisions of
32 this act.
33 New Sec. 4. (a)
Each candidate for statewide or legislative office shall
34 file a statement of intent to accept or
reject a grant from the fund. The
35 statement shall be filed no later than the
deadline for filing nomination
36 petitions.
37 (b) A candidate who
intends to accept a grant shall swear or affirm
38 that the candidate and the candidate's
authorized agent or agents have
39 complied with and will continue to comply
with all applicable contribution
40 and expenditure limits at all times to
which the limits apply to the can-
41 didate's candidacy for the office
sought.
42 (c) A candidate who
intends to accept a grant shall designate in the
43 statement of intent whether the candidate
will accept or reject a grant in
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1 either the primary or the general
election. A candidate may designate
2 both.
3 (d) A candidate
who designated the primary and not the general elec-
4 tion in the statement of intent may
designate the general election no later
5 than 15 calendar days after the date
of the primary election.
6 (e) A candidate
may rescind the acceptance in the statement of intent:
7 (1) For a primary
election grant no later than 15 calendar days after
8 the deadline for filing nomination
petitions; or
9 (2) for a general
election grant no later than 15 calendar days after
10 the date of the primary election.
11 New Sec. 5. (a) The
commission shall approve the payment of a pri-
12 mary or a general election grant or both a
primary election grant and a
13 general election grant if an eligible
candidate meets all of the following
14 requirements:
15 (1) The candidate has
filed a timely statement of intent to accept the
16 grant;
17 (2) the candidate is
certified to appear on the ballot for the election
18 and office for which the grant is
sought;
19 (3) the candidate is
opposed by a candidate for the same office:
20 (A) Who has qualified to
receive a grant; or
21 (B) whose campaign
finance reports or notification provided for in
22 subsection (b) indicate that the opposing
candidate has received, ex-
23 pended or has cash on hand of at least 25%
of the applicable expenditure
24 limit;
25 (4) the financial
reports filed by or on behalf of the candidate as of
26 the date of qualification indicates that
the candidate has received:
27 (A) In the case of
candidates for statewide office, qualifying contri-
28 butions equal to at least 5% of the
expenditure limits; or
29 (B) in the case of
candidates for legislative office, qualifying contri-
30 butions equal to at least 10% of the
expenditure limits.
31 (b) A candidate whose
report indicates that the candidate has not
32 received, expended or has cash on hand of
at least 25% of the applicable
33 expenditure limit shall notify the
commission within 48 hours of the date
34 in which the contribution or contributions
were received or expenditure
35 or expenditures were made which caused the
candidate to have received,
36 expended, or have cash on hand of at least
25% of the applicable ex-
37 penditure limit.
38 New Sec. 6. (a) A
candidate filing a statement of intent to accept a
39 grant shall not receive a contribution or
contributions from the candi-
40 date's own funds that exceed 200% of the
qualifying contribution which
41 an individual may contribute to a candidate
for that office, or from those
42 funds of the candidate's spouse that exceed
200% of the qualifying con-
43 tribution an individual may contribute to a
candidate for that office.
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1 (b) A candidate
filing a statement of intent to accept a grant shall not
2 receive a contribution or
contributions from any committee, corporation,
3 union, partnership, trust,
organization, association, recognized political
4 committee, political committee or
political party committee. If such con-
5 tributions are received before the
candidate files a statement of intent to
6 accept a grant, the candidate shall
return such contributions to be eligible
7 for a grant.
8 (c) A qualifying
candidate for statewide office filing a statement of
9 intent to accept a grant may receive
a primary election grant, a general
10 election grant, or both a primary election
grant and a general election
11 grant equal to 95% of the applicable
expenditure limit. A qualifying can-
12 didate for legislative office filing a
statement of intent to accept a grant
13 may receive a primary election grant, a
general election grant, or both a
14 primary election grant and a general
election grant equal to 90% of the
15 applicable expenditure limit. A qualifying
candidate, in an uncontested
16 primary for statewide or legislative
office, filing a statement of intent to
17 accept a grant may receive a primary
election grant equal to 25% of the
18 amount provided in a contested primary if
the qualifying candidate will
19 have a contested general election.
20 New Sec. 7. (a)
Neither a candidate for statewide or legislative office
21 who files a statement of intent to accept a
grant from the fund nor such
22 candidate's agent shall make an expenditure
or expenditures in excess of
23 the following amounts:
24 (1) For the pair of
candidates of governor and lieutenant governor,
25 $710,000 in the primary election and
$1,420,000 in the general election;
26 (2) for a candidate for
other statewide office, $135,000 in the primary
27 election and $265,000 in the general
election;
28 (3) for a candidate for
state senator, $25,000 in the primary election
29 and $25,000 in the general election;
30 (4) for a candidate for
state representative, $15,000 in the primary
31 election and $15,000 in the general
election.
32 (b) (1) For
purposes of the expenditure limits:
33 (A) An expenditure made
by the date of the primary election of the
34 general election year shall be considered a
primary election expenditure;
35 (B) an expenditure made
from midnight on the date of a primary
36 election through and including December 31
of the general election year
37 shall be considered a general election
expenditure.
38 (2) Notwithstanding the
provisions of paragraphs (A) and (B), if pay-
39 ments are made, but the goods or services
are not used during the period
40 purchased, the payments shall be considered
expenditures for the time
41 period when they are used or during which
benefit is derived from them.
42 Payment for goods and services used in both
time periods shall be pro-
43 rated.
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1 (c) A candidate
filing a statement of intent to reject a grant from the
2 fund may file an affidavit agreeing
to voluntarily comply with the appli-
3 cable contribution and expenditure
limits no later than the deadline for
4 filing nomination petitions. An
affidavit filed under this section shall be
5 binding unless rescinded:
6 (1) No later than
15 calendar days after the deadline for filing nom-
7 ination petitions in the case of
primary expenditure limits; or
8 (2) no later than
15 calendar days after the date of the primary elec-
9 tion in the case of general election
expenditure limits.
10 New Sec. 8. (a) (1)
If the commission determines that a candidate
11 for statewide office who is eligible to
receive a grant is opposed by a
12 candidate who has rejected a grant and who
has not agreed voluntarily to
13 limit contributions and expenditures under
subsection (c) of section 7,
14 and amendments thereto, the candidate who
is eligible to receive the
15 grant also shall be eligible for an
additional grant equal to 50% of the
16 applicable grant amount; or
17 (2) if the commission
determines a candidate for a legislative office
18 who is eligible to receive a grant is
opposed by a candidate who has
19 rejected a grant and who has not agreed
voluntarily to limit contributions
20 and expenditures under subsection (c) of
section 7, and amendments
21 thereto, the candidate who is eligible to
receive the grant also shall be
22 eligible for an additional grant equal to
100% of the applicable grant
23 amount.
24 (b) If aggregate
independent expenditures are made in an amount
25 greater than 10% of the applicable
expenditure limit in support of or in
26 opposition to a candidate for such office,
the candidate who is affected
27 negatively by such expenditure and who is
eligible to receive a grant, also
28 shall be eligible for additional grant
funds equal to the amount of such
29 expenditure up to a maximum amount of 25%
of the applicable expend-
30 iture limit for either the primary election
or general election as appro-
31 priate.
32 (c) The expenditure
limit for a candidate who receives the additional
33 grant described in this section shall be
raised in an amount equal to the
34 amount of the additional grant.
35 New Sec. 9. A
candidate or campaign treasurer may exclude the fol-
36 lowing items when computing expenditure
limits:
37 (a) A contribution or
contributions returned to the contributor;
38 (b) repayment of a loan
to the campaign;
39 (c) expenses incurred as
a direct result of an election recount; and
40 (d) a refund of a
deposit paid.
41 New Sec. 10. (a)
The commission immediately shall review the state-
42 ments of intent, nomination petitions, and
receipt and expenditure re-
43 ports of candidates to determine the
eligibility of candidates who have
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1 filed statements of intent to accept
a grant.
2 (b) The commission
shall certify whether a candidate is eligible to
3 receive a primary election grant no
later than 10 calendar days after the
4 deadline for filing nomination
petitions.
5 (c) The commission
shall certify whether a candidate is eligible to
6 receive a general election grant no
later than 10 calendar days after the
7 date of the primary election.
8 (d) A separate
determination shall be made for a primary and a gen-
9 eral election grant.
10 (e) The certification by
the commission shall indicate whether a can-
11 didate is eligible to receive a grant and
the amount of the grant the can-
12 didate is eligible to receive.
13 (f) If a candidate who
has filed a statement of intent to accept a grant
14 is not eligible to receive a grant, the
certification shall state the reasons
15 why the candidate is not eligible to
receive a grant and what action, if
16 any, the candidate may take to qualify for
a grant.
17 (g) The commission
immediately shall certify a candidate who be-
18 comes eligible after the dates specified in
subsections (b) and (c) but
19 before the date of the primary election or
general election for which the
20 funds are sought.
21 (h) Immediately after
the commission certifies a candidate for a
22 grant, the commission shall deliver a copy
of such certification along with
23 a voucher approved by the chairperson of
the commission or the chair-
24 person's designee to the department of
revenue. Upon receipt of the
25 certification and voucher, the department
of revenue shall issue a check
26 immediately to the certified candidate or
candidate committee for the
27 amount indicated on the voucher. The
department of revenue shall de-
28 liver such check and certification
immediately to the treasurer of the
29 certified candidate or candidate
committee.
30 (i) A candidate may file
a written request to review the determination
31 of the commission no later than five
calendar days after such determi-
32 nation.
33 New Sec. 11. All
grant funds shall be deposited in a bank account
34 designated as the candidate's campaign fund
by the treasurer of the can-
35 didate or the candidate's candidate
committee.
36 New Sec. 12. (a)
(1) Grant funds disbursed under this act shall re-
37 main the property of the state until
disbursed for lawful campaign pur-
38 poses.
39 (2) Grant funds that are
unspent by a candidate on the eighth day
40 preceding the general election for a
primary election grant or January 10
41 of the year after the election year for a
general election grant shall revert
42 to the state. A deposit or refund derived
from grant funds that are re-
43 ceived by a candidate after the eighth day
preceding the general election
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1 for a primary election grant or
January 10 of the year after the election
2 year for a general election grant
shall revert to the state. All reversions
3 shall be returned to the department
of revenue which shall deposit the
4 money in the clean money election
campaign fund.
5 (b) Return of
grant funds after the withdrawal date set forth in sub-
6 section (d) of section 4, and
amendments thereto, shall not remove ap-
7 plicable contribution and expenditure
limits.
8 New
Sec. 13. (a) A person shall not expend, authorize the
expendi-
9 ture of, or incur an obligation to
expend a grant for a purpose other than
10 to advance the candidacy by lawful means of
the specific candidate or
11 candidates who qualify for the grant.
12 (b) A person shall not
expend, authorize the expenditure of or incur
13 an obligation to expend a grant after the
date of an election where the
14 grant is subject to return to the state
under subsection (a)(1) of section
15 12, and amendments thereto.
16 (c) A candidate shall
not expend, authorize the expenditure of or in-
17 cur an obligation to expend a grant if the
candidate violates the pledge
18 required under subsection (b) of section 4
and amendments thereto.
19 (d) Every report or
statement made under the Kansas clean money
20 campaign reform act shall be made on forms
prescribed by the commis-
21 sion, and contain substantially the
following:
22 ``I declare that this
(report)(statement) including any accompanying
23 schedules and statements, has been examined
by me and to the best of
24 my knowledge and belief is true, correct
and complete. I understand that
25 the failure to file this document or filing
a false document is a class A
26 misdemeanor.''
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____________________
(Date)
____________________
(Signature)
29 Every report or statement shall be dated
and signed by the treasurer.
30 New Sec. 14. (a)
The candidate or the candidate's treasurer shall
31 deliver or transmit to the commission
sufficient proof of payment of all
32 disbursements made from grant funds no
later than the eighth day pre-
33 ceding the general election for a primary
grant and no later than January
34 10 of the year after the election for a
general election grant.
35 (b) The commission shall
determine what constitutes sufficient proof
36 of payment.
37 (c) The commission may
conduct a random audit of the accounts and
38 records of a candidate filing a statement
of intent to accept a grant.
39 New Sec. 15. (a) A
candidate or a candidate's treasurer may use the
40 candidate's statement of intent to accept a
grant as security for a loan
41 made for campaign purposes from a financial
institution that ordinarily
42 makes loans in the courses of its
business.
43 (b) To the extent that
proceeds of a loan obtained under the provi-
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1 sions of subsection (a) of this
section are used for a purpose set forth in
2 subsection (b) of section 11, and
amendments thereto, repayment of such
3 a loan may be made from grant
funds.
4 New
Sec. 16. (a) At least seven days prior to making an
independent
5 expenditure, any person who makes
independent expenditures in an ag-
6 gregate amount of $1,000 or more
within the time period beginning 60
7 days prior to a primary election and
ending on the day of the general
8 election following such primary
election, shall make and file a statement
9 prescribed by this section. Such
statement shall be filed in the office of
10 the secretary of state. Every statement
shall include:
11 (1) The name and address
of the person; and
12 (2) the name and address
of a responsible individual, if the person is
13 not an individual.
14 (b) Any person required
to file a statement pursuant to subsection
15 (a) also shall file reports containing the
information required by K.S.A.
16 25-4148, and amendments thereto. Such
reports shall be filed at the times
17 and in the manner provided by K.S.A.
25-4148, and amendments thereto.
18 New Sec. 17. It is
a violation of this act for any candidate knowingly
19 to accept more benefits than those to which
such candidate is entitled,
20 spend more than the amount of clean money
funding such candidate has
21 received r misuse such benefits of clean
money funding. If it is deter-
22 mined that the violation was intentional
and involved an amount that had
23 or could have been expected to have a
significant impact on the outcome
24 of the election, the candidate may be fined
up to $25,000 or imprisoned
25 for up to five years, or both. Any other
violation of any provision of the
26 Kansas clean money campaign reform act is a
class A misdemeanor.
27 New Sec. 18. The
commission shall adopt rules and regulations for
28 the administration of the Kansas clean
money campaign reform act. For
29 purposes of civil enforcement, conducting
hearings, rendering advisory
30 opinions and other powers, the commission
shall retain all authority
31 granted pursuant to the campaign finance
act.
32 Sec. 19. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 25-4148 is hereby amended to read as
33 follows: 25-4148. (a) Every treasurer shall
file a report prescribed by this
34 section. Reports filed by treasurers for
candidates for state office, other
35 than officers elected on a state-wide
basis, shall be filed in both the office
36 of the secretary of state and in the office
of the county election officer of
37 the county in which the candidate is a
resident. Reports filed by treasurers
38 for candidates for state-wide office shall
be filed only with the secretary
39 of state. Reports filed by treasurers for
candidates for local office shall be
40 filed in the office of the county election
officer of the county in which
41 the name of the candidate is on the
ballot. Except as otherwise provided
42 by subsection (h), all such reports shall
be filed in time to be received in
43 the offices required on or before each of
the following days:
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1 (1) For
candidates for legislative and statewide offices as defined
by
2 section 2, on the day which is the
last day for filing nomination petitions.
3 Such report shall be for the
period beginning January 1 of the election
4 year and ending eight days before
the day which is the last day for filing
5 nomination petitions. For all
other candidates, the eighth day preceding
6 the primary election, which report
shall be for the period beginning on
7 January 1 of the election year for
the office the candidate is seeking and
8 ending 12 days before the primary
election, inclusive;
9 (2) the eighth day
preceding a general election, which report shall be
10 for the period beginning 11 days before the
primary election and ending
11 12 days before the general election,
inclusive;
12 (3) January 10 of the
year after an election year, which report shall
13 be for the period beginning 11 days before
the general election and end-
14 ing on December 31, inclusive;
15 (4) for any calendar
year when no election is held, a report shall be
16 filed on the next January 10 for the
preceding calendar year;
17 (5) a treasurer shall
file only the annual report required by subsection
18 (4) for those years when the candidate is
not participating in a primary
19 or general election.
20 (b) Each report required
by this section shall state:
21 (1) Cash on hand on the
first day of the reporting period;
22 (2) the name and address
of each person who has made one or more
23 contributions in an aggregate amount or
value in excess of $50 during the
24 election period together with the amount
and date of such contributions,
25 including the name and address of every
lender, guarantor and endorser
26 when a contribution is in the form of an
advance or loan;
27 (3) the aggregate amount
of all proceeds from bona fide sales of po-
28 litical materials such as, but not limited
to, political campaign pins, but-
29 tons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners
and literature;
30 (4) the aggregate amount
of contributions for which the name and
31 address of the contributor is not
known;
32 (5) each contribution,
rebate, refund or other receipt not otherwise
33 listed;
34 (6) the total of all
receipts;
35 (7) the name and address
of each person to whom expenditures have
36 been made in an aggregate amount or value
in excess of $50, with the
37 amount, date, and purpose of each
and; the names and addresses of all
38 persons to whom any loan or advance has
been made; when an expend-
39 iture is made by payment to an advertising
agency, public relations firm
40 or political consultants for disbursement
to vendors, the report of such
41 expenditure shall show in detail the name
of each such vendor and the
42 amount, date and purpose of the payments to
each;
43 (8) the name and address
of each person from whom an in-kind con-
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1 tribution was received or who has
paid for personal services provided
2 without charge to or for any
candidate, candidate committee, party com-
3 mittee or political committee, if the
contribution is in excess of $50 and
4 is not otherwise reported under
subsection (b)(7), and the amount, date
5 and purpose of the contribution;
6 (9) the aggregate
of all expenditures not otherwise reported under
7 this section; and
8 (10) the total of
expenditures.
9 (c) Treasurers of
candidates and of candidate committees shall be
10 required to itemize, as provided in
subsection (b)(2), only the purchase
11 of tickets or admissions to testimonial
events by a person who purchases
12 such tickets or admissions in an aggregate
amount or value in excess of
13 $50 per event, or who purchases such a
ticket or admission at a cost
14 exceeding $25 per ticket or admission. All
other purchases of tickets or
15 admissions to testimonial events shall be
reported in an aggregate amount
16 and shall not be subject to the limitations
specified in K.S.A. 25-4154,
17 and amendments thereto.
18 (d) If a contribution or
other receipt from a political committee is
19 required to be reported under subsection
(b), the report shall include the
20 full name of the organization with which
the political committee is con-
21 nected or affiliated or, name or
description sufficiently describing the
22 affiliation or, if the committee is not
connected or affiliated with any one
23 organization, the trade, profession or
primary interest of contributors of
24 the political committee.
25 (e) The commission may
require any treasurer to file an amended
26 report for any period for which the
original report filed by such treasurer
27 contains material errors or omissions, and
notice of the errors or omissions
28 shall be part of the public record. The
amended report shall be filed
29 within 30 days after notice by the
commission.
30 (f) The commission may
require any treasurer to file a report for any
31 period for which the required report is not
on file, and notice of the failure
32 to file shall be part of the public record.
Such report shall be filed within
33 five days after notice by the
commission.
34 (g) For the purpose of
any report required to be filed pursuant to
35 subsection (a) by the treasurer of any
candidate seeking nomination by
36 convention or caucus or by the treasurer of
the candidate's committee or
37 by the treasurer of any party committee or
political committee of which
38 the primary purpose is supporting or
opposing the nomination of any such
39 candidate, the date of the convention or
caucus shall be considered the
40 date of the primary election.
41 (h) If a report is sent
by certified or registered mail on or before the
42 day it is due, the mailing shall constitute
receipt by that office.
43 Sec. 20. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 25-4148 is hereby repealed.
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1 Sec. 21. This
act shall take effect and be in force from and after
2 January 1, 2000, and its publication
in the statute book.
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