Session of 1998
HOUSE BILL No. 2812
By Committee on Governmental Organization and
Elections
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AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating
to contributions and the
10 use thereof; amending
K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 25-4157a and repealing the
11 existing 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. 25-4157a is hereby amended to read
15 as follows: 25-4157a. (a) No moneys
received by any candidate or can-
16 didate committee of any candidate as a
contribution under this act shall
17 be used or be made available for the
personal use of the candidate and
18 no such moneys shall be used by such
candidate or the candidate com-
19 mittee of such candidate except
for:
20 (1) Legitimate
campaign purposes, for;
21 (2) expenses of
holding political office or for;
22 (3) contributions
to the party committees of the political party of
23 which such candidate is a
member;
24 (4) any membership
dues paid to a community service or civic or-
25 ganization in the name of the candidate
or candidate committee of any
26 candidate;
27 (5) expenses incurred
in the purchase of tickets to meals and special
28 events sponsored by any organization the
major purpose of which is to
29 promote or facilitate the social,
business, commercial or economic well
30 being of the local community; or
31 (6) expenses incurred
in the purchase and mailing of greeting cards
32 to voters and constituents.
33 For the purpose of this
subsection, expenditures for ``personal use''
34 shall include expenditures to defray normal
living expenses for the can-
35 didate or the candidate's family and
expenditures for the personal benefit
36 of the candidate having no direct
connection with or effect upon the
37 campaign of the candidate or the holding of
public office.
38 (b) No moneys
received by any candidate or candidate committee of
39 any candidate as a contribution shall be
used to pay interest or any other
40 finance charges upon moneys loaned to
the campaign by such candidate
41 or the spouse of such candidate.
42 (b)
(c) No candidate or candidate committee shall accept
from any
43 other candidate or candidate committee for
any candidate for local, state
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1 or national office, any moneys
received by such candidate or candidate
2 committee as a campaign contribution.
The provisions of this subsection
3 shall not be construed to prohibit a
candidate or candidate committee
4 from accepting moneys from another
candidate or candidate committee
5 if such moneys constitute a
reimbursement for one candidate's propor-
6 tional share of the cost of any
campaign activity participated in by both
7 candidates involved. Such
reimbursement shall not exceed an amount
8 equal to the proportional share of
the cost directly benefiting and attrib-
9 utable to the personal campaign of
the candidate making such reimburse-
10 ment.
11 (c)
(d) At the time of the termination of any campaign and
prior to
12 the filing of a termination report in
accordance with K.S.A. 25-4157, and
13 amendments thereto, all residual
funds not otherwise not obligated for
14 the payment of expenses incurred in such
campaign or the holding of
15 office shall be contributed to a charitable
organization, as defined by the
16 laws of the state, contributed to a party
committee or returned as a refund
17 in whole or in part to any contributor or
contributors from whom received
18 or paid into the general fund of the
state.
19 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 25-4157a is hereby repealed.
20 Sec. 3. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
21 publication in the statute book.
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