[As Amended by House Committee of the
Whole]
Session of 2000
House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 244
By Committee on Appropriations
1-26
11 AN ACT relating
to elections; concerning the presidential preference
12 primary election;
amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 25-4501 and repealing
13 the existing section;
also repealing sections 2 and 3 of chapter 3 of the
14 1996 Session Laws of
Kansas.
15
16 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
17 Section
1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 25-4501 is hereby amended to read as
18 follows: 25-4501. On the first
Tuesday in April of the year 2000 (a) Subject
19 to the provisions of this section, there
shall be held a presidential pref-
20 erence primary election in the year
2004, and every fourth year thereafter,
21 there shall be held a presidential
preference primary election.
22 (b) On or
before November 3, 2003, and on or before November 1
23 every fourth year thereafter, the
secretary of state shall certify to the
24 governor, to the chief clerk of the
house of representatives and to the
25 secretary of the senate a common date in
the next succeeding year on
26 which at least five other states will
hold a presidential preference primary
27 election, a delegate or mass convention
or a caucus of qualified voters at
28 which delegates to a national convention
are selected. On or before each
29 such date, if the secretary of state
determines that there is no common
30 date on which at least five states are
conducting such a selection process
31 in the next succeeding year, the
secretary of state shall not make a
certi-
32 fication under this
subsection but shall notify [certify to]
the governor,
33 the chief clerk of the house of
representatives and the secretary of the
34 senate of that
determination [on a date, which shall be on or
before
35 the first Tuesday in April of the next
following year, on which the
36 presidential preference primary election
shall be held].
37 (c) The date
certified by the secretary of state pursuant to subsection
38 (b) shall be the date on which the
presidential preference primary election
39 authorized by subsection (a) shall be
held in the state of Kansas.
40
(d) If no common date is certified by the secretary of state
under
41 subsection (b), there shall
be no presidential preferential primary
election
42 in the next succeeding year.
In each such case, all fees received by the
43 secretary of state from
candidates filing declarations of intent to
become
2
1 candidates for
nomination at a presidential preference primary to be
held
2 in the next succeeding
year, in accordance with K.S.A. 25-4502, and
3 amendments thereto,
shall be refunded and returned to the
candidates
4 from whom such fees
were received. In each such case, delegates
and
5 alternates to a
national party convention held during the next
succeeding
6 year shall be selected
or as otherwise provided by party rules adopted
by
7 the state committees of
the political parties.
8
(e) The secretary of state may enter into negotiations with
other states
9 in order to coordinate
a common date for the holding of a
presidential
10 preference primary election,
convention or caucus in such states.
11
New Sec. 2. All
fees received by the secretary of state from
candidates
12 filing declarations of intent
to become candidates for nomination at a
13 presidential preference
primary to be held in the year 2000, in
accordance
14 with K.S.A. 25-4502, and
amendments thereto, shall be refunded and
15 returned to the candidates
from whom such fees were received.
16 New
Sec. 3. Delegates and alternates to a national party
convention
17 held during 2000 shall be
selected as otherwise provided by party rules
18 adopted by the state
committees of the political parties.
19 Sec. 4.
[2.] K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 25-4501 and sections 2 and 3 of
Chap-
20 ter 3 of the 1996 Session Laws of Kansas
are hereby repealed.
21 Sec. 5.
[3.] This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after
22 its publication in the Kansas register.