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Session of 1999
          SENATE BILL No. 254           By Senator Huelskamp           2-5          

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  9             AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign finance; amending
10             K.S.A. 25-4142 and repealing the existing section.
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12       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
13             Section 1.   K.S.A. 25-4142 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
14       4142. (a) The legislature hereby finds it to be against the public policy to
15       enact any campaign finance law which infringes upon the constitutional
16       right of free speech.
17             (b)   K.S.A. 25-4119e, 25-4119f, 25-4119g, 25-4142 to 25-4179, inclu-
18       sive, and amendments thereto and 25-4119e, 25-4119f, 25-4119g, 25-
19       4148a, 25-4153a, 25-4157a, 25-4169a, 25-4180 to 25-4185, inclusive
20       through 25-4187 and section 1, and amendments thereto shall constitute
21       and may be cited as the "campaign finance act."  
22       Sec. 2.   K.S.A. 25-4142 is hereby repealed.
23        Sec. 3.   This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
24       publication in the statute book.