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 9  AN ACT relating to campaign finance; concerning contributions; amend-
10    ing K.S.A. 25-4153 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. 25-4153 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
14  4153. (a) The aggregate amount contributed to a candidate and such
15  candidate's candidate committee and to all party committees and political
16  committees and dedicated to such candidate's campaign, by any political
17  committee or any person except a party committee, the candidate or the
18  candidate's spouse, shall not exceed the following:
19    (1)  For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor or for
20  other state officers elected from the state as a whole, $2,000 for each
21  primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political
22  party) and an equal amount for each general election;
23    (2)  for the office of member of the house of representatives, district
24  judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney, member of the state
25  board of education or a candidate for local office, $500 for each primary
26  election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party) and
27  an equal amount for each general election.
28    (3)  for the office of state senator, $1,000 for each primary election
29  (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party) and an equal
30  amount for each general election.
31    (b)  For the purposes of this section, the face value of a loan at the
32  end of the period of time allocable to the primary or general election is
33  the amount subject to the limitations of this section. A loan in excess of
34  the limits herein provided may be made during the allocable period if
35  such loan is reduced to the permissible level, when combined with all
36  other contributions from the person making such loan, at the end of such
37  allocable period.
38    (c)  For the purposes of this section, all contributions made by une-
39  mancipated children under 18 years of age shall be considered to be
40  contributions made by the parent or parents of such children. The total
41  amount of such contribution shall be attributed to a single custodial par-
42  ent and 50% of such contribution to each of two parents.
43    (d)  The aggregate amount contributed to a state party committee by
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 1  a person other than a national party committee or a political committee
 2  shall not exceed $15,000 in each calendar year; and the aggregate amount
 3  contributed to any other party committee by a person other than a na-
 4  tional party committee or a political committee shall not exceed $5,000
 5  in each calendar year.
 6    The aggregate amount contributed by a national party committee to a
 7  state party committee shall not exceed $25,000 in any calendar year, and
 8  the aggregate amount contributed to any other party committee by a
 9  national party committee shall not exceed $10,000 in any calendar year.
10    The aggregate amount contributed to a party committee by a political
11  committee shall not exceed $5,000 in any calendar year.
12    (e)  Any political funds which have been collected and were not sub-
13  ject to the reporting requirements of this act shall be deemed a person
14  subject to these contribution limitations.
15    (f)  Any political funds which have been collected and were subject to
16  the reporting requirements of the campaign finance act shall not be used
17  in or for the campaign of a candidate for a federal elective office.
18    (g)  The amount contributed by each individual party committee of
19  the same political party other than a national party committee to any
20  candidate for office, for any primary election at which two or more can-
21  didates are seeking the nomination of such party shall not exceed the
22  following:
23    (1)  For the pair of offices of governor and lieutenant governor and
24  for each of the other state officers elected from the state as a whole,
25  $2,000 for each primary election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention
26  of a political party);
27    (2)  for the office of member of the house of representatives, district
28  judge, district magistrate judge, district attorney, member of the state
29  board of education or a candidate for local office, $500 for each primary
30  election (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party).
31    (3)  for the office of state senator, $1,000 for each primary election
32  (or in lieu thereof a caucus or convention of a political party).
33    (h)  When a candidate for a specific cycle does not run for office, the
34  contribution limitations of this section shall apply as though the individual
35  had sought office.
36    (i)  No person shall make any contribution or contributions to any
37  candidate or the candidate committee of any candidate in the form of
38  money or currency of the United States which in the aggregate exceeds
39  $100 for any one primary or general election, and no candidate or can-
40  didate committee of any candidate shall accept any contribution or con-
41  tributions in the form of money or currency of the United States which
42  in the aggregate exceeds $100 from any one person for any one primary
43  or general election.
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 1    (j)  No candidate for the office of district judge or district magistrate
 2  judge and no candidate committee of any candidate for any such office
 3  shall knowingly accept a contribution from any person authorized to prac-
 4  tice law under the laws of the state of Kansas or any person or political
 5  committee acting on behalf of any person authorized to practice law. The
 6  provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit the acceptance of contri-
 7  butions from members of the immediate family of the candidate.
 8    Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 25-4153 is hereby repealed.
 9    Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
10  publication in the statute book.