Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-4148b

• Candidate: means an individual who:

  (1) Appoints a treasurer or a candidate committee;

  (2) makes a public announcement of intention to seek nomination or election to state or local office;

  (3) makes any expenditure or accepts any contribution for such person's nomination or election to any state or local office; or

  (4) files a declaration or petition to become a candidate for state or local office. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143

• Contribution: means :

  (A) Any advance, conveyance, deposit, distribution, gift, loan or payment of money or any other thing of value given to a candidate, candidate committee, party committee or political committee for the express purpose of nominating, electing or defeating a clearly identified candidate for a state or local office;

  (B) any advance, conveyance, deposit, distribution, gift, loan or payment of money or any other thing of value made to expressly advocate the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for a state or local office;

  (C) a transfer of funds between any two or more candidate committees, party committees or political committees;

  (D) the payment, by any person other than a candidate, candidate committee, party committee or political committee, of compensation to an individual for the personal services rendered without charge to or for a candidate's campaign or to or for any such committee;

  (E) the purchase of tickets or admissions to, or advertisements in journals or programs for, testimonial events; or

  (F) a mailing of materials designed to expressly advocate the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, which is made and paid for by a party committee with the consent of such candidate. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143

• Election: means :

  (1) A primary or general election for state or local office; and

  (2) a convention or caucus of a political party held to nominate a candidate for state or local office. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143

• General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Local office: means a member of the governing body of a city of the first class, any elected office of a unified school district having 35,000 or more pupils regularly enrolled in the preceding school year, a county or of the board of public utilities. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
• Person: means any individual, committee, corporation, partnership, trust, organization or association. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• State office: means any state office as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
• Treasurer: means a treasurer of a candidate or of a candidate committee, a party committee or a political committee appointed under the campaign finance act or a treasurer of a combination of individuals or a person other than an individual which is subject to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143