Kansas Statutes 25-4153a. Contributions; limitations during legislative session; solicitation of contributions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-4153a
- Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
- 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
- Candidate committee: means a committee appointed by a candidate to receive contributions and make expenditures for the candidate. 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
- Person: means any individual, committee, corporation, partnership, trust, organization or association. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Political committee: means any combination of two or more individuals or any person other than an individual, a major purpose of which is to expressly advocate the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state or local office or make contributions to or expenditures for the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state or local office. 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
(a) No registered lobbyist, political committee or person, other than an individual, shall make a contribution after January 1 of each year and prior to adjournment sine die of the regular session of the legislature or at any other time in which the legislature is in session to a:
(1) Legislator;
(2) candidate for membership in the legislature;
(3) state officer elected on a statewide basis;
(4) candidate for state officer elected on a statewide basis;
(5) candidate committee of persons described in paragraphs (1) through (4); or
(6) political committee established by a state committee of any political party and designated as a recognized political committee for the senate or house of representatives.
(b) No legislator, officer, candidate or committee described in subsection (a)(1) through (6) shall accept or knowingly solicit any contribution as defined by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-4143, and amendments thereto, from any registered lobbyist, political committee or person, other than an individual, during such period of time described in subsection (a), except that a general public solicitation which does not solicit a specific individual and is distributed via social media shall be permissible. No solicitation shall be considered a violation of this act if such solicitation is accompanied with a disclaimer that it is not intended for lobbyists, political committees or persons other than individuals.
(c) For the purposes of this act, “social media” means an electronic medium which allows users to create and view user-generated content, including, but not limited to, uploaded or downloaded videos or photographs, blogs, audio files, instant messages or email.