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1	1	Session of 2023
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 63
3	3	By Senators Corson, Blasi, Claeys, O'Shea, Pittman and Straub
4	4	1-19
5	5	AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the campaign finance act;
6	6	expanding the scope of permitted uses of campaign contributions to
7	7	include family caregiving services; amending K.S.A. 25-4157a and
8	8	repealing the existing section.
9	9	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
10	10	Section 1. K.S.A. 25-4157a is hereby amended to read as follows: 25-
11	11	4157a. (a) (1) No moneys received by any candidate or candidate
12	12	committee of any candidate as a contribution under this act shall be used
13	13	or be made available for the personal use of the candidate, and no such
14	14	moneys shall be used by such candidate or the candidate committee of
15	15	such candidate except for:
16	16	(1)(A) Legitimate campaign purposes;
17	17	(2)(B) expenses of holding political office;
18	18	(3)(C) contributions to the party committees of the political party of
19	19	which such candidate is a member;
20	20	(4)(D) any membership dues related to the candidate's campaign paid
21	21	to a community service or civic organization in the name of the candidate;
22	22	(5)(E) any donations paid to any organization which is recognized as
23	23	a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization or any religious organization,
24	24	community service or civic organization in the name of the candidate or
25	25	candidate committee of any candidate but only if the candidate receives no
26	26	goods or services unrelated to the candidate's campaign as a result of the
27	27	payment of such donations;
28	28	(6)(F) expenses incurred in the purchase of tickets to meals and
29	29	special events sponsored by any organization the major purpose of which
30	30	is to promote or facilitate the social, business, commercial or economic
31	31	well being of the local community; or
32	32	(7)(G) expenses incurred in the purchase and mailing of greeting
33	33	cards to voters and constituents; or
34	34	(H) expenses incurred for family caregiving services when such
35	35	expenses are incurred as a result of the candidate's candidacy for office or
36	36	holding office and are directly related to or have an effect on the
37	37	candidate's campaign activities or duties as an office holder.
38	38	(2) For the purpose of this subsection, expenditures for "personal use"
39	39	shall include include expenditures to defray normal living expenses for the
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76	76	candidate or the candidate's family and expenditures for the personal
77	77	benefit of the candidate having no direct connection with or effect upon
78	78	the campaign of the candidate or the holding of public office. The term
79	79	"personal use" does not include family caregiving services.
80	80	(3) As used in this subsection:
81	81	(A) "Family caregiving services" means the provision of care for an
82	82	individual who is an immediate family member of the candidate and who
83	83	is:
84	84	(i) Under 13 years of age;
85	85	(ii) disabled; or
86	86	(iii) qualifies for senior care services; and
87	87	(B) "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, stepparent,
88	88	grandparent, sibling, child, stepchild, grandchild, former spouse or any
89	89	individual living in the same residence as the candidate.
90	90	(b) No moneys received by any candidate or candidate committee of
91	91	any candidate as a contribution shall be used to pay interest or any other
92	92	finance charges upon moneys loaned to the campaign by such candidate or
93	93	the spouse of such candidate.
94	94	(c) No candidate or candidate committee shall accept from any other
95	95	candidate or candidate committee for any candidate for local, state or
96	96	national office, any moneys received by such candidate or candidate
97	97	committee as a campaign contribution. The provisions of this subsection
98	98	shall not be construed to prohibit a candidate or candidate committee from
99	99	accepting moneys from another candidate or candidate committee if such
100	100	moneys constitute a reimbursement for one candidate's proportional share
101	101	of the cost of any campaign activity participated in by both candidates
102	102	involved. Such reimbursement shall not exceed an amount equal to the
103	103	proportional share of the cost directly benefiting and attributable to the
104	104	personal campaign of the candidate making such reimbursement.
105	105	(d) At the time of the termination of any campaign and prior to the
106	106	filing of a termination report in accordance with K.S.A. 25-4157, and
107	107	amendments thereto, all residual funds otherwise not obligated for the
108	108	payment of expenses incurred in such campaign or the holding of office
109	109	shall be contributed to a charitable organization, as defined by the laws of
110	110	the state, contributed to a party committee or returned as a refund in whole
111	111	or in part to any contributor or contributors from whom received or paid
112	112	into the general fund of the state.
113	113	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 25-4157a is hereby repealed.
114	114	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
115	115	publication in the statute book.
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