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HB 294 Campaign finance disclosure; independent expenditures.

Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Campaign finance disclosure; definitions; independent expenditures.  Retains the present law amounts that trigger reporting requirements applicable to independent expenditures: $500 in statewide elections and $200 in other elections. Clarifies that any person, candidate committee, or political committee may be subject to the independent expenditure reporting requirements. As introduced, this was a recommendation of the task force that assisted the State Board of Elections in conducting a review of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act pursuant to House Joint Resolution 667 (2005).

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Campaign finance disclosure; definitions; independent expenditures.  Increases the amounts that trigger reporting requirements applicable to independent expenditures from $500 to $1,000 in statewide elections and from $200 to $500 in other elections. Clarifies that any person, candidate committee, or political committee may be subject to the independent expenditure reporting requirements. As introduced, this was a recommendation of the task force that assisted the State Board of Elections in conducting a review of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act pursuant to House Joint Resolution 667 (2005).

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Campaign finance disclosure; definitions; independent expenditures.  Increases from $500 in statewide elections and $200 in other elections to $1,000 in any election, the amount that triggers reporting requirements applicable to independent expenditures. Clarifies that any person, candidate committee, or political committee may be subject to the independent expenditure reporting requirements. This is a recommendation of the task force that assisted the State Board of Elections in conducting a review of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act pursuant to House Joint Resolution 667 (2005).  This bill is the same as SB 230.