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HB 1410 Campaign finance disclosure; political campaign advertisement requirements.

Introduced by: Riley E. Ingram | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Campaign finance disclosure; campaign advertisement disclosure requirements; publication of paid political advertisements.  Reduces from $500 to $200 or more the amount of independent expenditures that a person may make with respect to an election for any office, other than a statewide office, that will require him to comply with the reporting requirements for independent expenditures under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act and with the disclosure requirements of the "stand-by-your-ad" law.  The bill also provides that a candidate who is clearly identified in a "paid advertisement" is entitled to obtain the identity of the person who submitted the advertisement from the newspaper, magazine, or periodical that published the advertisement.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Campaign finance disclosure; campaign advertisement disclosure requirements; publication of paid political advertisements.  Reduces from $500 to $200 or more the amount of independent expenditures that a person may make with respect to an election for any office other than a statewide office that will require him to comply with the reporting requirements for independent expenditures under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act and with the disclosure requirements of the "stand-by-your-ad" law.  The bill also provides that a candidate who is clearly identified in a "paid advertisement" is entitled to obtain the identity of the person who submitted the advertisement from the newspaper, magazine, or periodical that published the advertisement.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Publication of political endorsements and advertisements.  Provides that the person who accepts a paid political advertisement for a newspaper or publication must mail notice, before publishing the advertisement, to any candidate named in the advertisement of the identity of the person who submitted the advertisement when the authorization statement on the advertisement is made by an individual or entity other than a candidate, candidate campaign committee, political party committee, or political action committee.