Article 41 - ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE; GENERAL
- Section 25-4119a - Governmental ethics commission; membership; terms; meetings; compensation and allowance, staff; fees; rules and regulations; annual report
- Section 25-4119b - Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; former opinions and rules and regulations
- Section 25-4119d - Membership on commission; qualifications for
- Section 25-4119e - Governmental ethics commission fee fund; expenditures
- Section 25-4119f - Candidate filing fees for support of commission; credit to commission fee fund
- Section 25-4119g - Statement of fair campaign practices; preparation; mailing to candidates
- Section 25-4119h - Application of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the Kansas code of civil procedure and the Kansas judicial review act to actions of the commission; limitations; waiver of any civil or legal rights of respondent prohibited; rules and regulations to provide standards of recusal of members and employees
- Section 25-4142 - Citation of act
- Section 25-4143 - Campaign finance; definitions
- Section 25-4144 - Appointment of campaign treasurer or candidate committee; reports to secretary of state and county election officer; governor candidate's responsibilities
- Section 25-4145 - Party and political committees; appointment of chairperson and treasurer; statement of organization; contents; supplemental statements; political committees annual registration, form and content; registration fees, amount and disposition
- Section 25-4146 - Removal of treasurer or chairperson; filling vacancy of treasurer; substantiation of records of treasurer; notification to secretary of state or county election officer; receipts and expenditures, when
- Section 25-4147 - Treasurer; accounts required; inspection; all receipts to be forwarded to treasurer; commingling of funds prohibited; contributions from political committees to be accompanied by name or description of interest group with which affiliated
- Section 25-4148 - Reports required of treasurer; when filed; contents; electronic filing, when required
- Section 25-4148a - Reports of contributions; occupation of contributor or contributor's spouse if contribution over $150
- Section 25-4148b - Reports of certain contributions during specified time period preceding an election; place of filing
- Section 25-4148c - Independent expenditures by party or political committees; reporting requirements
- Section 25-4148d - Reports of certain contributions to a party or political committee during specified time period preceding an election; filing of reports with secretary of state; definitions
- Section 25-4149 - Allocation of contributions and other receipts and expenditures
- Section 25-4150 - Contributions and expenditures by persons other than candidates and committees; reports, contents and filing
- Section 25-4151 - Reports; declaration of correctness; forms; late filing; preservation
- Section 25-4152 - Failure to file certain reports; notice; late filings; civil penalties; waiver or collection of penalties
- Section 25-4153 - Contributions; limitations on amounts and use; minors under 18 years of age; cash contributions
- Section 25-4153a - Contributions; limitations during legislative session; solicitation of contributions
- Section 25-4153b - Contributions and expenditures; legislators, candidates; prohibitions
- Section 25-4154 - Contributions in name of another prohibited; anonymous contributions, aggregate, maximum; copying names of contributors for commercial purpose prohibited
- Section 25-4155 - Debts and obligations; statements required
- Section 25-4156 - Charges for space in newspapers and other periodicals; excess charges; corrupt political advertising; misdemeanor
- Section 25-4156b - [Repealed]
- Section 25-4157 - Termination report
- Section 25-4157a - Contributions; personal use prohibited; uses permitted; acceptance from another candidate or candidate committee; disposition of unexpended balances on termination of campaign
- Section 25-4158 - Reports and statements required to be filed; furnishing forms; public inspection and copying; duties of secretary of state and county election officer; investigations by commission; administration of oaths and subpoena of witnesses, documents and records for purposes of investigations; court orders, when required; notice to subpoena recipient, contents
- Section 25-4158a - Campaign finance forms; electronic filing
- Section 25-4159 - Commission opinions; publication and filing; effect of acts that accord with opinions
- Section 25-4160 - Complaints of violations; copy to respondent
- Section 25-4161 - Complaint, confidentiality and determination of sufficiency; investigation; notification of attorney general of violation of other laws; dismissal or hearing on complaint; remedies and protections for state employees filing complaints; certain ex parte communications with commission prohibited; commission hearings conducted in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and the Kansas code of civil procedure; hearings before administrative law judge
- Section 25-4162 - Same; withdrawal of complaints; civil action for malicious prosecution; when
- Section 25-4163 - Same; rights of respondent; hearing procedure; hearings before administrative law judge; final determination by commission; certain ex parte communications with commission prohibited; hearings to be public
- Section 25-4164 - Actions of commission following hearing
- Section 25-4165 - Commission records; confidentiality; release to attorney general and certain prosecuting attorneys; public records; application of section to commission members and persons employed or engaged by the commission
- Section 25-4166 - Reports of disposition of cases; information to accompany report; procedure for consideration of and action upon reports; ouster; impeachment or removal, when
- Section 25-4167 - Failure to file a campaign finance report; misdemeanor
- Section 25-4168 - Fraudulent campaign finance reporting; misdemeanor
- Section 25-4169a - Use of public funds, vehicles, machinery, equipment and supplies and time of certain officers and employees to influence nomination or election of candidate prohibited; exceptions; distribution of political material in public buildings, limitations on; misdemeanor
- Section 25-4170 - Excessive campaign contributions; misdemeanor
- Section 25-4171 - Violation of certain provisions of act declared misdemeanor; additional penalties for violation of confidentiality provisions by commission members and employees
- Section 25-4172 - Statements or reports by certain out-of-state individuals and persons; contents; filing; maintenance of records
- Section 25-4173 - Candidate's affidavit of intent to expend and receive less than $1,000; filing; certain reports not required
- Section 25-4174 - Same; when amount exceeded; filing of past and future reports
- Section 25-4175 - Affidavit of intent by treasurer of party or political committee to expend and receive less than $500 and not more than $50 from any one contributor; filing; certain reports not required
- Section 25-4176 - Same; when amount exceeded; filing of past and future reports
- Section 25-4177 - Failure to file affidavit of intent; misdemeanor
- Section 25-4178 - Continuation in force and effect of advisory opinions and rules and regulations
- Section 25-4179 - Severability
- Section 25-4180 - Elections on amendments to Kansas constitution; financial reports of constitutional campaigns; contents; annual reports; preliminary reports; supplemental reports; notice of failure to file; civil penalties; violation class A misdemeanor
- Section 25-4181 - Violations of campaign finance act; civil fine; limitations on amount; disposition of fines collected; person failing to pay fine ineligible to become candidate; specific performance in lieu of fine prohibited; immunity agreements prohibited, when
- Section 25-4182 - Same; cease and desist order; emergency orders; hearing procedure; hearings before administrative law judge
- Section 25-4183 - Same; injunction; restraining order; mandamus
- Section 25-4184 - Same; consent decree
- Section 25-4185 - Same; appeal of commission orders
- Section 25-4186 - Gubernatorial inauguration contributions; treasurer; accounts required; reports; use of information in reports; disposition of contributions; civil penalties, disposition; certain violations declared misdemeanors
- Section 25-4187 - Inaugural expense fund; administration by adjutant general; authorized uses
- Section 25-4188 - [Repealed]
- Section 25-4189 - Public service announcements or advertisements; when prohibited