Reprinted
February 22, 2000





ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 95
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DIGEST OF SB 95 (Updated February 21, 2000 3:05 PM - DI 75)



Citations Affected: IC 3-9.

Synopsis: Prohibits payment of salaries to candidates from campaign funds. Provides that campaign contributions may not be used to pay any candidate or any candidate's spouse a salary or to replace any candidate's or any candidate's spouse's lost income.

Effective: Upon passage.





Lawson C, Miller, Alexa, Bray
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BUDAK, RICHARDSON)




    November 18, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
    January 24, 2000, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    January 27, 2000, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    January 28, 2000, engrossed.
    January 31, 2000, read third time, passed. Yeas 45, nays 4.

HOUSE ACTION

    February 7, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures.
    February 17, 2000, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 21, 2000, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.





Reprinted

February 22, 2000

Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)

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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 95



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 3-9-3-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. (a) Money received by a candidate or committee as a contribution may be used only:
        (1) to defray any expense reasonably related to the person's or committee's:
            (A) campaign for federal, state, legislative, or local office;
            (B) continuing political activity; or
            (C) activity related to service in an elected office;
        (2) to make an expenditure to any national, state, or local committee of any political party or another candidate's committee; or
        (3) upon dissolution of a committee, in a manner permitted under IC 3-9-1-12.
    (b) Money received by a candidate or committee as a contribution may not be used for any of the following:
        (1)
Primarily personal purposes by the any candidate or by any other person except as described in subsection (a).


         (2) To pay any candidate or any candidate's spouse a salary or to replace any candidate's or any candidate's spouse's lost income.
    (c) Money received as a contribution may be invested by a committee in an account with a financial institution, savings association, or credit union, or in any equity account. Any loss resulting from an investment under this subsection must be reported as a committee expenditure. Any gain resulting from an investment under this subsection must be reported as income.
    SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.