Chapter 157. Citizens' Election Program

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9-700Definitions.9-701Citizens' Election Fund.9-702Citizens' Election Program established. Eligibility for grants.9-703Affidavit certifying candidate's intent to abide or not abide by expenditure limits.9-704Qualifying contributions.9-705Grant for convention campaign for major party candidate for Governor; grants for primary and general election campaigns. Supplemental grants for petitioning and minor party candidates.9-706Grant applications and payment.9-707Limit on deposits into depository account of a qualified candidate committee.9-708Payment of primary or general election campaign grant to eligible qualified candidate committee.9-709Joint campaigning by candidates for offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.9-710Loans and personal funds for campaigns. Limits.9-711Excess expenditures: Penalties.9-712Supplemental statements. Declaration of excess expenditures statement.9-713 and 9-714Excess expenditures: Payment of additional moneys to opposing participating candidates. Independent expenditures: Payment of additional matching moneys to participating candidates.9-715Voter registration lists for participating candidates.9-716*(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Report on status of Citizens' Election Fund. Determination of fund sufficiency. Reserve account.9-717Severability.9-718Organization expenditure by town committee, legislative caucus committee or legislative leadership committee for state senator or state representative. Limit for general election and primary campaign. Aggregation of limits by committees, per written agreement. Biennial adjustment to limits.9-719Grant amounts and expenditures: Analysis; report.9-720 to 9-7499-720 to 9-7499-750*(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Portion of revenues from tax under chapter 208 to be deposited in Citizens' Election Fund if insufficiency in fund. Deduction from amount deposited.9-751Contributions to Citizens' Election Fund.9-752 to 9-7599-752 to 9-759