Authorizes the public campaign finance board to accept an application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for governor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public matching funds.
Authorizes the public campaign finance board to accept an application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for governor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public matching funds.
An Act Prohibiting The Appearance Of Certain Candidates Or Elected Officials In Public Awareness Campaigns Of The Secretary Of The State During The Ninety-day Period Immediately Prior To A Primary Or Election .
Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have knowingly and willfully misused public campaign funds or committed fraud, conversion or unauthorized personal use of such funds; states that such ineligibility continues until the candidate has repaid such funds, satisfied civil penalties, and complied with orders imposed as a result of such prior misuse of public funds.
Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists including: campaign contributions to elected officials; existing business relationships or associations with public officials; and the names of family members of a public official to whom the lobbyist, or their employer, paid compensation of over $500 in the preceding calendar year and the amount of compensation paid; provides for the disposition of campaign funds.