SB539 SFA Miller 3-25 #1A

Baker 7816

Senator Miller moved to amend the bill on page fifteen, section one-a, lines one hundred ninety-eight and one hundred ninety-nine, by striking out the words “total contributions or political expenditures of more than the threshold amount during any calendar year and the major purpose of which is the making of”;

On page fifteen, section one-a, line two hundred, by striking out the words “which are made”;

On pages fifteen and sixteen, section one-a, lines two hundred one through two hundred twenty-three, by striking out all of paragraphs (A), (B), (C) and (D) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

The following are types of political action committees:

(A) A corporate political action committee, as that term is defined by subdivision (8) of this section;

(B) A political action committee that is a separate segregated fund of a membership organization, as that term is defined by subdivision (18) of this section, and that organization may only accept contributions from its restricted group as outlined by the rules of the State Election Commission;

(C) An unaffiliated political action committee, as that term is defined by subdivision (29) of this section; and

(D) A caucus campaign committee.;

On page seventeen, section one-a, line two hundred thirty-seven, after the word “candidate;” by inserting the word “and”;

On page seventeen, section one-a, line two hundred thirty-nine, after the word “material” by changing the semicolon to a period and striking out the remainder of the subdivision;

On page thirty-six, section five-d, lines three and four, by changing the colon to a period and striking out the proviso;

On page forty-six, section nine, lines sixty-seven through seventy, by striking out all of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection, designated subsection (b), to read as follows:

(b) A political action committee may not contribute to another political action committee or receive contributions from another political action committee: Provided, That a political action committee may receive contributions from its national affiliate, if any.;

On page forty-nine, section eleven, lines twenty-three through thirty-one, by striking out all of subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection, designated subsection (d), to read as follows:

(d) Any person who shall pay any owner, publisher, editor or employee or any newspaper or other periodical, to advocate or oppose editorially, any candidate for nomination or election, or any political party, or any measure to be submitted to the vote of the people or any owner, publisher, editor or employee, who shall solicit or accept such payment, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or confined in jail for not more than one year or, in the discretion of the court, shall be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.;

And,

On page fifty-two, section twelve, lines sixty-nine and seventy, by striking out the words “other than another independent expenditure-only political action committee”.

Adopted

Rejected