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Committee
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Caucus and COW |
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HB 2303
distinguishes between Clean Elections candidates and non-Clean Elections
candidates for purposes of the biennial adjustment to campaign contribution
limitations.
HB
2303 passed the Judiciary Committee unamended.
Arizona voters
enacted Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) section 16-905, governing candidate
campaign contribution limitations, by enacting Proposition 200 at the November
4, 1986 General Election. Section
16-905 limits the amount of money that an individual and a political committee
may contribute to a candidate and the amounts that a candidate may accept in an
election. Section 16-905(I) provides
the sole mechanism to adjust the contribution limit, and the Secretary of State
has adjusted the original candidate contribution limitations of $500 (for
statewide office) and $200 (for non-statewide office) every two years since its
enactment.
In November
1998, Arizona voters approved the Citizen’s Clean Elections Act, a ballot
proposition establishing a system for the public funding of election campaigns
for political candidates who voluntarily participate in a system to limit
campaign spending and fundraising in statewide and state legislative
elections. The proposition also reduced
by 20 percent the amount per individual that can currently be contributed to a
candidate if the candidate opts not to receive the public funding.
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Retains
the current biennial adjustment that uses the percentage change in the consumer
price index for Clean Elections candidates.
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Changes
the biennial adjustment for non-Clean Elections candidates to the lesser of two
percent or the change in the gross domestic product price deflator.
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45th Legislature
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Second Regular Session 2 March 20, 2002
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