Page 1, strike lines 8 through 14
Line 15, strike "16-960 and 16-961" insert
"amending sections 16‑949
and 16-954"
Strike lines 22 through 44
Page 2, strike lines 1 through 15,
insert:
"Sec. 2. Section
16-949, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE16-949. Controls on spending from citizens clean elections fund
A. The commission shall
not spend, on all costs incurred under this article during a particular
calendar year, more than five dollars times the number of Arizona resident
personal income tax returns filed during the previous calendar
year. The commission may exceed this limit during a calendar year,
provided that it is offset by an equal reduction of the limit during another
calendar year during the same four‑year period beginning January 1
immediately after a gubernatorial election.
B. The commission may
use up to ten per cent of the amount specified in subsection A of this section
for reasonable and necessary expenses of administration and enforcement,
including the activities specified in section 16‑956, subsection A,
paragraphs 3 through 7 and subsections B and C. Any portion of the
ten per cent not used for this purpose shall remain in the fund.
C. The commission may
apply up to ten per cent of the amount specified in subsection A of this
section for reasonable and necessary expenses associated with public education
regarding participation as a candidate or a contributor, or regarding the
functions, purpose and technical aspects of the clean elections act. Reasonable and
necessary expenditures made pursuant to section 16‑956 are not included
in this subsection.
D. The commission may
spend monies in the fund for the reasonable and necessary expenses to implement
the clean elections act but
shall not use monies in the fund to promote the benefits of the clean elections
act. Expenditures made pursuant to subsection C of this section or
in section 16‑956, subsection A are deemed not to constitute promoting
the benefits of the clean elections act. Expenditures pursuant to this
subsection shall not be included in the limits prescribed in subsection C of
this section."
Reletter to conform
Renumber to conform
Page 2, line 17, after
"fund" strike remainder of line
Line 18, strike "article shall be paid" insert "from
which costs incurred under this article shall be paid"; after the period
insert "after payment of costs
under this article,"
Line 19, after "annually" insert "one percent of"; after "fund" insert "remaining on June 30"
Strike lines 25, 26 and 27
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Lines 28 and 29, strike "is
renumbered as section 16-942, and as so renumbered,"
Line 31, strike "16-942"
insert "16-954"
Line 32, strike "A." insert "A."
Line 36, strike "16‑941"
insert "16‑949"
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Page 3, strike lines 1 through 31,
insert:
"B. At least once
per year, the commission shall project the amount of monies that the fund will
collect over the next four years and the time such monies shall become
available. Whenever the commission determines that the fund contains more
monies than the commission determines that it requires to meet current debts
plus expected expenses, under the assumption that expected expenses will be at
the expenditure limit in section 16‑949, subsection A, and taking into
account the projections of collections, the commission shall designate such
monies as excess monies and so notify the state treasurer, who shall thereupon
transfer the excess monies to the general fund.
C. At least once per
year, the commission shall project the amount of clean elections funding for
which all candidates will have qualified pursuant to this article for the
following calendar year. By the end of each year, the commission
shall announce whether the amount that the commission plans to spend the
following year pursuant to section 16‑949, subsection A exceeds the
projected amount of clean elections funding. If the commission
determines that the fund contains insufficient monies or the spending cap would
be exceeded were all candidates' accounts to be fully funded, the commission
may include in the announcement specifications for decreases in the following
parameters, based on the commission's projections of collections and expenses
for the fund, including that the fund will provide monies under section 16‑951
as a fraction of the amounts there specified.
D. If the commission
cannot provide participating candidates with all monies specified under
sections 16‑951 and 16‑952, as decreased by any announcement
pursuant to subsection C of this section, the commission shall allocate any
reductions in payments proportionately among candidates entitled to monies and
shall declare an emergency. Upon declaration of an emergency, a
participating candidate may accept private contributions to bring the total
monies received by the candidate from the fund and from such private
contributions up to the adjusted spending limits, as decreased by any
announcement made pursuant to subsection C of this section."
Amend title to conform
Bill
Number: S.C.R. 1001