Kansas Statutes 25-4157. Termination report
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-4157
- Candidate: means an individual who:
(1) Appoints a treasurer or a candidate committee;
(2) makes a public announcement of intention to seek nomination or election to state or local office;
(3) makes any expenditure or accepts any contribution for such person's nomination or election to any state or local office; or
(4) files a declaration or petition to become a candidate for state or local office. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Candidate committee: means a committee appointed by a candidate to receive contributions and make expenditures for the candidate. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Election: means :
(1) A primary or general election for state or local office; and
(2) a convention or caucus of a political party held to nominate a candidate for state or local office. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Local office: means a member of the governing body of a city of the first class, any elected office of a unified school district having 35,000 or more pupils regularly enrolled in the preceding school year, a county or of the board of public utilities. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Party committee: means :
(1) The state committee of a political party regulated by article 3 of chapter 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;
(2) the county central committee or the state committee of a political party regulated under article 38 of chapter 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;
(3) the bona fide national organization or committee of those political parties regulated by the Kansas Statutes Annotated;
(4) the political committee established by the state committee of any such political party and designated as a recognized political committee for the senate;
(5) the political committee established by the state committee of any such political party and designated as a recognized political committee for the house of representatives; or
(6) the political committee per congressional district established by the state committee of a political party regulated under article 38 of chapter 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and designated as a congressional district party committee. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Political committee: means any combination of two or more individuals or any person other than an individual, a major purpose of which is to expressly advocate the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state or local office or make contributions to or expenditures for the nomination, election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for state or local office. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State office: means any state office as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
- Treasurer: means a treasurer of a candidate or of a candidate committee, a party committee or a political committee appointed under the campaign finance act or a treasurer of a combination of individuals or a person other than an individual which is subject to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 25-4143
(a) Before any candidate committee, party committee or political committee may be dissolved or the position of a candidate’s treasurer terminated, the treasurer of the candidate or such committee shall file a termination report which shall include full information as to the disposition of residual funds. Any report required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-4148, and amendments thereto, may be a termination report. Reports of the dissolution of candidate committees of candidates for state office, the termination of the treasurer of a candidate for state office, the dissolution of a political committee the major purpose of which is to support or oppose any candidate for state office and the dissolution of party committees shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Reports of the dissolution of candidate committees of candidates for local office, the termination of the treasurer of a candidate for local office and the dissolution of a political committee the major purpose of which is to support or oppose any candidate for local office shall be filed in the office of the county election officer of the county.
(b) If a candidate dies with an open candidate committee account which contains campaign funds, the executor or administrator of the candidate’s estate shall be responsible for terminating the candidate committee and disposing of the residual funds.