SB 23

The bill prohibits any incumbent partisan elective state official or his or her

personal campaign or authorized support committee from accepting any political

contribution for the purpose of promoting his or her nomination or reelection to the

office held by the official during the period from January 1 of each odd-numbered

year to the date of enactment of the biennial budget act or, if there is more than one

such act, the biennial budget acts. The prohibition does not apply to contributions

accepted by an incumbent official who is subject to a recall election or by the official's

personal campaign or authorized support committee from the date on which the

petition for a recall election is filed until the date of the recall election.

Violators are subject to a forfeiture (civil penalty) of treble the amount or value

of any unlawful contribution. Intentional violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and

may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months or

both.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.