Prohibiting the promulgation of certain rules concerning campaign financing by the Government Accountability Board

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, under the campaign finance law, with limited exceptions, an individual who or committee that makes disbursements (expenditures for political purposes) must register with the appropriate filing officer or agency. With limited exceptions, a registrant is required to file regular and special reports containing specified information pertaining to financial activity. The law also regulates the extent to which corporations and cooperatives, including unincorporated cooperative associations, may make disbursements.

Currently, the Government Accountability Board (GAB) may promulgate rules interpreting or implementing specific statutes regulating the conduct of elections or election campaigns or ensuring the proper administration of these statutes. This bill prohibits GAB from promulgating any rule: 1) affecting the authority of a corporation or cooperative, whether or not incorporated, to make any disbursement independently of a candidate who is supported or opposed or any agent or authorized committee of such a candidate; or 2) imposing any registration, reporting, filing, accounting, treasury, or fee payment requirement or any attribution requirement in making communications upon any person, including any organization, apart from the requirements imposed under the campaign finance law.

Who's behind it

Committee for review of Administrative Rules is its author⁠.