SB 151

Currently, with certain exceptions, no person who is elected to state or local

office and who becomes a candidate for national, state, or local office may use public

funds for the cost of materials or distribution of 50 or more pieces of substantially

identical material distributed during the period beginning on the first day for

circulation of nomination papers as a candidate (or certain other dates for candidates

who do not file nomination papers) and ending on the date of the election at which

the person's name appears on the ballot, or on the date of the primary election at

which the person's name so appears if the person is not nominated at the primary.

This bill provides that this prohibition does not apply to the cost of materials

or distribution of a communication made by a member of the legislature to an address

located within the legislative district represented by that member during the 45-day

period following declaration of a state of emergency by the governor affecting any

county in which the district is located if the communication relates solely to the

subject of the emergency.