Campaign Contributions and Spending Limits. Restricts Lobbyists. Initiative Statute. Official Title and Summary prepared by the Attorney General

• Limits a contributor's campaign contributions per candidate to $100 for districts of less than 100,000, $250 for larger districts, and $500 for statewide elections. Committees of small contributors can contribute twice the limit. Contribution limits approximately double for candidates who agree to limit spending. Limits total contributions from political parties, businesses, unions and others. Prohibits transfers between candidates.
• Limits fundraising to specified time before election.
• Prohibits lobbyists from making and arranging contributions to those they influence.
• Requires disclosure of top contributors on ballot measure advertising.
• Increases penalties under Political Reform Act.

• Adoption of this measure would result in costs to state and local governments for implementation and enforcement of new campaign finance limitations in the range of up to $4 million annually.
• The measure would result in unknown, but probably not significant, additional state and local election costs.

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