Vermont H 116: An act relating to physician assistant licensure

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H.116 1
Introduced by Representatives Page of Newport City, Labor of Morgan, 2
Coffin of Cavendish, Keyser of Rutland City, Krasnow of South 3
Burlington, Morrissey of Bennington, Parsons of Newbury, 4
Tagliavia of Corinth, and Wells of Brownington 5
Referred to Committee on 6
Date: 7
Subject: Elections; campaign finance; contribution limitations 8
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to limit the total 9
amount of campaign contributions to candidates for State Representative and 10
State Senator to the annual amount of compensation for those offices. 11
An act relating to limiting campaign contributions for State Representatives 12
and State Senators 13
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 14
Sec. 1. 17 V.S.A. § 2941 is amended to read: 15
§ 2941. LIMITATIONS OF CONTRIBUTIONS 16
(a) In any election cycle: 17
(1)(A) A candidate for State Representative or for local office shall not 18
accept contributions totaling more than: 19
(i) $1,000.00 from a single source; or 20

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(ii) $1,000.00 from a political committee. 1
(B) Such a candidate may accept unlimited contributions from a 2
political party. 3
(2)(A) A candidate for State Senator or for county office shall not accept 4
contributions totaling more than: 5
(i) $1,500.00 from a single source; or 6
(ii) $1,500.00 from a political committee. 7
(B) Such a candidate may accept unlimited contributions from a 8
political party. 9
(3)(A) A candidate for State Representative shall not accept 10
contributions totaling more than: 11
(i) $1,000.00 from a single source, including contributions made 12
by a candidate to the candidate’s own campaign; 13
(ii) $1,000.00 from a political committee; or 14
(iii) $1,000.00 from a political party. 15
(B) Such a candidate shall not accept contributions totaling more than 16
$29,000.00 from all sources in an election cycle. 17
(4)(A) A candidate for State Senator shall not accept contributions 18
totaling more than: 19
(i) $1,500.00 from a single source, including contributions made 20
by a candidate to the candidate’s own campaign; 21

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(ii) $1,500.00 from a political committee; or 1
(iii) $1,500.00 from a political party. 2
(B) Such a candidate shall not accept contributions totaling more than 3
$29,000.00 from all sources in an election cycle. 4
(3)(5)(A) A candidate for the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 5
Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts, or Attorney General 6
shall not accept contributions totaling more than: 7
(i) $4,000.00 from a single source; or 8
(ii) $4,000.00 from a political committee. 9
(B) Such a candidate may accept unlimited contributions from a 10
political party. 11
(4)(6) A political committee shall not accept contributions totaling more 12
than: 13
(A) $4,000.00 from a single source; 14
(B) $4,000.00 from a political committee; or 15
(C) $4,000.00 from a political party. 16
(5)(7) A political party shall not accept contributions totaling more than: 17
(A) $10,000.00 from a single source; 18
(B) $10,000.00 from a political committee; or 19
(C) $60,000.00 from a political party. 20
(6) [Repealed.] 21

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Sec. 2. 17 V.S.A. § 2947 is amended to read: 2
§ 2947. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A CANDIDATE 3
This subchapter shall not be interpreted to limit the amount a candidate may 4
contribute to his or her own campaign The provisions of this subchapter shall 5
be interpreted to limit the amount a candidate for State Representative or State 6
Senator, but not any candidate for other offices, may contribute to the 7
candidate’s own campaign. 8
Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 9
This act shall take effect on passage. 10