Cole v. Mayans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gernon, J.:

This appeal requires us to interpret the Kansas Campaign Finance Act, K.S.A. 25-4142 et seq., and decide whether the Act controls over local ordinances designed to limit campaign contributions and whether the transfer of campaign funds from one office to another office is permissible.

We granted a petition for review from an unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals filed January 31, 2003, which held that Carlos Mayans could transfer funds from his legislative campaign committee to the campaign committee for his candidacy for the office of…