Bill Title: To increase from $5,000 to $100,000 the penalty for making a false statement in campaign materials related to the nomination or election of a statewide or General Assembly candidate if additional publications of the campaign materials containing the false statement are made after a panel of the Elections Commission has determined that there is probable cause to believe that the campaign materials contain a false statement, and to require the person who made the false statement to pay the complainant's reasonable attorney's fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-27 - To Elections & Ethics [HB538 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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