HB 1545 - DIGEST

     Provides that a county with a population of one million or more, and a city with a population of five hundred thousand or more, may establish a program where a candidate for a county or city elected office voluntarily agrees to abide by limitations on the amount of money the candidate, or the candidate's authorized committee, spends to campaign for the office in return for receiving public matching funds from the county or city that are used to assist in funding his or her campaign.