HB 2781 - DIGEST

     Directs the public disclosure commission to adopt recommended spending limits for candidates for the following offices:  (1) Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, commissioner of public lands, insurance commissioner, superintendent of public instruction, member of the state senate, and member of the state house of representatives.

     Authorizes each candidate for an office subject to a recommended spending limit to execute, and file with the commission, a promise that the candidate will stay within the limit.

     Provides that, for each election involving an office for which voluntary expenditure limits have been established, the commission shall compile a list of those candidates who filed promises in a timely manner.  The commission shall promptly make the list available to the media and the public.