Use of campaign funds for security purposes approved

Nebraska candidates and officeholders may expend campaign funds for security purposes under a bill passed April 10.

LB986, introduced by Sen. Eliot Bostar of Lincoln, adds security measures to the list of allowable expenditures of campaign funds under the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Act.

Under the bill, security personnel, hardware, software, electronic security equipment, installation, maintenance, monitoring and other reasonable physical and structural security measures and improvements are considered allowable expenditures.

The measure also requires disclosure of security-related campaign expenditures in campaign finance reports.

LB986 passed 41-8 and takes effect immediately.