Senate File 30SENATE FILE BY BOLKCOM Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring a political committee expressly advocating the 2 passage or defeat of a ballot issue to file four disclosure 3 reports in an election year. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1559SS 82 6 jr/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 68A.402, subsection 8, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 8. POLITICAL COMMITTEES == BALLOT ISSUES. A political 1 4 committee expressly advocating the passage or defeat of a 1 5 ballot issue shall file reports as follows:on the same dates 1 6 as a candidate's committee is required to file reports under 1 7 subsection 2, paragraphs "a" and "c". 1 8a. ELECTION YEAR. Five days before the election covering 1 9 the period of the date of initial activity through ten days 1 10 before election.1 11b. NONELECTION YEAR. On January 19 of the next calendar 1 12 year that covers the time period of nine days before the 1 13 election through December 31.1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 This bill requires a political committee expressly 1 16 advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot issue to file 1 17 four disclosure reports in an election year. The nonelection 1 18 year reporting requirement is modified to make the election 1 19 year and nonelection year reporting periods consecutive. 1 20 LSB 1559SS 82 1 21 jr:rj/gg/14