Senate File 47 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reporting requirements for a candidate's
  2    committee of a candidate for city office, school board, or any
  3    other political subdivision office except for county office.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1558SS 82
  6 jr/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68A.402, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  COLLECTIONS ABOVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  1  4 If a candidate's committee of a candidate for city office has
  1  5 collected more than one thousand dollars, the committee shall
  1  6 file a report in an election year as follows:
  1  7 Report due:              Covering period:
  1  8 Fourteen days            Date of initial activity
  1  9   before primary           through nineteen days
  1 10   election                 before primary election
  1 11 Fourteen days            Eighteen days before primary
  1 12   before general           election through nineteen
  1 13   election                 days before general election
  1 14 Fourteen days            Eighteen days before the
  1 15   before runoff            general election through
  1 16   election (if             nineteen days before the
  1 17   applicable)              runoff election
  1 18 January 19 (next         Cutoff date from
  1 19   calendar year)           previously filed report
  1 20                            through December 31
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 68A.402, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
  1 22 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 23    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  COLLECTIONS ABOVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  1 24 A candidate's committee of a candidate for school board or any
  1 25 other political subdivision office, except for county and city
  1 26 office, that has collected more than one thousand dollars
  1 27 shall file a report in an election year as follows:
  1 28 Report due:              Covering period:
  1 29 Fourteen days            Date of initial activity
  1 30   before primary           through nineteen days
  1 31   election                 before primary election
  1 32 Fourteen days            Eighteen days before primary
  1 33   before general           election through nineteen
  1 34   election                 days before general election
  1 35 Fourteen days            Eighteen days before the
  2  1   before runoff            general election through
  2  2   election (if             nineteen days before the
  2  3   applicable)              runoff election
  2  4 January 19 (next         Cutoff date from
  2  5   calendar year)           previously filed report
  2  6                            through December 31
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill increases the time for reporting collections from
  2  9 five to 14 days before a primary, general, or runoff election
  2 10 for a candidate's committee of a candidate for city office,
  2 11 school board or any other political subdivision office which
  2 12 has raised more than $1,000.  This new reporting requirement
  2 13 does not apply to county offices.
  2 14 LSB 1558SS 82
  2 15 jr:rj/gg/14