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House Journal: Page 758: Thursday, March 14, 1996

House File 2449, a bill for an act setting campaign contribution
limits by persons and political committees, addressing
independent expenditures on behalf of candidates, employee and
member contributions, making penalties applicable, and providing
an effective date, was taken up for consideration.
The House stood at ease at 3:48 p.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at 4:48 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the
chair.
Bernau of Story asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-5258 filed by him on March 7, 1996.
Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H-5327 filed by Jochum et.
al. as follows:

H-5327

 1     Amend House File 2449 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 3   clause and inserting the following:
 4     "Section 1.  Sections 2 through 8 of this Act are
 5   created as a new division of chapter 56.
 6     Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  56.31  DEFINITIONS.
 7     As used in this division, unless the context
 8   requires otherwise:
 9     1.  "Advocacy information" is material published or
10   broadcast which discusses public issues, candidates,
11   or voting records from which a reasonable person could
12   draw a fair inference that the material recommends the
13   defeat or election of an identifiable candidate in a
14   restricted campaign.
15     2.  "Benefited candidate" means a candidate in a
16   restricted campaign whose election is recommended or
17   whose opponent's defeat is recommended by advocacy
18   information or by the fair inferences drawn from the
19   advocacy information by a reasonable person as
20   determined by the board.
21     3.  "Eligible office" means the offices of state
22   representative, state senator, secretary of
23   agriculture, secretary of state, treasurer of state,
24   auditor of state, attorney general, and governor.  The
25   office of lieutenant governor shall not be considered
26   a separate eligible office but shall be considered
27   with the office of governor for purposes of this
28   division.
29     4.  "Political action committee" means any
30   political committee except a county statutory
31   political committee, a state statutory political
32   committee, a national political party, or a nonparty
33   political organization under chapter 44.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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