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House Journal: Page 760: Thursday, March 14, 1996

34   election and the ballot pursuant to section 49.53
35   shall, simultaneously with such publication, publish
36   the names of candidates who agree and do not agree to
37   a restricted campaign using the following language
38   where applicable:  "These candidates refused to limit
39   their campaign spending."; or "These candidates
40   voluntarily agreed to limit their campaign spending."
41     Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  56.33  RESTRICTED CAMPAIGNS
42   _ LIMITS ON EXPENDITURES.
43     If a restricted campaign exists, the candidate's
44   committees of those candidates with qualifying
45   nominations to that eligible office are subject to the
46   following limits on expenditures:
47     1.  Governor.  Total expenditure limit, five
48   hundred thousand dollars in a primary election if
49   there is no primary opponent, one million dollars in a
50   primary election if there is a primary opponent, and

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 1   one million five hundred thousand dollars in a general
 2   election.
 3     2.  Attorney general, secretary of agriculture,
 4   secretary of state, treasurer of state, and auditor of
 5   state.  Total expenditure limit, fifty thousand
 6   dollars in a primary election if there is no primary
 7   opponent, one hundred thousand dollars in a primary
 8   election if there is a primary opponent, and one
 9   hundred thousand dollars in a general election.
10     3.  State senator.  Total expenditure limit, ten
11   thousand dollars in a primary election if there is no
12   primary opponent, twenty-five thousand dollars in a
13   primary election if there is a primary opponent, and
14   twenty-five thousand dollars in a general election.
15     4.  State representative.  Total expenditure limit,
16   five thousand dollars in a primary election if there
17   is no primary opponent, fifteen thousand dollars in a
18   primary election if there is a primary opponent, and
19   fifteen thousand dollars in a general election.
20     For purposes of this division, an expenditure
21   occurs at the time of performance and not at the time
22   of payment.
23     Actions involving an expenditure taken on behalf of
24   a candidate in a restricted campaign shall be
25   accepted, reported, and credited against the limits of
26   this section, or disavowed pursuant to section 56.13.
27   Actions taken by a county or state statutory political
28   committee or a national political party which benefit
29   the political party generally and which benefit more
30   than one candidate shall not be considered as
31   expenditures under this division.
32     The board shall, by July 1 in each odd-numbered
33   year, adjust the limitations on expenditures to

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