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House Journal: Page 761: Thursday, March 14, 1996

34   reflect any increase in the consumer price index as
35   released by the federal government.
36     Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  56.34  PERIODS THE
37   EXPENDITURE LIMITS ARE IN EFFECT.
38     If a restricted campaign exists, the limitations of
39   section 56.33 apply to expenses incurred during the
40   following periods:
41     1.  During an even-numbered year, from the date the
42   candidate or the candidate's treasurer files a
43   statement of organization as required by section 56.5,
44   or from the date the candidate or the candidate's
45   designee files an affidavit of candidacy with the
46   state commissioner of elections, whichever date is
47   earlier, through the date of the general election for
48   that office.
49     2.  During a special election, from the date the
50   candidate or the candidate's treasurer files a

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 1   statement of organization as required by section 56.5,
 2   or from the date the candidate or the candidate's
 3   designee files an affidavit of candidacy with the
 4   state commissioner of elections, whichever date is
 5   earlier, through the date of the special election for
 6   that office.
 7     Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  56.35  ADJUSTMENTS FOR
 8   BENEFITED CANDIDATES AND OPPONENTS.
 9     1.  A person or political committee which causes
10   the publication, mass mailing, or broadcast of
11   advocacy information in a restricted campaign shall
12   give notice to the board and to the benefited
13   candidate.  The notice shall be given by certified
14   restricted mail within twenty-four hours after the
15   publication, mailing, or broadcast of the advocacy
16   information and be accompanied by the text of the
17   advocacy information and the amount of the
18   publication, mailing, or broadcasting expenditures.
19     2.  The benefited candidate shall notify the board
20   within seventy-two hours of receipt of notice given
21   pursuant to subsection 1 whether the candidate accepts
22   or disavows the expenditure.  If the candidate accepts
23   the expenditure, the anticipated expenditure shall be
24   credited against the candidate's expenditure limit.
25   If the candidate files a statement of disavowal, the
26   commissioner or board shall forward a copy of the
27   statement to the candidate's opponent.
28     3.  For the purposes of this section, the board
29   shall disregard the first five hundred dollars of
30   aggregate disavowed expenditures regarding a benefited
31   candidate for the general assembly, the first one
32   thousand dollars of aggregate disavowed expenditures
33   regarding a benefited candidate for a statewide office

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