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34   other than governor, and the first five thousand
35   dollars of aggregate disavowed expenditures regarding
36   a benefited candidate for governor.  If the aggregate
37   disavowed expenditures regarding a benefited candidate
38   exceed the amounts provided in this section, the board
39   shall determine if a reasonable person would or would
40   not draw a fair inference that the material assists
41   the election of the benefited candidate or the defeat
42   of an opposing candidate.  If the board determines
43   that a candidate is benefited, the board shall
44   attribute the disavowed expenditure to the expenditure
45   limits of the benefited candidate and shall do one of
46   the following:  increase the benefited candidate's
47   opponent's expenditure limits by the amount of the
48   disavowed expenditures attributed to the benefited
49   candidate or eliminate the expenditure limit of the
50   benefited candidate's opponent for that election

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 1   period.
 2     4.  The board by rule may delegate decisions under
 3   subsection 3 to a panel of three members of the board.
 4   If delegated, the decisions of the panel constitute
 5   final agency action for the purposes of chapter 17A.
 6   Notwithstanding section 17A.19, a petition for
 7   judicial review of a decision under this section shall
 8   be filed only in Polk county district court, the court
 9   shall not stay the increase or elimination of the
10   limits for the candidates opposing the benefited
11   candidate pending the outcome of the judicial review
12   proceeding, the petitioner has only two days after
13   filing to provide notice or copies to the other
14   parties, and the proceeding shall receive the highest
15   priority among the cases before the district court.
16     The decisions under subsection 3 shall be made
17   within two days of the board's receipt of the
18   benefited candidate's disavowal and the benefited
19   candidate and opponents shall be promptly notified.
20     Advocacy information caused by a county or state
21   statutory political committee or a national political
22   party which benefit the political party generally and
23   which benefit more than one candidate are not subject
24   to the requirements of this section.
25     Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  56.36  RESTRICTED CAMPAIGNS
26   _ LIMITS ON ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
27     If a restricted campaign exists, the acceptance of
28   contributions by candidates for the following offices
29   from political action committees and individuals is
30   subject to the following limitations:
31     1.  Governor.
32     a.  Total political action committee contributions,
33   thirty-five percent of the candidate's applicable

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