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House Journal: Page 1426: Monday, April 8, 1996

 3     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 4   clause and inserting the following:
 5     "Section 1.  Sections 2 through 8 of this Act are
 6   created as a new division of chapter 56.
 7     Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  56.31  DEFINITIONS.
 8     As used in this division, unless the context
 9   requires otherwise:
10     1.  "Advocacy information" is material published or
11   broadcast which discusses public issues, candidates,
12   or voting records from which a reasonable person could
13   draw a fair inference that the material recommends the
14   defeat or election of an identifiable candidate in a
15   restricted campaign.
16     2.  "Benefited candidate" means a candidate in a
17   restricted campaign whose election is recommended or
18   whose opponent's defeat is recommended by advocacy
19   information or by the fair inferences drawn from the
20   advocacy information by a reasonable person as
21   determined by the board.
22     3.  "Eligible office" means the offices of state
23   representative, state senator, secretary of
24   agriculture, secretary of state, treasurer of state,
25   auditor of state, attorney general, and governor.  The
26   office of lieutenant governor shall not be considered
27   a separate eligible office but shall be considered
28   with the office of governor for purposes of this
29   division.
30     4.  "Political action committee" means any
31   political committee except a county statutory
32   political committee, a state statutory political
33   committee, a national political party, or a nonparty
34   political organization under chapter 44.
35     5.  "Qualifying nomination" means a nomination by a
36   political party as defined by section 43.2, or a
37   nomination under chapter 44 or 45.
38     6.  "Restricted campaign" means a campaign for an
39   eligible office in which there are two or more
40   candidates with qualifying nominations and all of
41   those candidates have registered with the board and
42   voluntarily agreed to limit campaign expenditures and
43   contributions pursuant to section 56.33.
44     Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  56.32  REGISTRATION FOR A
45   RESTRICTED CAMPAIGN.
46     Each candidate for an eligible office shall
47   register with the board and shall indicate whether the
48   candidate voluntarily agrees to limit campaign
49   expenditures and contributions in a restricted
50   campaign prior to or with the filing of nomination

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