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House Journal: Page 1427: Monday, April 8, 1996

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 1   papers pursuant to chapter 43, 44, or 45.
 2     Notwithstanding section 43.20, the nomination
 3   petition of a candidate who does not agree to a
 4   restricted campaign must contain signatures of at
 5   least twenty percent of the total number of votes cast
 6   in the last general election for that office.  A
 7   candidate nominated pursuant to section 43.66 who does
 8   not agree to a restricted campaign must file a
 9   nomination petition within fifteen days of nomination
10   containing signatures of at least twenty percent of
11   the total number of votes cast in the last general
12   election for that office in order to be placed on the
13   general election ballot.  A candidate who agrees to a
14   restricted campaign and whose opponent does not agree
15   to a restricted campaign is not required to obtain
16   signatures under this section, is not subject to the
17   limitations on campaign expenditures or contributions
18   imposed in this division, but shall be considered as a
19   candidate who agreed to a restricted campaign for all
20   other purposes of this following division.
21     Notwithstanding the dates required for filing
22   disclosure reports pursuant to section 56.6, a
23   candidate who does not agree to a restricted campaign
24   pursuant to this section shall file a disclosure
25   report each month until June 30 of the year of the
26   election.  Beginning July 1 of the year of the
27   election, the candidate shall file a disclosure report
28   every fourteen days until the date of the general
29   election.  After the date of election, the candidate
30   shall file a disclosure report each month until the
31   candidate files nomination papers for the same or
32   another public office, or closes the candidate's
33   campaign account.
34     The commissioner required to publish notice of the
35   election and the ballot pursuant to section 49.53
36   shall, simultaneously with such publication, publish
37   the names of candidates who agree and do not agree to
38   a restricted campaign using the following language
39   where applicable:  "These candidates refused to limit
40   their campaign spending."; or "These candidates
41   voluntarily agreed to limit their campaign spending."
42     Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  56.33  RESTRICTED CAMPAIGNS
43   _ LIMITS ON EXPENDITURES.
44     If a restricted campaign exists, the candidate's
45   committees of those candidates with qualifying
46   nominations to that eligible office are subject to the
47   following limits on expenditures:
48     1.  Governor.  Total expenditure limit, five
49   hundred thousand dollars in a primary election if
50   there is no primary opponent, one million dollars in a

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