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House Journal: Page 1428: Monday, April 8, 1996

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 1   primary election if there is a primary opponent, and
 2   one million five hundred thousand dollars in a general
 3   election.
 4     2.  Attorney general, secretary of agriculture,
 5   secretary of state, treasurer of state, and auditor of
 6   state.  Total expenditure limit, fifty thousand
 7   dollars in a primary election if there is no primary
 8   opponent, one hundred thousand dollars in a primary
 9   election if there is a primary opponent, and one
10   hundred thousand dollars in a general election.
11     3.  State senator.  Total expenditure limit, ten
12   thousand dollars in a primary election if there is no
13   primary opponent, twenty-five thousand dollars in a
14   primary election if there is a primary opponent, and
15   twenty-five thousand dollars in a general election.
16     4.  State representative.  Total expenditure limit,
17   five thousand dollars in a primary election if there
18   is no primary opponent, fifteen thousand dollars in a
19   primary election if there is a primary opponent, and
20   fifteen thousand dollars in a general election.
21     For purposes of this division, an expenditure
22   occurs at the time of performance and not at the time
23   of payment.
24     Actions involving an expenditure taken on behalf of
25   a candidate in a restricted campaign shall be
26   accepted, reported, and credited against the limits of
27   this section, or disavowed pursuant to section 56.13.
28   Actions taken by a county or state statutory political
29   committee or a national political party which benefit
30   the political party generally and which benefit more
31   than one candidate shall not be considered as
32   expenditures under this division.
33     The board shall, by July 1 in each odd-numbered
34   year, adjust the limitations on expenditures to
35   reflect any increase in the consumer price index as
36   released by the federal government.
37     Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  56.34  PERIODS THE
38   EXPENDITURE LIMITS ARE IN EFFECT.
39     If a restricted campaign exists, the limitations of
40   section 56.33 apply to expenses incurred during the
41   following periods:
42     1.  During an even-numbered year, from the date the
43   candidate or the candidate's treasurer files a
44   statement of organization as required by section 56.5,
45   or from the date the candidate or the candidate's
46   designee files an affidavit of candidacy with the
47   state commissioner of elections, whichever date is
48   earlier, through the date of the general election for
49   that office.
50     2.  During a special election, from the date the

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