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House Journal: Page 1435: Monday, April 8, 1996

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 1   which is imputed to a candidate under section 56.13 is
 2   not sponsored by a candidate or candidate's committee.
 3     Sec. 14.  NEW SECTION.  56.52  TRUTH IN CAMPAIGN
 4   PRACTICES BOARD.
 5     1.  A three-member truth in campaign practices
 6   board is established as an independent agency to
 7   investigate, review, and determine the truthfulness or
 8   deliberately misleading nature of statements made by
 9   candidates, and other persons in support or opposition
10   of a candidate as well as to investigate negative
11   statements made about candidates.  Members of the
12   board shall be appointed by the chief justice of the
13   supreme court.  Two members of the board shall be
14   affiliated with one of the two political parties whose
15   candidates for president of the United States or for
16   governor, as the case may be, received the largest and
17   next largest number of votes at the last general
18   election but neither shall be affiliated with the same
19   political party.  The other member shall not be
20   affiliated with a political party, but may be
21   affiliated with a political organization.
22     2.  Members shall serve staggered four-year terms,
23   which shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on May 1 in the year
24   of appointment and end at 12:00 midnight on April 30
25   in the year of expiration.  Any vacancy on the board
26   shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
27   portion of the term, within ninety days of the vacancy
28   and in accordance with the procedures for regular
29   appointments.  A member of the board may be
30   reappointed to serve additional terms on the board.
31   Members may be removed in the same manner as provided
32   in section 69.15 except that once a vacancy or
33   resignation occurs, the governor shall notify the
34   chief justice of the supreme court, who shall make
35   another appointment.
36     3.  The board shall annually elect one member to
37   serve as the chairperson of the board and one member
38   to serve as vice chairperson.  The vice chairperson
39   shall act as the chairperson in the absence or
40   disability of the chairperson, or in the event of a
41   vacancy in that office.
42     4.  Members of the board shall receive a per diem
43   as specified in section 7E.6 while conducting business
44   of the board, and payment of actual and necessary
45   expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
46   Members of the board shall file statements of
47   financial interest under section 68B.35.
48     5.  The board shall employ a full-time executive
49   director who shall be the board's chief administrative
50   officer.  The board shall employ or contract for the

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