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Senate Amendment 3731

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend House File 697, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 9, by inserting after line 23, the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec. 201.  CAMPAIGN FINANCE COMMISSION.  The
  1  6 campaign finance commission is established to study
  1  7 the laws relating to the financing of elections for
  1  8 office and to recommend reforms in these laws,
  1  9 according to the following:
  1 10    1.  Appointment.  The commission shall be composed
  1 11 of seven members, bipartisan and gender-balanced in
  1 12 accordance with sections 69.16 and 69.16A, and
  1 13 appointed as follows:
  1 14    a.  Three members shall be the state chairs of each
  1 15 of the political parties, as defined in section 43.2,
  1 16 or their designees.
  1 17    b.  Four members shall be jointly appointed by the
  1 18 majority and minority leaders of the house and senate.
  1 19 These members shall be appointed from nonpartisan
  1 20 organizations which have researched, studied, and
  1 21 advocated the issue of political campaign finance
  1 22 reform for fifteen years or more, or who are specially
  1 23 qualified to serve on the commission because of
  1 24 training or experience.
  1 25    c.  The commission shall elect a chair and vice-
  1 26 chair at its first meetings.
  1 27    2.  Terms.  The members of the commission shall
  1 28 serve for the life of the commission.
  1 29    3.  Vacancies.  A vacancy in the commission shall
  1 30 be filled in the manner in which the original
  1 31 appointment was made.
  1 32    Sec. 202.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
  1 33    1.  Hearings.  The commission may hold hearings
  1 34 which shall be open and announced in advance to the
  1 35 public, take testimony, and receive evidence as the
  1 36 commission considers appropriate.  Activities of the
  1 37 commission shall be held in accordance with chapter
  1 38 21.
  1 39    The commission shall hold at least one hearing in
  1 40 each congressional district within the state
  1 41 specifically to obtain public input on the issue of
  1 42 campaign finance reform.
  1 43    2.  Quorum.  Four members of the commission shall
  1 44 constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold
  1 45 hearings.
  1 46    3.  Report.  Not later than December 15, 1997, the
  1 47 commission shall submit to the general assembly a
  1 48 report of the activities of the commission, together
  1 49 with a draft of legislation recommended by the
  1 50 commission to reform the laws regarding the financing
  2  1 of political campaigns for consideration by the
  2  2 general assembly in 1998 according to the provisions
  2  3 of this Act.
  2  4    4.  Matters to be considered.  In holding hearings
  2  5 and preparing the report required under subsection 3,
  2  6 the commission shall consider all issues related to
  2  7 campaign finance reform, including, but not limited to
  2  8 expenditure limits, expenditure and contribution
  2  9 disclosure, contribution limits by individuals and
  2 10 committees, soft money, independent expenditures, and
  2 11 negative campaigning.  The commission may secure
  2 12 directly from any department or agency such
  2 13 information as the commission considers necessary, and
  2 14 the department or agency shall promptly furnish such
  2 15 information to the commission.
  2 16    5.  Staffing.  Assistance shall be provided to the
  2 17 commission by the central nonpartisan legislative
  2 18 staff bureaus.  The commission may utilize the
  2 19 services of the legislative service bureau in
  2 20 formulating a draft of legislation.  The attorney
  2 21 general's office and the ethics and campaign
  2 22 disclosure board shall serve as consultants, and
  2 23 advise the commission as necessary.
  2 24    Sec. 203.  FAST-TRACK PROCEDURE.
  2 25    1.  The legislation drafted by the commission shall
  2 26 be filed with each chamber on the first day of the
  2 27 1998 legislative session, and immediately assigned to
  2 28 the committee on state government in each chamber.
  2 29    2.  Each committee on state government shall have
  2 30 no more than one week from the first day of the
  2 31 legislative session to review the legislation.  If
  2 32 approved by the committee, the legislation shall
  2 33 immediately be placed on the calendar for
  2 34 consideration by the full chamber.  The legislation
  2 35 must be approved or rejected by both chambers within
  2 36 thirty days of the first day of the 1998 legislative
  2 37 session.
  2 38    3.  No amendment to the draft legislation shall be
  2 39 in order in either chamber of the general assembly,
  2 40 either in committee or on the floor.  No motion to
  2 41 suspend the application of these rules shall be in
  2 42 order in either chamber of the general assembly,
  2 43 either in committee or on the floor.
  2 44    4.  All time periods under this section shall be
  2 45 calculated according to calendar days.  Weekends and
  2 46 days when the general assembly is not in session shall
  2 47 be included in any calculation.
  2 48    Sec. 204.  TERMINATION.  The commission shall cease
  2 49 to exist one month after the submission of its report
  2 50 under section 202 of this Act."
  3  1    #2.  By renumbering and correcting internal
  3  2 references as necessary.  
  3  3 
  3  4 
  3  5                               
  3  6 JOHN P. KIBBIE 
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  3  9                               
  3 10 HF 697.306 77
  3 11 jls/cf/28
     

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