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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 56.6A VOLUNTARY LIMITS ON 1 2 CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES. 1 3 1. A candidate for the general assembly may file a 1 4 declaration of limitation on expenditures pursuant to section 1 5 56.6B, certifying that the candidate and the candidate's 1 6 committee will not do any of the following: 1 7 a. Make expenditures during an election campaign cycle 1 8 exceeding the following amounts: 1 9 (1) Fifty thousand dollars for a candidate for the senate. 1 10 (2) Twenty-five thousand dollars for a candidate for the 1 11 house of representatives. 1 12 b. Accept direct contributions from a state, county, or 1 13 city statutory political committee or a national political 1 14 party. 1 15 2. A candidate who has filed a declaration of limitation 1 16 on expenditures pursuant to section 56.6B shall not be bound 1 17 by the declaration if any opposing candidate for the same 1 18 office has not filed a declaration of limitation on 1 19 expenditures pursuant to section 56.6B, or has filed a 1 20 declaration but has made expenditures exceeding the applicable 1 21 limit. 1 22 3. For the purposes of this section and sections 56.6B and 1 23 56.6C: 1 24 a. "Expenditures" shall include all amounts reported in 1 25 disclosure reports pursuant to section 56.6, subsection 3, 1 26 paragraph "g", as well as any amounts attributed to a 1 27 candidate pursuant to section 56.13. 1 28 b. "Election campaign cycle" means the period of time 1 29 between any general or special election commencing on the day 1 30 following the previous election for that office, and 1 31 continuing through election day. 1 32 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 56.6B DECLARATION OF LIMITATION ON 1 33 EXPENDITURES. 1 34 1. A declaration of limitation on expenditures shall meet 1 35 the requirements of section 56.6A, subsection 1, and shall 2 1 include the signature of the candidate. 2 2 2. A declaration of limitation on expenditures shall be 2 3 filed with the board no later than the date upon which the 2 4 candidate makes a filing pursuant to section 43.11, 44.1, or 2 5 45.4 to have the candidate's name placed on a ballot for 2 6 election to public office. 2 7 3. Once a declaration of limitation on expenditures has 2 8 been filed, a candidate's expenditures may be challenged 2 9 pursuant to the procedure in section 68B.32B. Notwithstanding 2 10 the requirements of that section, the board shall, within 2 11 twenty-four hours of the filing of a complaint, determine 2 12 whether there is probable cause to believe the existence of 2 13 facts that would establish an unreported expenditure, an 2 14 improperly reported expenditure, or aggregate expenditures 2 15 exceeding the applicable limit. The board shall proceed with 2 16 the remainder of the complaint procedure only upon a finding 2 17 of probable cause. 2 18 4. a. A finding by the board that a candidate has 2 19 exceeded the applicable expenditure limit shall not subject 2 20 the candidate to any criminal penalty under this chapter, but 2 21 shall release the candidate's opponent from any obligation to 2 22 comply with that candidate's own declaration of limitation of 2 23 expenditures. 2 24 b. A finding by the board that the candidate has not 2 25 reported or has improperly reported an expenditure shall 2 26 result in appropriate adjustment of the candidate's reported 2 27 expenditures, and may subject the candidate to penalties 2 28 pursuant to section 56.16. 2 29 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 56.6C TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED 2 30 CONTRIBUTIONS. 2 31 A credit against taxes pursuant to section 422.12, 2 32 subsection 4, shall be allowed for a contribution to a 2 33 candidate for an office representing the legislative district 2 34 in which the contributor permanently resided at the time the 2 35 contribution was made who has filed a declaration of 3 1 limitation on expenditures pursuant to section 56.6B, not to 3 2 exceed one hundred dollars per person per qualified candidate. 3 3 Upon request by the state, the contributor shall substantiate 3 4 the claimed credit with an official receipt from the 3 5 candidate's committee to which a contribution was made. 3 6 Sec. 4. Section 422.12, Code 1997, is amended by adding 3 7 the following new subsection: 3 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A tax credit for qualified political 3 9 contributions pursuant to section 56.6C. 3 10 EXPLANATION 3 11 This bill amends chapter 56 to provide for voluntary 3 12 expenditure limits in political campaigns by candidates for 3 13 the general assembly. Persons who contribute to a candidate 3 14 for the general assembly who is running in the person's 3 15 legislative district and who has filed a declaration of 3 16 limitation on expenditures may claim a tax credit of up to one 3 17 hundred dollars per qualified candidate. 3 18 Expenditures may be challenged pursuant to the procedure in 3 19 Code section 68B.32B by complaints to the Iowa ethics and 3 20 campaign disclosure board. A complaint challenging an 3 21 expenditure must be assessed by the board within 24 hours of 3 22 the filing of the complaint for probable cause that the 3 23 expenditure was unreported, improperly reported, or caused the 3 24 candidate to exceed the applicable limit. A finding that a 3 25 candidate has exceeded an applicable limit will release the 3 26 candidate's opponent from an obligation to comply with that 3 27 candidate's own declaration of limitation on expenditures. 3 28 LSB 2223XS 77 3 29 jls/jw/5
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