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House Journal: Page 1907: Wednesday, April 22, 1998

Richardson of Warren asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-9069 filed by him on April 9, 1998.
Jochum of Dubuque asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendments H-9074 and 9077 filed by her on April 9,
1998.
Bernau of Story asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-9075 filed by him on April 9, 1998.
Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H-9113 filed by her as
follows:

H-9113

 1     Amend Senate Joint Resolution 2004, as passed by
 2   the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 4, by inserting before line 12 the
 4   following:
 5     "The Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended
 6   by adding the following new sections to new Article
 7   XIII:
 8                              ARTICLE XIII.
 9    POLITICAL CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE AND
10                  CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.
11   GENERAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES' POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
12   EXPENDITURES LIMITED.  Section 1.
13     1.  For the purposes of this section:
14     a.  "Election campaign cycle" means the period of
15   time following the day of one general election through
16   the day of the next general election.
17     b.  "Election district" means the geographic area
18   to be represented by a candidate who wins an election.
19     2.  The aggregate amount of expenditures, including
20   independent expenditures advocating the election of
21   the candidate or the defeat of the candidate's
22   opponent, as the General Assembly may by law provide,
23   for an election campaign cycle for a candidate for the
24   General Assembly shall not exceed one dollar
25   multiplied by the population of persons residing
26   within the election district where the candidate is on
27   the ballot or is running as a write-in candidate.
28     3.  The aggregate amount of expenditures allowed
29   under subsection 2 shall be adjusted for each election
30   campaign cycle by a percentage equal to the percentage
31   increase in the consumer price index for all urban
32   consumers, United States city average, for the
33   immediately preceding year, as published by the
34   federal department of labor, bureau of labor
35   statistics.  If such publication ceases to be
36   published, a comparable factor shall be used to make
37   the adjustment required by this section.
38     POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.  Sec. 2.

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