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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 56.14A POLITICAL TELEPHONE
1 2 COMMUNICATION LIMITATIONS.
1 3 1. A person shall not make an unsolicited phone call
1 4 relating to the nomination or election of a candidate for
1 5 public office in Iowa, or to the passage or defeat of a ballot
1 6 issue in Iowa, that is made for purposes of conducting a poll,
1 7 conducting research, or sharing information, unless the person
1 8 making the phone call discloses all of the following
1 9 information at the commencement of the call:
1 10 a. The person's name.
1 11 b. The purpose of the phone call.
1 12 c. The name of any individual, business, or organization
1 13 on whose behalf the call is being made.
1 14 d. The identity of any person or group who has directly or
1 15 indirectly paid for the making of the phone call.
1 16 e. The location from which the phone call is being made.
1 17 2. Notwithstanding section 56.16, a person who violates
1 18 the requirements of this section shall pay, in the manner
1 19 prescribed by the board, a civil penalty of five hundred
1 20 dollars for each phone call made in violation of this section.
1 21 Moneys from civil penalties collected under this section shall
1 22 be disposed of in the same manner as other civil penalties
1 23 collected under section 68B.32D.
1 24 3. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
1 25 establishing procedures to administer this section.
1 26 EXPLANATION
1 27 This bill requires persons conducting, via unsolicited
1 28 telephone calls, political research or polls, or sharing
1 29 information relating to candidates or constitutional or public
1 30 measures, to disclose certain information. The information
1 31 which must be disclosed includes the person's name, the
1 32 purpose of the phone call, the name of any individual or
1 33 business on whose behalf the call is being made, the identity
1 34 of any person or group who has directly or indirectly paid for
1 35 the making of the phone call, and the location from which the
2 1 phone call is being made. Failure to abide by the
2 2 requirements of the section will subject the person to a $500
2 3 civil penalty for each phone call made. The new requirements
2 4 are to be enforced by the ethics and campaign disclosure board
2 5 and any moneys collected are to be disposed of in the same
2 6 manner as other civil penalties collected by that board. The
2 7 board is directed to adopt rules to implement the new
2 8 requirements.
2 9 LSB 1428HH 78
2 10 jj/cf/24
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