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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 56.5A, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 56.5A CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE. 1 4 1. Each candidate for state, county, city, or school 1 5 office shall organize one, and only one, candidate's committee 1 6 for a specific office sought when the candidate receives 1 7 contributions in excess of five hundred dollars in the 1 8 aggregate, makes expenditures in excess of five hundred 1 9 dollars in the aggregate, or incurs indebtedness in excess of 1 10 five hundred dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year. 1 11 2. A political committee shall not be established to 1 12 support or oppose only one candidate for office, except that a 1 13 political committee may be established to support or oppose 1 14 approval of a single judge standing for retention. 1 15 3. a. A candidate's committee shall accept contributions 1 16 from sources other than voters registered within the district 1 17 represented by the office to which the candidate presently 1 18 seeks election, only to the extent that the candidate's 1 19 committee has received and deposited in the candidate's 1 20 campaign account, an equal or greater total of contributions 1 21 from voters registered within the district. 1 22 b. A candidate who accepts a contribution in violation of 1 23 this subsection shall be fined civilly in an amount equal to 1 24 ten times the amount by which the contribution exceeded the 1 25 permitted limit. The fine proceeds shall be deposited in the 1 26 Iowa election campaign fund created by section 56.19. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 This bill amends Code chapter 56 to restrict a candidate's 1 29 committee in its acceptance of contributions from sources 1 30 other than registered voters within the candidate's district. 1 31 A candidate could accept funds from such sources only up to 1 32 the amount of funds that the candidate has collected from 1 33 voters registered within the candidate's district. The 1 34 penalty for violation of this prohibition would be a civil 1 35 fine equal to 10 times the amount accepted in excess of the 2 1 limitation. 2 2 LSB 1206XS 78 2 3 jj/sc/14
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