House Journal: Page 1823: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

46   nominate, elect, approve, or defeat one or more

47   clearly identified candidates or a ballot issue or
48   whether the communication encourages some other kind
49   of action.
50     Sec. 2.  Section 56.2, subsections 16 and 17, Code
Page 2  
 1   1999, are amended to read as follows:
 2     16.  "Political committee" means a either of the
 3   following:
 4     a.  A committee, but not a candidate's committee,
 5   which that accepts contributions in excess of five
 6   hundred dollars in the aggregate, makes expenditures
 7   in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate, or
 8   incurs indebtedness in excess of five hundred dollars
 9   in the aggregate in any one calendar year for the
10   purpose of supporting or opposing to expressly
11   advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a
12   candidate for public office, or for the purpose of
13   supporting or opposing to expressly advocate the
14   passage or defeat of a ballot issue; "political
15   committee" also means an.
16     b.  An association, lodge, society, cooperative,
17   union, fraternity, sorority, educational institution,
18   civic organization, labor organization, religious
19   organization, or professional organization which that
20   accepts contributions in excess of five hundred
21   dollars in the aggregate, makes expenditures in excess
22   of five hundred dollars in the aggregate, or incurs
23   indebtedness in excess of five hundred dollars in the
24   aggregate in any one calendar year for the purpose of
25   supporting or opposing to expressly advocate the
26   nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate for
27   public office, or for the purpose of supporting or
28   opposing to expressly advocate the passage or defeat
29   of a ballot issue. "Political committee" also
30   includes a committee which accepts contributions 
in
31   excess of five hundred dollars in the 
aggregate, makes
32   expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars 
in the
33   aggregate, or incurs indebtedness in excess of 
five
34   hundred dollars in the aggregate in a 
calendar year to
35   cause the publication or broadcasting of 
material in
36   which the public policy positions or voting 
record of
37   an identifiable candidate is discussed and in 
which a
38   reasonable person could find commentary favorable 
or
39   unfavorable to those public policy positions or 
voting
40   record.
41     17.  "Political purpose" or "political purposes"
42   means the support or opposition express advocacy of a
43   candidate or ballot issue.
44     Sec. 3.  Section 56.4, unnumbered paragraphs 2 and

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