House Journal: Page 1824: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

45   3, Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:

46     Political committees supporting or opposing
47   expressly advocating the nomination, election, or
48   defeat of candidates for both federal office and any
49   elected office created by law or the Constitution of
50   the state of Iowa shall file statements and reports
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 1   with the board in addition to any federal reports
 2   required to be filed with the board.  However, a
 3   political committee which is registered and filing
 4   full disclosure reports of all financial activities
 5   with the federal election commission may file verified
 6   statements as provided in section 56.5.
 7     Political committees supporting or opposing
 8   expressly advocating the nomination, election, or
 9   defeat of candidates or the passage or defeat of
10   ballot issues for statewide elections and for county,
11   municipal or school elections may file all activity on
12   one report with the board and shall send a copy to the
13   commissioner responsible under section 47.2 for
14   conducting the election.
15     Sec. 4.  Section 56.5, subsection 2, paragraph f,
16   Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
17     f.  A signed statement by the treasurer of the
18   committee and the candidate, in the case of a
19   candidate's committee, which shall verify that they
20   are aware of the requirement to file disclosure
21   reports if the committee, the committee officers, the
22   candidate, or both the committee officers and the
23   candidate receive contributions in excess of five
24   hundred dollars in the aggregate, make expenditures in
25   excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate, or
26   incur indebtedness in excess of five hundred dollars
27   in the aggregate in a calendar year for the purpose of
28   supporting or opposing to expressly advocate the
29   nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate for
30   public office.  In the case of political committees,
31   statements shall be made by the treasurer of the
32   committee and the chairperson.
33     Sec. 5.  Section 56.5A, Code 1999, is amended to
34   read as follows:
35     56.5A  CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE.
36     1.  Each candidate for state, county, city, or
37   school office shall organize one, and only one,
38   candidate's committee for a specific office sought
39   when the candidate receives contributions in excess of
40   five hundred dollars in the aggregate, makes
41   expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the
42   aggregate, or incurs indebtedness in excess of five
43   hundred dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year.

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