House Journal: Page 1828: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

41   of a constitutional amendment or public measure which

42   contains language or depictions which a reasonable
43   person would understand as asserting that an entity
44   which is incorporated or is a registered committee had
45   authored the material shall, if the entity is not
46   incorporated or a registered committee, include
47   conspicuously on the published material a statement
48   that the apparent organization or committee is not
49   incorporated or a registered committee in addition to
50   the attribution statement required by this section.
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 1   For purposes of this section, "registered committee"
 2   means a committee which has an active statement of
 3   organization filed under section 56.5.
 4     Sec. 10.  Section 56.15, subsections 1, 2, and 4,
 5   Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
 6     1.  Except as provided in subsections 3 and 4, it
 7   is unlawful for an insurance company, savings and loan
 8   association, bank, credit union, or corporation
 9   organized pursuant to the laws of this state, the
10   United States, or any other state, territory, or
11   foreign country, whether for profit or not, or an
12   officer, agent, or representative acting for such
13   insurance company, savings and loan association, bank,
14   credit union, or corporation, to contribute any money,
15   property, labor, or thing of value, directly or
16   indirectly, to a committee, or for the purpose of
17   influencing to expressly advocate that the vote of an
18   elector be used to nominate, elect, or defeat a
19   candidate for public office, except that such
20   resources may be so expended in connection with a
21   utility franchise election held pursuant to section
22   364.2, subsection 4, or a ballot issue.  All such
23   expenditures are subject to the disclosure
24   requirements of this chapter.
25     2.  Except as provided in subsection 3, it is
26   unlawful for a member of a committee, or its employee
27   or representative, except a ballot issue committee, or
28   for a candidate for office or the representative of
29   the candidate, to solicit, request, or knowingly
30   receive from an insurance company, savings and loan
31   association, bank, credit union, or corporation
32   organized pursuant to the laws of this state, the
33   United States, or any other state, territory, or
34   foreign country, whether for profit or not, or its
35   officer, agent, or representative, any money,
36   property, or thing of value belonging to the insurance
37   company, savings and loan association, bank, or
38   corporation for campaign expenses, or for the purpose
39   of influencing to expressly advocate that the vote of

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