House Journal: Page 1829: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

40   an elector be used to nominate, elect, or defeat a

41   candidate for public office.  This section does not
42   restrain or abridge the freedom of the press or
43   prohibit the consideration and discussion in the press
44   of candidacies, nominations, public officers, or
45   public questions.
46     4.  The restrictions imposed by this section
47   relative to making, soliciting or receiving
48   contributions shall not apply to a nonprofit
49   corporation or organization which uses those
50   contributions to encourage registration of voters and
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 1   participation in the political process, or to
 2   publicize public issues, or both, but does not use any
 3   part of those contributions to endorse or oppose
 4   expressly advocate the nomination, election, or defeat
 5   of any candidate for public office.  A nonprofit
 6   corporation or organization may use contributions
 7   solicited or received to support or oppose expressly
 8   advocate the passage or defeat of ballot issues but
 9   the expenditures shall be disclosed by the nonprofit
10   corporation or organization in the manner provided for
11   a permanent organization temporarily engaged in a
12   political activity under section 56.6.
13     This section does not prohibit a family farm
14   corporation, as defined in section 9H.1, from placing
15   a yard sign on agricultural land, and does not
16   prohibit the placement of yard signs, with the prior
17   written permission of the individual property owner,
18   on property rented or leased by a corporation from
19   private individuals, subject to the requirements of
20   section 56.14.  This section also does not prohibit
21   the placement of a yard sign on residential property
22   that is owned by a corporation, but rented or leased
23   to a private individual, if the prior permission of
24   the renter or lessee is obtained.
25     Sec. 11.  Section 56.15, Code 1999, is amended by
26   adding the following new subsection:
27     NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  For purposes of this section,
28   "committee" shall include statutory political
29   committees organized under chapter 43, and nonparty
30   political organizations organized under chapter 44.
31     Sec. 12.  Section 56.22, subsection 2, Code 1999,
32   is amended to read as follows:
33     2.  Funds distributed to statutory political
34   committees pursuant to this chapter shall not be used
35   to support or oppose expressly advocate the
36   nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate.
37   Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
38   prohibit a statutory political committee from using

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