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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 56.14A POLITICAL TELEPHONE
1 2 COMMUNICATION LIMITATIONS.
1 3 1. A person shall not make an unsolicited telephone call
1 4 relating to the nomination or election of a candidate for
1 5 public office in Iowa, or to the passage or defeat of a ballot
1 6 issue in Iowa, that is made for purposes of conducting a poll,
1 7 conducting research, or sharing information, unless the person
1 8 making the telephone call discloses all of the following
1 9 information at the commencement of the call:
1 10 a. The person's name.
1 11 b. The purpose of the telephone call.
1 12 c. The name of any individual, business, or organization
1 13 on whose behalf the call is being made.
1 14 d. The identity of any person or group who has directly or
1 15 indirectly paid for the making of the telephone call.
1 16 e. The location from which the telephone call is being
1 17 made.
1 18 2. Notwithstanding section 56.16, a person who violates
1 19 the requirements of this section shall pay, in the manner
1 20 prescribed by the board, a civil penalty of five hundred
1 21 dollars for each telephone call made in violation of this
1 22 section. Moneys from civil penalties collected under this
1 23 section shall be disposed of in the same manner as other civil
1 24 penalties collected under section 68B.32D.
1 25 3. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
1 26 establishing procedures to administer this section.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill requires persons conducting, via unsolicited
1 29 telephone calls, political research or polls, or sharing
1 30 information relating to candidates or constitutional or public
1 31 measures, to disclose certain information. The information
1 32 which must be disclosed includes the person's name, the
1 33 purpose of the telephone call, the name of any individual or
1 34 business on whose behalf the call is being made, the identity
1 35 of any person or group who has directly or indirectly paid for
2 1 the making of the telephone call, and the location from which
2 2 the telephone call is being made. Failure to abide by the
2 3 requirements of the section will subject the person to a $500
2 4 civil penalty for each telephone call made. The new
2 5 requirements are to be enforced by the ethics and campaign
2 6 disclosure board and any moneys collected are to be disposed
2 7 of in the same manner as other civil penalties collected by
2 8 that board. The board is directed to adopt rules to implement
2 9 the new requirements.
2 10 LSB 1382HH 79
2 11 jj/cf/24
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