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Senate Study Bill 1089

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.754, Code 2001, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    331.754  ABSENCE OR DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNTY ATTORNEY AND
  1  4 ASSISTANTS.
  1  5    1.  In case of absence, sickness, or disability of the
  1  6 county attorney and the assistant county attorneys, the board
  1  7 of supervisors may appoint an attorney to act as county
  1  8 attorney.  If the need for an appointment occurs, a district
  1  9 judge may appoint an attorney to act temporarily as county
  1 10 attorney until the board has had sufficient time to appoint an
  1 11 acting attorney.  As an alternative, a district judge may
  1 12 appoint the attorney general to act temporarily as county
  1 13 attorney, if the attorney general consents to the appointment.
  1 14 The acting county attorney has the same as, a participating candidate shall pay by means of the
 10 15 board's clean money debit card.
 10 16    4.  Eligible candidates shall furnish complete campaign
 10 17 records, including all records of seed money contributions and
 10 18 qualifying contributions, to the board at regular filing
 10 19 times, or on request by the board.  Candidates must cooperate
 10 20 with any audit or examination conducted or ordered by the
 10 21 board.
 10 22    Sec. 9.  NEW SECTION.  56.105A  NONPARTICIPATING CANDIDATES
 10 23 – CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
 10 24    Nonparticipating candidates shall be subject to the
 10 25 following contribution limits:
 10 26    1.  Candidates for statewide office:
 10 27    a.  One thousand dollars in the aggregate per individual
 10 28 contribution.
 10 29    b.  Five thousand dollars in the aggregate per political
 10 30 committee contribution.
 10 31    2.  Candidates for the Iowa senate and house of
 10 32 representatives:
 10 33    a.  Five hundred dollars in the aggregate per individual
 10 34 contribution.
 10 35    b.  One thousand dollars in the aggregate per political
 11  1 committee contribution.
 11  2    Sec. 10.  NEW SECTION.  56.106  POLITICAL PARTY
 11  3 CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
 11  4    1.  Participating candidates may accept monetary or in-kind
 11  5 contributions from political parties provided that the
 11  6 aggregate amount of such contributions from all political
 11  7 party committees combined does not exceed the equivalent of
 11  8 five percent of the clean money financing amount for that
 11  9 office.
 11 10    2.  In-kind contributions made during a general election
 11 11 campaign period on behalf of a group of the party's candidates
 11 12 shall not be considered a prohibited party contribution or
 11 13 count against the five percent limit established in subsection
 11 14 1 if such group includes at least fifty-one percent of the
 11 15 candidates whose names will appear on the general election
 11 16 ballot in the political subdivision represented by the party
 11 17 committee making such in-kind contributions.
 11 18    3.  Contributions made to, and expenditures made by,
 11 19 political parties during primary and general campaign periods
 11 20 shall be reported to the board on the same basis as
 11 21 contributions and expenditures made to or by candidates.
 11 22    4.  This section and this subchapter shall not prevent
 11 23 political party funds from being used for any of the
 11 24 following:
 11 25    a.  General operating expenses of the party.
 11 26    b.  Conventions.
 11 27    c.  Nominating and endorsing candidates.
 11 28    d.  Identifying, researching, and developing the party's
 11 29 positions on issues.
 11 30    e.  Party platform activities.
 11 31    f.  Non-candidate-specific voter registration.
 11 32    g.  Non-candidate-specific get-out-the-vote drives.
 11 33    h.  Travel expenses for noncandidate party leaders and
 11 34 staff.
 11 35    i.  Other non-candidate-specific party-building activities,
 12  1 as defined by rule of the board.
 12  2    Sec. 11.  NEW SECTION.  56.107  USE OF PERSONAL FUNDS.
 12  3    1.  Personal funds contributed as seed money by a candidate
 12  4 seeking to become eligible as a participating candidate or by
 12  5 the candidate's spouse shall not exceed one hundred dollars
 12  6 per contributor.
 12  7    2. a conflict of interest, the county board
  2 35 of supervisors is responsible for appointing an attorney to
  3  1 act as county attorney.  
  3  2 LSB 1123DP 79
  3  3 jm/pj/5.2

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