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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 68B.32A, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Review the contents of all campaign finance disclosure 1 4 reports and statements filed with the board and promptly 1 5 advise each person or committee of errors found. The board 1 6 may verify information contained in the reports with other 1 7 parties to assure accurate disclosure. The board may also 1 8 verify information by requesting that a candidate or committee 1 9 produce copies of receipts, bills, logbooks, or other 1 10 memorandaof reimbursements of expenses to a candidate for1 11expenses incurred duringconcerning contributions received, 1 12 expenditures made, or indebtedness incurred in a campaign. 1 13 The board, upon its own motion, may initiate action and 1 14 conduct a hearing relating to requirements under chapter 56. 1 15 The board may require a county commissioner of elections to 1 16 periodically file summary reports with the board. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 68B.37, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 18 follows: 1 19 68B.37 LOBBYIST REPORTING. 1 20 1. For the purposes of this section: 1 21 a. "Expenditures" does not include expenditures made by 1 22 any organization for publishing a newsletter or other 1 23 informational release for its members. 1 24 b. "Six-month reporting period" means the period from 1 25 January 1 through June 30, or July 1 through December 31. 1 26 1A. A lobbyist before the general assembly shall file with 1 27 the general assembly, on forms prescribed by each house of the 1 28 general assembly and according to the filing provisions of 1 29 subsection 3, a report disclosing all of the following: 1 30 a. The lobbyist's clients. 1 31 b. Contributions made to candidates for state office by 1 32 the lobbyist duringcalendar months duringthe preceding six- 1 33 month reporting periodwhen the general assembly is not in1 34session. 1 35 c. The recipient of the campaign contributions. 2 1 d.ExpendituresTotal expenditures exceeding one thousand 2 2 dollars made by the lobbyist during the preceding six-month 2 3 reporting period to provide information, service, 2 4 entertainment, sustenance, or other benefit directly to a 2 5 person or group of persons who are members of the general 2 6 assembly, a state agency, or any statewide elected official 2 7 for the purposes of providing the services enumerated under 2 8 section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph "a". 2 9 e. The total amount of all salaries, fees, and retainers 2 10 paid by each lobbyist's client to the lobbyist for lobbying 2 11 purposes during the preceding six months. 2 12For purposes of this subsection, "expenditures" does not2 13include expenditures made by any organization for publishing a2 14newsletter or other informational release for its members.2 15 2. A lobbyist before a state agency or the office of the 2 16 governor shall file with the board, on forms prescribed by the 2 17 board, a report disclosing the same items described in 2 18 subsection11A. 2 19 3. a. The reports by lobbyists before the general 2 20 assembly shall be filed not later thantwenty-five days2 21following any month in which the general assembly is in2 22session and thereafter on or beforeJuly 31, October 31,and 2 23 January 31. The reports filed by a lobbyist before the 2 24 general assembly shall contain information for the preceding 2 25calendar month or quartersix-month reporting period or parts 2 26 thereof during which the person was engaged in lobbying. 2 27 b. Reports filed by lobbyists before a state agency shall 2 28 be filed on or beforeApril 30,July 31, October 31,and 2 29 January 31,for the precedingcalendar quartersix-month 2 30 reporting period or parts thereof during which the person was 2 31 engaged in lobbying. 2 32 4. If a person cancels the person's lobbyist registration 2 33 at any time during the calendar year, the reports required by 2 34 this section are due on the dates required by this section or 2 35 fifteen days after cancellation, whichever is earlier.The3 1report due January 31 shall include all reportable items for3 2the preceding calendar year in addition to containing the3 3quarterly reportable items.3 4 a. A lobbyist who cancels the person's lobbyist 3 5 registration before January 1 of a year shall file a report 3 6 listing all reportable items for theyearsix-month reporting 3 7 period in which the cancellation was filed. 3 8 b. A lobbyist who cancels the person's lobbyist 3 9 registration between January 1 and January 15 of a year shall 3 10 file a report listing all reportable items for the preceding 3 11yearsix-month reporting period and so much of the month of 3 12 January as has expired at the time of cancellation. 3 13 5.However, ifNotwithstanding the requirements of this 3 14 section, if a lobbyist is a person who is designated to 3 15 represent the interest of an organization as defined in 3 16 section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), 3 17 but is not paid compensation for that representation and does 3 18 not expend more than one thousand dollars as provided in 3 19 section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph "a", subparagraph (4), 3 20 the lobbyist shall only be required to file the report 3 21 specified in this section once annually, which shall be 3 22 performed at the time of filing the person's lobbyist 3 23 registration form or forms. 3 24 Sec. 3. Section 68B.38, Code 2001, is repealed. 3 25 Sec. 4. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor shall 3 26 transfer chapter 68B, as amended by this bill, to chapter 56B, 3 27 and replace all references in the Code to chapter 68B with 3 28 appropriate references to chapter 56B. 3 29 EXPLANATION 3 30 This bill amends Code section 68B.32A to allow the ethics 3 31 and campaign disclosure board to obtain copies of all campaign 3 32 records when attempting to verify information, rather than 3 33 only memoranda of reimbursements of expenses. 3 34 The bill amends Code section 68B.37 regarding reporting by 3 35 lobbyists. The bill deletes the October 31 report for 4 1 legislative lobbyists, and the April 30 and October 31 reports 4 2 for executive branch lobbyists. All lobbyists would file 4 3 reports on January 31 and July 31. A definition is added for 4 4 "six-month reporting period", in conjunction with this change. 4 5 The bill repeals Code section 68B.38, eliminating reporting 4 6 by lobbyists' clients, and amends Code section 68B.37 to 4 7 require that lobbyists report compensation paid to them by 4 8 clients. Lobbyists are also required to report total 4 9 expenditures exceeding $1,000 made by the lobbyist during the 4 10 six-month reporting period to provide information, service, 4 11 entertainment, sustenance, or other benefit directly to 4 12 legislators, members of a state agency, or statewide elected 4 13 officials. 4 14 The bill also deletes the requirement that the January 31 4 15 lobbyist report contain all reportable items for the previous 4 16 year in addition to the quarterly reportable items, and 4 17 changes the requirement that a lobbyist who cancels the 4 18 person's lobbyist registration before January 1, or between 4 19 January 1 and January 15, file a report listing all reportable 4 20 items, by changing the applicable period from the previous 4 21 year to the preceding six-month reporting period. 4 22 Finally, the bill also contains a direction to the Code 4 23 editor to designate Code chapter 68B as Code chapter 56B, and 4 24 to change references in the Code as necessary. 4 25 LSB 1238DP 79 4 26 jj/pj/5
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