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1 1 Section 1. Section 56.5A, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. A candidate's committee shall
1 4 accept contributions from sources other than voters registered
1 5 within the county or counties represented in whole or in part
1 6 by the office to which the candidate presently seeks election,
1 7 only to the extent that the candidate's committee has received
1 8 and deposited in the candidate's campaign account an equal or
1 9 greater total of contributions from voters registered within
1 10 the county or counties represented in whole or in part by the
1 11 office to which the candidate presently seeks election.
1 12 b. A candidate who accepts a contribution in violation of
1 13 this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty in an
1 14 amount equal to ten times the amount by which the contribution
1 15 exceeded the permitted limit. The civil penalty proceeds
1 16 shall be deposited in the Iowa election campaign fund created
1 17 by section 56.19.
1 18 c. Section 56.16 shall not apply to this subsection.
1 19 EXPLANATION
1 20 This bill amends Code chapter 56 to limit a candidate's
1 21 committee in the amount of contributions accepted from sources
1 22 other than registered voters living in counties in whole or in
1 23 part within the candidate's district. A candidate can accept
1 24 funds from nonresidents only to the extent that the candidate
1 25 has collected an equal or greater amount of funds from voters
1 26 registered in counties in whole or in part within the
1 27 candidate's district. The penalty for violation of this
1 28 prohibition is a civil penalty equal to 10 times the amount
1 29 accepted in excess of the limitation.
1 30 The criminal misdemeanor penalty generally applicable to
1 31 violations of Code chapter 56 does not apply to this new
1 32 provision.
1 33 LSB 1814SS 80
1 34 jj/cf/24.1
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