House Journal: Page 724: Thursday, March 20, 2003
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 601, a bill for an act relating to campaign finance,
including political party committees, campaign disclosure reports,
independent expenditures, and income tax checkoff provisions, was
taken up for consideration.
Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-1093 filed
by Jochum and Raecker of Polk and moved its adoption:
H-1093
1 Amend House File 601 as follows:
2 1. Page 2, by inserting after line 25 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 56.13, Code 2003, is amended by
5 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
6 following:
7 56.13 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.
8 1. As used in this section, "independent
9 expenditure" means an expenditure for a communication
10 that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a
11 clearly identified candidate or the passage or defeat
12 of a ballot issue that is made without the prior
13 approval or coordination with a candidate, candidate's
14 committee, or a ballot issue committee.
15 2. An individual who meets all of the following
16 criteria shall file an independent expenditure
17 statement:
18 a. The individual is not a candidate.
19 b. The individual is acting independently and not
20 in coordination with another individual, organization,
21 or committee.
22 c. The individual makes one or more independent
23 expenditures in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars
24 in the aggregate to advocate the election or defeat of
25 one or more candidates or the passage or defeat of one
26 or more ballot issues.
27 3. a. Any combination of two or more individuals,
28 or a person other than an individual, that makes one
29 or more independent expenditures in excess of seven
30 hundred fifty dollars in the aggregate to advocate the
31 election or defeat of one or more candidates or the
32 passage or defeat of one or more ballot issues shall
33 file an independent expenditure statement.
34 b. Sections 56.5, 56.5A, 56.6, and 56.7 shall not
35 apply to persons meeting the requirements of paragraph
36 "a".
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