All statements and reports required to be filed under this chapter for a state office shall be filed with the board. All statements and reports required to be filed under this chapter for a county, city, or school office shall be filed with the commissioner. Statements and reports on a ballot issue shall be filed with the commissioner responsible under section 47.2 for conducting the election at which the issue is voted upon, except that statements and reports on a statewide ballot issue shall be filed with the board. Copies of any reports filed with a commissioner shall be provided by the commissioner to the board on its request. State statutory political committees shall file all statements and reports with the board. All other statutory political committees shall file the statements and reports with the commissioner with a copy sent to the board. The board shall retain statements and reports filed with the board for at least five years from the date of the election in which the committee is involved, or at least five years from the certified date of dissolution of the committee, whichever date is later. The commissioner shall retain statements and reports filed with the commissioner for at least three years from the date of the election in which the committee is involved, or at least three years from the certified date of dissolution of the committee, whichever date is later.
Political committees expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for both federal office and any elected office created by law or the Constitution of the state of Iowa shall file statements and reports with the board in addition to any federal reports required to be filed with the board. However, a political committee which is registered and filing full disclosure reports of all financial activities with the federal election commission may file verified statements as provided in section 56.5.
Political committees expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates or the passage or defeat of ballot issues for statewide elections and for county, municipal or school elections may file all activity on one report with the board and shall send a copy to the commissioner responsible under section 47.2 for conducting the election.
[S13, § 1137-a1, -a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 974, 975; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 56.3, 56.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 56.4; 81 Acts, ch 35, § 4]
87 Acts, ch 112, § 4; 93 Acts, ch 163, § 33; 95 Acts, ch 198, §4; 99 Acts, ch 136, §3, 17
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