56.5A  Candidate's committee.

1.  Each candidate for state, county, city, or school office shall organize one, and only one, candidate's committee for a specific office sought when the candidate receives contributions in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate, makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate, or incurs indebtedness in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year.

2.  A political committee shall not be established to expressly advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of only one candidate for office, except that a political committee may be established to expressly advocate the passage or defeat of approval of a single judge standing for retention.

Section History: Early form

  [C77, 79, 81, § 56.28; 81 Acts, ch 35, § 13]

Section History: Recent form

  83 Acts, ch 139, § 12, 14

  C91, § 56.5A

  91 Acts, ch 226, § 4; 93 Acts, ch 142, § 6; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §81; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §34; 95 Acts, ch 198, §8; 99 Acts, ch 136, §5, 17


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