56.4  Reports filed with board.

1.  All statements and reports required to be filed under this chapter shall be filed with the board. The board shall provide copies of all statements and reports filed under this chapter for a county, city, school, or other political subdivision with the commissioner responsible under section 47.2.

2.  The board shall retain filed statements and reports 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.

3.  The commissioner shall retain statements and reports provided by the board for a county, city, school, or other political subdivision for at least three years from the date of the election in which the committee is involved. However, statements and reports provided by the board for county statutory political committees shall be retained for five years from the date of the election in which the committee is involved.

4.  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 that 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.

Section History: Early form

  [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]

Section History: Recent form

  87 Acts, ch 112, § 4; 93 Acts, ch 163, § 33; 95 Acts, ch 198, §4; 99 Acts, ch 136, §3, 17; 2002 Acts, ch 1073, §3, 11


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