68A.402  Disclosure report due dates — permanent organization temporarily engaging in political activity required to file reports.
  1.  Filing methods.  Each committee shall file with the board reports disclosing information required under this section on forms prescribed by rule. Except as set out in section 68A.401, reports shall be filed on or before the required due dates by using any of the following methods:  mail bearing a United States postal service postmark, hand-delivery, facsimile transmission, electronic mail attachment, or electronic filing as prescribed by rule. Any report that is required to be filed five days or less prior to an election must be physically received by the board to be considered timely filed. For purposes of this section, “physically received” means the report is either electronically filed using the board’s electronic filing system or is received by the board prior to 4:30 p.m. on the report due date.
  2.  Statewide office, general assembly, and county elections.
  a.  Election year.  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for statewide office, the general assembly, or county office shall file reports in an election year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

May 19          January 1 through May 14

July 19          May 15 or Wednesday

           preceding primary

           election through July 14

October 19          July 15 through October 14

January 19 (next          October 15 or Wednesday

calendar year)           preceding general

           election through

           December 31
  b.  Supplementary report — statewide and general assembly elections.
  (1)  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for statewide office or the general assembly shall file a supplementary report in a year in which a primary, general, or special election for that office is held. The supplementary reports shall be filed if contributions are received after the close of the period covered by the last report filed prior to that primary, general, or special election if any of the following applies:
  (a)  The committee of a candidate for governor receives ten thousand dollars or more.
  (b)  The committee of a candidate for any other statewide office receives five thousand dollars or more.
  (c)  The committee of a candidate for the general assembly receives one thousand dollars or more.
  (2)  The amount of any contribution causing a supplementary report under this paragraph “b” shall include the estimated fair market value of any in-kind contribution. The report shall be filed by the Friday immediately preceding the election and be current through the Tuesday immediately preceding the election.
  c.  Nonelection year.  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for statewide office, the general assembly, or county office shall file reports in a nonelection year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

January 19          January 1 through

           December 31

           of the previous year
  3.  City offices.
  a.  Election year.  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for city office shall file a report in an election year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

Five days before          Date of initial activity

  primary election           through ten days before

           primary election

Five days before          Nine days before primary

  general election           election through ten days

           before general election

Five days before          Nine days before the

  runoff election           general election through

  (if applicable)           ten days before the

           runoff election

January 19 (next          Cutoff date from

  calendar year)           previously filed report

           through December 31
  b.  Nonelection year.  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for city office shall file a report in a nonelection year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

January 19 (next          January 1 through

  calendar year)           December 31

           of nonelection year
  c.  Runoff elections.  Only a candidate who is eligible to participate in a runoff election is required to file a report five days before the runoff election.
  4.  School board and other political subdivision elections.
  a.  Election year.  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for school board or any other political subdivision office, except for county and city office, shall file a report in an election year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

Five days before           Date of initial activity

  election           through ten days before

           election

January 19 (next           Nine days before election

  calendar year)           through December 31
  b.  Nonelection year.  A candidate’s committee of a candidate for school board or any other political subdivision office, except for county and city office, shall file a report in a nonelection year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

January 19 (next          January 1 through

  calendar year)           December 31

           of nonelection year
  5.  Special elections.
  a.  A candidate’s committee shall file a report by the fifth day prior to a special election that is current through the tenth day prior to the special election.
  b.  Special elections — nonelection year.  A candidate’s committee at a special election shall file a report in a nonelection year as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

January 19 (next          January 1 through

  calendar year)           December 31

           of nonelection year
  6.  Statutory political committees.
  a.  A state statutory political committee shall file a report on the same dates as a candidate’s committee is required to file reports under subsection 2, paragraphs “a” and “c”.
  b.  A county statutory political committee shall file a report on the same dates as a candidate’s committee is required to file reports under subsection 2, paragraphs “a” and “c”.
  7.  Political committees.
  a.  Statewide office and general assembly elections.
  (1)  Election year.  A political committee expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for statewide office or the general assembly shall file a report on the same dates as a candidate’s committee is required to file reports under subsection 2, paragraph “a”.
  (2)  Nonelection year.  A political committee expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for statewide office or the general assembly shall file a report as follows:
Report due:          Covering period:

July 19          January 1 through

           June 30

January 19 (next          July 1 through

  calendar year)           December 31
  b.  County elections.  A political committee expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for county office shall file reports on the same dates as a candidate’s committee is required to file reports under subsection 2, paragraphs “a” and “c”.
  c.  City elections.  A political committee expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for city office shall file reports on the same dates as candidates for city office are required to file reports under subsection 3.
  d.  School board and other political subdivision elections.  A political committee expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of candidates for school board or other political subdivision office, except for county office or city office, shall file reports on the same dates as candidates for school board or other political subdivision office are required to file reports under subsection 4.
  8.  Political committees — ballot issues.  A political committee expressly advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot issue shall file reports on the same dates as a candidate’s committee is required to file reports under subsection 2, paragraphs “a” and “c” and another report five days before an election covering the period from the previous report or date of initial activity through ten days before the election.
  9.  Permanent organizations.  A permanent organization temporarily engaging in activity described in section 68A.102, subsection 18, shall organize a political committee and shall keep the funds relating to that political activity segregated from its operating funds. The political committee shall file reports on the appropriate due dates as required by this section. The reports filed under this subsection shall identify the source of the original funds used for a contribution made to a candidate or a committee organized under this chapter. When the permanent organization ceases to be involved in the political activity, the permanent organization shall dissolve the political committee. As used in this subsection, “permanent organization” means an organization that is continuing, stable, and enduring, and was originally organized for purposes other than engaging in election activities.
  10.  Election year defined.  As used in this section, “election year” means a year in which the name of the candidate or ballot issue that is expressly advocated for or against appears on any ballot to be voted on by the electors of the state of Iowa. For state and county statutory political committees, and all other political committees except for political committees that advocate for or against ballot issues, “election year” means a year in which primary and general elections are held.
[S13, §1137-a1, -a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §972, 973, 975, 976; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §56.1, 56.2, 56.4, 56.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §56.6; 81 Acts, ch 35, §6 – 8]
83 Acts, ch 139, §4 – 9, 14; 86 Acts, ch 1023, §5 – 9; 86 Acts, ch 1224, §38; 87 Acts, ch 112, §6, 7; 89 Acts, ch 107, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §2; 91 Acts, ch 165, §1; 91 Acts, ch 226, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1228, §25; 93 Acts, ch 163, §33; 95 Acts, ch 198, §9, 10; 99 Acts, ch 136, §6, 17; 2002 Acts, ch 1073, §7, 8, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 40, §3, 9
CS2003, §68A.402
2004 Acts, ch 1114, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §363; 2005 Acts, ch 72, §8 – 11; 2007 Acts, ch 14, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 61, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 65, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 80, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §159, 201; 2008 Acts, ch 1184, §24, 28; 2009 Acts, ch 42, §4; 2010 Acts, ch 1025, §5, 6
Referred to in §68A.201, §68A.201A, §68A.202, §68A.304, §68A.401, §68A.402A, §68B.32A