House Amendment 1365


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     1  1    Amend House File 757 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 8 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  68A.408  CLEAN CAMPAIGN
     1  5 PLEDGE PROGRAM == PENALTIES.
     1  6    1.  The general assembly finds that political
     1  7 campaigns increasingly disparage or denigrate an
     1  8 opposing candidate for public office by making
     1  9 personal attacks and making inflammatory or misleading
     1 10 statements.  The general assembly further finds that
     1 11 such campaign tactics impede a full and fair
     1 12 discussion of campaign issues and diminish the trust
     1 13 and confidence of the public in the electoral process.
     1 14    2.  A clean campaign pledge program is created
     1 15 under the administration of the board.  The board
     1 16 shall allow a candidate for public office to
     1 17 participate in the program by electronically signing
     1 18 the clean campaign pledge on the board's internet
     1 19 website.  The website shall also contain a database,
     1 20 available to the public, of current candidates for
     1 21 public office who have signed the pledge.
     1 22    a.  The clean campaign pledge shall be displayed on
     1 23 the website and shall provide:
     1 24    "I pledge to abide by an exemplary standard of
     1 25 conduct.  During this campaign, I pledge to confine
     1 26 any criticism of my opponent to campaign issues and
     1 27 matters of public record and to avoid personal
     1 28 attacks.  I pledge to refrain from using inciting or
     1 29 inflammatory language and from making misleading
     1 30 statements.  I further pledge to promptly disavow any
     1 31 independent expenditure made on my behalf which
     1 32 violates the standards established in this pledge."
     1 33    b.  When signed by the candidate the pledge is
     1 34 binding on both the candidate and the candidate's
     1 35 committee through the current election period or until
     1 36 specifically withdrawn by the candidate.
     1 37    c.  The board shall develop a clean=campaign=pledge
     1 38 logogram which shall be available for use by a
     1 39 participating candidate in the candidate's campaign.
     1 40    3.  A candidate for public office who alleges
     1 41 conduct in violation of a pledge made pursuant to this
     1 42 section may file a complaint with the board.
     1 43    The board shall give priority consideration to a
     1 44 complaint filed under this section over all other
     1 45 matters pending before the board.  If the board
     1 46 determines that a violation of a pledge made pursuant
     1 47 to this section did occur, the board shall remove the
     1 48 candidate from the program, prohibit the candidate
     1 49 from any further use of the program logogram, and
     1 50 publicly reprimand the candidate for violation of a
     2  1 pledge made pursuant to this section.  Other remedies
     2  2 set out in section 68B.32D or section 68A.701 do not
     2  3 apply to such violations.
     2  4    4.  The board shall adopt rules as necessary to
     2  5 administer the clean campaign pledge program.>
     2  6 #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     2  7 word <candidates> the following:  <, creating a clean
     2  8 campaign pledge program,>.
     2  9 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 13 D. OLSON of Boone
     2 14 HF 757.501 82
     2 15 jr/je/6336

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