House File 222 H-1087 Amend House File 222 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 2 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 68A.407 Communications 3 provided to the board. 4 1. Any communication used in an automated telephone 5 call, which is made to influence an election for a 6 public office, and paid for as a direct, in-kind or 7 independent expenditure by a person, candidate, or 8 political committee, shall be filed with the board 9 in both electronic and script formats, according to 10 specifications established by the board. 11 2. The communication shall be filed within 12 twenty-four hours of when the communication was first 13 made or within six hours of when the communication 14 was first made if so communicated within five days 15 of the election. The filing shall include the total 16 expenditures associated with the communication. 17 3. An automated telephone call made to influence an 18 election for public office, and paid for as a direct, 19 in-kind or independent expenditure by a person or by 20 a candidate or political committee, shall not be made 21 if it has not been filed with the board as required by 22 this section. 23 4. Any communication filed with the board which 24 directly or indirectly refers to a vote, position, 25 or view taken by a candidate for public office, or 26 portrays the view of a candidate for public office, 27 shall include documentation of that vote, position, 28 or view in a form required by the board. The 29 documentation shall include but not necessarily be 30 limited to the date, place, and manner by which the 31 candidate cast such a vote, took such a position or 32 expressed such a view, and shall reference a public 33 source of information where the documentation can 34 be verified. In addition, the filing shall include 35 the name, address, telephone number and electronic 36 mail address of the person who is taking legal 37 responsibility for the truthfulness of the information. 38 5. A communication filed with the board and its 39 associated documentation shall be permanently posted by 40 the board on a publicly accessible internet site in an 41 easily identifiable format as soon as technically and 42 reasonably possible. 43 6. The board may establish reasonable fees to 44 cover the costs associated with implementation of this 45 section, payable by the persons, candidate committees, 46 political committees, or other entities filing 47 communications with the board. 48 7. In addition to the penalty set out in section 49 68A.701, a person who violates this section shall be 50 -1- HF222.336 (1) 84 jr/rj 1/ 2 #1.