Amend House File 222 as follows:
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   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  68A.407  Communications provided to the board.
   1.  Any communication used in an automated telephone call, which is made to influence an election for a public office, and paid for as a direct, in-kind or independent expenditure by a person, candidate, or political committee, shall be filed with the board in both electronic and script formats, according to specifications established by the board.
   2.  The communication shall be filed within twenty-four hours of when the communication was first made or within six hours of when the communication was first made if so communicated within five days of the election. The filing shall include the total expenditures associated with the communication.
   3.  An automated telephone call made to influence an election for public office, and paid for as a direct, in-kind or independent expenditure by a person or by a candidate or political committee, shall not be made if it has not been filed with the board as required by this section.
   4.  Any communication filed with the board which directly or indirectly refers to a vote, position, or view taken by a candidate for public office, or portrays the view of a candidate for public office, shall include documentation of that vote, position, or view in a form required by the board. The documentation shall include but not necessarily be limited to the date, place, and manner by which the candidate cast such a vote, took such a position or expressed such a view, and shall reference a public source of information where the documentation can be verified. In addition, the filing shall include the name, address, telephone number and electronic mail address of the person who is taking legal responsibility for the truthfulness of the information.
   5.  A communication filed with the board and its associated documentation shall be permanently posted by the board on a publicly accessible internet site in an easily identifiable format as soon as technically and reasonably possible.
   6.  The board may establish reasonable fees to cover the costs associated with implementation of this section, payable by the persons, candidate committees, political committees, or other entities filing communications with the board.
   7.  In addition to the penalty set out in section 68A.701, a person who violates this section shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed the total amount of the expenditures to produce and transmit the communication.>
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   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ISENHART of Dubuque