House
File
2469
H-8251
Amend
House
File
2469
as
follows:
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1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
and
2
inserting:
3
<
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
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68A.405A
Self-promotion
with
4
taxpayer
funds
prohibited.
5
1.
a.
Except
as
provided
in
sections
29C.3
and
29C.6,
a
6
statewide
elected
official
or
member
of
the
general
assembly
7
shall
not
permit
the
expenditure
of
public
moneys
under
the
8
control
of
the
statewide
elected
official
or
member
of
the
9
general
assembly,
including
but
not
limited
to
moneys
held
in
a
10
private
trust
fund
as
defined
by
section
8.2,
for
the
purpose
11
of
any
paid
advertisement
or
promotion
bearing
the
written
12
name,
likeness,
or
voice
of
the
statewide
elected
official
or
13
member
of
the
general
assembly
distributed
through
any
of
the
14
following
means:
15
(1)
A
paid
direct
mass
mailing.
16
(2)
A
paid
radio
advertisement
or
promotion.
17
(3)
A
paid
newspaper
advertisement
or
promotion.
18
(4)
A
paid
television
advertisement
or
promotion.
19
(5)
A
paid
internet
advertisement
or
promotion.
20
(6)
A
paid
exhibit
display
at
the
Iowa
state
fair
or
a
21
fairground
or
grounds
as
defined
in
section
174.1.
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b.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
by
law,
paragraph
“a”
23
shall
not
apply
to
bona
fide
ministerial
or
ceremonial
records
24
or
ordinary,
common,
and
frequent
constituent
correspondence
25
containing
the
name
of
the
statewide
elected
official
or
member
26
of
the
general
assembly.
27
2.
A
person
who
willfully
violates
this
section
shall
be
28
subject
to
a
civil
penalty
of
an
amount
up
to
the
amount
of
29
moneys
withdrawn
from
a
public
account
or
private
trust
fund
30
as
defined
in
section
8.2
used
to
fund
the
communication
found
31
to
be
in
violation
of
this
section
by
the
board
or,
for
members
32
of
the
general
assembly,
by
an
appropriate
legislative
ethics
33
committee.
A
penalty
imposed
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
34
be
paid
by
the
candidate’s
committee.
Such
penalty
shall
be
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determined
and
assessed
by
the
board
or,
for
a
member
of
the
1
general
assembly,
the
appropriate
legislative
ethics
committee,
2
and
paid
into
the
account
from
which
such
moneys
were
3
withdrawn.
Additional
criminal
or
civil
penalties
available
4
under
section
68A.701
or
established
by
the
board
pursuant
to
5
section
68B.32A
may
also
be
determined
and
assessed
by
the
6
board
for
violations
of
this
section.
Nothing
in
this
section
7
shall
prevent
the
imposition
of
any
penalty
or
sanction
for
a
8
violation
of
this
section
by
a
legislative
ethics
committee.
>
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2.
Title
page,
by
striking
lines
1
through
4
and
inserting
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An
Act
prohibiting
self-promotion
with
taxpayer
funds
by
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statewide
elected
officials
and
members
of
the
general
assembly
12
and
imposing
penalties.
>
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