Senate File 151

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KIBBIE and LUNDBY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act limiting the amount of contributions a candidate for
  2    office may accept from outside counties in whole or in part
  3    within the candidate's elective district, and providing a
  4    civil penalty.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1814SS 80
  7 jj/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 56.5A, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  a.  A candidate's committee shall
  1  4 accept contributions from sources other than voters registered
  1  5 within the county or counties represented in whole or in part
  1  6 by the office to which the candidate presently seeks election,
  1  7 only to the extent that the candidate's committee has received
  1  8 and deposited in the candidate's campaign account an equal or
  1  9 greater total of contributions from voters registered within
  1 10 the county or counties represented in whole or in part by the
  1 11 office to which the candidate presently seeks election.
  1 12    b.  A candidate who accepts a contribution in violation of
  1 13 this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty in an
  1 14 amount equal to ten times the amount by which the contribution
  1 15 exceeded the permitted limit.  The civil penalty proceeds
  1 16 shall be deposited in the Iowa election campaign fund created
  1 17 by section 56.19.
  1 18    c.  Section 56.16 shall not apply to this subsection.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill amends Code chapter 56 to limit a candidate's
  1 21 committee in the amount of contributions accepted from sources
  1 22 other than registered voters living in counties in whole or in
  1 23 part within the candidate's district.  A candidate can accept
  1 24 funds from nonresidents only to the extent that the candidate
  1 25 has collected an equal or greater amount of funds from voters
  1 26 registered in counties in whole or in part within the
  1 27 candidate's district.  The penalty for violation of this
  1 28 prohibition is a civil penalty equal to 10 times the amount
  1 29 accepted in excess of the limitation.
  1 30    The criminal misdemeanor penalty generally applicable to
  1 31 violations of Code chapter 56 does not apply to this new
  1 32 provision.
  1 33 LSB 1814SS 80
  1 34 jj/cf/24.1
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