House File 565 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY DAVITT Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring governments to include an attribution statement 2 in government=provided or government=paid advertising and 3 making a penalty applicable. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2999YH 81 6 ec/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 68B.5B GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING == 1 2 ATTRIBUTION STATEMENT. 1 3 Every advertisement which is published, broadcast, or 1 4 otherwise displayed or disseminated to the public by an agency 1 5 or paid for by an agency shall include a statement in the 1 6 advertisement as to who paid the costs of the advertisement. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 This bill requires that any advertisement published, 1 9 broadcast, or displayed by a governmental agency or paid for 1 10 by the governmental agency shall include a statement in the 1 11 advertisement as to who paid for the advertisement. A person 1 12 who violates this new section is subject to the penalty 1 13 provisions of Code section 68B.25, which provides that a 1 14 person who knowingly violates the new provision is guilty of a 1 15 serious misdemeanor. 1 16 LSB 2999YH 81 1 17 ec:nh/pj/5