House Study Bill 664



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON ELGIN)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the filing of reports and statements with the
  2    ethics and campaign disclosure board and the use of certain
  3    resources for political campaign purposes.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68A.402, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  FILING METHODS.  Each committee shall file with the
  1  4 board reports disclosing information required under this
  1  5 section on forms prescribed by rule.  Reports shall be filed
  1  6 on or before the required due dates by using any of the
  1  7 following methods:  mail bearing a United States postal
  1  8 service postmark, hand=delivery, facsimile transmission, or
  1  9 electronic filing as prescribed by rule.  A report that is
  1 10 required to be filed five days before an election must be
  1 11 physically received by the board to be considered timely
  1 12 filed.  This requirement does not apply to a supplementary
  1 13 report under subsection 2, paragraph "b".
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 68A.503, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  1 15 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1 16    2.  Except as provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful for
  1 17 a member of a committee, or its employee or representative,
  1 18 except a ballot issue committee, or for a candidate for office
  1 19 or the representative of the candidate, to solicit, request,
  1 20 or knowingly receive from an insurance company, savings and
  1 21 loan association, bank, credit union, or corporation organized
  1 22 pursuant to the laws of this state, the United States, or any
  1 23 other state, territory, or foreign country, whether for profit
  1 24 or not, or its officer, agent, or representative, any money,
  1 25 property, or thing of value belonging to the insurance
  1 26 company, savings and loan association, bank, or corporation
  1 27 for campaign expenses, or to expressly advocate that the vote
  1 28 of an elector be used to nominate, elect, or defeat a
  1 29 candidate for public office.  This section does not restrain
  1 30 or abridge the freedom of the press or prohibit the
  1 31 consideration and discussion in the press of candidacies,
  1 32 nominations, public officers, or public questions.  The board
  1 33 shall adopt rules concerning the use of resources belonging to
  1 34 an incorporated media organization where the publisher, owner,
  1 35 or editor of the incorporated media organization is a
  2  1 candidate for public office.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill makes a number of revisions to Iowa's campaign
  2  4 disclosure=income tax checkoff Act.  With the exception of
  2  5 certain supplementary reports, any other report which is
  2  6 required to be filed five days prior to an election must be
  2  7 physically received to be considered timely filed.  A second
  2  8 revision requires the ethics and campaign disclosure board to
  2  9 adopt rules relating to the use of resources belonging to an
  2 10 incorporated media organization when the publisher, owner, or
  2 11 editor of the organization is a candidate.
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