House File 2008 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIRKELBACH


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act limiting methods of campaign communications and making
  2    penalties applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5422HH 82
  5 jr/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  68A.401A  AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE
  1  2 DIALING SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL OR PRERECORDED VOICE CALLS
  1  3 PROHIBITED.
  1  4    1.  A candidate, an authorized representative of a
  1  5 candidate, a candidate's committee, or a political committee
  1  6 shall not use an automatic telephone dialing system or an
  1  7 artificial or prerecorded voice call either in soliciting
  1  8 contributions or promoting or opposing the nomination or
  1  9 election of a candidate for public office or the passage of a
  1 10 constitutional amendment or public measure.  As used in this
  1 11 section, the term "automatic telephone dialing system" means
  1 12 equipment which has the capacity to store or produce telephone
  1 13 numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number
  1 14 generator, and to dial such numbers.
  1 15    2.  The penalty in section 68A.701 does not apply to a
  1 16 violation of this section.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill prohibits the use of an automatic telephone
  1 19 dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice call in
  1 20 election or ballot issue campaigns.  The prohibition applies
  1 21 to candidates, authorized representatives of candidates,
  1 22 candidate's committees, and political committees.
  1 23    The criminal penalty normally associated with violations of
  1 24 Code chapter 68A is made inapplicable to violations of the
  1 25 bill.  A variety of civil remedies for a violation are
  1 26 available in Code section 68B.32D, ranging from a reprimand by
  1 27 the ethics and campaign disclosure board to a civil penalty of
  1 28 not more than $2,000.
  1 29 LSB 5422HH 82
  1 30 jr/nh/14