House File 2246 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DAVITT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                                      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 6253HH 82
  6 ec/nh/5

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  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 Code 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.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable by
  1 16 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least
  1 17 $315 but not more than $1,875.
  1 18 LSB 6253HH 82
  1 19 ec/nh/5