House File 560 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MASCHER

                                           (COMPANION TO SF 30
                                            BY BOLKCOM)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring a political committee expressly advocating the
  2    passage or defeat of a ballot issue to file four disclosure
  3    reports in an election year.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1559HH 82
  6 jr/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68A.402, subsection 8, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    8.  POLITICAL COMMITTEES == BALLOT ISSUES.  A political
  1  4 committee expressly advocating the passage or defeat of a
  1  5 ballot issue shall file reports as follows: on the same dates
  1  6 as a candidate's committee is required to file reports under
  1  7 subsection 2, paragraphs "a" and "c".
  1  8    a.  ELECTION YEAR.  Five days before the election covering
  1  9 the period of the date of initial activity through ten days
  1 10 before election.
  1 11    b.  NONELECTION YEAR.  On January 19 of the next calendar
  1 12 year that covers the time period of nine days before the
  1 13 election through December 31.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill requires a political committee expressly
  1 16 advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot issue to file
  1 17 four disclosure reports in an election year.  The nonelection
  1 18 year reporting requirement is modified to make the election
  1 19 year and nonelection year reporting periods consecutive.
  1 20 LSB 1559HH 82
  1 21 jr:rj/gg/14