Senate Study Bill 1009
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED ETHICS AND
CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
BOARD BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the campaign finance by revising the
2 requirements for filing reports and for the use of certain
3 resources for political purposes.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 68A.402, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
1 2 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,
1 9 electronic mail attachment, or electronic filing as prescribed
1 10 by rule. Any report that is required to be filed five days
1 11 prior to an election must be physically received by the board
1 12 to be considered timely filed. For purposes of this section,
1 13 "physically received" means the report is either
1 14 electronically filed using the board's electronic filing
1 15 system or is received by the board prior to 4:30 p.m. on the
1 16 report due date.
1 17 Sec. 2. Section 68A.503, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 18 amended to read as follows:
1 19 2. a. Except as provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful
1 20 for a member of a committee, or its employee or
1 21 representative, except a ballot issue committee, or for a
1 22 candidate for office or the representative of the candidate,
1 23 to solicit, request, or knowingly receive from an insurance
1 24 company, savings and loan association, bank, credit union, or
1 25 corporation organized pursuant to the laws of this state, the
1 26 United States, or any other state, territory, or foreign
1 27 country, whether for profit or not, or its officer, agent, or
1 28 representative, any money, property, or thing of value
1 29 belonging to the insurance company, savings and loan
1 30 association, bank, or corporation for campaign expenses, or to
1 31 expressly advocate that the vote of an elector be used to
1 32 nominate, elect, or defeat a candidate for public office.
1 33 b. This section does not restrain or abridge the freedom
1 34 of the press or prohibit the consideration and discussion in
1 35 the press of candidacies, nominations, public officers, or
2 1 public questions.
2 2 c. This section does not apply to a nonprofit organization
2 3 communicating with its own members. The board shall adopt
2 4 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this paragraph.
2 5 d. The board shall adopt rules concerning the use of
2 6 resources belonging to a media corporation if the publisher,
2 7 owner, or editor of the media corporation is a candidate for
2 8 public office.
2 9 EXPLANATION
2 10 This bill requires that any report that is required to be
2 11 filed five days prior to an election must be physically
2 12 received by the board either in person, by mail, fax, or
2 13 electronic means.
2 14 The bill also exempts communications by a nonprofit
2 15 organization with its own members from a general prohibition
2 16 relating to solicitations to a financial institution,
2 17 insurance company, or a corporation. The bill also authorizes
2 18 the board to adopt rules relating to media corporation
2 19 resources if the publisher, owner, or editor of the
2 20 corporation is a candidate for public office.
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