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: 5 TLSB 1256XD 82 6 jr/je/5 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. 2 21 LSB 1256XD 82 2 22 jr:rj/je/5