Senate File 248 - Introduced





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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to campaign finance by restricting campaign
  2    expenditures and the use of pledges in exchange for campaign
  3    contributions in campaigns for the general assembly or for
  4    statewide office.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  68A.301A  LIMIT ON EXPENDITURES
  1  2 BY A CANDIDATE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR A CANDIDATE FOR
  1  3 STATE OFFICE.
  1  4    A candidate for the general assembly or a candidate for
  1  5 state office may expend in a primary, general, or special
  1  6 election no more than three times the annual salary for that
  1  7 office.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  68A.506  PROHIBITING CONTRIBUTIONS
  1  9 IN EXCHANGE FOR A CANDIDATE PLEDGE.
  1 10    A lobbyist or political committee shall not make a
  1 11 contribution to the campaign of a candidate for the general
  1 12 assembly or a candidate for state office in exchange for a
  1 13 written pledge by the candidate to support or oppose a
  1 14 particular issue or measure.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill sets spending limits for legislative campaigns
  1 17 and campaigns for statewide office.  A candidate may expend in
  1 18 a primary, general, or special election no more than three
  1 19 times the annual salary for the office.  The bill also
  1 20 prohibits a lobbyist or a political committee from
  1 21 conditioning a campaign contribution on a signed pledge by the
  1 22 candidate to support or oppose a particular issue or measure.
  1 23 LSB 2417XS 83
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