Senate Study Bill 1045 



                                       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 electronic filing of campaign finance
  2    disclosure statements and reports by certain political
  3    committees and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1175DP 83
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68A.401, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A state statutory political committee, a political
  1  4 committee expressly advocating for or against the nomination,
  1  5 election, or defeat of a candidate for statewide office or the
  1  6 general assembly, and a candidate's committee of a candidate
  1  7 for statewide office or the general assembly shall file all
  1  8 statements and reports in an electronic format by 4:30 p.m. of
  1  9 the day the filing is due and according to rules adopted by
  1 10 the board.  Any other candidate or political committee may
  1 11 submit the statements and reports in an electronic format as
  1 12 prescribed by rule.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The amendment in this Act to
  1 14 section 68A.401 takes effect May 1, 2010.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    Under current law, beginning in 2010 or 2012 according to
  1 17 filings of statements of organization, a candidate's committee
  1 18 of a candidate for statewide office or the general assembly
  1 19 must file campaign finance statements and reports in an
  1 20 electronic format by 4:30 p.m. of the day the filing is due.
  1 21 This bill extends the requirement to include a state statutory
  1 22 political committee, a political committee expressly
  1 23 advocating for or against the nomination, election, or defeat
  1 24 of a candidate for statewide office or the general assembly
  1 25 and makes the requirement effective May 1, 2010.
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