SF 2306 (LSB 5364SV (2) 87)

SENATE FILE 2306

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3085)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the notification by the ethics and campaign disclosure board of certain candidates that an amended disclosure report has been filed by another candidate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  68A.402C  Notification of amendment of a disclosure report.
   Beginning September 1 of each year, within one working day of receiving a document adding to, deleting, or changing information on a disclosure report in the amount of at least two hundred fifty dollars from a candidate campaigning to be a state senator or representative or a statewide elected official as defined in section 68B.2, the board shall notify all other candidates for the same position in the same election, who have organized a candidate’s committee pursuant to section 68A.202 and have submitted a written request for notification in a manner prescribed by the board, by electronic mail that the candidate has filed an amended disclosure report. The notification shall include a copy of the disclosure report altered by the amended disclosure report.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the ethics and campaign disclosure board, beginning September 1 of each year, to notify candidates for state senator or representative or statewide elected office, who have requested such notifications, by electronic mail within one working day of the filing of an amended disclosure report by another candidate for the same position in the same election. The notification must include a copy of the disclosure report that is being amended.