House File 2597 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2597 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 644) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the payment of home security expenses from 1 campaign funds, and making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6653HV (2) 91 ss/ns

H.F. 2597 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 68A.303A Home security expenses. 1 1. a. In addition to the uses permitted under sections 2 68A.302 and 68A.303, a candidate or candidate’s committee may 3 use campaign funds to pay for installation and operation of 4 a home security system if the payment to the home security 5 provider is reasonable for the services rendered. 6 b. (1) A candidate or candidate’s committee shall not 7 expend more than three thousand dollars for the installation 8 of a home security system and shall not make more than one such 9 expenditure. 10 (2) A candidate or candidate’s committee shall not expend 11 more than one thousand two hundred dollars per year for the 12 operation of a home security system. 13 2. A candidate using campaign funds for home security 14 expenses shall keep a log detailing the date, name of the home 15 security provider, and cost for each home security expense paid 16 or owed by the campaign or candidate. Total home security 17 expenses shall be included as a line-item expense in a report 18 submitted pursuant to section 68A.402. A candidate’s log 19 of home security expenses shall be provided to the board if 20 requested during the course of an audit. The candidate’s 21 committee shall preserve a home security log for five years 22 following the submission of a report relating to the log, or 23 for three years following the dissolution of the candidate’s 24 committee. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill relates to the payment of home security expenses 29 from campaign funds. The bill permits a candidate or 30 candidate’s committee to pay for home security expenses using 31 campaign funds if the payment to the home security provider 32 is reasonable. The bill allows a candidate or candidate’s 33 committee to expend up to $3,000 once for the installation 34 of a home security system and up to $1,200 annually for 35 -1- LSB 6653HV (2) 91 ss/ns 1/ 2

H.F. 2597 the operation of a home security system. The bill requires 1 the candidate to keep logs relating to payment for any such 2 services, which shall be provided to the Iowa ethics and 3 campaign disclosure board upon request during the course of an 4 audit. The bill requires the candidate’s committee to preserve 5 a home security log for five years following the submission of 6 a report relating to the log, or for three years following the 7 dissolution of the committee. 8 A person who violates a provision of Code chapter 68A 9 is subject to civil penalties imposed by the Iowa ethics 10 and campaign disclosure board, including remedial action, a 11 reprimand, and a civil penalty up to $2,000 (Code section 12 68B.32D). In addition, a person who willfully violates 13 a provision of Code chapter 68A is guilty of a serious 14 misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by 15 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least 16 $430 but not more than $2,560. 17 -2- LSB 6653HV (2) 91 ss/ns 2/ 2