HF 352 (LSB 1515YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 352

BY  GUSTOFF

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the placement of campaign signs on property of prohibited contributors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 68A.406, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
   d.  Vacant lots owned by a person who is not a prohibited contributor under section 68A.503 in the business of selling signage.
   e.  Property owned by an organization that is not a prohibited contributor under section 68A.503 in the business of selling signage.
    Sec. 2.  Section 68A.406, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Property owned, leased, or occupied by a prohibited contributor under section 68A.503 that is in the business of selling signage, unless the sign advocates the passage or defeat of a ballot issue or is exempted under subsection 1.
    Sec. 3.  Section 68A.503, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  Placement of a campaign sign on property owned, leased, or occupied by an insurance company, savings association, bank, credit union, or corporation by the insurance company, savings association, bank, credit union, or corporation is not a contribution unless the insurance company, savings association, bank, credit union, or corporation is in the business of selling signage.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends prohibitions on the placement of certain campaign signs on property owned, leased, or occupied by an insurance company, savings association, bank, credit union, or corporation prohibited from contributing under Code section 68A.503. The bill specifies that the placement of a campaign sign on property owned, leased, or occupied by an insurance company, savings association, bank, credit union, or corporation is not a contribution under Code section 68A.503 unless the entity is in the business of selling signs.