Senate File 2359 - Reprinted



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3224)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act restricting fundraising activities by specified
  2    professional associations under certain circumstances, and
  3    providing for fundraising activity oversight by the department
  4    of public safety.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 6534SV 81
  7 rn/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80.40  PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
  1  2 FUNDRAISING == RESTRICTIONS == OVERSIGHT.
  1  3    1.  A professional association, group, or society comprised
  1  4 of fire fighters employed by the state fire marshal's office
  1  5 or fire fighters holding a civil service position pursuant to
  1  6 chapter 400 that engages in fundraising activities, including
  1  7 revenue=earning enterprises and the solicitation of grants,
  1  8 gifts, or donations, shall annually submit to the department a
  1  9 report detailing the nature and location of activities engaged
  1 10 in, the amounts raised, and the allocation or disposition of
  1 11 the amounts raised.  Fundraising activities undertaken
  1 12 pursuant to this section shall be organized by, originate
  1 13 from, and be directly attributable to or for the benefit of
  1 14 members of the professional association, group, or society
  1 15 involved, or be applied to advance a public safety purpose or
  1 16 project primarily benefiting the citizens of the state of
  1 17 Iowa.  The department shall by rule establish procedures
  1 18 designed to ensure that fundraising activities shall be based
  1 19 within the state and that the amounts raised as a result of
  1 20 such activities shall remain within the state, and shall
  1 21 establish penalties applicable for violations of this section.
  1 22 The department shall annually submit a report to the general
  1 23 assembly by January 1 summarizing fundraising activities and
  1 24 allocation of the funds raised.
  1 25    2.  The provisions of subsection 1 requiring that
  1 26 fundraising activities shall be organized by, originate from,
  1 27 and be directly attributable to or for the benefit of members
  1 28 of the professional association, group, or society involved,
  1 29 or be applied to advance a public safety purpose or project
  1 30 primarily benefiting the citizens of the state of Iowa, shall
  1 31 not apply to not=for=profit fundraising activities.  Such
  1 32 activities shall, however, be included in the annual report
  1 33 summarizing fundraising activities submitted to the
  1 34 department.
  1 35 SF 2359
  2  1 rn:nh/cc/26