Bill Text: IA SF2078 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the usage of certain political committee funds in nonpartisan elections and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-30 - Subcommittee: Schultz, Celsi, and Whiting. S.J. 186. [SF2078 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2078-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2078
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2078
BY
NUNN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
the
usage
of
certain
political
committee
1
funds
in
nonpartisan
elections
and
making
penalties
2
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2078
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
68A.507
Expenditure
of
funds
in
1
nonpartisan
local
elections
——
prohibited.
2
1.
A
county
statutory
political
committee,
national
3
political
party,
or
state
statutory
political
committee
shall
4
not
make
an
expenditure
in
support
of
or
in
opposition
to
a
5
candidate
in
a
county,
city,
or
school
board
election
that
is
6
conducted
on
a
nonpartisan
basis.
7
2.
A
county
statutory
political
committee,
national
8
political
party,
or
state
statutory
political
committee
shall
9
not
make
a
contribution
to
a
candidate
in
a
county,
city,
or
10
school
board
election
that
is
conducted
on
a
nonpartisan
basis.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
prohibits
a
county
statutory
political
committee,
15
national
political
party,
or
state
statutory
political
16
committee
from
making
an
expenditure
for
or
contribution
to
a
17
candidate
running
for
a
county,
city,
or
school
board
office
18
that
is
selected
by
a
nonpartisan
election.
By
operation
of
19
law,
a
person
who
willfully
violates
a
provision
of
the
bill
20
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
21
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
22
of
at
least
$315
but
not
more
than
$1,875.
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