Bill Text: IA SF352 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to electronic filing requirements for statements and reports filed with the ethics and campaign disclosure board. (Formerly SSB 1108.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Subcommittee: Brown, Chapman, and Jochum. S.J. 68. [SF352 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF352-Introduced.html

Senate File 352 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1108)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to electronic filing requirements for
  2    statements and reports filed with the ethics and campaign
  3    disclosure board.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68A.201A, subsection 6, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  Effective January 1, 2011, the The verified statement
  1  4 shall be filed in an electronic format by 4:30 p.m. of the day
  1  5 the filing is due.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 68A.401, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
  1  7 to read as follows:
  1  8    1.  All statements and reports required to be filed under
  1  9 this chapter shall be filed with the board as provided in this
  1 10 section and section 68A.402, subsection 1. The board shall
  1 11 post on its internet site all statements and reports filed
  1 12 under this chapter. For purposes of this section, the term
  1 13 "statement" does not include a bank statement.
  1 14    a.  A state statutory political committee, a county statutory
  1 15 political committee, a political committee expressly advocating
  1 16 for or against the nomination, election, or defeat of a
  1 17 candidate for statewide office or the general assembly, and a
  1 18 candidate's committee of a candidate for statewide office or
  1 19 the general assembly shall file all statements and reports in
  1 20 an electronic format by 4:30 p.m. of the day the filing is due
  1 21 and according to rules adopted by the board.
  1 22    b.   Any other candidate or committee involved in a county,
  1 23 city, school, or other political subdivision election that
  1 24 accepts monetary or in=kind contributions in excess of two
  1 25 thousand dollars, or incurs indebtedness in excess of two
  1 26 thousand dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year, or makes
  1 27 expenditures in excess of two thousand dollars in a calendar
  1 28 year to expressly advocate for or against a clearly identified
  1 29 candidate or ballot issue shall file all statements and reports
  1 30 in an electronic format by 4:30 p.m. of the day the filing is
  1 31 due and according to rules adopted by the board. The committee
  1 32 shall continue to file subsequent statements and reports in
  1 33 an electronic format until being certified as dissolved under
  1 34 section 68A.402B.
  1 35    c.   Effective January 1, 2016, any other candidate or
  2  1 political committee not described in paragraphs "a" and "b"
  2  2  shall file all statements and reports in an electronic format
  2  3 by 4:30 p.m. of the day the filing is due according to rules
  2  4 adopted by the board pursuant to chapter 17A.
  2  5    d.  b.  If the board determines that a violation of this
  2  6 subsection has occurred, the board may impose any of the
  2  7 remedies or penalties provided for under section 68B.32D,
  2  8 except that the board shall not refer any complaint or
  2  9 supporting information of a violation of this section to the
  2 10 attorney general or any county attorney for prosecution.
  2 11    Sec. 3.  Section 68A.402, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
  2 12 to read as follows:
  2 13    1.  Filing methods.  Each committee shall electronically file
  2 14 with the board reports disclosing information required under
  2 15 this section on forms prescribed by rule. Except as set out
  2 16 in section 68A.401, reports shall be filed on or before the
  2 17 required due dates by using any of the following methods:  mail
  2 18 bearing a United States postal service postmark, hand=delivery,
  2 19 facsimile transmission, electronic mail attachment, or
  2 20 electronic filing as prescribed by rule. Any report that is
  2 21 required to be filed five days or less prior to an election
  2 22 must be physically received by the board to be considered
  2 23 timely filed. For purposes of this section, "physically
  2 24 received" means the report is either electronically filed using
  2 25 the board's electronic filing system or is received by the
  2 26 board prior to 4:30 p.m. on the report due date.
  2 27    Sec. 4.  Section 68A.403, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  2 28 follows:
  2 29    68A.403  Reports signed and preserved.
  2 30    1.  Unless filed in an electronic format, a report or
  2 31 statement required to be filed under this chapter shall be
  2 32 signed by the person filing the report.
  2 33    2.  A copy of every report or statement shall be preserved
  2 34 by the person filing it or the person's successor for at least
  2 35 three years following the filing of the report or statement.
  3  1                           EXPLANATION
  3  2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3  3 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3  4    This bill makes changes related to electronic filing
  3  5 requirements for statements and reports filed with the Iowa
  3  6 ethics and campaign disclosure board (board).
  3  7    The bill makes technical changes to provisions requiring
  3  8 state statutory political committees, county statutory
  3  9 political committees, political committees, and candidate's
  3 10 committees to file all statements and reports with the board in
  3 11 an electronic format. Since January 1, 2016, all candidates
  3 12 and committees have been required to file statements and
  3 13 reports in an electronic format.
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