A bill for an act relating to the payment of personal and home security expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties applicable.

House

File

2160

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2160

BY

BARKER

,

GOSA

,

SITZMANN

,

FETT

,

WILLIAMS

,

and

BEHN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

payment

of

personal

and

home

security

1

expenses

from

campaign

funds,

and

making

penalties

2

applicable.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

68A.303A

Personal

and

home

security

1

expenses.

2

1.

In

addition

to

the

uses

permitted

under

sections

68A.302

3

and

68A.303,

a

candidate

or

candidate’s

committee

may

use

4

campaign

funds

to

pay

for

personal

and

home

security

expenses

5

if

the

payment

to

the

personal

or

home

security

provider

is

6

reasonable

for

the

services

rendered.

7

2.

A

candidate

using

campaign

funds

for

personal

or

home

8

security

expenses

shall

keep

a

log

detailing

the

date,

name

9

of

the

personal

or

home

security

provider,

and

cost

for

each

10

personal

or

home

security

expense

paid

or

owed

by

the

campaign

11

or

candidate.

Total

personal

and

home

security

expenses

shall

12

be

included

as

a

line-item

expense

in

a

report

submitted

13

pursuant

to

section

68A.402.

A

candidate’s

log

of

personal

14

and

home

security

expenses

shall

be

provided

to

the

board

if

15

requested

during

the

course

of

an

audit.

The

candidate’s

16

committee

shall

preserve

a

personal

and

home

security

log

for

17

five

years

following

the

submission

of

a

report

relating

to

18

the

log,

or

for

three

years

following

the

dissolution

of

the

19

candidate’s

committee.

20

3.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“personal

and

home

security

21

expenses”

includes

but

is

not

limited

to

expenses

related

to

the

22

purchase

of

firearms,

firearm

equipment,

and

training.

23

EXPLANATION

24

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

25

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

26

This

bill

relates

to

the

payment

of

personal

and

home

27

security

expenses

with

campaign

funds.

The

bill

permits

a

28

candidate

to

pay

for

personal

and

home

security

expenses

using

29

campaign

funds

if

the

payment

to

the

personal

or

home

security

30

provider

is

reasonable.

The

bill

requires

the

candidate

to

31

keep

logs

relating

to

payment

for

any

such

services,

which

32

shall

be

provided

to

the

Iowa

ethics

and

campaign

disclosure

33

board

upon

request

during

the

course

of

an

audit.

The

bill

34

requires

the

candidate’s

committee

to

preserve

a

personal

and

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home

security

log

for

five

years

following

the

submission

of

a

1

report

relating

to

the

log,

or

for

three

years

following

the

2

dissolution

of

the

committee.

The

bill

defines

“personal

and

3

home

security

expenses”

to

include

expenses

related

to

the

4

purchase

of

firearms,

firearm

equipment,

and

training.

5

A

person

who

violates

a

provision

of

Code

chapter

68A

6

is

subject

to

civil

penalties

imposed

by

the

Iowa

ethics

7

and

campaign

disclosure

board,

including

remedial

action,

a

8

reprimand,

and

a

civil

penalty

up

to

$2,000

(Code

section

9

68B.32D).

In

addition,

a

person

who

willfully

violates

10

a

provision

of

Code

chapter

68A

is

guilty

of

a

serious

11

misdemeanor.

A

serious

misdemeanor

is

punishable

by

12

confinement

for

no

more

than

one

year

and

a

fine

of

at

least

13

$430

but

not

more

than

$2,560.

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