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HOUSE
FILE
376
BY
BAETH
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
MADISON
,
OLSON
,
KRESSIG
,
GOSA
,
SCHEETZ
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
and
CROKEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
limiting
campaign
contributions
to
certain
candidates,
1
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
68A.507
Contribution
limits
for
1
candidates.
2
1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“election
campaign
3
cycle”
means
the
time
period
between
elections
for
a
particular
4
office.
Each
primary,
general,
and
special
election
is
a
5
separate
election
campaign
cycle.
Separate
contribution
limits
6
for
each
type
of
election
for
a
particular
office,
including
7
primary,
general,
and
special
elections,
apply
in
an
election
8
campaign
cycle.
9
2.
A
person
shall
not
make,
and
a
candidate
for
the
office
10
of
a
statewide
elected
official
as
defined
in
section
68B.2,
11
the
candidate’s
committee,
or
anyone
acting
on
behalf
of
the
12
candidate
or
candidate’s
committee
shall
not
accept,
any
13
contribution
which
will
cause
the
total
amount
of
the
person’s
14
contributions
to
the
candidate
or
candidate’s
committee
to
15
exceed
the
following
amounts
for
an
election
campaign
cycle:
16
a.
From
a
political
committee,
four
thousand
dollars.
17
b.
From
a
national
political
party,
state
statutory
18
political
committee,
or
county
statutory
political
committee,
19
forty
thousand
dollars.
20
c.
From
any
other
natural
person,
four
thousand
dollars.
21
3.
A
person
shall
not
make,
and
a
candidate
for
state
22
senator
or
state
representative,
the
candidate’s
committee,
23
or
anyone
acting
on
behalf
of
the
candidate
or
candidate’s
24
committee
shall
not
accept,
any
contribution
which
will
cause
25
the
total
amount
of
the
person’s
contributions
to
the
candidate
26
or
candidate’s
committee
to
exceed
the
following
amounts
for
an
27
election
campaign
cycle:
28
a.
From
a
political
committee,
one
thousand
dollars.
29
b.
From
a
national
political
party,
state
statutory
30
political
committee,
or
county
statutory
political
committee,
31
ten
thousand
dollars.
32
c.
From
any
other
natural
person,
one
thousand
dollars.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
imposes
campaign
contribution
limits
on
candidates
2
for
statewide
elected
office
and
candidates
for
state
senator
3
or
representative.
In
an
election
campaign
cycle
for
statewide
4
elected
office,
a
political
committee
shall
not
contribute
more
5
than
$4,000
to
one
candidate;
a
national
political
party,
state
6
statutory
political
committee,
or
county
statutory
political
7
committee
shall
not
contribute
more
than
$40,000;
and
any
other
8
natural
person
shall
not
contribute
more
than
$4,000.
For
a
9
candidate
for
state
senator
or
representative,
a
political
10
committee
shall
not
contribute
more
than
$1,000;
a
national
11
political
party,
state
statutory
political
committee,
or
county
12
statutory
political
committee
shall
not
contribute
more
than
13
$10,000;
and
any
other
natural
person
shall
not
contribute
more
14
than
$1,000.
15
A
person
who
violates
the
bill
is
subject
to
penalties
16
pursuant
to
Code
section
68B.32D.
A
person
who
willfully
17
violates
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor
(Code
18
section
68A.701).
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
19
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
20
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
21
A
variety
of
civil
remedies
are
also
available
in
Code
22
section
68B.32D
for
a
violation
of
Code
chapter
68A
or
rules
23
of
the
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board,
ranging
from
a
24
reprimand
to
a
civil
penalty
of
not
more
than
$2,000.
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