Bill Text: IA SF30 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to limitations on campaign contributions by nonresident individuals, making penalties applicable, and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-12 - Subcommittee: Driscoll, Boulton, and Koelker. S.J. 119. [SF30 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF30-Introduced.html
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BY
GREEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
limitations
on
campaign
contributions
by
1
nonresident
individuals,
making
penalties
applicable,
and
2
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
68A.507
Nonresident
individuals
1
——
contribution
limits.
2
1.
Contributions
from
individuals
who
are
not
residents
of
3
this
state
at
the
time
a
contribution
is
made
shall
not
exceed
4
thirty
percent
of
the
total
amount
of
contributions
received
5
by
a
candidate
or
candidate’s
committee
for
each
election.
6
A
candidate
or
candidate’s
committee
shall
not
accept
a
7
contribution
from
an
individual
in
violation
of
this
section.
8
2.
This
section
does
not
apply
to
a
candidate
or
9
candidate’s
committee
for
a
statewide
office,
president
or
10
vice
president,
United
States
senate,
or
United
States
house
11
of
representatives.
12
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
candidates
13
seeking
nomination
for,
or
election
in,
the
general
election
of
14
2024,
and
all
subsequent
elections.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
campaign
finance.
19
The
bill
prohibits
a
candidate
or
candidate’s
committee
20
from
accepting
a
contribution
that
would
cause
the
percentage
21
of
contributions
received
from
individuals
who
are
not
22
residents
of
this
state
to
exceed
30
percent
of
the
amount
of
23
contributions
received
by
the
candidate
or
committee.
24
By
operation
of
law,
a
person
who
willfully
violates
a
25
provision
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
26
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
27
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$430
but
not
more
than
28
$2,560.
29
The
bill
applies
to
persons
seeking
nomination
for,
or
30
election
in,
the
general
election
of
2024,
and
all
subsequent
31
elections.
However,
the
bill
does
not
apply
to
campaigns
for
32
certain
statewide
or
federal
offices.
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