Iowa Statutes § 68A.202 Candidate's committee
Statute Text
1.
Each candidate for state, county, city, or school office shall organize one, and only one, candidate's committee for a specific office sought when the candidate receives contributions in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate, makes expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate, or incurs indebtedness in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year.
2.
a.
A political committee shall not be established to expressly advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of only one candidate for office. However, a political committee may be established to expressly advocate the passage or defeat of approval of a single judge standing for retention. A permanent organization, as defined in section
68A.402
, subsection 9, may make a one-time contribution to only one candidate for office in excess of one thousand dollars.
b.
The prohibition in paragraph
"a"
does not apply to a political committee described in section
68A.102
, subsection 18, paragraph
"c"
, until the individual becomes a candidate for public office. A political committee organized to expressly advocate that an individual should or should not seek election to a public office prior to the individual becoming a candidate for public office shall be dissolved when the individual becomes a candidate for public office.
History
Amended by 2015 Iowa, ch 54,s 4, eff. 7/1/2015 .
Amended by 2015 Iowa, ch 54 , s 3 , eff. 7/1/2015 .
C77, 79, 81, §
56.28
; 81 Acts, ch 35, §13