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Relating to the payment of dependent care expenses from campaign funds and making penalties applicable
Topics:Elections & votingState government
Same legislation: HSB 50
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the payment for dependent care with campaign funds. The bill permits a candidate to pay for dependent care expenses using campaign funds if the expense is incurred as a direct result of campaign activity, the candidate would not have needed the dependent care but for the candidate’s candidacy, the candidate could not participate in the campaign activity without dependent care, the payment to the dependent care provider is reasonable, and the dependent care provider is not the spouse or dependent child of the candidate.
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The bill requires the candidate to keep logs relating to payment for any such services, which shall be provided to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board upon request. The bill allows the board to determine whether a dependent care expenditure constitutes a legitimate campaign expense. A person who violates a provision of Code chapter 68A is subject to civil penalties imposed by the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board, including remedial action, a reprimand, and a civil penalty up to $2,000. In addition, a person who willfully violates a provision of Code chapter 68A is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.
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