68A.201 - ORGANIZATION STATEMENT.
68A.201 ORGANIZATION STATEMENT.
1. Every committee, as defined in this chapter, shall file a
statement of organization within ten days from the date of its
organization. Unless formal organization has previously occurred, a
committee is deemed to have organized as of the date that committee
transactions exceed the financial activity threshold established in
section 68A.102, subsection 5 or 18. If committee transactions
exceed the financial activity threshold prior to the due date for
filing a disclosure report as established under section 68A.402, the
committee shall file a disclosure report whether or not a statement
of organization has been filed by the committee.
2. The statement of organization shall include:
a. The name, purpose, mailing address, and telephone number
of the committee. The committee name shall not duplicate the name of
another committee organized under this section. For candidate's
committees filing initial statements of organization on or after July
1, 1995, the candidate's name shall be contained within the committee
name.
b. The name, mailing address, and position of the committee
officers.
c. The name, address, office sought, and the party
affiliation of all candidates whom the committee is supporting and,
if the committee is supporting the entire ticket of any party, the
name of the party. If, however, the committee is supporting several
candidates who are not identified by name or are not of the same
political affiliation, the committee may provide a statement of
purpose in lieu of candidate names or political party affiliation.
d. Such other information as may be required by this chapter
or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
e. A signed statement by the treasurer of the committee and
the candidate, in the case of a candidate's committee, which shall
verify that they are aware of the requirement to file disclosure
reports if the committee, the committee officers, the candidate, or
both the committee officers and the candidate receive contributions
in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars in the aggregate, make
expenditures in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars in the
aggregate, or incur indebtedness in excess of seven hundred fifty
dollars in the aggregate in a calendar year to expressly advocate the
nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate for public office.
In the case of political committees, statements shall be made by the
treasurer of the committee and the chairperson.
f. The identification of any parent entity or other
affiliates or sponsors.
g. The name of the financial institution in which the
committee receipts will be deposited.
3. Any change in information previously submitted in a statement
of organization or notice in case of dissolution of the committee
shall be reported to the board not more than thirty days from the
date of the change or dissolution.
4. A list, by office and district, of all candidates who have
filed an affidavit of candidacy in the office of the secretary of
state shall be prepared by the secretary of state and delivered to
the board not more than ten days after the last day for filing
nomination papers.
5. a. When either a committee or organization not organized
as a committee under this section makes a contribution to a committee
organized in Iowa, that committee or organization shall disclose each
contribution in excess of fifty dollars to the board.
b. A committee or organization not organized as a committee
under this section that is not registered and filing full disclosure
reports of all financial activities with the federal election
commission or another state's disclosure commission shall register
and file full disclosure reports with the board pursuant to this
chapter. The committee or organization shall either appoint an
eligible Iowa elector as committee or organization treasurer, or
shall maintain all committee funds in an account in a financial
institution located in Iowa.
c. A committee that is currently filing a disclosure report
in another jurisdiction shall either file a statement of organization
under subsections 1 and 2 and file disclosure reports under section
68A.402, or shall file one copy of a verified statement with the
board within fifteen days of the contribution being made.
d. The verified statement shall be on forms prescribed by the
board and shall attest that the committee is filing reports with the
federal election commission or in a jurisdiction with reporting
requirements which are substantially similar to those of this
chapter, and that the contribution is made from an account that does
not accept contributions that would be in violation of section
68A.503.
e. The verified statement shall include the complete name,
address, and telephone number of the contributing committee, the
state or federal jurisdiction under which it is registered or
operates, the identification of any parent entity or other affiliates
or sponsors, its purpose, the name and address of an Iowa resident
authorized to receive service of original notice, the name and
address of the receiving committee, the amount of the cash or in-kind
contribution, and the date the contribution was made. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 1137-a1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 973; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, § 56.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 56.5; 81 Acts, ch 35, § 5]
Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1023, § 3, 4; 87 Acts, ch 112, § 5; 91 Acts, ch 226, §
3; 93 Acts, ch 142, § 5; 93 Acts, ch 163, § 31, 38; 94 Acts, ch 1180,
§33; 95 Acts, ch 198, §5--7; 99 Acts, ch 136, §4, 17; 2002 Acts, ch
1073, §4, 5, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 40, §2, 9; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §81
CS2003, §68A.201
2004 Acts, ch 1042, §1, 2; 2007 Acts, ch 14, §2, 3
Referred to in § 68A.401, 68A.404, 68A.405, 68A.406