68A.405A Self-promotion with taxpayer funds prohibited.
1. a. Except as provided in sections 29C.3 and 29C.6, a statewide elected official or member of the general assembly shall not permit the expenditure of public moneys under the control of the statewide elected official or member of the general assembly, including but not limited to moneys held in a private trust fund as defined by section 8.2, for the purpose of any paid advertisement or promotion bearing the written name, likeness, or voice of the statewide elected official or member of the general assembly distributed through any of the following means:
(1) A paid direct mass mailing.
(2) A paid radio advertisement or promotion.
(3) A paid newspaper advertisement or promotion.
(4) A paid television advertisement or promotion.
(5) A paid internet advertisement or promotion.
(6) A paid exhibit display at the Iowa state fair or a fairground or grounds as defined in section 174.1.
b. Except as otherwise provided by law, paragraph “a” shall not apply to bona fide ministerial or ceremonial records or ordinary, common, and frequent constituent correspondence containing the name of the statewide elected official or member of the general assembly.
2. A person who willfully violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of an amount up to the amount of moneys withdrawn from a public account or private trust fund as defined in section 8.2 used to fund the communication found to be in violation of this section by the board or, for members of the general assembly, by an appropriate legislative ethics committee. A penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall be paid by the candidate’s committee. Such penalty shall be determined and assessed by the board or, for a member of the general assembly, the appropriate legislative ethics committee, and paid into the account from which such moneys were withdrawn. Additional criminal or civil penalties available under section 68A.701 or established by the board pursuant to section 68B.32A may also be determined and assessed by the board for violations of this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the imposition of any penalty or sanction for a violation of this section by a legislative ethics committee.
2018 Acts, ch 1172, §70
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 68A - CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Section 68A.101 - Citation and administration.
Section 68A.102 - Definitions.
Section 68A.103 - Applicability to federal candidates.
Section 68A.104 - Certain accounts by officeholders prohibited.
Section 68A.201 - Organization statement.
Section 68A.201A - Contributions from federal and out-of-state committees or organizations.
Section 68A.202 - Candidate’s committee.
Section 68A.203 - Committee treasurer and chairperson — duties.
Section 68A.301 - Campaign funds.
Section 68A.302 - Uses of campaign funds.
Section 68A.303 - Transfer of campaign funds.
Section 68A.304 - Campaign property.
Section 68A.401 - Reports filed with board.
Section 68A.401A - Reporting of contributions and expenditures relating to issue advocacy.
Section 68A.402A - Information disclosed on reports.
Section 68A.402B - Committee dissolution — inactivity — reports.
Section 68A.403 - Reports preserved.
Section 68A.404 - Independent expenditures.
Section 68A.405 - Attribution statement on published material.
Section 68A.405A - Self-promotion with taxpayer funds prohibited.
Section 68A.406 - Campaign signs — yard signs.
Section 68A.501 - Funds from unknown source — escheat.
Section 68A.504 - Prohibiting contributions during the legislative session.
Section 68A.505 - Use of public moneys for political purposes.
Section 68A.506 - Use of false caller identification for campaign purposes prohibited.
Section 68A.601 - Checkoff — income tax.
Section 68A.602 - Fund created.
Section 68A.603 - Rules promulgated.
Section 68A.605 - Distribution of campaign fund — restrictions on use.
Section 68A.606 - Funds — campaign expenses only.
Section 68A.607 - Reversion of funds.