68A.502 Contribution sources — identification — illegal contributions or expenditures — loans.
1. A person making a contribution in excess of twenty-five dollars shall provide the person’s name and address to the candidate or committee receiving the contribution.
2. A person shall not make a contribution or expenditure in the name of another person, and a person shall not knowingly accept a contribution or expenditure made by one person in the name of another.
3. For the purpose of this section, an illegal contribution or expenditure is any of the following:
a. A contribution or expenditure made by one person which is ultimately reimbursed by another person who has not been identified as the ultimate source or recipient of the funds.
b. A contribution or expenditure made using a fictitious name. A name is fictitious in the case of an individual if the name does not include the individual’s legal surname at the time of the contribution or expenditure.
c. A contribution or expenditure made by a person who borrowed the money from another person if the original source of said money is not disclosed.
4. Any candidate or committee receiving funds, the original source of which was a loan, shall be required to list the lender as a contributor. No candidate or committee shall knowingly receive funds from a contributor who has borrowed the money without listing the original source of said money.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §56.12]
95 Acts, ch 198, §11; 2003 Acts, ch 40, §9
CS2003, §68A.502
2018 Acts, ch 1059, §5
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.