Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 68A - Campaign Finance

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Ballot issue: means a question, other than the nomination or election of a candidate to a public office, which has been approved by a political subdivision or the general assembly or is required by law to be placed before the voters of the political subdivision by a commissioner of elections, or to be placed before the voters by the state commissioner of elections. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Board: means the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board established under section 68B. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Caller identification information: means information regarding the origination of the telephone call, such as the name or the telephone number of the caller. See Iowa Code 68A.506
• Campaign function: means any meeting related to a candidate's campaign for election. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Candidate: means any individual who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to a public office and shall also include any judge standing for retention in a judicial election. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Clearly identified: means that a communication contains an unambiguous reference to a particular candidate or ballot issue, including but not limited to one or more of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Commissioner: means the county auditor of each county, who is designated as the county commissioner of elections pursuant to section 47. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Committee: includes a political committee and a candidate's committee. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consultant: means a person who provides or procures services including but not limited to consulting, public relations, advertising, fundraising, polling, managing or organizing services. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Contribution: means :
   (1) A gift, loan, advance, deposit, rebate, refund, or transfer of money or a gift in kind. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• corporation: means a for-profit or nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, territory, or foreign country. See Iowa Code 68A.503
• County office: includes the office of drainage district trustee. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• County statutory political committee: means a committee as described in section 43. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Disclosure report: means a statement of contributions received, expenditures made, and indebtedness incurred on forms prescribed by rules adopted by the board in accordance with chapter 17A. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• expressly advocate: means communication that can be characterized according to at least one of the following descriptions:
   a. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Fundraising event: means any campaign function to which admission is charged or at which goods or services are sold. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Internet: means the federated international system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use of the world wide web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the transmission of voice, image, and video. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• National political party: means a party which meets the definition of a political party established for this state by section 43. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• owner: means a person having an ownership interest exceeding ten percent of the equity or profits of the publication. See Iowa Code 68A.503
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means , without limitation, any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, labor union, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Political committee: means any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• political purposes: means the express advocacy of a candidate or ballot issue. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Public office: means any state, county, city, or school office filled by election. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• sham newspaper: means a newspaper publication that is published for the primary purpose of evading the requirements of this section or section 68A. See Iowa Code 68A.503
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• State statutory political committee: means a committee as defined in section 43. See Iowa Code 68A.102
• Telephone call: means a call made using or received on a telecommunications service or voice over internet protocol service. See Iowa Code 68A.506
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Voice over internet protocol service: means a service to which all of the following apply:
   (1) The service provides real-time two-way voice communications transmitted using internet protocol, or a successor protocol. See Iowa Code 68A.506
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1