1. 1. The chairperson of the state statutory political committee shall produce evidence to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board not later than the twenty-fifth day of January each year, that all income tax checkoff funds expended for campaign expenses have been utilized exclusively for campaign expenses.
2. 2. The Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board shall issue, prior to the payment of any money, guidelines that explain which expenses and evidence thereof qualify as acceptable campaign expenses.
3. 3. Should the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board determine that any part of the funds have been used for noncampaign or improper expenses, the board may order the political party or the candidate to return all or any part of the total funds paid to that political party for that election. When such funds are returned, they shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.

For future repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2018, see 2017 Acts, ch 144, §13, 14 Section amended

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §56.23; 81 Acts, ch 35, §12] 93 Acts, ch 163, §33; 2003 Acts, ch 40, §7, 9; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286 CS2003, §68A.606 2017 Acts, ch 54, §22

Referred to in §68A.603