T his report covers the period from the last report filed through December 31, 1998. The January 19 report must be accompanied by a copy of the committee's bank statement for the cycle ending closest to December 31, and should be reconciled to recognize outstanding checks not yet cashed and recent deposits not shown on the statement, so that the bank balance will match the report balance. A ll statewide, legislative and county candidates' committees are required to file the January 19 report. The statute also requires county political party committees and state political party committees to file on this date. Although there in a court order enjoining the Board from enforcement of other types of political committees, the Iowa Code specifies January 19 as a filing date for these committees, and the Board hopes that voluntary compliance will occur to ensure continuity in recordkeeping.
Late reports are subject to automatic fines.
T he filing depository for state and legislative candidates and state political party committees is the Boards office at 514 East Locust in Des Moines. The filing depository for county candidates and county political party committees is the local County Auditor's Office. Code requires that county party committees must also send a copy of their reports to the Board office in Des Moines. C lick here to visit the redesigned website.