Conduct of elections — funding.

Iowa Code § 49.17, under METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.

Iowa Code § 49.17

1. The state commissioner or a county commissioner or political subdivision of the state shall only accept funding from the following sources for the purposes of conducting an election: a. Lawful appropriations of public moneys from the government of the United States. b. Lawful appropriations of public moneys from the state of Iowa. c. Lawful appropriations of public moneys from a political subdivision of the state for the conduct of an election in the political subdivision. 2. The state commissioner, a county commissioner, or a political subdivision of the state shall not accept or expend a grant, gift, or other source of funding from a source other than those listed in subsection 1 , including from a private person, corporation, partnership, political party, nonparty political organization, committee as defined in section 68A.102 , or other organization for the purpose of conducting an election. 3. This section does not prohibit the state commissioner or a county commissioner or political subdivision from issuing and collecting fees as otherwise provided by law. 4. This section does not apply to the contribution of a building for use as a polling place pursuant to section 49.21 . 2022 Acts, ch 1153, §29, 30