86.5 - POLITICAL PROMISES. - Iowa Statutes

86.5 POLITICAL PROMISES. Any person who is a candidate for appointment as commissioner who makes any promise to another, express or implied, in consideration of any assistance or influence given or recommendation made that the candidate will, if appointed as a commissioner, appoint such person or one whom the person may recommend to any office within the power of the commissioner to appoint, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 2477-m38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1428; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 86.5]