HF 2475 (LSB 6207HV (4) 87)

RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND THE REGULATION OF  LOBBYISTS AND GIFTS AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph b, subparagraph (7), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (7)  An individual who is a member, director, trustee, officer, or committee member of a business, trade, labor, farm, professional, religious, education, or charitable association, foundation, or organization who either is not paid compensation or and is not specifically designated as provided in paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1) or (2).
    Sec. 2.  Section 68B.22, subsection 4, paragraph p, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   Gifts of food Food, beverages, travel, or lodging received by a public official or public employee if all of the following apply:
    Sec. 3.  Section 68B.22, subsection 4, paragraph s, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   s.  Gifts of food Food, beverage, and entertainment received at a function where every member of the general assembly has been invited to attend, when the function takes place during a regular session of the general assembly. A sponsor of a function under this paragraph shall file a registration prior to the function taking place identifying the sponsor and the date, time, and location of the function. The registration shall be filed with the person or persons designated by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house and with the board. After a function takes place, the sponsor of the function shall file a report disclosing the total amount expended, including in-kind expenditures, on food, beverage, and entertainment for the function. The report shall be filed with the person or persons designated by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house and with the board within twenty-eight calendar days following the date of the function. 
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2475, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2018

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor