HF 2465 (LSB 5464HV (3) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2465

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 601)

A BILL FOR

An Act creating a law enforcement body camera interim workgroup.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERA RECORDINGS —— INTERIM WORKGROUP.
   1.  The Iowa public information board shall convene a stakeholder workgroup to meet during the 2018 legislative interim to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to the use, storage, cost, retention, public inspection, and confidentiality of law enforcement body camera video and audio recordings. The workgroup shall request data from workgroup member organizations and from state departments and agencies, including but not limited to the department of public safety, the Iowa public information board, the office of ombudsman, the Iowa law enforcement academy, the judicial branch, the state board of regents, and other appropriate organizations. The workgroup shall comprehensively review and analyze such information and data and submit findings and recommendations including any recommendations for proposed legislation.
   2.  The workgroup shall consist of thirteen voting members and five ex officio, nonvoting members.
   3.  The following thirteen members appointed by the following organizations or governmental agencies shall serve as voting members:
   a.  The Iowa public information board.
   b.  The Iowa freedom of information council.
   c.  The Iowa newspaper association.
   d.  The department of justice.
   e.  The Iowa peace officers association.
   f.  The Iowa police chiefs association.
   g.  The Iowa coalition against domestic violence.
   h.  The department of public safety.
   i.  The Iowa county attorneys association.
   j.  The Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association.
   k.  The office of the state public defender.
   l.  The Iowa league of cities.
   m.  The American civil liberties union of Iowa.
   4. a.  Two members of the senate and two members of the house of representatives shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the workgroup and shall be appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the senate and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives.
   b.  One member appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the workgroup and shall preside over the workgroup.
   5.  The workgroup may meet up to two times during the 2018 legislative interim and shall submit findings and recommendations including any recommendations for proposed legislation in a report to the general assembly by November 1, 2018.
   6.  a.  Notwithstanding section 7E.6, workgroup members shall not receive reimbursement for actual expenses for the performance of their official duties as members of the workgroup, but may seek reimbursement for expenses from the member’s organization.
   b.  Notwithstanding section 2.10, legislative members shall not receive a per diem and shall not receive reimbursement for necessary travel and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties while a member of the workgroup.
   c.  The Iowa public information board is authorized to allocate up to one thousand dollars from the operating budget of the board to pay the costs of the workgroup.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill creates a law enforcement body camera recordings interim workgroup.
   The bill authorizes the Iowa public information board to convene a stakeholder workgroup to meet during the 2018 legislative interim to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to the use, storage, cost, retention, public inspection, and confidentiality of law enforcement body camera video and audio recordings. The bill instructs the workgroup to comprehensively review and analyze such information and submit findings and recommendations including any proposed legislation.
   The bill specifies that the workgroup shall consist of 13 voting members. The 13 voting members shall consist of representatives of the following organizations or governmental agencies: the Iowa public information board, the Iowa freedom of information council, the Iowa newspaper association, the department of justice, the Iowa peace officers association, the Iowa police chiefs association, the Iowa coalition against domestic violence, the department of public safety, the Iowa county attorneys association, the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association, the office of the state public defender, the Iowa league of cities, and the American civil liberties union of Iowa.
   The bill specifies that the workgroup shall consist of five ex officio, nonvoting legislative members with each member separately appointed by the majority and minority leaders in each chamber.
   The bill specifies that the workgroup shall consist of one ex officio, nonvoting member appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court who shall also preside over the workgroup.
   The bill authorizes the workgroup to meet up to two times during the 2018 legislative interim and to submit findings and recommendations including any recommendations for proposed legislation in a report to the general assembly by November 1, 2018.
   The bill does not authorize any workgroup (legislative and nonlegislative) member to receive reimbursement for actual or travel expenses or to receive a per diem.
   The bill authorizes the Iowa public information board to allocate up to $1,000 from the operating budget of the board to pay the administrative costs of the workgroup.