HSB 622 (LSB 5200DP (2) 88)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED IOWA PUBLIC INFORMATION BOARD BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to filing complaints with the Iowa public information board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 23.7, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing for the timing, form, content, and means by which any aggrieved person, any taxpayer to or citizen of this state, the attorney general, or any county attorney may file a complaint with the board alleging a violation of chapter 21 or 22. The complaint must be filed within sixty ninety days from the time the alleged violation occurred or the complainant could have become aware of the violation with reasonable diligence. All complaints filed with the board shall be public records.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a person has 90 days, and not the current 60 days, to file a complaint with the Iowa public information board after the alleged violation occurred or the complainant could have become aware of the alleged violation.