SF 201 (LSB 1030XS (2) 88)

SENATE FILE 201

BY  BROWN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to boards and commissions of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  69.16F  Boards and commissions —— periodic reviews —— expiration of terms.
   1.  Beginning July 1, 2019, over each succeeding five-year period of time, all appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state established by the Code shall conduct an ongoing and comprehensive review of the appointive board, commission, committee, or council, and issue a written report to the general assembly. The department of management shall establish a schedule and required submission date for the report during each five-year period for all appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state subject to the requirements of this subsection. The written report shall state the purposes and functions of the board, commission, committee, or council, including its operations, actions, and any policy initiatives undertaken during the preceding five years, and in addition shall specifically address whether the board, commission, committee, or council continues to be needed to serve the policy objectives of the state and whether any legislative changes are appropriate. Upon receipt of each written report, the speaker of the house and the president of the senate shall refer such report to the appropriate committee of the general assembly.
   2.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, at 12:00 midnight on July 1, 2025, and each fifth year thereafter, all terms of office for positions on appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state established by the Code which are appointed by the governor and subject to confirmation by the senate shall expire, and no appointments to the position to fill the vacant position shall be made, unless legislation is enacted into law no sooner than three years prior to the next succeeding expiration date waiving the requirements of this subsection for an appointive board, commission, committee, or council of the state subject to the requirements of this subsection.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns all appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state established by the Iowa Code.
   New Code section 69.16F establishes requirements for appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils to conduct comprehensive reviews over each five-year period, beginning July 1, 2019. The bill requires each board, commission, committee, or council to conduct a review during each five-year period, on a schedule established by the department of management, and issue a report on the review to the general assembly. The new Code section also provides that terms of office for all positions on appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils which are appointed by the governor and subject to confirmation by the senate expire every five years, beginning July 1, 2025, and no appointments to fill the vacancy can be made, unless legislation is enacted waiving this requirement. The bill requires that legislation waiving the requirement be enacted no sooner than three years prior to the next five-year expiration date.