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House File 2306

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 341A.2, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Civil service commissioners
  1  4 shall not have an interest, direct or indirect, in any
  1  5 contract or job of work or material or the profits thereof or
  1  6 services to be furnished or performed for the county in which
  1  7 they are commissioners, notwithstanding section 331.342.  A
  1  8 violation of this conflict of interest provision is a simple
  1  9 misdemeanor.  For purposes of this section, "contract" means
  1 10 any claim, account, or demand against or agreement with the
  1 11 county in which the commissioner serves, express or implied.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 400.2, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2001,
  1 13 is amended to read as follows:
  1 14    Civil service commissioners shall not sell to, or in any
  1 15 manner become parties, directly, to have an interest, direct
  1 16 or indirect, in any contract to furnish supplies, material, or
  1 17 labor to or job of work or material or the profits thereof or
  1 18 services to be furnished or performed for the city in which
  1 19 they are commissioners except as provided in, notwithstanding
  1 20 section 362.5.  A violation of this conflict of interest
  1 21 provision is a simple misdemeanor.  For purposes of this
  1 22 section, "contract" means any claim, account, or demand
  1 23 against or agreement with the city in which the commissioner
  1 24 serves.  
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides that a city or county civil service
  1 27 commissioner is prohibited from having an interest, direct or
  1 28 indirect, in any contract or job of work or material or the
  1 29 profits thereof or services to be furnished for the city or
  1 30 county in which the person is a commissioner.  The bill
  1 31 defines a "contract" as any claim, account, or demand against
  1 32 or agreement with the city or county in which the commissioner
  1 33 serves, express or implied.  The bill provides that the
  1 34 exceptions to the prohibition contained in Code section
  1 35 331.342 do not apply to county civil service commissioners and
  2  1 that the exceptions to this prohibition contained in Code
  2  2 section 362.5 do not apply to city civil service
  2  3 commissioners.  A violation of the conflicts of interest
  2  4 prohibition by a city or county civil service commissioner is
  2  5 a simple misdemeanor.  A simple misdemeanor is punishable by
  2  6 confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine of at least $50
  2  7 but not more than $500, or by both.  
  2  8 LSB 5924HH 79
  2  9 av/hk/91
     

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