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1 1 Section 1. Section 216.2, subsection 12, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 "Public accommodation" includes each state and local
1 4 government unit or tax-supported district of whatever kind,
1 5 nature, or class that offers services, facilities, benefits,
1 6 grants or goods to the public, gratuitously or otherwise.
1 7 "Public accommodation" also includes each jail or other penal,
1 8 correctional, or detention facility of the state or a
1 9 political subdivision of the state and each community-based
1 10 correctional program of a judicial district department of
1 11 correctional services. This paragraph shall not be construed
1 12 by negative implication or otherwise to restrict any part or
1 13 portion of the pre-existing definition of the term "public
1 14 accommodation".
1 15 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection
1 16 3, shall not apply to this Act.
1 17 EXPLANATION
1 18 This bill amends the Iowa civil rights Act by expanding the
1 19 definition of "public accommodation" to include jails and
1 20 other penal, correctional, and detention facilities of the
1 21 state and its political subdivisions. Community-based
1 22 correctional programs are also included in the definition.
1 23 The Iowa civil rights commission has jurisdiction over
1 24 unfair and discriminatory practices with respect to public
1 25 accommodations.
1 26 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
1 27 section 25B.3. This bill makes inapplicable Code section
1 28 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political
1 29 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for
1 30 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified.
1 31 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with
1 32 any state mandate included in this bill.
1 33 LSB 1200DP 79
1 34 rh/pj/5
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