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  1  1                                           SENATE FILE 2270
  1  2  
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO COUNTY RECORDS, INCLUDING THE FEES FOR RECORDED AND
  1  5    ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF VETERANS'
  1  6    MILITARY RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY RECORDER AND PROVID-
  1  7    ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
  1  8 
  1  9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 10 
  1 11    Section 1.  Section 331.605A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1 12 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 13    The recorder shall also collect a fee of one dollar for
  1 14 each recorded transaction for which a fee is paid pursuant to
  1 15 section 331.604 to be used exclusively for the purpose of
  1 16 preserving and maintaining public records.  The treasurer, on
  1 17 behalf of the recorder, shall establish and maintain an
  1 18 interest-bearing account a county recorder's records
  1 19 management fund into which all moneys collected pursuant to
  1 20 this section shall be deposited.  Interest earned on moneys
  1 21 deposited in the fund shall be credited to the county
  1 22 recorder's records management fund.  The recorder shall use
  1 23 the moneys deposited in the account fund to produce and
  1 24 maintain public records that meet archival standards, and to
  1 25 enhance the technological storage, retrieval, and transmission
  1 26 capabilities related to archival quality records.  The
  1 27 recorder may cooperate with other entities, boards, and
  1 28 agencies to establish methods of records management, and
  1 29 participate in other joint ventures which further the purposes
  1 30 of this paragraph.
  1 31    Sec. 2.  Section 331.605C, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code
  1 32 Supplement 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  1 33    2.  Beginning July 1, 2004, the recorder shall collect a
  1 34 fee of one dollar for each recorded transaction, regardless of
  1 35 the number of pages, for which a fee is paid pursuant to
  2  1 section 331.604 to be used for the purpose of paying the
  2  2 county's ongoing costs of maintaining the systems developed
  2  3 and implemented under set forth in subsection 1 4.
  2  4    3.  The county treasurer, on behalf of the recorder, shall
  2  5 establish and maintain an interest-bearing account a county
  2  6 recorder's electronic transaction fund into which all moneys
  2  7 collected pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 shall be deposited.
  2  8 Interest earned on moneys deposited in this fund shall be
  2  9 computed based on the average monthly balance in the fund and
  2 10 shall be credited to the county recorder's electronic
  2 11 transaction fund.
  2 12    4.  The local electronic government electronic transaction
  2 13 fund is established in the office of the treasurer of state
  2 14 under the control of the treasurer of state.  Moneys deposited
  2 15 into the fund are not subject to section 8.33.
  2 16 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys
  2 17 in the local electronic government electronic transaction fund
  2 18 shall be credited to the fund.  Moneys in the local electronic
  2 19 government electronic transaction fund are not subject to
  2 20 transfer, appropriation, or reversion to any other fund, or
  2 21 any other use except as provided in this subsection.  The
  2 22 treasurer of state shall enter into a contract with the Iowa
  2 23 state association of counties affiliate representing county
  2 24 recorders to hold the fund for the development,
  2 25 implementation, and maintenance of a statewide internet
  2 26 website for purposes of providing electronic access to records
  2 27 and information recorded or filed by county recorders.  On a
  2 28 monthly basis, the county treasurer shall pay one dollar of
  2 29 each fee collected pursuant to subsection 1 2 to the treasurer
  2 30 of state for deposit into the local electronic government
  2 31 electronic transaction fund.  Moneys credited to the local
  2 32 electronic government electronic transaction fund are
  2 33 appropriated to the treasurer of state to be used for contract
  2 34 costs the purpose of paying the ongoing costs of maintaining
  2 35 the statewide internet website developed and implemented under
  3  1 subsection 1.  This subsection is repealed June 30, 2004.
  3  2    Sec. 3.  Section 331.605C, subsection 5, Code Supplement
  3  3 2003, is amended by striking the subsection.
  3  4    Sec. 4.  Section 331.608, subsection 6, paragraph e, Code
  3  5 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  3  6    e.  When otherwise required by a department or agency of
  3  7 the federal or state government or a political subdivision
  3  8 thereof.  The recorder shall make these records available to
  3  9 the commission of veterans affairs.  The commission and its
  3 10 employees shall be subject to the same state and federal
  3 11 confidentiality restrictions and requirements that are imposed
  3 12 on the recorder.
  3 13    Sec. 5.  Section 331.608, subsection 6, paragraph f, Code
  3 14 Supplement 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  3 15    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Sections 2 and 3 of this Act,
  3 16 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
  3 17 enactment.  
  3 18 
  3 19 
  3 20                                                             
  3 21                               JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
  3 22                               President of the Senate
  3 23 
  3 24 
  3 25                                                             
  3 26                               CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
  3 27                               Speaker of the House
  3 28 
  3 29    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  3 30 is known as Senate File 2270, Eightieth General Assembly.
  3 31 
  3 32 
  3 33                                                             
  3 34                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  3 35                               Secretary of the Senate
  4  1 Approved                , 2004
  4  2 
  4  3 
  4  4                                
  4  5 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  4  6 Governor
     

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