18.97  Special distribution of legal publications.

The state printing administrator shall make free distribution of the printed versions of the Code, supplements to the Code, rules of civil procedure, rules of appellate procedure, rules of criminal procedure, supreme court rules, the Acts of each general assembly, and, upon request, the Iowa administrative code, its supplements, the Iowa administrative bulletin and the state roster pamphlet as follows:


1.To state law library for exchange purposes . . . . . . . . .                  65 copies

2.To law library of state university of Iowa for exchange purposes . . . . . . . . .  60 copies

3.To historical division of the department of cultural affairs . . . . . . . . .   2 copies

4.To state historical society . . . . . . . . .   2 copies

5.To each judge of the supreme court, the court of appeals and the district court, two copies; and to each district associate judge and each judicial mag- istrate . . . . . . . . .            1 copy

6.To each judge of the federal courts in Iowa . . . . . . . . .                    1 copy

7.To the clerk of the supreme court of Iowa . . . . . . . . .                    1 copy

8.To the clerk of each federal court in Iowa . . . . . . . . .                    1 copy

9.To each state institution under the control of the department of corrections, the state board of re- gents or the state department of human services . . . . . . . . .                    1 copy

10.To each elective state officer . . . . . . . . .   2 copies

11.To the separate departments of principal state offices and each major subdivision thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    1 copy

12.To each member of the present and subse- quent general assemblies . . . . . . . . .  1 copy

13.To the chief clerk of the house and secretary of the senate such number as may be required by the house and senate.

14.To the following offices such number of copies as will enable them to perform the duties of their respective offices:

a.Iowa Code editor and administrative code editor.

b.Attorney general.

c.Legislative service bureau.

d.Legislative fiscal bureau.

e.State court administrator.

f.Each district court administrator.


15.To the clerk of the district court and each separate office of the clerk, the county attorney, the county auditor, the county recorder, county and city assessor, the county treasurer, the sheriff and each separate office of a sheriff, the public defender's of- fice, and the administrator of each area education agency in the state and also for use in each court- room of the district court . . . . . . . . .  1 copy

16.To the library of the United States supreme court . . . . . . . . .              1 copy

17.To the division of libraries and information services of the department of education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1 copy for each depository library

18.To each member of the Iowa congressional delegation . . . . . . . . .          1 copy

19.To each board of supervisors for each county . . . . . . . . .                    1 copy

20.To each juvenile referee . . . . . . . . .  1 copy

In the case of copies of the free documents provided in this section to libraries, the state printing administrator may provide microfiche copies in lieu of bound copies and may provide more copies than indicated in this section if the additional copies are microfiche copies.

Each office, agency, or person receiving a free copy of a document under this section shall receive only the number of copies indicated free at the time of initial distribution and if a replacement document is necessary, it shall be provided only after payment of the normal subscription charge for such document.

If a version of a publication provided under this section is available in an electronic format, the state printing administrator and the legislative council may establish policies providing for the substitution of an electronic version for the printed version of the publication, and for the amount of payment, if any, required for the electronic publication. The payment amount shall not be more than established pursuant to section 7A.22 for the same publication. For the Iowa administrative code and its supplements, the state printing administrator and the legislative council may provide that the distribution requirement of this section is met by distributing relevant portions of the Iowa administrative code or its supplements in either a printed or electronic format, according to policies established by the state printing administrator and the legislative council.

Section History: Early form

  [C73, § 39; C97, p. 4, § 42; S13, p. 1, § 42; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 235; C39, § 238.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 16.24; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 18.97; 80 Acts, ch 1012, § 5, ch 1015, § 1]

Section History: Recent form

  83 Acts, ch 186, § 10008, 10009, 10201; 84 Acts, ch 1301, § 13; 85 Acts, ch 218, §13; 86 Acts, ch 1237, § 1; 91 Acts, ch 258, § 24; 93 Acts, ch 48, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1099, § 11, 12; 98 Acts, ch 1119, § 25; 98 Acts, ch 1164, § 40

Internal References

  Referred to in § 18.3, 18.28, 18.30, 18.50, 18.97A, 602.1204


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