68B.3  When public bids required--disclosure of income from other sales.

1.  An official, a state employee, a member of the general assembly, or a legislative employee shall not sell, in any one occurrence, any goods or services having a value in excess of two thousand dollars to any state agency unless the sale is made pursuant to an award or contract let after public notice and competitive bidding. This subsection shall not apply to the publication of resolutions, advertisements, or other legal propositions or notices in newspapers designated pursuant to law for the publication of legal propositions or notices and for which rates are fixed pursuant to law. This subsection shall also not apply to sales of services by persons subject to the requirements of this section to state executive branch agencies or subunits of departments or independent agencies as defined under section 7E.4 that are not the subunit of the department or independent agency in which the person serves or is employed or are not a subunit of a department or independent agency with which the person has substantial and regular contact as part of the person's duties.

For purposes of this section, "services" does not include instruction at an accredited education institution if the person providing the instruction meets the minimum education and licensing requirements established for instructors at the education institution.

2.  An official or member of the general assembly who sells goods or services to a political subdivision of the state shall disclose whether income has been received from commissions from the sales in the manner provided under section 68B.35.

Section History: Early form

  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 68B.3]

Section History: Recent form

  92 Acts, ch 1228, § 2; 93 Acts, ch 163, § 3

Internal References

  Referred to in § 68B.25


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