1. The Iowa Code editor in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa Code or a Code Supplement, and the administrative code editor in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa administrative code or bulletin may:
a. Correct misspelled words and grammatical and clerical errors including punctuation but without changing the meaning.
b. Correct internal references to sections which are cited erroneously or have been repealed, and names of agencies, officers, or other entities which have been changed, when there appears to be no doubt as to the proper methods of making the corrections. The Code editor shall maintain a record of the corrections made under this paragraph. The record shall be available to the public.
c. Transfer, divide, or combine sections or parts of sections and add or amend headnotes to sections and subsections. Pursuant to section 3.3, the headnotes are not part of the law.
2. The Iowa Code editor may prepare and publish comments deemed necessary for a proper explanation of the manner of printing a section or chapter of the Iowa Code.
3. The Iowa Code editor, in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa Code or a Code Supplement, and the administrative code editor in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa administrative code, shall edit the copy in order that words which designate one gender are changed to reflect both genders when the provisions of law apply to persons of both genders.
4. The Iowa Code editor shall seek direction from the senate committee on judiciary and the house committee on judiciary when making Iowa Code or Code Supplement changes, and the administrative code editor shall seek direction from the administrative rules review committee and the administrative rules coordinator when making Iowa administrative code changes, which appear to require substantial editing and which might otherwise be interpreted to exceed the scope of the authority granted in this section.
5. The Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor shall maintain a record of the changes made under this section. The record shall be available to the public.
6. The Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor shall not make editorial changes which go beyond the authority granted in this section or other law.
7. The effective date of all editorial changes in an edition of the Iowa Code or a Code Supplement is the effective date of the selling price for that publication as established by the legislative council or the legislative council's designee. The effective date of all editorial changes for the Iowa administrative code is the date those changes are published in the Iowa administrative code.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 169; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 14.13]
84 Acts, ch 1117, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 195, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1242, § 5, 6; 91 Acts, ch 258, §13
C93, § 2B.13
95 Acts, ch 67, § 1; 96 Acts, ch 1099, §2
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