701—102.28(441) Special counsel.
	102.28(1) Before the conference board may employ special counsel to assist the city legal department or county attorney under Iowa Code section 441.41, the city legal department in the case of cities having an assessor, or county attorney in the case of counties, shall first provide written approval of the employment of special counsel for each matter in which the special counsel will be employed on a case-by-case basis.
	102.28(2) In the event special counsel is employed, the assessor shall provide the department with written notice of said employment, including the matter being litigated, justification for the hiring of special counsel, and the special counsel’s name and hourly rate, within ten days of the hiring. In the event that special counsel has been employed by the conference board as of December 23, 2020, the assessor shall provide the department with written notification of said employment, including the matter being litigated, justification for the hiring of special counsel, and the special counsel’s name and hourly rate, within ten days of December 23, 2020, for each case. On or before January 1 of each year, the assessor shall submit to the director, on forms prescribed by the director, a report of all matters litigated by special counsel in the previous 12-month period and the cost of said litigation for each case.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 441.41 as amended by 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2641.
[ARC 5288C, IAB 11/18/20, effective 12/23/20; Editorial change: IAC Supplement 11/2/22]