House Amendment 8713


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2700 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 21, by inserting after line 14 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 68B.2A, Code 2007, is amended
     1  5 by adding the following new subsection:
     1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The board shall adopt rules
     1  7 pursuant to chapter 17A further delineating particular
     1  8 situations where outside employment or activity of
     1  9 officials and state employees of the executive branch
     1 10 will be deemed to create an unacceptable conflict of
     1 11 interest.
     1 12    Sec.    .  Section 68B.5A, subsections 2 and 5,
     1 13 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
     1 14    2.  The head of a major subunit of a department or
     1 15 independent state agency whose position involves
     1 16 substantial exercise of administrative discretion or
     1 17 the expenditure of public funds, a full=time employee
     1 18 of an office of a statewide elected official whose
     1 19 position involves substantial exercise of
     1 20 administrative discretion or the expenditure of public
     1 21 funds, or a legislative employee whose position
     1 22 involves a substantial exercise of administrative
     1 23 discretion or the expenditure of public funds, shall
     1 24 not, during the time in which the person serves or is
     1 25 employed by the state, act as a lobbyist before the
     1 26 agency in which the person is employed or before state
     1 27 agencies, officials, or employees with whom the person
     1 28 has substantial or regular contact as part of the
     1 29 person's duties, unless the person is designated, by
     1 30 the agency in which the person serves or is employed,
     1 31 to represent the official position of the agency.
     1 32    5.  The head of a major subunit of a department or
     1 33 independent state agency whose position involves
     1 34 substantial exercise of administrative discretion or
     1 35 the expenditure of public funds, a full=time employee
     1 36 of an office of a statewide elected official whose
     1 37 position involves substantial exercise of
     1 38 administrative discretion or the expenditure of public
     1 39 funds, or a legislative employee whose position
     1 40 involves a substantial exercise of administrative
     1 41 discretion or the expenditure of public funds, shall
     1 42 not, within two years after termination of employment,
     1 43 become a lobbyist before the agency in which the
     1 44 person was employed or before state agencies or
     1 45 officials or employees with whom the person had
     1 46 substantial and regular contact as part of the
     1 47 person's former duties.
     1 48    Sec.    .  Section 68B.22, subsection 4, Code
     1 49 Supplement 2007, is amended by adding the following
     1 50 new paragraph:
     2  1    NEW PARAGRAPH.  hh.  Food and beverages provided at
     2  2 a meal that is part of a bona fide event or program at
     2  3 which the recipient is being honored for public
     2  4 service.>
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     2  7                               
     2  8 JACOBS of Polk
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     2 11                               
     2 12 GIPP of Winneshiek
     2 13 HF 2700.508 82
     2 14 mg/mg/11836

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