S-3242

   Amend  the amendment, S-3236, to House File 759, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 21, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  68B.9  Lobbying activities by political subdivisions.
   1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
   a.  “Lobbying” means direct action to encourage the passage, defeat, approval, veto, or modification of legislation, a rule, or an executive order that is being considered by the general assembly, a state agency, or a statewide elected official.
   b.  “Political subdivision” means a county, city, township, or school district.
   2.  A political subdivision that contracts with or otherwise compensates a person to lobby on behalf of the political subdivision shall do so in a reasonable manner, including all of the following:
   a.  Using written requests for proposal to solicit lobbying services. The duration of a contract for lobbying services shall not exceed five years. A political subdivision shall not renew a contract for lobbying services or enter into a new contract for lobbying services unless the political subdivision uses a written request for proposal to solicit lobbying services.
   b.  Selecting lobbyists on the basis of competence and qualifications for the services required.
   c.  Paying fair and reasonable compensation.
   3.  a.  If a political subdivision contracts with or otherwise compensates a person to lobby on behalf of the political subdivision, or if an employee, officer, or elected or appointed official of the political subdivision engages in more than ten hours of lobbying on behalf of the political subdivision in a calendar month, the political subdivision shall, subject to paragraph “b”, publish all of the following on its internet site:
   (1)  Full copies of all contracts in effect that provide, in whole or in part, for the provision of lobbying services.
   (2)  Not later than two weeks after the end of each fiscal year, a schedule showing all payments the political subdivision made during the preceding fiscal year to any person acting as a lobbyist on behalf of the political subdivision or, in the case of an employee, officer, or elected or appointed official, the total annual compensation the political subdivision paid to such person and the total number of hours spent by that person in lobbying activities on behalf of the political subdivision in the preceding fiscal year.
   (3)  Not later than two weeks after the end of each fiscal year, a schedule identifying each bill on which a person serving as a lobbyist or engaged in lobbying registered a position on behalf of the political subdivision, and for each such bill either the legislative history for the bill as depicted on the general assembly’s internet site or the link to the page of the general assembly’s internet site with the legislative history for the bill.
   b.  If the political subdivision does not maintain an internet site but is otherwise subject to reporting requirements under paragraph “a”, the political subdivision shall annually publish all the information required by paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (1) through (3), within three weeks of the end of the fiscal year in the same manner that the political subdivision provides notice pursuant to section 21.4.
   4.  An organization subject to audit pursuant to section 11.6, subsection 9, and any other organization that lobbies on behalf of any category or group of political subdivisions, shall, not later than two weeks after the end of the fiscal year, publish on the organization’s internet site the information required by subsection 3, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3).
   5.  Notwithstanding section 22.7, a record, document, or other information stored or preserved in any medium that relates to lobbying by a person for or on behalf of a political subdivision is a public record subject to the provisions of chapter 22, shall be preserved and maintained for a period of not less than seven years, and shall be available for examination and copying by the public upon reasonable terms as required by chapter 22.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ZACH WHITING