Senate File 2341 S-5089 Amend Senate File 2341 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 2026, is 4 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 5 NEW PARAGRAPH . k. Approval of board proceedings to be 6 published pursuant to section 349.18. 7 Sec. 2. Section 331.504, subsection 6, Code 2026, is amended 8 to read as follows: 9 6. Furnish a copy of the proceedings of the board , as 10 approved by the board, required to be published as provided in 11 section 349.18 . 12 Sec. 3. Section 349.18, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 1. a. All proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or 15 special meeting of a board of supervisors, including the 16 schedule of bills allowed, shall be published immediately after 17 the adjournment of the meeting. 18 b. All proceedings must be approved by the board of 19 supervisors before publication. Approval must occur in one of 20 the following ways: 21 (1) Approval by the board at the next board of supervisors 22 meeting following the meeting for which the proceedings are to 23 be published. 24 (2) Approval by the chairperson of the board of supervisors 25 prior to the meeting following the meeting for which the 26 proceedings are to be published. 27 Sec. 4. Section 349.18, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 28 2026, is amended to read as follows: 29 a. The county auditor shall furnish a copy of the 30 proceedings to be published, within one week following the 31 adjournment approval of the board. The county auditor shall 32 include either a summary of all resolutions or the complete 33 text of resolutions adopted by the board in the furnished copy 34 of the proceedings. As used in this subsection , “summary” 35 -1- SF 2341.3327 (1) 91 ms/js 1/ 2 #1.
means a narrative description of the resolution setting forth 1 the main points of the resolution in a manner calculated to 2 inform the public in a clear and understandable manner the 3 meaning of the resolution and to provide the public with 4 sufficient notice of the policy stated or action to be taken, 5 as resolved by the board in the resolution. The narrative 6 description shall include the title of the resolution, an 7 accurate and intelligible synopsis of the essential elements 8 of the resolution, a statement that the description is a 9 summary, the location and the normal business hours of the 10 office where the full text of the resolution may be inspected, 11 and the effective date of the resolution. Legal descriptions 12 of property set forth in a resolution shall be described in 13 full. The narrative description shall be written in a clear 14 and coherent manner and shall, to the extent possible, avoid 15 the use of technical or legal terms not generally familiar to 16 the public. When necessary to use technical or legal terms not 17 generally familiar to the public, the narrative description 18 shall include definitions of those terms. > 19 ______________________________ DENNIS GUTH -2- SF 2341.3327 (1) 91 ms/js 2/ 2