Senate File 2194 - Enrolled

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1	1	SENATE FILE 2194
1	2
1	3	AN ACT
1	4 RELATING TO COUNTY, CITY, AND SCHOOL BOARD PUBLICATION OF
1	5	ALLOWED CLAIMS.
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1	7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1	9	Section 1.	Section 28M.4, subsection 8, Code Supplement
1 10 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 11	8.	Immediately following a regular or special meeting of a
1 12 commission, the secretary of the commission shall prepare a
1 13 condensed statement of the proceedings of the commission and
1 14 cause the statement to be published not more than twenty days
1 15 following the meeting in one or more newspapers which meet the
1 16 requirements of section 618.14.	The statement shall include a
1 17 list of all claims allowed, showing the name of the person or
1 18 firm making the claim, the reason for the claim, and the
1 19 amount of the claim.	If the reason for the claims is the
  1 20 same, two or more claims made by the same vendor, supplier, or
  1 21 claimant may be consolidated if the number of claims
  1 22 consolidated and the total consolidated claim amount are
  1 23 listed in the statement.  However, the commission shall
  1 24 provide at its office upon request an unconsolidated list of
  1 25 all claims allowed.	Salary claims must show the gross amount
1 26 of the claim except that salaries paid to persons regularly
1 27 employed by the commission, for services regularly performed
1 28 by the persons, shall be published once annually showing the
1 29 gross amount of the salary.
1 30	Sec. 2.	Section 279.35, Code 2005, is amended to read as
1 31 follows:
1 32	279.35	PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS.
1 33	The proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special
1 34 meeting of the board, including the schedule of bills allowed,
35 shall be published after the adjournment of the meeting in the
1 manner provided in this section and section 279.36, and the
2	2 publication of the schedule of the bills allowed shall include
2	3 a list of claims allowed, including salary claims for services
2	4 performed.	The schedule of bills allowed may be published on
2	5 a once monthly basis in lieu of publication with the
2	6 proceedings of each meeting of the board.	The list of claims
2	7 allowed shall include the name of the person or firm making
2	8 the claim, the purpose of the claim, and the amount of the
2	9 claim.	If the purpose for the claims is the same, two or more
  2 10 claims made by the same vendor, supplier, or claimant may be
  2 11 consolidated if the number of claims consolidated and the
  2 12 total consolidated claim amount are listed in the statement.
2 13 However, salaries However, the board shall provide at its
  2 14 office upon request an unconsolidated list of all claims
  2 15 allowed.  Salaries paid to individuals regularly employed by
2 16 the district shall only be published annually and the
2 17 publication shall include the total amount of the annual
2 18 salary of each employee.	The secretary shall furnish a copy
2 19 of the proceedings to be published within two weeks following
2 20 the adjournment of the meeting.
2 21	Sec. 3.	Section 331.471, subsection 6, paragraph d, Code
2 22 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 23	d.	Immediately following a regular or special meeting of a
2 24 commission, the secretary of the commission shall prepare a
2 25 condensed statement of the proceedings of the commission and
2 26 cause the statement to be published as provided in section
2 27 331.305.	The statement shall include a list of all claims
2 28 allowed, showing the name of the person or firm making the
2 29 claim, the reason for the claim, and the amount of the claim.
30 If the reason for the claims is the same, two or more claims
  2 31 made by the same vendor, supplier, or claimant may be
  2 32 consolidated if the number of claims consolidated and the
  2 33 total consolidated claim amount are listed in the statement.
  2 34 However, the commission shall provide at its office upon
  2 35 request an unconsolidated list of all claims allowed.	Salary
1 claims must show the gross amount of the claim except that
3	2 salaries paid to persons regularly employed by the commission,
3	3 for services regularly performed by the persons shall be

3	4 published once annually showing the gross amount of the
3	5 salary.	In counties having more than one hundred fifty
3	6 thousand population the commission shall each month prepare in
3	7 pamphlet form the statement required in this paragraph for the
3	8 preceding month, and furnish copies to the public library, the
3	9 daily and official newspapers of the county, the auditor, and
3 10 to persons who apply at the office of the secretary, and the
3 11 pamphlet shall constitute publication as required.	Failure by
3 12 the secretary to make publication is a simple misdemeanor.
3 13	Sec. 4.	Section 349.18, Code 2005, is amended to read as
3 14 follows:
3 15	349.18	SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS == EACH PAYEE LISTED ==
3 16 PUBLICATION.
3 17	1.	All proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special
3 18 meeting of a board of supervisors, including the schedule of
3 19 bills allowed, shall be published immediately after the
3 20 adjournment of the meeting, and the.
3 21	2.  The publication of the schedule of the bills allowed
3 22 shall include a list of all claims allowed, including salary
3 23 claims for services performed, showing the name of the person
3 24 or firm making the claim, the reason for the claim, and the
3 25 amount of the claim, except that the publication of claims
  3 26 shall comply with the following:
3 27	a.  The names of persons receiving relief shall not be
3 28 published. and salaries
3 29	b.  The salaries paid to persons regularly employed by the
3 30 county shall only be published annually showing the total
3 31 amount of the annual salary.
32	c.  If the reason for the claims is the same, two or more
  3 33 claims made by the same vendor, supplier, or claimant may be
  3 34 consolidated if the number of claims consolidated and the
  3 35 total consolidated claim amount are listed in the statement.
  4  1 However, the board shall provide at its office upon request an
  4  2 unconsolidated list of all claims allowed.
3	3.	The county auditor shall furnish a copy of the
4	4 proceedings to be published, within one week following the
4	5 adjournment of the board.
4	6	Sec. 5.	Section 372.13, subsection 6, Code 2005, is
4	7 amended to read as follows:
4	8	6.	Within fifteen days following a regular or special
4	9 meeting of the council, the clerk shall cause the minutes of
4 10 the proceedings of the council, including the total
4 11 expenditure from each city fund, to be published in a
4 12 newspaper of general circulation in the city.	The publication
4 13 shall include a list of all claims allowed and a summary of
4 14 all receipts and shall show the gross amount of the claim
4 15 claims.	The list of claims allowed shall show the name of the
  4 16 person or firm making the claim, the reason for the claim, and
  4 17 the amount of the claim.  If the reason for the claims is the
  4 18 same, two or more claims made by the same vendor, supplier, or
  4 19 claimant may be consolidated if the number of claims
  4 20 consolidated and the total consolidated claim amount are
  4 21 listed in the statement.  However, the city shall provide at
  4 22 its office upon request an unconsolidated list of all claims
  4 23 allowed.	Matters discussed in closed session pursuant to
4 24 section 21.3 shall not be published until entered on the
4 25 public minutes.	However, in cities having more than one
4 26 hundred fifty thousand population the council shall each month
4 27 print in pamphlet form a detailed itemized statement of all
4 28 receipts and disbursements of the city, and a summary of its
4 29 proceedings during the preceding month, and furnish copies to
4 30 the city library, the daily newspapers of the city, and to
4 31 persons who apply at the office of the city clerk, and the
4 32 pamphlet shall constitute publication as required.	Failure by
4 33 the clerk to make publication is a simple misdemeanor.	The
4 34 provisions of this subsection are applicable in cities in
35 which a newspaper is published, or in cities of two hundred
1 population or over, but in all other cities, posting the
5	2 statement in three public places in the city which have been
5	3 permanently designated by ordinance is sufficient compliance
5	4 with this subsection.
5	5	Sec. 6.	Section 388.4, subsection 4, Code 2005, is amended
5	6 to read as follows:
5	7	4.	Immediately following a regular or special meeting of a
5	8 utility board, the secretary shall prepare a condensed
5	9 statement of the proceedings of the board and cause the
5 10 statement to be published in a newspaper of general
5 11 circulation in the city.	The statement must include a list of
5 12 all claims allowed, showing the name of the person or firm
5 13 making the claim, the reason for the claim, and the amount of
5 14 the claim.	If the reason for the claims is the same, two or

  5 15 more claims made by the same vendor, supplier, or claimant may
  5 16 be consolidated if the number of claims consolidated and the
  5 17 total consolidated claim amount are listed in the statement.
  5 18 However, the utility board shall provide at its office upon
  5 19 request an unconsolidated list of all claims allowed.	Salary
5 20 claims must show the gross amount of the claim except that
5 21 salaries paid to persons regularly employed by the utility,
5 22 for services regularly performed by them, must be published
5 23 once annually showing the gross amount of the salary.	In
5 24 cities having more than one hundred fifty thousand population
5 25 the utility board shall each month prepare in pamphlet form
5 26 the statement herein required for the preceding month, and
5 27 furnish copies to the city library, the daily newspapers of
5 28 the city, the city clerk, and to persons who apply at the
5 29 office of the secretary, and the pamphlet shall constitute
5 30 publication as required.	Failure by the secretary to make
5 31 publication is a simple misdemeanor. 5 32
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35	JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
1	President of the Senate
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6	5	CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
6	6	Speaker of the House
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6	8	I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
6	9 is known as Senate File 2194, Eighty=first General Assembly. 6 10
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6 12
6 13	MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
6 14	Secretary of the Senate
6 15 Approved	, 2006
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6 19 THOMAS J. VILSACK
6 20 Governor