Senate File 2427 - Enrolled PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2427 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROHIBITING CERTAIN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES OF STATE AGENCIES AND 1 5 PROVIDING A PENALTY. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 68B.8 LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY 1 10 STATE AGENCIES. 1 11 A state agency of the executive branch of state government 1 12 shall not use or permit the use of its public funds for a paid 1 13 advertisement or public service announcement thirty days prior 1 14 to or during a legislative session for the purpose of 1 15 encouraging the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of 1 16 a bill that is being considered or was considered during the 1 17 previous legislative session, by the general assembly. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 68B.25, Code 2007, is amended to read as 1 19 follows: 1 20 68B.25 ADDITIONAL PENALTY. 1 21 In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision 1 22 of law, a person who knowingly and intentionally violates a 1 23 provision of sections 68B.2A through68B.768B.8, sections 1 24 68B.22 through 68B.24, or sections 68B.35 through 68B.38 is 1 25 guilty of a serious misdemeanor and may be reprimanded, 1 26 suspended, or dismissed from the person's position or 1 27 otherwise sanctioned. 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 JOHN P. KIBBIE 1 32 President of the Senate 1 33 1 34 1 35 2 1 PATRICK J. MURPHY 2 2 Speaker of the House 2 3 2 4 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 5 is known as Senate File 2427, Eighty=second General Assembly. 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 10 Secretary of the Senate 2 11 Approved , 2008 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 CHESTER J. CULVER 2 16 Governor