House
File
2475
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Enrolled
House
File
2475
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
GOVERNMENTAL
ETHICS
AND
THE
REGULATION
OF
LOBBYISTS
AND
GIFTS
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
68B.2,
subsection
13,
paragraph
b,
subparagraph
(7),
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(7)
An
individual
who
is
a
member,
director,
trustee,
officer,
or
committee
member
of
a
business,
trade,
labor,
farm,
professional,
religious,
education,
or
charitable
association,
foundation,
or
organization
who
either
is
not
paid
compensation
or
and
is
not
specifically
designated
as
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1)
or
(2).
Sec.
2.
Section
68B.22,
subsection
4,
paragraph
p,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
Gifts
of
food
Food
,
beverages,
travel,
or
lodging
received
by
a
public
official
or
public
employee
if
all
of
the
following
apply:
Sec.
3.
Section
68B.22,
subsection
4,
paragraph
s,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
s.
Gifts
of
food
Food
,
beverage,
and
entertainment
received
at
a
function
where
every
member
of
the
general
assembly
has
been
invited
to
attend,
when
the
function
takes
place
during
a
regular
session
of
the
general
assembly.
A
sponsor
of
a
function
under
this
paragraph
shall
file
a
registration
prior
to
the
function
taking
place
identifying
the
sponsor
and
the
House
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2475,
p.
2
date,
time,
and
location
of
the
function.
The
registration
shall
be
filed
with
the
person
or
persons
designated
by
the
secretary
of
the
senate
and
the
chief
clerk
of
the
house
and
with
the
board.
After
a
function
takes
place,
the
sponsor
of
the
function
shall
file
a
report
disclosing
the
total
amount
expended,
including
in-kind
expenditures,
on
food,
beverage,
and
entertainment
for
the
function.
The
report
shall
be
filed
with
the
person
or
persons
designated
by
the
secretary
of
the
senate
and
the
chief
clerk
of
the
house
and
with
the
board
within
twenty-eight
calendar
days
following
the
date
of
the
function.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2475,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor