Senate
File
2227
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Enrolled
Senate
File
2227
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PUBLICATION
OF
COUNTY
RESOLUTIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
349.16,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
The
proceedings
of
the
board
of
supervisors,
as
furnished
by
the
county
auditor,
excluding
from
the
publication
of
said
proceedings,
its
canvass
of
the
various
elections,
as
provided
by
law;
the
complete
text
of
any
questions
or
propositions
submitted
to
the
registered
voters
of
the
county
by
the
board
of
supervisors,
which
shall
be
published
with
the
required
notice
of
a
general
or
special
election;
witness
fees
of
witnesses
before
the
grand
jury
and
in
the
district
court
in
criminal
cases.
Sec.
2.
Section
349.18,
subsection
3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
a.
The
county
auditor
shall
furnish
a
copy
of
the
proceedings
to
be
published,
within
one
week
following
the
adjournment
of
the
board.
The
county
auditor
shall
include
either
a
summary
of
all
resolutions
or
the
complete
text
of
resolutions
adopted
by
the
board
in
the
furnished
copy
of
the
proceedings.
As
used
in
this
subsection,
“summary”
means
a
narrative
description
of
the
resolution
setting
forth
the
main
points
of
the
resolution
in
a
manner
calculated
to
inform
the
public
in
a
clear
and
understandable
manner
the
meaning
of
the
resolution
and
to
provide
the
public
with
sufficient
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notice
of
the
policy
stated
or
action
to
be
taken,
as
resolved
by
the
board
in
the
resolution.
The
narrative
description
shall
include
the
title
of
the
resolution,
an
accurate
and
intelligible
synopsis
of
the
essential
elements
of
the
resolution,
a
statement
that
the
description
is
a
summary,
the
location
and
the
normal
business
hours
of
the
office
where
the
full
text
of
the
resolution
may
be
inspected,
and
the
effective
date
of
the
resolution.
Legal
descriptions
of
property
set
forth
in
a
resolution
shall
be
described
in
full.
The
narrative
description
shall
be
written
in
a
clear
and
coherent
manner
and
shall,
to
the
extent
possible,
avoid
the
use
of
technical
or
legal
terms
not
generally
familiar
to
the
public.
When
necessary
to
use
technical
or
legal
terms
not
generally
familiar
to
the
public,
the
narrative
description
shall
include
definitions
of
those
terms.
b.
In
addition
to
the
requirements
in
paragraph
“a”
,
if
a
county
operates
an
internet
site,
the
county
auditor
shall
post
the
full
text
of
all
resolutions
adopted
by
the
board
on
the
internet
site.
Any
posted
summary
or
text
of
a
full
resolution
shall
include
links
directing
readers
to
information
relevant
to
the
content
of
the
resolution.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2227,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor