Senate
File
283
-
Enrolled
Senate
File
283
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CONFLICTS
OF
INTEREST
IN
CERTAIN
GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC
CONTRACTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
279.7A,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
279.7A
Interest
in
public
contracts
prohibited
——
exceptions.
1.
A
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
corporation
shall
not
have
an
interest,
direct
or
indirect,
in
a
contract
for
the
purchase
of
goods,
including
materials
and
profits,
and
the
performance
of
services
for
the
director’s
school
corporation.
A
contract
entered
into
in
violation
of
Senate
File
283,
p.
2
this
section
is
void.
2.
This
section
does
not
apply
to
contracts
for
the
purchase
of
goods
or
services
which
benefit
a
director,
or
to
compensation
for
part-time
or
temporary
employment
which
benefits
a
director,
if
the
benefit
to
the
director
does
not
exceed
two
six
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
a
fiscal
year,
and
contracts
made
by
a
school
board,
upon
competitive
bid
in
writing,
publicly
invited
and
opened.
3.
This
section
does
not
apply
to
a
contract
that
is
a
bond,
note,
or
other
obligation
of
a
school
corporation
if
the
contract
is
not
acquired
directly
from
the
school
corporation,
but
is
acquired
in
a
transaction
with
a
third
party,
who
may
or
may
not
be
the
original
underwriter,
purchaser,
or
obligee
of
the
contract,
or
to
a
contract
in
which
a
director
has
an
interest
solely
by
reason
of
employment
if
the
contract
is
made
by
competitive
bid
in
writing,
publicly
invited
and
opened,
or
if
the
remuneration
of
employment
will
not
be
directly
affected
as
a
result
of
the
contract
and
the
duties
of
employment
do
not
directly
involve
the
procurement
or
preparation
of
any
part
of
the
contract.
4.
The
competitive
bid
qualification
of
this
section
does
not
apply
to
a
contract
for
professional
services
not
customarily
awarded
by
competitive
bid.
Sec.
2.
Section
331.342,
subsection
2,
paragraph
j,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
j.
Contracts
not
otherwise
permitted
by
this
section
,
for
the
purchase
of
goods
or
services
by
a
county,
which
benefit
a
county
officer
or
employee,
if
the
purchases
benefiting
that
officer
or
employee
do
not
exceed
a
cumulative
total
purchase
price
of
one
six
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
a
fiscal
year.
Sec.
3.
Section
362.5,
subsection
3,
paragraph
j,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
j.
Contracts
not
otherwise
permitted
by
this
section
,
for
the
purchase
of
goods
or
services
by
a
city
having
a
population
of
more
than
two
thousand
five
hundred,
which
benefit
a
city
officer
or
employee,
if
the
purchases
benefiting
that
officer
or
employee
do
not
exceed
a
cumulative
total
purchase
price
of
one
six
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
a
fiscal
year.
Senate
File
283,
p.
3
Sec.
4.
Section
362.5,
subsection
3,
paragraph
k,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
______________________________
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
283,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor