House File 126 HOUSE FILE BY ALONS, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, and TYMESON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the confidentiality of certain veterans' 2 records maintained by county recorders. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1514YH 80 5 av/cl/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 22.7, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 47. Military personnel records recorded 1 4 by the county recorder pursuant to section 331.608. 1 5 Sec. 2. Section 331.608, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 6 the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. Unless otherwise provided by the 1 8 person who requested the recording of a record under this 1 9 section, notwithstanding section 22.2, subsection 1, such 1 10 record shall be confidential and shall not be made available 1 11 for examination or copying except as follows: 1 12 a. To the person who is the subject of the record, to a 1 13 member of that person's immediate family, or to that person's 1 14 agent or representative duly authorized in writing. 1 15 b. To a person requesting to examine or copy a record when 1 16 the event that resulted in the record being made occurred more 1 17 than seventy=five years prior to the request. 1 18 c. When otherwise ordered by a court of competent 1 19 jurisdiction. 1 20 d. When otherwise required by a department or agency of 1 21 the federal or state government or a political subdivision 1 22 thereof. 1 23 EXPLANATION 1 24 This bill provides that military personnel records of 1 25 veterans, including records of discharges and reports of 1 26 separation, that are maintained by the county recorder are 1 27 confidential records, notwithstanding Code section 22.2, 1 28 subsection 1. The bill provides that the records shall not be 1 29 available for examination and copying except by a person who 1 30 is the subject of the record, that person's immediate family, 1 31 or that person's duly authorized agent or representative, by a 1 32 person requesting to examine or copy a record of an event 1 33 occurring more than 75 years prior to the request, when 1 34 otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or 1 35 when required by a department or agency of the state or 2 1 federal government or a political subdivision thereof. 2 2 LSB 1514YH 80 2 3 av/cl/14