House File 648 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

                                           (SUCCESSOR TO HF 242)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to state agency employment opportunities for
  2    members of the general assembly within two years after the
  3    termination of service.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2255HV 81
  6 tm/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68B.5A, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  A member of the general assembly
  1  4 shall not within two years after the termination of service
  1  5 become an employee of an agency if the job responsibilities
  1  6 would include appearing before or communicating with the
  1  7 general assembly on behalf of the employing agency.  This
  1  8 subsection shall not apply to a member of the general assembly
  1  9 taking a position as the executive or administrative head of
  1 10 an agency or the head of a major subunit of an agency after
  1 11 the termination of service.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 68B.5A, subsection 7, Code 2005, is
  1 13 amended to read as follows:
  1 14    7.  This section shall not apply to a person who, within
  1 15 two years of leaving service or employment with the state, is
  1 16 elected to, appointed to, or employed by another office of the
  1 17 state, an office of a political subdivision of the state, or
  1 18 the federal government and appears or communicates on behalf
  1 19 or as part of the duties of that office or employment.  This
  1 20 subsection shall not apply to subsection 4A.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill relates to state agency employment opportunities
  1 23 for members of the general assembly.
  1 24    The bill provides that a member of the general assembly
  1 25 shall not within two years after the termination of service
  1 26 become an employee of an agency if the job responsibilities
  1 27 would include appearing before or communicating with the
  1 28 general assembly on behalf of the employing agency.  This
  1 29 prohibition does not apply to a member taking a position as
  1 30 the executive or administrative head of an agency or the head
  1 31 of a major subunit of an agency after the termination of
  1 32 service.
  1 33    The term "agency" means a department, division, board,
  1 34 commission, bureau, or office of the executive or legislative
  1 35 branch of state government, the office of attorney general,
  2  1 the state board of regents, community colleges, and the office
  2  2 of the governor, including a regulatory agency, or any
  2  3 department, division, board, commission, bureau, or office of
  2  4 a political subdivision of the state, but does not include any
  2  5 agricultural commodity promotional board, which is subject to
  2  6 a producer referendum.
  2  7 LSB 2255HV 81
  2  8 tm:rj/cf/24