House File 93 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HUSER and RAECKER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the electronic and written filing of personal
2 financial disclosure statements, lobbyist registration
3 statements, lobbyist reports, and lobbyist's client reports
4 with the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board and the
5 general assembly.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 68B.35A, Code 2005, is amended by
1 2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
1 3 following:
1 4 68B.35A ELECTRONIC FILINGS == FEES == INTERNET ACCESS.
1 5 1. The board and each house of the general assembly shall
1 6 accept electronic filings of disclosure statements,
1 7 registration statements, and reports required under sections
1 8 68B.35, 68B.36, 68B.37, and 68B.38. If a person subject to
1 9 such filing requirements elects to file electronically, the
1 10 person shall file the disclosure statement, registration
1 11 statement, or report with the board and, if the person is
1 12 required to file the disclosure statement, registration
1 13 statement, or report with a house of the general assembly, the
1 14 board shall immediately transmit a copy of the electronic
1 15 filing to the appropriate house of the general assembly. For
1 16 a person required to file with a house of the general
1 17 assembly, the date the filing is received by the board is
1 18 considered the date the filing is received by a house of the
1 19 general assembly.
1 20 2. If a written disclosure statement, registration
1 21 statement, or report is filed with a house of the general
1 22 assembly, a copy of the disclosure statement, registration
1 23 statement, or report shall be transmitted to the board for
1 24 purposes of inclusion on an internet website as required in
1 25 subsection 4.
1 26 3. The board may charge a filing fee not to exceed twenty
1 27 dollars for each electronic filing. The board and each house
1 28 of the general assembly shall charge a filing fee of twenty=
1 29 five dollars or more for each written filing.
1 30 4. The board shall record all written and electronic
1 31 filings received by the board and each house of the general
1 32 assembly as required under sections 68B.35, 68B.36, 68B.37,
1 33 and 68B.38, on an internet website.
1 34 5. The board and each house of the general assembly shall
1 35 agree on uniform electronic filing forms for disclosure
2 1 statements, registration statements, and reports required
2 2 under sections 68B.35, 68B.36, 68B.37, and 68B.38.
2 3 EXPLANATION
2 4 This bill relates to the electronic and written filing of
2 5 personal financial disclosure statements, lobbyist
2 6 registration statements, lobbyist reports, and lobbyist's
2 7 client reports with the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure
2 8 board and the general assembly.
2 9 The bill requires the board and each house of the general
2 10 assembly to accept electronic filings of personal financial
2 11 disclosure statements, lobbyist registration statements,
2 12 lobbyist reports, and lobbyist's client reports. The bill
2 13 provides that, if a person subject to the filing requirements
2 14 elects to file electronically, the person shall file the
2 15 disclosure statement, registration statement, or report with
2 16 the board and, if the person is required to file the
2 17 disclosure statement, registration statement, or report with a
2 18 house of the general assembly, the board shall immediately
2 19 transmit a copy of the electronic filing to the appropriate
2 20 house of the general assembly. The bill provides that, for a
2 21 person required to file with a house of the general assembly,
2 22 the date the filing is received by the board is considered the
2 23 date the filing is received by a house of the general
2 24 assembly.
2 25 The bill provides that, if a written disclosure statement,
2 26 registration statement, or report is filed with a house of the
2 27 general assembly, a copy of the disclosure statement,
2 28 registration statement, or report shall be transmitted to the
2 29 board for purposes of inclusion on an internet website. The
2 30 bill requires the board to record all written and electronic
2 31 filings received by the board and the general assembly on an
2 32 internet website.
2 33 The bill allows the board to charge a filing fee not to
2 34 exceed $20 for each electronic filing. The bill requires the
2 35 board and each house of the general assembly to charge a
3 1 filing fee of $25 or more for each written filing.
3 2 The bill requires the board and each house of the general
3 3 assembly to agree on uniform electronic filing forms for
3 4 disclosure statements, registration statements, and reports.
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