House Concurrent Resolution 10 - Introduced

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  1  1           HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2     BY  JOCHUM, ABDUL-SAMAD, BOAL, DRAKE, GASKILL,
  1  3    GIPP, GREINER, JACOBS, JACOBY, KAUFMANN, LENSING,
  1  4          L. MILLER, QUIRK, RAECKER, REASONER,
  1  5         REICHERT, ROBERTS, SHOMSHOR, T. TAYLOR,
  1  6          WENDT, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, and WHITEAD
  1  7 A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the
  1  8    legislative council create a study committee
  1  9    relating to open meetings and public records laws
  1 10    in Iowa.
  1 11    WHEREAS, concern has been raised about whether
  1 12 Iowa's open meetings law, Code chapter 21, and Iowa's
  1 13 public records law, Code chapter 22, and related Code
  1 14 sections have been consistently and uniformly
  1 15 interpreted and applied by various public bodies and
  1 16 public officials; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, such issues are in need of further
  1 18 examination and analysis by the general assembly; NOW
  1 19 THEREFORE,
  1 20    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
  1 21 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
  1 22 requested to establish an interim study committee for
  1 23 the 2007 interim to recommend Code revisions relating
  1 24 to Code chapters 21 and 22 and to include any
  1 25 necessary revisions to Code chapter 305, Iowa's state
  1 26 archives and records Act; and
  1 27    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the study committee
  1 28 shall consist of 10 members of both political parties
  1 29 from both houses of the general assembly and the
  1 30 following ex officio, nonvoting members:  a professor
  2  1 from the university of Iowa and an attorney from the
  2  2 Iowa attorney general's office, both with expertise in
  2  3 the areas of open meetings and public records laws,
  2  4 and one representative each from the office of the
  2  5 citizens' aide, the Iowa newspaper association, the
  2  6 Iowa civil liberties union, the Iowa association of
  2  7 counties, the Iowa league of cities, the Iowa
  2  8 association of school boards, the Iowa freedom of
  2  9 information council, and the judicial branch.  The
  2 10 committee shall meet for a total of five days.
  2 11    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
  2 12 committee consider and make recommendations concerning
  2 13 Code chapters 21, 22, and 305, and recommend any
  2 14 necessary technical, practical, and policy revisions,
  2 15 including revisions relating to information security
  2 16 and privacy, electronic communications, record
  2 17 retention procedures and technologies in relation to
  2 18 Code chapter 22, enforcement procedures including the
  2 19 possibility of creating a regulatory body to enforce
  2 20 compliance with Code chapters 21 and 22 by all public
  2 21 bodies and public officials, and the possibility of
  2 22 creating an educational program for custodians of
  2 23 public records and members of all covered bodies.
  2 24    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
  2 25 committee shall submit a report of its findings and
  2 26 recommendations, including any proposed legislation,
  2 27 to the general assembly on or before January 7, 2008.
  2 28 LSB 2876HH 82
  2 29 rh:rj/je/5