House File 141
HOUSE FILE
BY D. OLSON
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to certain lobbying activities by employees of
2 the general assembly.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1017HH 82
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 68B.5A, subsections 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6,
1 2 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. A person who serves as a statewide elected official,
1 4 the executive or administrative head of an agency of state
1 5 government, the deputy executive or administrative head of an
1 6 agency of state government, or a member or legislative
1 7 employee of the general assembly shall not act as a lobbyist
1 8 during the time in which the person serves or is employed by
1 9 the state unless the person is designated, by the agency in
1 10 which the person serves or is employed, to represent the
1 11 official position of the agency.
1 12 2. The head of a major subunit of a department or
1 13 independent state agency, or full=time employee of an office
1 14 of a statewide elected official, or a legislative employee
1 15 whose position involves a substantial exercise of
1 16 administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds,
1 17 shall not, during the time in which the person serves or is
1 18 employed by the state, act as a lobbyist before the agency in
1 19 which the person is employed or before state agencies,
1 20 officials, or employees with whom the person has substantial
1 21 or regular contact as part of the person's duties, unless the
1 22 person is designated, by the agency in which the person serves
1 23 or is employed, to represent the official position of the
1 24 agency.
1 25 3. A state or legislative employee who is not subject to
1 26 the requirements of subsection 2 shall not act as a lobbyist
1 27 in relation to any particular case, proceeding, or application
1 28 with respect to which the person is directly concerned and
1 29 personally participates as part of the person's employment,
1 30 unless the person is designated, by the agency in which the
1 31 person is employed, to represent the official position of the
1 32 agency.
1 33 5. The head of a major subunit of a department or
1 34 independent state agency, or full=time employee of an office
1 35 of a statewide elected official, or a legislative employee
2 1 whose position involves a substantial exercise of
2 2 administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds,
2 3 shall not, within two years after termination of employment,
2 4 become a lobbyist before the agency in which the person was
2 5 employed or before state agencies or officials or employees
2 6 with whom the person had substantial and regular contact as
2 7 part of the person's former duties.
2 8 6. A state or legislative employee who is not subject to
2 9 the requirements of subsection 2 shall not, within two years
2 10 after termination of employment, act as a lobbyist in relation
2 11 to any particular case, proceeding, or application with
2 12 respect to which the person was directly concerned and
2 13 personally participated as part of the person's employment.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill relates to certain lobbying activities by
2 16 employees of the general assembly.
2 17 The bill prohibits a full=time employee of the general
2 18 assembly from acting as a lobbyist during the time in which
2 19 the person serves or is employed by the state. As a result,
2 20 the employee is further prohibited from becoming a lobbyist
2 21 within two years after the termination of employment with the
2 22 general assembly. These prohibitions would be identical to
2 23 the prohibitions currently in place for members of the general
2 24 assembly. As is the case for members of the general assembly,
2 25 the bill would allow an employee of the general assembly to
2 26 lobby within two years of the termination of employment if the
2 27 person is elected to, appointed to, or employed by another
2 28 office of the state, an office of a political subdivision of
2 29 the state, or the federal government and appears or
2 30 communicates on behalf or as part of the duties of that office
2 31 or employment.
2 32 LSB 1017HH 82
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