House File 2160 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SANDS


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the purchase of flags by state agencies and
  2    governmental subdivisions of the state if manufactured outside
  3    the United States.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5451YH 82
  6 rn/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  8A.317  FLAG PURCHASES ==
  1  2 RESTRICTION.
  1  3    All flags purchased by or for a state agency or a
  1  4 governmental subdivision on or after July 1, 2008, shall be
  1  5 manufactured within the United States.  For purposes of this
  1  6 section, the offices, entities, and branches otherwise
  1  7 excluded from the definition of "agency" or "state agency"
  1  8 pursuant to section 8A.101, subsection 1, paragraphs "a"
  1  9 through "d", shall be considered a state agency subject to the
  1 10 purchase restriction.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill provides that all flags purchased by or for a
  1 13 state agency or a governmental subdivision on or after July 1,
  1 14 2008, shall be manufactured within the United States.  A
  1 15 "state agency" is defined in Code section 8A.101, subsection
  1 16 1, to include a unit of state government, which is an
  1 17 authority, board, commission, committee, council, department,
  1 18 examining or licensing board, or independent agency as defined
  1 19 in Code section 7E.4, including but not limited to each
  1 20 principal central department enumerated in Code section 7E.5.
  1 21 The bill specifically includes within the definition of "state
  1 22 agency", and accordingly makes the restriction applicable to,
  1 23 offices, entities, or branches otherwise excluded from that
  1 24 definition pursuant to Code section 8A.101, subsection 1,
  1 25 paragraphs "a" through "d".  This adds to the definition the
  1 26 otherwise excluded office of the governor, the office of an
  1 27 elective constitutional or statutory officer, the general
  1 28 assembly or any office or unit under its administrative
  1 29 authority, the judicial branch, and a political subdivision of
  1 30 the state or its offices or units.
  1 31 LSB 5451YH 82
  1 32 rn/nh/5