House File 2561 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2272)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the exceptions to the conflict of interest
  2    restrictions for city officials, city employees, and civil
  3    service commissioners.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6104HV 82
  6 md/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 362.5, subsections 10 and 11, Code
  1  2 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    10.  Contracts not otherwise permitted by this section, for
  1  4 the purchase of goods or services by a city having a
  1  5 population of more than two thousand five hundred, which
  1  6 benefit a city officer or employee, if the purchases
  1  7 benefiting that officer or employee do not exceed a cumulative
  1  8 total purchase price of one five thousand five hundred dollars
  1  9 in a fiscal year.
  1 10    11.  Contracts not otherwise permitted by this section for
  1 11 the purchase of goods or services by a city having a
  1 12 population of two thousand five hundred or less, which benefit
  1 13 a city officer or employee, if the purchases benefiting that
  1 14 officer or employee do not exceed a cumulative total purchase
  1 15 price of two ten thousand five hundred dollars in a fiscal
  1 16 year.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill amends the exceptions to the conflict of interest
  1 19 provisions for city officers, city employees, and civil
  1 20 service commissioners, under Code sections 362.5 and 400.2.
  1 21 Currently, city officers, city employees, and civil service
  1 22 commissioners may have contracts with the city not to exceed a
  1 23 cumulative total of $1,500 for cities with a population of
  1 24 more than 2,500 and $2,500 for cities with a population of
  1 25 2,500 or less.  The bill increases the allowable cumulative
  1 26 total contract amount in cities with a population of more than
  1 27 2,500 to $5,000, and in cities with a population of 2,500 or
  1 28 less to $10,000.
  1 29 LSB 6104HV 82
  1 30 md/nh/5