House File 513 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY GRANZOW, LUKAN, TOMENGA, MAY, FORRISTALL, HOFFMAN, DEYOE, and PETTENGILL Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning publication requirements for joint governmental 2 entities. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2555HH 82 5 ec/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 28E.6, subsection 3, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. All proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special 1 4 meeting of the entity created or the administrator or joint 1 5 board specified in the agreement, including the schedule of 1 6 bills allowed, shall bepublishedmade available to the public 1 7 after adjournment of the meeting. The entity created or the 1 8 administrator of the joint board specified in the agreement 1 9 shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation within the 1 10 geographic area served by the entity created or the 1 11 administrator or joint board specified in the agreement the 1 12 proceedings or shall provide the location where a copy of the 1 13 proceedings can be obtained. The entity created or the 1 14 administrator or joint board specified in the agreement shall 1 15 furnish a copy of the proceedings to be published or notice of 1 16 where a copy of the proceedings can be obtained to the 1 17 newspaper within one week following adjournment of the 1 18 meeting. Thepublication of theschedule of bills allowed 1 19 that is required to be made available to the public shall 1 20 include a list of all salaries paid for services performed, 1 21 showing the name of the person or firm performing the service 1 22 and the amount paid. However, the names and gross salaries of 1 23 persons regularly employed by the entity created or the 1 24 administrator or joint board specified in the agreement shall 1 25 only bepublishedmade available to the public annually. This 1 26 subsection shall not apply if the entity or the administrator 1 27 or joint board specified in the agreement includes public 1 28 agencies from more than one state. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill modifies the requirement for entities created 1 31 under Code chapter 28E for the joint exercise of governmental 1 32 powers to publish proceedings and schedule of bills allowed in 1 33 a newspaper of general circulation within the area served. 1 34 The bill provides that in lieu of publishing the proceedings 1 35 and schedule of bills allowed in a newspaper, the entity may 2 1 publish notice in the newspaper of where a copy of the 2 2 proceedings and schedule of bills may be obtained. 2 3 LSB 2555HH 82 2 4 ec:rj/es/88