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 be published made 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.  The publication of the schedule 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 be published made 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