Senate File 2404 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3263)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to state agency reporting of the receipt of
2 gifts, bequests, and grants.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 8.7, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 8.7 REPORTING OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED.
1 4 All gifts, and bequests, and grants received by a
1 5 department or accepted by the governor on behalf of the state
1 6 shall be reported to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure
1 7 board and the government oversight committees. The ethics and
1 8 campaign disclosure board shall, by January 31 of each year,
1 9 submit to the fiscal services division of the legislative
1 10 services agency a written report listing all gifts, and
1 11 bequests, and grants received during the previous calendar
1 12 year with a value over one thousand dollars and the purpose
1 13 for each such gift, or bequest, or grant. The submission
1 14 shall also include a listing of all gifts, and bequests, and
1 15 grants received by a department from a person if the
1 16 cumulative value of all gifts, and bequests, and grants
1 17 received by the department from the person during the previous
1 18 calendar year exceeds one thousand dollars, and the ethics and
1 19 campaign disclosure board shall include, if available, the
1 20 purpose for each such gift, or bequest, or grant. However,
1 21 the reports on gifts, grants, or bequests filed by the state
1 22 board of regents pursuant to section 8.44 shall be deemed
1 23 sufficient to comply with the requirements of this section.
1 24 Sec. 2. Section 8.9, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1 25 follows:
1 26 8.9 GRANTS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
1 27 1. The office of grants enterprise management is
1 28 established in the department of management. The function of
1 29 the office is to develop and administer a system to track,
1 30 identify, advocate for, and coordinate nonstate grants as
1 31 defined in section 8.2, subsections 1 and 3. Staffing for the
1 32 office of grants enterprise management shall be provided by a
1 33 facilitator appointed by the director of the department of
1 34 management. Additional staff may be hired, subject to the
1 35 availability of funding. Funding for the office is from the
2 1 appropriation to the department pursuant to section 8A.505,
2 2 subsection 2.
2 3 2. a. All grant applications submitted and grant moneys
2 4 received by a department on behalf of the state shall be
2 5 reported to the office of grants enterprise management. The
2 6 office shall by January 31 of each year submit to the fiscal
2 7 services division of the legislative services agency a written
2 8 report listing all grants received during the previous
2 9 calendar year with a value over one thousand dollars and the
2 10 funding entity and purpose for each grant. However, the
2 11 reports on grants filed by the state board of regents pursuant
2 12 to section 8.44 shall be deemed sufficient to comply with the
2 13 requirements of this subsection.
2 14 b. The office of grants enterprise management shall submit
2 15 by July 1 and January 1 of each year to the government
2 16 oversight committees a written report summarizing departmental
2 17 compliance with the requirements of this subsection.
2 18 Sec. 3. Section 68B.32, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
2 19 amended to read as follows:
2 20 1. An Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board is
2 21 established as an independent agency. The board shall
2 22 administer this chapter and set standards for, investigate
2 23 complaints relating to, and monitor the ethics of officials,
2 24 employees, lobbyists, and candidates for office in the
2 25 executive branch of state government. The board shall
2 26 administer and set standards for, investigate complaints
2 27 relating to, and monitor the campaign finance practices of
2 28 candidates for public office. The board shall administer and
2 29 establish standards for, investigate complaints relating to,
2 30 and monitor the reporting of gifts, and bequests, and grants
2 31 under section 8.7. The board shall consist of six members and
2 32 shall be balanced as to political affiliation as provided in
2 33 section 69.16. The members shall be appointed by the
2 34 governor, subject to confirmation by the senate.
2 35 Sec. 4. Section 68B.32A, subsection 4, Code Supplement
3 1 2007, is amended to read as follows:
3 2 4. Receive and file registration and reports from
3 3 lobbyists of the executive branch of state government, client
3 4 disclosure from clients of lobbyists of the executive branch
3 5 of state government, personal financial disclosure information
3 6 from officials and employees in the executive branch of state
3 7 government who are required to file personal financial
3 8 disclosure information under this chapter, and gift, and
3 9 bequest, and grant disclosure information pursuant to section
3 10 8.7. The board, upon its own motion, may initiate action and
3 11 conduct a hearing relating to reporting requirements under
3 12 this chapter or section 8.7.
3 13 EXPLANATION
3 14 This bill relates to state agency reporting of the receipt
3 15 of gifts, bequests, and grants.
3 16 Under current law, Code section 8.7 requires executive
3 17 branch departments and agencies to annually report the gifts,
3 18 bequests, and grants received to the Iowa ethics and campaign
3 19 disclosure board and the government oversight committees. The
3 20 board is required to compile this information for each gift,
3 21 bequest, and grant with a value over $1,000 received during
3 22 the previous calendar year, list the purpose, if available,
3 23 and report to the fiscal services division of the legislative
3 24 services agency by January 31 each year.
3 25 The bill amends Code sections 8.7 and 8.9 to shift the
3 26 responsibility for receiving the reporting of grants to the
3 27 office of grants enterprise management of the department of
3 28 management. The office is required to compile the reports in
3 29 the manner required under current law and submit an annual
3 30 report to the fiscal services division by January 31 for the
3 31 grants received during the previous calendar year. In
3 32 addition, the office is required to report each July and
3 33 January to the government oversight committees summarizing
3 34 departmental compliance with the reporting requirements.
3 35 Code section 68B.32 is amended to remove from the Iowa
4 1 ethics and campaign disclosure board the responsibility to
4 2 address standards for, investigate complaints relating to, and
4 3 monitor the reporting of grants. Code section 68B.32A is
4 4 amended to remove from the board's duties the responsibility
4 5 to receive and file grant disclosure information and to
4 6 conduct hearings relating to the grant reporting requirements.
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