Senate File 2427 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  GRONSTAL and WIECK


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting certain lobbying activities of state agencies
  2    and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6689XS 82
  5 av/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  68B.8  LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY
  1  2 STATE AGENCIES.
  1  3    A state agency of the executive branch of state government
  1  4 shall not use or permit the use of its public funds for a paid
  1  5 advertisement or public service announcement thirty days prior
  1  6 to or during a legislative session for the purpose of
  1  7 encouraging the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of
  1  8 a bill that is being considered or was considered during the
  1  9 previous legislative session, by the general assembly.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 68B.25, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1 11 follows:
  1 12    68B.25  ADDITIONAL PENALTY.
  1 13    In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision
  1 14 of law, a person who knowingly and intentionally violates a
  1 15 provision of sections 68B.2A through 68B.7 68B.8, sections
  1 16 68B.22 through 68B.24, or sections 68B.35 through 68B.38 is
  1 17 guilty of a serious misdemeanor and may be reprimanded,
  1 18 suspended, or dismissed from the person's position or
  1 19 otherwise sanctioned.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill creates new Code section 68B.8 which prohibits a
  1 22 state agency of the executive branch of state government from
  1 23 using or permitting the use of its public funds for a paid
  1 24 advertisement or public service announcement 30 days prior to
  1 25 or during a legislative session for the purpose of encouraging
  1 26 the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of a bill that
  1 27 is being considered or was considered during the previous
  1 28 legislative session, by the general assembly.
  1 29    A person who knowingly and intentionally violates the new
  1 30 provision is guilty of a serious misdemeanor and may be
  1 31 reprimanded, suspended, or dismissed from the person's
  1 32 position or otherwise sanctioned.
  1 33    A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for not
  1 34 more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more
  1 35 than $1,875.
  2  1 LSB 6689XS 82
  2  2 av/rj/14