House File 172 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  TYMESON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act applying the open meetings law to advisory bodies created
  2    by joint governmental entities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1845HH 83
  5 ec/sc/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 21.2, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  An advisory board, advisory commission,
  1  4 advisory committee, task force, or other body created by an
  1  5 entity organized under chapter 28E, or by the administrator or
  1  6 joint board specified in a chapter 28E agreement, to develop
  1  7 and make recommendations on public policy issues.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill provides that advisory boards, advisory
  1 10 commissions, advisory committees, task forces, and other
  1 11 bodies which are created by a Code chapter 28E entity, or by a
  1 12 28E agreement administrator or joint board, to develop and
  1 13 make recommendations on public policy issues are subject to
  1 14 Code chapter 21, the open meetings law.
  1 15 LSB 1845HH 83
  1 16 ec/sc/14