HF 2217 (LSB 5901YH (3) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2217

BY  MERTZ

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to bidding procedures for drainage and levee districts, and including provisions for effective dates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 26.2, subsection 2, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  “Governmental entity” means the state, political subdivisions of the state, public school corporations, and all officers, boards, or commissions empowered by law to enter into contracts for the construction of public improvements, excluding the state board of regents; and the state department of transportation; and the governing body of any drainage or levee district as provided in chapter 468, including a board as defined in section 468.3, when acting under that chapter.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends Code chapter 26, the Iowa Construction Bidding Procedures Act, which establishes requirements applicable to state and local governmental entities when bidding and letting contracts for public improvements. The bill excludes the governing body of a drainage or levee district from these requirements. The governing body for a drainage or levee district includes a board of supervisors, the joint boards of supervisors in case of an intercounty levee or drainage district, or the board of trustees in case of a district under trustee management.