HF 2408 (LSB 5590HV (2) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2408

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2143)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to prohibited contracts and activities for civil service commissioners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 400.2, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b, Code Supplement 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  Sell to, or in any manner become parties, directly or indirectly, to any contract to furnish supplies, material, or labor to the city unless the sale is made or the contract is awarded pursuant to a competitive bidding process. In no case, however, shall a civil service commissioner sell to, or in any manner become a party, directly or indirectly, to any contract to furnish supplies, material, or labor to the civil service commission.
   b.  Have an interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or job of work or material or the profits thereof or services to be furnished or performed for the city unless the contract or job is awarded pursuant to a competitive bidding process. In no case, however, shall a civil service commissioner have an interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or job of work or material or the profits thereof or services to be furnished or performed for the civil service commission.
EXPLANATION
   Current Code section 400.2 restricts civil service commissioners from entering into certain contracts and providing services or materials to the city for which they are a commissioner. This bill would allow a commissioner to engage in such contracts or activities if the contract, sale, or job is awarded pursuant to a competitive bidding process. The bill, however, prohibits a commissioner from engaging in such contracts or activities with the civil service commission under any circumstances.