House File 413 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY D. OLSON
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to certain lobbying activities by employees of
2 the general assembly.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 68B.5A, subsections 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6,
1 2 Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. A person who serves as a statewide elected official,
1 4 the executive or administrative head of an agency of state
1 5 government, the deputy executive or administrative head of an
1 6 agency of state government, or a member or legislative
1 7 employee of the general assembly shall not act as a lobbyist
1 8 during the time in which the person serves or is employed by
1 9 the state unless the person is designated, by the agency in
1 10 which the person serves or is employed, to represent the
1 11 official position of the agency.
1 12 2. The head of a major subunit of a department or
1 13 independent state agency whose position involves substantial
1 14 exercise of administrative discretion or the expenditure of
1 15 public funds, or a full=time employee of an office of a
1 16 statewide elected official whose position involves substantial
1 17 exercise of administrative discretion or the expenditure of
1 18 public funds, or a legislative employee whose position
1 19 involves a substantial exercise of administrative discretion
1 20 or the expenditure of public funds, shall not, during the time
1 21 in which the person serves or is employed by the state, act as
1 22 a lobbyist before the agency in which the person is employed
1 23 or before state agencies, officials, or employees with whom
1 24 the person has substantial or regular contact as part of the
1 25 person's duties, unless the person is designated, by the
1 26 agency in which the person serves or is employed, to represent
1 27 the official position of the agency.
1 28 3. A state or legislative employee who is not subject to
1 29 the requirements of subsection 2 shall not act as a lobbyist
1 30 in relation to any particular case, proceeding, or application
1 31 with respect to which the person is directly concerned and
1 32 personally participates as part of the person's employment,
1 33 unless the person is designated, by the agency in which the
1 34 person is employed, to represent the official position of the
1 35 agency.
2 1 5. The head of a major subunit of a department or
2 2 independent state agency whose position involves substantial
2 3 exercise of administrative discretion or the expenditure of
2 4 public funds, or a full=time employee of an office of a
2 5 statewide elected official whose position involves substantial
2 6 exercise of administrative discretion or the expenditure of
2 7 public funds, or a legislative employee whose position
2 8 involves a substantial exercise of administrative discretion
2 9 or the expenditure of public funds, shall not, within two
2 10 years after termination of employment, become a lobbyist
2 11 before the agency in which the person was employed or before
2 12 state agencies or officials or employees with whom the person
2 13 had substantial and regular contact as part of the person's
2 14 former duties.
2 15 6. A state or legislative employee who is not subject to
2 16 the requirements of subsection 2 shall not, within two years
2 17 after termination of employment, act as a lobbyist in relation
2 18 to any particular case, proceeding, or application with
2 19 respect to which the person was directly concerned and
2 20 personally participated as part of the person's employment.
2 21 EXPLANATION
2 22 This bill relates to certain lobbying activities by
2 23 employees of the general assembly.
2 24 The bill prohibits a full=time employee of the general
2 25 assembly from acting as a lobbyist during the time in which
2 26 the person serves or is employed by the state. As a result,
2 27 the employee is further prohibited from becoming a lobbyist
2 28 within two years after the termination of employment with the
2 29 general assembly. These prohibitions would be identical to
2 30 the prohibitions currently in place for members of the general
2 31 assembly. As is the case for members of the general assembly,
2 32 the bill would allow an employee of the general assembly to
2 33 lobby within two years of the termination of employment if the
2 34 person is elected to, appointed to, or employed by another
2 35 office of the state, an office of a political subdivision of
3 1 the state, or the federal government and appears or
3 2 communicates on behalf or as part of the duties of that office
3 3 or employment.
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