Senate File 260 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COURTNEY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the affairs of the governing body of a
  2    drainage district by providing for public access to meetings
  3    and records.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2017XS 83
  6 da/sc/24

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  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.  The governing body of a drainage or
  1  4 levy district as provided in chapter 468, including a board as
  1  5 defined in section 468.3, regardless of how the district is
  1  6 organized.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 22.1, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended
  1  8 to read as follows:
  1  9    1.  The term "government body" means this state, or any
  1 10 county, city, township, school corporation, political
  1 11 subdivision, tax=supported district, nonprofit corporation
  1 12 other than a fair conducting a fair event as provided in
  1 13 chapter 174, whose facilities or indebtedness are supported in
  1 14 whole or in part with property tax revenue and which is
  1 15 licensed to conduct pari=mutuel wagering pursuant to chapter
  1 16 99D,; the governing body of a drainage or levy district as
  1 17 provided in chapter 468, including a board as defined in
  1 18 section 468.3, regardless of how the district is organized; or
  1 19 other entity of this state, or any branch, department, board,
  1 20 bureau, commission, council, committee, official, or officer
  1 21 of any of the foregoing or any employee delegated the
  1 22 responsibility for implementing the requirements of this
  1 23 chapter.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill would expressly provide that a governing body of
  1 26 a drainage or levy district must comply with the provisions of
  1 27 Code chapter 21 (the open meetings law), which provides that
  1 28 generally meetings must be preceded by public notice and must
  1 29 be held in open session, and the provisions of Code chapter 22
  1 30 (the open records law), which provides that generally a person
  1 31 has a right to examine, copy, and disseminate public records.
  1 32 The district's governing body would include a board of
  1 33 supervisors, the joint boards of supervisors in case of
  1 34 intercounty levee or drainage districts, and the board of
  1 35 trustees in case of a district under trustee management.
  2  1 LSB 2017XS 83
  2  2 da/sc/24