Senate File 75 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  JOHNSON and HAHN

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 1359HH
                                        BY KAUFMANN)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting certain individuals from acting as agents for
  2    school textbooks or school supplies and making a penalty
  3    applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1359SS 83
  6 kh/nh/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 301.28, Code 2009, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    301.28  OFFICERS AND TEACHERS AS AGENTS FOR BOOKS AND
  1  4 SUPPLIES == PENALTY.
  1  5    1.  It shall be unlawful for any  A school director,
  1  6 officer, area education director or teacher to shall not act
  1  7 as agent for any school textbooks or school supplies,
  1  8 including sports apparel or equipment, in any transaction with
  1  9 a director, officer, or other staff member of the school
  1 10 district during such term of office or employment, and any.
  1 11    2.  An area education agency director, officer, or teacher
  1 12 shall not act as an agent for school textbooks or school
  1 13 supplies, including sports apparel or equipment, in any
  1 14 transaction with a director, officer, or other staff member of
  1 15 the area education agency or any school district located
  1 16 within the area education agency during such time of office or
  1 17 employment.
  1 18    3.  A school district or area education agency director,
  1 19 officer, area education director or teacher, who shall act
  1 20 acts as agent or dealer in school textbooks or school
  1 21 supplies, during the person's term of such office or
  1 22 employment, in violation of this section shall be deemed
  1 23 guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill amends the current Code provision prohibiting
  1 26 school district and area education agency (AEA) directors,
  1 27 officers, and teachers from acting as agents for school
  1 28 textbooks or school supplies, including sports apparel or
  1 29 equipment.
  1 30    The bill prohibits school district directors, officers, and
  1 31 teachers from acting as agents for school textbooks or school
  1 32 supplies, including sports apparel or equipment, in any
  1 33 transaction with a director, officer, or other staff member of
  1 34 the school district.  The bill also prohibits the AEA
  1 35 directors, officers, and teachers from acting as agents for
  2  1 school textbooks or school supplies, including sports apparel
  2  2 or equipment, in any transaction with an AEA director,
  2  3 officer, or other staff member or with any director, officer,
  2  4 or other staff member of any school district located within
  2  5 the AEA.
  2  6    The bill retains the current serious misdemeanor penalty
  2  7 established in the Code for violating the provision.
  2  8 LSB 1359SS 83
  2  9 kh/nh/14.3