Senate File 350 - Introduced SENATE FILE 350 BY CHELGREN , GREINER , ZAUN , WHITVER , BACON , HAHN , BEHN , HOUSER , ANDERSON , HAMERLINCK , SEYMOUR , ERNST , BERTRAND , SORENSON , McKINLEY , and BARTZ A BILL FOR An Act relating to contract payments made by the state or an 1 agency of the state. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2360SS (4) 84 tm/sc

S.F. 350 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 72.6 Contract payments. 1 1. The state or an agency of the state shall either make 2 full or partial payments as required under a contract or 3 provide a written statement to the other party to the contract 4 explaining the reason an invoice is in dispute within thirty 5 days of one of the following dates, whichever is earliest: 6 a. The date the state or an agency of the state receives an 7 invoice showing a payment is due and payable. 8 b. The date a payment becomes due and payable under a 9 contract. 10 2. For purposes of this section, receipt of an invoice 11 occurs at the time of actual physical or electronic delivery. 12 In a dispute regarding the date of the receipt of an invoice, 13 the burden of proof is on the state or agency of the state 14 to establish by a preponderance of the evidence the date of 15 receipt. An intake bates stamp using time and date and made 16 with a tamper proof stamping mechanism shall be considered 17 prima facie evidence of the date of receipt. 18 EXPLANATION 19 This bill relates to contract payments made by the state or 20 an agency of the state. 21 The bill requires the state or an agency of the state to 22 either make full or partial payments as required under a 23 contract or provide a written statement to the other party to 24 the contract explaining the reason an invoice is in dispute 25 within 30 days of the date an invoice is received or the date 26 a payment is due and payable under a contract, whichever is 27 earlier. The bill provides that in a dispute regarding the 28 date of the receipt of an invoice, the burden of proof is on the 29 state or an agency of the state to establish by a preponderance 30 of the evidence the date of receipt. 31 -1- LSB 2360SS (4) 84 tm/sc 1/ 1