HF 2161 (LSB 5779YH (4) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2161

BY  HEARTSILL and DAWSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to peace officer personal information under the control of local officials and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  331.911  Request to limit public access to certain peace officer personal information —— internet sites.
   1.  Notwithstanding chapter 22, a peace officer, as defined in section 801.4, may file a written request with a local official on a form prescribed by the department of public safety, in consultation with the Iowa county recorders association and the Iowa state association of assessors, to prohibit the general public from accessing, on an internet site maintained by the local official, the peace officer’s name, residential address, and telephone number, as identified by the peace officer, that are contained in instruments, books, records, indexes, and other information under the authority of the local official.
   2.  Within fifteen days of receiving the request, the local official shall ensure that the peace officer’s information identified by the peace officer under subsection 1 does not appear in search results on an internet site maintained by the local official. 
   3.  For purposes of this section, “local official” means a county auditor, county treasurer, county recorder, or local assessor.
    Sec. 2.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a peace officer may file a written request with a local official on a form prescribed by the department of public safety, in consultation with the Iowa county recorders association and the Iowa state association of assessors, to prohibit the general public from accessing, on an internet site maintained by the local official, the peace officer’s name, residential address, and telephone number, as identified by the peace officer, that are contained in instruments, books, records, indexes, and other information under the authority of the local official. Within 15 days of receiving the request, the local official shall ensure that the peace officer’s information does not appear in search results on an internet site maintained by the local official. The bill defines “local official” to include a county auditor, county treasurer, county recorder, or local assessor.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.