SF 443 (LSB 2319SV (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 443

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1255)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring publication on the internet of contact information for elective public officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  70A.40  Elective public officer contact information.

   1. Within thirty days of an elective public officer swearing to an oath of office, the governmental entity the officer serves shall provide the officer with designated contact information with the governmental entity. A governmental entity shall cause to be published the contact information for each of the entity’s elective public officers on an internet site maintained by the entity. An elective public officer may provide additional contact information that would normally be used to make contact with the officer to the governmental entity to be published as provided in this section for designated contact information. 

   2.  a.  For the purposes of this section “contact information” means a street address, a telephone number, and an electronic mail address, and any other electronic contact information.
   b.  For the purposes of this section, “elective public officer” or “officer” means all of the following:
   (1)  Members of the general assembly.
   (2)  Members of a county board of supervisors.
   (3)  Members of a city council.
   (4)  Members of a board of directors of a school district.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires publication of contact information for certain elective public officers, as defined in the bill, on the internet site of the governmental entity the officer serves. The bill requires that the governmental entity provide the officer with designated contact information and requires the governmental entity to publish designated contact information for each of the entity’s elective public officers on an internet site maintained by the governmental entity. The bill also allows an elective public officer to provide additional contact information to the governmental entity to be published as provided in the bill for designated contact information.