SSB 1169 (LSB 2316XC (2) 86)

SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON)

A BILL FOR

An Act  eliminating a restriction on a person associated with a county agricultural extension district from engaging in certain activities affecting legislation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 176A.9, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  a.  The extension district, its council, or a member or an employee as a representative of either one or the other shall not engage in commercial or other private enterprises, legislative programs, nor attempt in any manner by the adoption of resolutions or otherwise to influence legislation, either state or national, or other activities not authorized by this chapter.
   b.  Nothing in this chapter prohibits an extension district, its council, or an association representing such extension districts or councils, from engaging in a state or federal legislative program or becoming involved in the state or federal legislative process.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends a provision which restricts a person associated with a county agricultural extension district, organized under Code chapter 176A, from engaging in certain activities which involve commercial or other private enterprises, legislative programs, or the influence of state or federal legislation. This includes a member of the district’s county agricultural extension council, or an employee or representative of either the council or the district.
   The bill eliminates the restriction upon a council or an association representing extension districts or councils from engaging in a legislative program or influencing legislation.