SSB 1255 (LSB 2319XC (3) 86)

SENATE FILE _____

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

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.

   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. Additionally, an elective public officer may provide the officer’s personal contact information to the governmental entity to be published as provided in this section for designated contact information. 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.
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 elective public officers 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 the officer’s personal contact information to the governmental entity to be published as provided in the bill for designated contact information.