Senate
Study
Bill
1269
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DANIELSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
publication
on
the
internet
of
contact
1
information
for
elective
public
officers.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.40
Elective
public
officer
1
contact
information.
2
Within
thirty
days
of
an
elective
public
officer
swearing
to
3
an
oath
of
office,
the
governmental
entity
the
officer
serves
4
shall
provide
the
officer
with
designated
contact
information
5
with
the
governmental
entity.
A
governmental
entity
shall
6
cause
to
be
published
the
contact
information
for
each
of
7
the
entity’s
elective
public
officers
on
an
internet
site
8
maintained
by
the
entity.
Additionally,
an
elective
public
9
officer
may
provide
the
officer’s
personal
contact
information
10
to
the
governmental
entity
to
be
published
as
provided
in
this
11
section
for
designated
contact
information.
For
the
purposes
12
of
this
section
“contact
information”
means
a
street
address,
a
13
telephone
number,
and
an
electronic
mail
address,
and
any
other
14
electronic
contact
information.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
publication
of
contact
information
19
for
elective
public
officers
on
the
internet
site
of
the
20
governmental
entity
the
officer
serves.
The
bill
requires
that
21
the
governmental
entity
provide
the
officer
with
designated
22
contact
information
and
requires
the
governmental
entity
to
23
publish
designated
contact
information
for
each
of
the
entity’s
24
elective
public
officers
on
an
internet
site
maintained
by
the
25
governmental
entity.
The
bill
also
allows
an
elective
public
26
officer
to
provide
the
officer’s
personal
contact
information
27
to
the
governmental
entity
to
be
published
as
provided
in
the
28
bill
for
designated
contact
information.
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