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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
185
BY
ISENHART
and
BEARINGER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
eliminating
a
restriction
on
a
person
associated
with
1
a
county
agricultural
extension
district
from
engaging
in
2
certain
activities
affecting
legislation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
176A.9,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
a.
The
extension
district,
its
council,
or
a
member
3
or
an
employee
as
a
representative
of
either
one
or
the
other
4
shall
not
engage
in
commercial
or
other
private
enterprises
,
5
legislative
programs,
nor
attempt
in
any
manner
by
the
adoption
6
of
resolutions
or
otherwise
to
influence
legislation,
either
7
state
or
national,
or
other
activities
not
authorized
by
this
8
chapter
.
9
b.
Nothing
in
this
chapter
prohibits
an
extension
district,
10
its
council,
or
a
member
or
an
employee
as
described
in
11
paragraph
“a
”
from
engaging
in
a
state
or
federal
legislative
12
program
or
becoming
involved
in
the
state
or
federal
13
legislative
process.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
amends
a
provision
which
restricts
a
person
18
associated
with
a
county
agricultural
extension
district,
19
organized
under
Code
chapter
176A,
from
engaging
in
certain
20
activities
which
involve
commercial
or
other
private
21
enterprises,
legislative
programs,
or
the
influence
of
state
or
22
federal
legislation.
This
includes
a
member
of
the
district’s
23
county
agricultural
extension
council,
or
an
employee
or
24
representative
of
either
the
council
or
the
district.
25
The
bill
eliminates
the
restriction
upon
such
a
person
from
26
engaging
in
a
legislative
program
or
influencing
legislation
27
and
replaces
it
with
a
provision
which
allows
a
person
to
so
28
act.
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