House
File
2109
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2109
BY
WOLFE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requesting
an
interim
committee
relating
to
1
confidentiality
provisions
under
Iowa’s
open
records
law.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
INTERIM
STUDY
COMMITTEE
——
PUBLIC
RECORDS
1
AND
CONFIDENTIAL
RECORDS
UNDER
IOWA’S
OPEN
RECORDS
LAW.
The
2
legislative
council
is
requested
to
establish
a
legislative
3
interim
committee
to
meet
during
the
2018
interim
to
study
and
4
discuss
issues
relating
to
the
statutory
designation
of
certain
5
public
records
as
confidential
records
under
chapter
22
(Iowa’s
6
open
records
law).
The
committee
shall
work
to
develop
a
clear
7
statutory
categorization
of
the
terms
“government
records”,
8
“public
records”,
and
“confidential
records”
to
facilitate
the
9
assignment
of
particular
government
records
to
each
category,
10
and
to
provide
a
framework
to
better
inform
and
provide
11
guidance
to
public
record
custodians
relating
to
their
rights
12
and
responsibilities
under
chapter
22.
In
conducting
the
study
13
and
developing
recommendations,
the
committee
shall
consider
14
testimony
from
interested
stakeholders,
including
but
not
15
limited
to
representatives
from
the
attorney
general’s
office,
16
the
Iowa
public
information
board,
the
Iowa
state
association
17
of
counties,
the
Iowa
league
of
cities,
and
state
and
local
18
government
agencies.
The
committee
shall
submit
its
findings
19
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
31,
20
2018.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
INTERIM
STUDY
——
PUBLIC
RECORDS
AND
CONFIDENTIAL
RECORDS.
25
This
bill
requests
the
legislative
council
to
establish
26
a
legislative
interim
committee
to
meet
during
the
2018
27
interim
to
study
and
discuss
issues
relating
to
the
statutory
28
designation
of
certain
public
records
as
confidential
records
29
under
Code
chapter
22
(Iowa’s
open
records
law).
The
committee
30
is
directed
to
develop
a
clear
statutory
categorization
of
the
31
terms
“government
records”,
“public
records”,
and
“confidential
32
records”
to
facilitate
the
assignment
of
particular
government
33
records
to
each
category,
and
to
provide
a
framework
to
34
better
inform
and
provide
guidance
to
public
record
custodians
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relating
to
their
rights
and
responsibilities
under
Code
1
chapter
22.
The
committee
is
directed
to
submit
its
findings
2
and
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
3
December
31,
2018.
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