SSB 1109 (LSB 1223DP (4) 87)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE BOARD BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to competitive bidding requirements applicable to certain governmental officials and employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 68B.3, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  This section does not apply to a contract for professional services that is exempt from competitive bidding requirements in the Code or in administrative rules adopted pursuant to the Code.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, an official, a state employee, a member of the general assembly, or a legislative employee, except as part of an official state duty, shall not sell, in any one occurrence, any goods or services having a value in excess of $2,000 to any state agency unless the sale is made pursuant to an award or contract let after public notice and competitive bidding. 
   This bill exempts these individuals from this prohibition when service is a contract for professional services that is exempt from competitive bidding requirements in the Code or in administrative rules adopted pursuant to the Code. 
   As used in Code chapter 68B, “official” means all statewide elected officials, the executive or administrative head or heads of an agency of state government, the deputy executive or administrative head or heads of an agency of state government, members of boards or commissions as defined under Code section 7E.4, and heads of the major subunits of departments or independent state agencies whose positions involve a substantial exercise of administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds as defined under rules of the board adopted in consultation with the department or agency and pursuant to Code chapter 17A.