House
Study
Bill
53
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
ETHICS
AND
CAMPAIGN
DISCLOSURE
BOARD
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
reporting
of
certain
gifts
and
bequests
1
received
by
the
executive
branch.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8.7,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
8.7
Reporting
of
gifts
and
bequests
received.
3
All
gifts
and
bequests
with
a
value
of
fifty
dollars
or
4
more
received
by
a
department
or
accepted
by
the
governor
on
5
behalf
of
the
state
shall
be
reported
within
twenty
days
of
6
receiving
the
gift
or
bequest
to
the
Iowa
ethics
and
campaign
7
disclosure
board
and
the
general
assembly’s
standing
committees
8
on
government
oversight
,
using
the
board’s
internet
reporting
9
system
.
The
Iowa
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board
shall,
10
by
January
31
of
each
year,
submit
to
the
fiscal
services
11
division
of
the
legislative
services
agency
a
written
report
12
listing
all
gifts
and
bequests
received
during
the
previous
13
calendar
year
with
a
value
over
one
thousand
dollars
and
the
14
purpose
for
each
such
gift
or
bequest.
The
submission
shall
15
also
include
a
listing
of
all
gifts
and
bequests
received
by
a
16
department
from
a
person
if
the
cumulative
value
of
all
gifts
17
and
bequests
received
by
the
department
from
the
person
during
18
the
previous
calendar
year
exceeds
one
thousand
dollars,
and
19
the
Iowa
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board
shall
include,
if
20
available,
the
purpose
for
each
such
gift
or
bequest.
However,
21
the
reports
on
gifts
or
bequests
filed
by
the
state
board
of
22
regents
and
the
Iowa
state
fair
board
pursuant
to
section
8.44
23
shall
be
deemed
sufficient
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
24
this
section
.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
the
reporting
of
certain
gifts
and
29
bequests
received
by
the
executive
branch.
30
Currently,
all
gifts
and
bequests
received
by
a
department
31
or
accepted
by
the
governor
on
behalf
of
the
state
are
required
32
to
be
reported
to
the
Iowa
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board
33
and
the
general
assembly’s
standing
committees
on
government
34
oversight.
Each
year,
the
board
is
required
to
submit
a
report
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to
the
legislative
services
agency
listing
all
of
the
gifts
and
1
bequests
received
during
the
previous
year
with
a
value
of
over
2
$1,000
as
well
as
all
gifts
and
bequests
a
department
receives
3
from
a
person
if
the
cumulative
value
of
the
gifts
and
bequests
4
from
the
person
to
the
department
exceeds
$1,000
during
the
5
previous
calendar
year.
6
The
bill
limits
the
reporting
requirement
to
gifts
and
7
bequests
with
a
value
of
$50
or
more.
The
bill
requires
the
8
recipient
reports
to
the
board
to
be
filed
electronically
9
within
20
days
of
receiving
the
gift
or
bequest
using
the
10
board’s
internet
reporting
system.
The
bill
eliminates
11
the
filing
requirement
with
the
general
assembly’s
standing
12
committees
on
government
oversight.
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