Senate File 2115 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2115 BY BOLKCOM A BILL FOR An Act relating to combined charitable campaign programs 1 administered by certain public employers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5877XS (2) 88 je/rn

S.F. 2115 Section 1. Section 8A.432, subsection 1, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The department shall establish and administer a combined 3 charitable campaign program for state employees pursuant to 4 the requirements set forth in sections 70A.14 and 70A.15 . 5 Administration of the combined charitable campaign program 6 shall include allowing equal access to state officers and 7 employees by each charitable organization that desires to 8 participate in the charitable campaign program. Such access 9 shall include but is not limited to distributing materials, 10 making presentations, participating in kick-off and other 11 charitable campaign program events, and allowing media coverage 12 of the campaign. 13 Sec. 2. Section 70A.14, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 1. “Charitable organization” means an organization that is 16 eligible to receive contributions which may be deducted on the 17 contributor’s Iowa individual tax return and that has been 18 designated, at the request of one hundred or more eligible 19 state officers and employees, or the number of employees 20 required by subsection 3 of this section , by a responsible 21 official of the payroll system under which the officers or 22 employees are compensated, to receive contributions pursuant to 23 section 70A.15 the same as an eligible charitable organization 24 as defined in section 70A.15A, subsection 1 . 25 Sec. 3. Section 70A.14, subsection 3, Code 2020, is amended 26 by striking the subsection. 27 Sec. 4. Section 70A.15A, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 28 following new subsection: 29 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. An applicable public employer that 30 authorizes deductions from the salaries or wages of its 31 employees for payment to an eligible charitable organization 32 shall establish and administer a combined charitable campaign 33 program. Administration of the combined charitable campaign 34 program shall include allowing equal access to employees of 35 -1- LSB 5877XS (2) 88 je/rn 1/ 2

S.F. 2115 the applicable public employer by each eligible charitable 1 organization that desires to participate in the charitable 2 campaign program. Such access shall include but is not limited 3 to distributing materials, making presentations, participation 4 in kick-off and other charitable campaign program events, and 5 allowing media coverage of the campaign. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill requires certain public employers that provide 10 payroll deductions from their employees’ wages for payment to 11 a charitable organization to administer a combined charitable 12 campaign program that includes all eligible charitable 13 organizations that wish to participate. The requirements 14 apply to a state officer or employer, a board of directors 15 of a school district, a community college, a county board of 16 supervisors, or a governing body of a city. 17 The combined charitable campaign program must allow equal 18 access to employees of the state officer or other public 19 employer by each eligible charitable organization that desires 20 to participate in the charitable campaign program; such access 21 shall include but is not limited to distributing materials, 22 making presentations, participation in kick-off and other 23 charitable campaign program events, and allowing media coverage 24 of the campaign. 25 The bill provides that a “charitable organization” for 26 purposes of payroll deductions by state officers and employees 27 is defined the same as an “eligible charitable organization” 28 for purposes of payroll deductions by employees of school 29 districts, community colleges, counties, and cities. “Eligible 30 charitable organization” is defined as a not-for-profit 31 federation of health and human services, social welfare, or 32 environmental agencies or associations that meets certain 33 specified conditions. 34 -2- LSB 5877XS (2) 88 je/rn 2/ 2