HF 2154 (LSB 5496HV (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2154

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 583)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to release of certain records maintained by the statewide fire and police retirement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 411.5, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  (1)  The system shall maintain records, including but not limited to names, addresses, ages, and lengths of service, salaries and wages, contributions, designated beneficiaries, benefit amounts, if applicable, and other information pertaining to members as necessary in the administration of this chapter, as well as the names, addresses, and benefit amounts of beneficiaries. For the purpose of obtaining these facts, the system shall have access to the records of the participating cities and the cities shall provide such information upon request. Member and beneficiary records containing personal information are not public records for the purposes of chapter 22. However, summary
   (2)  The following records maintained under this chapter are not public records for the purposes of chapter 22:
   (a)  Records containing social security numbers.
   (b)  Records specifying amounts accumulated in members’ accounts and supplemental accounts.
   (c)  Records containing names or addresses of members or their beneficiaries.
   (d)  Records containing amounts of payments to members or their beneficiaries.
   (e)  Records containing financial or commercial information that relates to the investment of retirement system funds if the disclosure of such information could result in a loss to the retirement system or to the provider of the information.
   (3)  Summary information concerning the demographics of the members and general statistical information concerning the system is subject to chapter 22, as well as aggregate information by category.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns what member records of the statewide fire and police retirement system established by Code chapter 411 are public records for purposes of Code chapter 22 governing open records.
   The bill strikes language for the pension system that pension system member and beneficiary records containing personal information are not public records. Instead, the bill provides that records of the pension system containing social security numbers, specifying amounts accumulated in members’ accounts, containing names or addresses of members or their beneficiaries, containing amounts of payments to members or their beneficiaries, and containing financial or commercial information that relates to the investment of retirement system funds are not public records for the purposes of Code chapter 22.