HSB 579 (LSB 5345YC (3) 89)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to public records of the Iowa public broadcasting board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.84, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9A.  All records, videos, electronic storage, documents, tapes, and other information or material, stored or preserved in any medium by the board, administrator, department, or any other entity on behalf of the state shall be considered public records as defined in chapter 22 and subject to examination as provided in section 22.2 unless otherwise deemed confidential under the provisions of section 22.7.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9B.  The board, administrator, department, or any other entity on behalf of the state shall not enforce the rights of the board with respect to any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right of the board contained in a public record identified in subsection 9A more than ten years after the public record was originally created, produced, filmed, or developed.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to public records of the Iowa public broadcasting board. The bill provides that all records, videos, electronic storage, documents, tapes, and other information or material kept in any medium by the Iowa public broadcasting board, administrator of the public broadcasting division of the department of education, department of education, or any other entity on behalf of the state of Iowa shall be public records and subject to examination unless deemed confidential under Code chapter 22 (Iowa’s open records law).
   The bill provides that the Iowa public broadcasting board, administrator of the public broadcasting division of the department of education, department of education, or any other entity on behalf of the state shall not enforce the rights of the Iowa public broadcasting board with respect to any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right contained in a public record identified in the bill more than 10 years after the public record was created.