House
File
2016
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2016
BY
P.
THOMPSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
permissible
gifts
offered
to,
accepted,
or
1
received
by
public
officials,
public
employees,
candidates,
2
and
certain
family
members.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
68B.22,
subsection
4,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Nonmonetary
items
with
a
value
of
three
twenty
dollars
or
3
less
that
are
received
from
any
one
donor
during
one
calendar
4
day
week
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
68B.22,
subsection
8,
Code
2024,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
8.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
subsection
4
,
an
8
organization
or
association
which
has
as
one
of
its
purposes
9
the
encouragement
of
the
passage,
defeat,
introduction,
10
or
modification
of
legislation
shall
not
give
and
a
member
11
of
the
general
assembly
shall
not
receive
food,
beverages,
12
registration,
or
scheduled
entertainment
with
a
per
person
13
value
in
excess
of
three
twenty
dollars
during
one
calendar
14
week
.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Current
law
generally
prohibits
public
officials,
public
19
employees,
candidates,
and
members
of
such
persons’
immediate
20
family
from
receiving
gifts
from
restricted
donors.
However,
21
certain
limited
exceptions
are
provided,
and
such
persons
may
22
receive
as
a
gift,
among
other
things,
nonmonetary
items
with
23
a
value
of
$3
or
less
from
any
one
restricted
donor
during
one
24
calendar
day.
Similarly,
unless
otherwise
provided
in
Code,
an
25
organization
or
association
which
has
as
one
of
its
purposes
26
the
encouragement
of
the
passage,
defeat,
introduction,
or
27
modification
of
legislation
is
prohibited
from
giving,
and
a
28
member
of
the
general
assembly
is
prohibited
from
receiving
29
food,
beverages,
registration,
or
scheduled
entertainment
with
30
a
per
person
value
in
excess
of
$3.
31
This
bill
increases
the
value
for
permitted
gifts
described
32
in
the
bill
from
$3
a
day
to
$20
a
week.
33
A
person
who
knowingly
and
intentionally
violates
a
34
provision
of
Code
section
68B.22
is
guilty
of
a
serious
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misdemeanor
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
1
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
In
2
addition,
a
person
subject
to
the
rules
of
ethics
of
either
3
legislative
chamber
may
be
called
before
the
applicable
ethics
4
committee
and
could
be
censured,
reprimanded,
suspended,
5
dismissed,
or
expelled
from
the
person’s
position
or
otherwise
6
sanctioned.
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