HF 551 (LSB 1345HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 551

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 164)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to access to and use of the county land record information system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.603, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The governing board of the county land record information system shall not enter into an agreement to provide access to electronic documents or records on a batch basis unless authorized by statute. The county recorder may collect reasonable fees for access to electronic documents and records pursuant to an agreement. The fees shall not exceed the actual cost of providing access to the electronic documents and records. “Actual cost” means only those expenses directly attributable to providing access to electronic documents and records. “Actual cost” shall not include costs such as employment benefits, depreciation, maintenance, electricity, or insurance associated with the administration of the office of the county recorder or the county land record information system.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.604, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Each county shall participate in the county land record information system and shall comply with the policies and procedures established by the governing board of the county land record information system.  The governing board of the county land record information system shall establish policies and procedures providing for, at a minimum, reasonable limitations on usage, requirements for the authentication of users, the prohibition of illegal or unauthorized uses, and the prohibition of foreign access from a location outside of the United States.
    Sec. 3.  Section 331.605B, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  The governing board of the county land record information system may enter into an agreement to provide access to electronic groundwater hazard documents or records on a batch basis or through an application programming interface to the department of natural resources. The governing board of the county land record information system may collect a fee for providing access to the documents or records subject to the mutual agreement of the parties.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The governing board of the county land record information system may enter into an agreement to provide access to aggregated anonymous data. The governing board of the county land record information system may collect a fee for providing access to aggregated anonymous data through an authorized agreement as provided in this subsection.
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 access to and use of the county land record information system. Current law prohibits the governing board of the county land record information system (governing board) from entering into an agreement to provide access to electronic documents or records on a batch basis. The bill authorizes such an agreement for access to electronic groundwater hazard documents or records through an application programming interface to the department of natural resources and for access to aggregated anonymous data. The governing board may collect a fee for providing access through an authorized agreement.
   Under current law, each county shall participate in the county land record information system and shall comply with the policies and procedures established by the governing board. The bill requires the governing board to establish policies and procedures providing for, at a minimum, reasonable limitations on usage, requirements for the authentication of users, the prohibition of illegal or unauthorized uses, and the prohibition of foreign access from a location outside of the United States.