Senate File 2246 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2246 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3054) A BILL FOR An Act relating to duties of the department of administrative 1 services. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5310SV (2) 90 sc/ns

S.F. 2246 Section 1. Section 7A.3, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 1 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 Sec. 2. Section 8A.202, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 3 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph. 4 Sec. 3. Section 8A.202, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code 5 2024, is amended to read as follows: 6 k. Establish and administer standards for state agency 7 libraries and public libraries. 8 Sec. 4. Section 8A.204, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 9 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph. 10 Sec. 5. Section 8A.209, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 1. An enrich Iowa program is established in the department 13 to provide direct state assistance to public libraries, to 14 support the open access and access plus interlibrary loan 15 programs, to provide public libraries with an incentive 16 to improve library services that are in compliance with 17 performance measures, and to reduce inequities among 18 communities in the delivery of library services based on 19 performance measures adopted by rule by the commission. The 20 commission shall adopt rules governing the allocation of 21 funds appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of 22 this section to provide direct state assistance to eligible 23 public libraries. A public library is eligible for funds under 24 this subchapter if it is in compliance with the commission’s 25 performance measures. 26 Sec. 6. Section 8A.341, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended 27 to read as follows: 28 2. If money is appropriated for this purpose, by November 1 29 of each year supply a report which contains the name, gender, 30 county, or city of residence when possible, official title, 31 salary received during the previous fiscal year, base salary as 32 computed on July 1 of the current fiscal year, and traveling 33 and subsistence expense of the personnel of each of the 34 departments, boards, and commissions of the state government 35 -1- LSB 5310SV (2) 90 sc/ns 1/ 3

S.F. 2246 except personnel who receive an annual salary of less than one 1 thousand dollars. The number of the personnel and the total 2 amount received by them shall be shown for each department in 3 the report. All employees who have drawn salaries, fees, or 4 expense allowances from more than one department or subdivision 5 shall be listed separately under the proper departmental 6 heading. On the request of the director, the head of each 7 department, board, or commission shall furnish the data 8 covering that agency. The report shall be distributed upon 9 request without charge in an electronic medium to each caucus 10 of the general assembly, the legislative services agency, the 11 chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the secretary 12 of the senate made available on an internet site maintained 13 by the department . Copies Upon request, copies of the report 14 shall be made available to other persons in an electronic 15 medium upon payment of a fee, which shall not exceed the cost 16 of providing the copy of the report. Sections 22.2 through 17 22.5 apply to the report. All funds from the sale of the report 18 shall be deposited in the printing revolving fund established 19 in section 8A.345 . 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill relates to the duties of the department of 24 administrative services (DAS). 25 The bill eliminates the requirement that the state librarian 26 submit a biennial report to the governor on the activities of 27 DAS relating to library services. As the eliminated provision 28 contains the only biennial report in the Code for the state 29 librarian, the bill also strikes a corresponding provision 30 applying general biennial reporting requirements to the state 31 librarian. 32 Under Code section 8E.210, DAS is still obligated to 33 prepare an annual report of its performance, including how it 34 has reallocated resources in the previous fiscal year, for 35 -2- LSB 5310SV (2) 90 sc/ns 2/ 3

S.F. 2246 submission to the department of management. 1 The bill strikes the requirement that DAS develop and 2 approve a biennial unified plan of service and service delivery 3 for DAS as part of DAS’s library services. 4 The bill strikes DAS’s obligation to establish and 5 administer standards for state agency libraries. 6 The bill eliminates a reference to “access plus programs” 7 of public libraries for purposes of the duty of the department 8 to support such programs under the enrich Iowa program, and 9 substitutes the term “interlibrary loan programs” for such 10 purposes. 11 The bill requires DAS to make the report on state employee 12 salaries available on its internet site and to provide an 13 electronic copy of the report to any person upon request and 14 payment of a fee. The bill also strikes the requirement that 15 DAS provide without charge an electronic copy of the report to 16 each caucus of the general assembly, the legislative services 17 agency, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and 18 the secretary of the senate. 19 -3- LSB 5310SV (2) 90 sc/ns 3/ 3