House File 2043 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2043 BY WILLS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the payment of dues by the general assembly 1 for membership in professional organizations by members 2 of the general assembly, and including effective date 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5242YH (8) 91 ss/ns
H.F. 2043 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 2.34 Membership in professional 1 organizations —— dues payments. 2 1. The general assembly shall not pay membership dues to 3 a professional organization on behalf of all members of the 4 general assembly, including but not limited to the national 5 conference of state legislatures or the council of state 6 governments. 7 2. The general assembly shall, on an annual basis, calculate 8 the amount of dues that the general assembly would pay for 9 membership in the national conference of state legislatures and 10 the council of state governments and equally distribute the 11 same amount of moneys to the members of the general assembly. 12 A member of the general assembly shall only expend these 13 moneys for the purpose of joining the national conference 14 of state legislatures, the council of state governments, 15 the American legislative exchange council, the national 16 association of Christian lawmakers, Americans for prosperity, 17 the education freedom alliance, the heritage foundation, the 18 state legislative leaders foundation, the state policy network, 19 the states project, or women in government. 20 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect upon the 21 convening of the first session of the Ninety-second General 22 Assembly. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill relates to the payment of dues by the general 27 assembly for membership in professional organizations by 28 members of the general assembly. The bill prohibits the 29 general assembly from paying membership dues to a professional 30 organization on behalf of all members of the general assembly, 31 including but not limited to the national conference of state 32 legislatures and the council of state governments. The bill 33 requires the general assembly to instead calculate, on an 34 annual basis, the amount of dues that the general assembly 35 -1- LSB 5242YH (8) 91 ss/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 2043 would pay for membership in the national conference of state 1 legislatures and the council of state governments and equally 2 distribute the same amount of moneys to the members of the 3 general assembly. Members of the general assembly shall only 4 expend the moneys for the purpose of joining certain specified 5 organizations, listed in the bill. 6 Pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, the bill 7 takes effect upon the convening of the first session of the 8 92nd General Assembly. 9 -2- LSB 5242YH (8) 91 ss/ns 2/ 2