HF 399 (LSB 1339HV (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 399

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 113)

(COMPANION TO SF 213 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to library services provided by the department of administrative services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 7A.3, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 2.  Section 8A.202, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 3.  Section 8A.202, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   k.  Establish and administer standards for state agency libraries and public libraries.
    Sec. 4.  Section 8A.204, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 5.  Section 8A.209, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An enrich Iowa program is established in the department to provide direct state assistance to public libraries, to support the open access and access plus interlibrary loan programs, to provide public libraries with an incentive to improve library services that are in compliance with performance measures, and to reduce inequities among communities in the delivery of library services based on performance measures adopted by rule by the department. The department shall adopt rules governing the allocation of moneys appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this section to provide direct state assistance to eligible public libraries. A public library is eligible for moneys under this subchapter if it is in compliance with the department’s performance measures.
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 library services provided by the department of administrative services (DAS).
   The bill eliminates the requirement that the state librarian submit a biennial report to the governor on the activities of DAS relating to library services. As the eliminated provision contains the only biennial report in the Code for the state librarian, the bill also strikes a corresponding provision applying general biennial reporting requirements to the state librarian. Under Code section 8E.210, DAS is still obligated to prepare reports of its progress in meeting goals from its agency strategic plan and operational plan.
   The bill strikes the requirement that DAS develop and approve a biennial unified plan of service and service delivery for DAS as part of DAS’s library services.
   The bill strikes DAS’s obligation to establish and administer standards for state agency libraries.
   The bill eliminates a reference to “access plus programs” of public libraries for purposes of DAS’s duty to support such programs under the enrich Iowa program, and substitutes the term “interlibrary loan programs” for such purposes.