SSB 3029 (LSB 5494XD (2) 91)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED SECRETARY OF STATE BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to parties responsible for the confidentiality of information of participants in the address confidentiality program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 9E.7, subsection 5, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Upon request by a program participant, the assessor or the assessor’s staff recorder shall redact the requestor’s name contained in electronic documents that are displayed for public access through an internet site. The assessor and recorder shall implement and maintain a process to facilitate these requests. A fee shall not be charged for the administration of this subsection.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, an assessor or the assessor’s staff must redact the name of a participant in the address confidentiality program from documents displayed for public access on an internet site, upon the participant’s request. This bill extends this requirement to recorders and requires recorders to implement and maintain a process to facilitate such requests. The bill also strikes the reference to the assessor’s staff for purposes of the requirement.