Senate File 2067 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2067 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3006) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate February 15, 2010 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to ethics regulations for the executive branch, 1 legislative branch, and local officials and employees and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 SF 2067 (20) 83 tm/rj/jh
S.F. 2067 Section 1. Section 17A.2, subsection 11, Code 2009, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 1. An advisory opinion of the Iowa ethics 3 and campaign disclosure board. 4 Sec. 2. Section 68B.3, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended 5 to read as follows: 6 1. An Except as part of official state duties, an official, 7 a state employee, a member of the general assembly, or a 8 legislative employee shall not sell, in any one occurrence, 9 any goods or services having a value in excess of two thousand 10 dollars to any state agency unless the sale is made pursuant to 11 an award or contract let after public notice and competitive 12 bidding. 13 Sec. 3. Section 68B.3, Code 2009, is amended by adding the 14 following new subsection: 15 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. Except when performing official state 16 duties, an official or a state employee making a permissible 17 sale under this section shall file a report with the board 18 within twenty days of making the sale. The report shall 19 include but not be limited to the parties to the sale, the date 20 of the sale, the total amount of the sale, and the type of goods 21 or services being sold. 22 Sec. 4. Section 68B.32A, subsections 5 and 9, Code 23 Supplement 2009, are amended to read as follows: 24 5. Receive and file registration and reports from lobbyists 25 of the executive branch of state government, client disclosure 26 from clients of lobbyists of the executive branch of state 27 government, personal financial disclosure information from 28 officials and employees in the executive branch of state 29 government who are required to file personal financial 30 disclosure information under all registrations and reports 31 that are required to be filed with the board under this 32 chapter , and gift and bequest disclosure information pursuant 33 to or section 8.7. The board, upon its own motion, may 34 initiate action , and conduct a hearing hearings, impose 35 -1- SF 2067 (20) 83 tm/rj/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2067 sanctions, and order administrative resolutions relating to 1 reporting requirements under this chapter or section 8.7. 2 9. Establish and impose penalties, and recommendations 3 for punishment of persons who are subject to penalties of or 4 punishment by the board or by other bodies, for the failure to 5 comply with the requirements of this chapter, chapter 68A, or 6 section 8.7. Unless the imposition of the penalty is waived 7 by the board or is otherwise reversed on judicial review, the 8 board shall receive and retain ten percent of any civil penalty 9 imposed by the board which shall be considered repayment 10 receipts as defined in section 8.2. 11 Sec. 5. Section 68B.32A, Code Supplement 2009, is amended by 12 adding the following new subsection: 13 NEW SUBSECTION . 19. Impose penalties upon, or refer matters 14 relating to, persons who provide false information to the board 15 during a board investigation of a potential violation of this 16 chapter, chapter 68A, section 8.7, or rules of the board. The 17 board shall adopt rules to administer this subsection. 18 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 20 -2- SF 2067 (20) 83 tm/rj/jh 2/ 2