Senate
File
407
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
407
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1163)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
April
3,
2013
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
activities
and
duties
of
the
state
board
1
of
regents
and
the
board’s
administrative
office.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
262.3
Board
and
board
office
——
1
prohibited
activities.
2
1.
A
member
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
the
executive
3
director
of
the
board,
and
professional
staff
employed
for
4
the
administration
of
the
board’s
office
shall
not
have
any
5
business
or
financial
relationship
with
any
person
employed
by
6
an
institution
governed
by
the
board.
7
2.
A
person
who
registers
as
a
lobbyist
pursuant
to
section
8
68B.36
on
behalf
of
a
person
who
is
a
member
of
the
state
9
board
of
regents
or
on
behalf
of
that
member’s
business
or
10
employer
shall
not,
within
two
years
after
the
termination
of
11
such
service
or
employment
as
a
lobbyist,
become
a
lobbyist,
12
state
relations
officer,
or
governmental
liaison
for
any
13
office,
program,
or
department
of
an
institution
governed
or
14
administered
by
the
board.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
262.8,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
16
follows:
17
262.8
Meetings
——
public
forums
——
public
readings
.
18
1.
The
board
shall
meet
four
times
a
year.
Special
meetings
19
may
be
called
by
the
board,
by
the
president
of
the
board,
or
20
by
the
executive
director
of
the
board
upon
written
request
of
21
any
five
members
thereof.
22
2.
Each
regular
meeting
of
the
state
board
of
regents
23
shall
begin
with
at
least
thirty
minutes
for
public
comment
if
24
requested
by
members
of
the
public.
A
member
of
the
public
25
shall
be
granted
up
to
five
minutes
to
make
comments
and
may
be
26
granted
more
time
by
a
member
of
the
board.
27
3.
At
least
two
members
of
the
state
board
of
regents
28
shall
hold
public
forums
at
which
issues
relating
to
the
29
activities
of
the
board
and
the
institutions
the
board
governs
30
can
be
discussed
and
addressed.
The
forums
shall
provide
31
the
community
with
opportunities
to
pose
questions,
receive
32
answers,
and
make
comments.
The
board
shall
divide
the
state
33
into
at
least
four
geographic
regions,
including
but
not
34
limited
to
northwest,
southwest,
northeast,
and
southeast
Iowa,
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and
shall
hold
a
forum
in
accordance
with
this
subsection
in
1
each
region
at
least
quarterly.
The
forums
shall
be
held
2
outside
the
metropolitan
areas
in
which
institutions
of
higher
3
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
are
located
and
outside
4
of
a
metropolitan
area
within
the
state
that
has
a
population
5
of
two
hundred
thousand
or
more.
Notice
of
a
forum
shall
be
6
prominently
posted
on
the
board’s
internet
site
at
least
two
7
weeks
prior
to
the
date
of
the
forum.
8
4.
The
board
shall
hold
public
readings
of
a
proposal
at
two
9
regular
meetings
of
the
board
before
the
board
takes
action
on
10
a
proposal
before
the
board
if
the
proposal
affects
an
academic
11
program
at
an
institution
governed
by
the
board,
or
if
the
12
estimated
cost
of
the
proposal
is
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
13
or
more.
A
quorum
of
the
board
must
be
physically
present
at
14
any
board
meeting
that
includes
a
public
reading
required
by
15
this
subsection.
The
affirmative
vote
of
a
majority
of
the
16
membership
of
the
board
is
necessary
for
any
action
to
be
taken
17
by
the
board
on
a
proposal
subject
to
this
subsection.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
262.9C,
subsections
2
and
5,
Code
2013,
are
19
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
2.
The
target
span
of
control
aggregate
ratio
of
supervisory
21
employees
to
other
employees
shall
be
one
to
fifteen
fourteen
.
22
The
target
span
of
control
ratio
shall
not
apply
to
employees
23
involved
with
direct
patient
care,
faculty,
and
employees
in
24
other
areas
of
the
institutions
that
must
maintain
different
25
span
of
control
ratios
due
to
federal
or
state
regulations.
26
5.
The
state
board
of
regents
shall
present
an
interim
27
report
to
the
governor
and
general
assembly
on
or
before
April
28
1,
2010,
with
and
annual
updates
thereafter,
detailing
the
29
effects
of
the
policy
on
the
composition
of
the
workforce,
cost
30
savings,
efficiencies,
and
outcomes.
In
addition,
the
report
31
and
annual
updates
shall
identify
those
departments
within
each
32
institution
under
the
control
of
governed
by
the
board
granted
33
an
exception
by
the
board
to
the
policy
as
provided
in
this
34
section
.
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Sec.
4.
Section
262.12,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
262.12
Committees
and
administrative
offices
under
board.
3
1.
The
board
of
regents
shall
also
have
and
exercise
4
all
the
powers
necessary
and
convenient
for
the
effective
5
administration
of
its
office
and
of
the
institutions
under
6
its
control,
and
to
this
end
may
create
such
committees,
7
offices
and
agencies
from
its
own
members
or
others,
and
employ
8
persons
to
staff
the
same,
fix
their
compensation
and
tenure
9
and
delegate
thereto,
or
to
the
administrative
officers
and
10
faculty
of
the
institutions
under
its
control,
such
part
of
the
11
authority
and
duties
vested
by
statute
in
the
board,
and
shall
12
formulate
and
establish
such
rules,
outline
such
policies
and
13
prescribe
such
procedures
therefor,
all
as
may
be
desired
or
14
determined
by
the
board
as
recorded
in
their
minutes.
15
2.
The
board
of
regents
shall
publish
on
its
internet
16
site
specific
criteria,
including
qualification
requirements
17
and
preferences,
for
electing
a
president
of
any
institution
18
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
board
pursuant
to
section
19
262.9,
subsection
2.
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