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House Study Bill 506 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to governmental bodies and advisory bodies
2under the open meetings law.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 21.2, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, e,
2h, and j, Code 2020, are amended to read as follows:
3a. A board, council, commission, or other governing body
4expressly created by the statutes of this state or by executive
5order of the governor.
6c. A multimembered body formally and directly created by
7one or more boards, councils, commissions, or other governing
8bodies subject to paragraphs paragraph “a” and or “b” of this
9subsection.
10e. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory
11committee, or task force formally and directly created by
12the governor or the general assembly to develop and make
13recommendations on public policy and budgetary issues.
14h. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory
15committee, task force, or other body formally and directly
16 created by statute or executive order of this state or created
17by an executive order of any measure, including a motion,
18resolution, amendment, or ordinance, by a political subdivision
19of thisstate, one or more boards, councils, commissions, or
20other governing bodies subject to paragraph “a” or “b”, by a
21mayor, or by a superintendent of schools if the school board of
22a school district has expressly authorized the superintendent
23to act on behalf of the school district, to develop and make
24recommendations on public policy and budgetary issues to the
25board, council, commission, or other governing body.
26j. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory
27committee, task force, or other body formally and directly
28 created by an entity organized under chapter 28E, or by
29the administrator or joint board specified in a chapter 28E
30agreement, to develop and make recommendations on public policy
31and budgetary issues to the entity or joint board.
32EXPLANATION
33The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
34the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
35This bill relates to the regulation of a governmental body
-1-1under the open meetings law (Code chapter 21).
2The bill amends the definition of governmental body under
3the open meetings law to specify that only advisory boards,
4advisory commissions, advisory committees, task forces, or
5any other body that are formally and directly created by a
6political subdivision of this state, specified governmental
7bodies, by a mayor, or by a superintendent of schools if the
8school board of a school district has expressly authorized the
9superintendent to act on behalf of the school district, are
10considered governmental bodies subject to the open meetings
11law.
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2under the open meetings law.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 21.2, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, e,
2h, and j, Code 2020, are amended to read as follows:
3a. A board, council, commission, or other governing body
4expressly created by the statutes of this state or by executive
5order of the governor.
6c. A multimembered body formally and directly created by
7one or more boards, councils, commissions, or other governing
8bodies subject to paragraphs paragraph “a” and or “b” of this
9subsection.
10e. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory
11committee, or task force formally and directly created by
12the governor or the general assembly to develop and make
13recommendations on public policy and budgetary issues.
14h. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory
15committee, task force, or other body formally and directly
16 created by statute or executive order of this state or created
17by an executive order of any measure, including a motion,
18resolution, amendment, or ordinance, by a political subdivision
19of thisstate, one or more boards, councils, commissions, or
20other governing bodies subject to paragraph “a” or “b”, by a
21mayor, or by a superintendent of schools if the school board of
22a school district has expressly authorized the superintendent
23to act on behalf of the school district, to develop and make
24recommendations on public policy and budgetary issues to the
25board, council, commission, or other governing body.
26j. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory
27committee, task force, or other body formally and directly
28 created by an entity organized under chapter 28E, or by
29the administrator or joint board specified in a chapter 28E
30agreement, to develop and make recommendations on public policy
31and budgetary issues to the entity or joint board.
32EXPLANATION
33The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
34the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
35This bill relates to the regulation of a governmental body
-1-1under the open meetings law (Code chapter 21).
2The bill amends the definition of governmental body under
3the open meetings law to specify that only advisory boards,
4advisory commissions, advisory committees, task forces, or
5any other body that are formally and directly created by a
6political subdivision of this state, specified governmental
7bodies, by a mayor, or by a superintendent of schools if the
8school board of a school district has expressly authorized the
9superintendent to act on behalf of the school district, are
10considered governmental bodies subject to the open meetings
11law.
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