Bill Text: IA HF2353 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act removing prohibitions on emergency management organization employees from holding elective office. Effective 7-1-16.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-31 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 587. [HF2353 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2353-Enrolled.html

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House File 2353 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                  GOVERNMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 538)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2353

                             AN ACT
 REMOVING PROHIBITIONS ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
    EMPLOYEES FROM HOLDING ELECTIVE OFFICE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 29C.16, Code 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
    29C.16  Political activity prohibited.
    1.  A person employed by any organization for emergency
 management established under this chapter shall not:
    a.  1.  During working hours or when performing official
 duties or when using public equipment or at any time on public
 property, take part in any way in soliciting any contribution
 for any political party or any person seeking political office.
 The provisions of this section do not preclude any employee
 from holding any nonpartisan elective office for which no pay
 is received or any office for which only token pay is received.
    b.  2.  Seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in
 connection with any appointment to a position created under
 this chapter.
    c.  3.  Use any official authority or influence for the
 purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the
 results thereof of an election.
    2.  Any employee of an organization for emergency management
 shall not become a candidate for any partisan elective office.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 2353, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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