Bill Text: IA HF2416 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to filing complaints with the Iowa public information board. (Formerly HSB 622.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 614. [HF2416 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF2416-Introduced.html
House File 2416 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2416 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 622) A BILL FOR An Act relating to filing complaints with the Iowa public 1 information board. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5200HV (1) 88 ec/rn
H.F. 2416 Section 1. Section 23.7, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 1. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 3 providing for the timing, form, content, and means by which any 4 aggrieved person, any taxpayer to or citizen of this state, the 5 attorney general, or any county attorney may file a complaint 6 with the board alleging a violation of chapter 21 or 22 . The 7 complaint must be filed within sixty ninety days from the time 8 the alleged violation occurred or the complainant could have 9 become aware of the violation with reasonable diligence. All 10 complaints filed with the board shall be public records. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill provides that a person has 90 days, and not the 15 current 60 days, to file a complaint with the Iowa public 16 information board after the alleged violation occurred or the 17 complainant could have become aware of the alleged violation. 18 -1- LSB 5200HV (1) 88 ec/rn 1/ 1
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