Bill Text: IA HF551 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to access to and use of the county land record information system.(Formerly HSB 164.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-04 - Rereferred to Local Government. H.J. 1029. [HF551 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF551-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
164)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
access
to
and
use
of
the
county
land
record
1
information
system.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.603,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
governing
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
3
system
shall
not
enter
into
an
agreement
to
provide
access
4
to
electronic
documents
or
records
on
a
batch
basis
unless
5
authorized
by
statute
.
The
county
recorder
may
collect
6
reasonable
fees
for
access
to
electronic
documents
and
records
7
pursuant
to
an
agreement.
The
fees
shall
not
exceed
the
8
actual
cost
of
providing
access
to
the
electronic
documents
9
and
records.
“Actual
cost”
means
only
those
expenses
directly
10
attributable
to
providing
access
to
electronic
documents
11
and
records.
“Actual
cost”
shall
not
include
costs
such
as
12
employment
benefits,
depreciation,
maintenance,
electricity,
13
or
insurance
associated
with
the
administration
of
the
office
14
of
the
county
recorder
or
the
county
land
record
information
15
system.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
17
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
a.
Each
county
shall
participate
in
the
county
land
19
record
information
system
and
shall
comply
with
the
policies
20
and
procedures
established
by
the
governing
board
of
the
21
county
land
record
information
system.
The
governing
board
22
of
the
county
land
record
information
system
shall
establish
23
policies
and
procedures
providing
for,
at
a
minimum,
reasonable
24
limitations
on
usage,
requirements
for
the
authentication
of
25
users,
the
prohibition
of
illegal
or
unauthorized
uses,
and
the
26
prohibition
of
foreign
access
from
a
location
outside
of
the
27
United
States.
28
Sec.
3.
Section
331.605B,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
29
the
following
new
subsections:
30
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
The
governing
board
of
the
county
31
land
record
information
system
may
enter
into
an
agreement
to
32
provide
access
to
electronic
groundwater
hazard
documents
or
33
records
on
a
batch
basis
or
through
an
application
programming
34
interface
to
the
department
of
natural
resources.
The
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governing
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
system
1
may
collect
a
fee
for
providing
access
to
the
documents
or
2
records
subject
to
the
mutual
agreement
of
the
parties.
3
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
The
governing
board
of
the
county
4
land
record
information
system
may
enter
into
an
agreement
to
5
provide
access
to
aggregated
anonymous
data.
The
governing
6
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
system
may
collect
7
a
fee
for
providing
access
to
aggregated
anonymous
data
through
8
an
authorized
agreement
as
provided
in
this
subsection.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
relates
to
access
to
and
use
of
the
county
land
13
record
information
system.
Current
law
prohibits
the
governing
14
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
system
(governing
15
board)
from
entering
into
an
agreement
to
provide
access
16
to
electronic
documents
or
records
on
a
batch
basis.
The
17
bill
authorizes
such
an
agreement
for
access
to
electronic
18
groundwater
hazard
documents
or
records
through
an
application
19
programming
interface
to
the
department
of
natural
resources
20
and
for
access
to
aggregated
anonymous
data.
The
governing
21
board
may
collect
a
fee
for
providing
access
through
an
22
authorized
agreement.
23
Under
current
law,
each
county
shall
participate
in
the
24
county
land
record
information
system
and
shall
comply
with
25
the
policies
and
procedures
established
by
the
governing
26
board.
The
bill
requires
the
governing
board
to
establish
27
policies
and
procedures
providing
for,
at
a
minimum,
reasonable
28
limitations
on
usage,
requirements
for
the
authentication
of
29
users,
the
prohibition
of
illegal
or
unauthorized
uses,
and
the
30
prohibition
of
foreign
access
from
a
location
outside
of
the
31
United
States.
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