House
File
765
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
765
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
219)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
providing
certain
local
government
notices
1
and
other
information
to
persons
by
electronic
means.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.305,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
331.305
Publication
of
notices.
3
1.
Unless
otherwise
provided
by
state
law,
if
notice
of
an
4
election,
hearing,
or
other
official
action
is
required
by
this
5
chapter
,
the
board
shall
publish
the
notice
at
least
once,
not
6
less
than
four
nor
more
than
twenty
days
before
the
date
of
the
7
election,
hearing,
or
other
action,
in
one
or
more
newspapers
8
which
meet
the
requirements
of
section
618.14
.
Notice
of
an
9
election
shall
also
comply
with
section
49.53
.
10
2.
a.
If
the
board
is
required
or
authorized
by
law
to
11
publish
a
notice
or
any
other
information
regarding
the
county
12
budget
or
a
county
property
tax
levy,
the
county
shall
also
13
provide
the
notice
or
information
by
electronic
means
to
all
14
persons
who
have
by
electronic
or
other
means
authorized
the
15
receipt
of
such
items
under
this
subsection.
16
b.
An
authorization
to
receive
notices
or
other
information
17
by
electronic
means
under
this
subsection
shall
continue
until
18
revoked
in
writing
by
the
person.
Such
revocation
may
be
19
provided
to
the
board
electronically
in
a
manner
approved
by
20
the
board.
21
c.
Electronic
means
includes
delivery
to
an
electronic
mail
22
address
or
by
other
electronic
means
reasonably
calculated
to
23
apprise
the
person
of
the
information
that
is
being
provided,
24
as
designated
by
the
authorizing
person.
25
d.
Information
compiled
or
possessed
by
the
board
for
26
the
purposes
of
complying
with
authorizations
for
delivery
27
by
electronic
means
including
but
not
limited
to
taxpayer
28
electronic
mail
addresses,
post
office
addresses,
revocations,
29
and
passwords
or
other
methods
of
protecting
taxpayer
30
information
are
not
public
records
and
are
not
subject
to
31
disclosure
under
chapter
22.
32
Sec.
2.
Section
441.28A,
subsections
1
and
6,
Code
2021,
are
33
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
1.
If
the
assessor
is
required
or
authorized
by
this
title
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to
send
any
assessment,
notice,
or
any
other
information
to
1
persons
by
regular
mail,
the
assessor
may
shall
instead
provide
2
the
assessment,
notice,
or
other
information
by
electronic
3
means
if
the
person
entitled
to
receive
the
assessment,
notice,
4
or
information
has
by
electronic
or
other
means,
authorized
5
the
assessor
to
provide
the
assessment,
notice,
or
other
6
information
in
that
manner.
An
authorization
to
receive
7
assessments,
notices,
or
other
information
by
electronic
8
means
does
not
require
the
assessor
to
provide
such
items
9
by
electronic
means
and
does
not
prohibit
an
assessor
from
10
providing
such
items
by
regular
mail.
11
6.
Information
compiled
or
possessed
by
the
assessor
for
12
the
purposes
of
complying
with
authorizations
for
delivery
by
13
electronic
means
under
this
title
,
including
but
not
limited
14
to
taxpayer
post
office
addresses,
electronic
mail
addresses,
15
waivers,
waiver
requests,
waiver
revocations,
and
passwords
or
16
other
methods
of
protecting
taxpayer
information
are
not
public
17
records
and
are
not
subject
to
disclosure
under
chapter
22
.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
Code
section
441.28A
provides
that
if
the
local
assessor
is
22
required
or
authorized
to
send
any
assessment,
notice,
or
any
23
other
information
to
persons
by
regular
mail,
the
assessor
may
24
instead
provide
the
assessment,
notice,
or
other
information
25
by
electronic
means
if
the
person
entitled
to
receive
the
26
assessment,
notice,
or
information
has
by
electronic
or
other
27
means
authorized
the
assessor
to
provide
the
assessment,
28
notice,
or
other
information
in
that
manner.
29
This
bill
requires
the
assessor
to
provide
any
assessment,
30
notice,
or
other
information
to
the
taxpayer
by
electronic
31
means
if
the
taxpayer
has
filed
such
an
authorization.
32
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
county
is
required
or
authorized
33
by
law
to
publish
a
notice
or
any
other
information
regarding
34
the
county’s
budget
or
a
property
tax
levy
imposed
by
the
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county,
the
county
shall
also
provide
the
notice
or
information
1
by
electronic
means
to
all
persons
who
have
authorized
the
2
receipt
of
such
items
under
the
bill.
Electronic
means
3
includes
delivery
to
an
electronic
mail
address
or
by
other
4
electronic
means
reasonably
calculated
to
apprise
the
person
5
of
the
information
that
is
being
provided,
as
designated
by
6
the
authorizing
person.
An
authorization
to
receive
notices
7
or
other
information
by
electronic
means
under
the
bill
shall
8
continue
until
revoked
in
writing
by
the
person.
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