Bill Text: IA HSB19 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to public disclosure of the receipt of certain gifts, bequests, and honoraria and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-01-17 - State Government: Watts Chair,Bacon, and Isenhart. [HSB19 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HSB19-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
19
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
ETHICS
AND
CAMPAIGN
DISCLOSURE
BOARD
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
disclosure
of
the
receipt
of
certain
1
gifts,
bequests,
and
honoraria
and
making
penalties
2
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8.7,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
8.7
Reporting
of
gifts
and
bequests
received.
3
All
gifts
and
bequests
received
by
a
department
or
accepted
4
by
the
governor
on
behalf
of
the
state
shall
be
reported
5
in
an
electronic
format
to
the
Iowa
ethics
and
campaign
6
disclosure
board
and
the
general
assembly’s
standing
committees
7
on
government
oversight.
A
report
shall
be
filed
only
for
8
months
in
which
a
gift
or
bequest
is
received
or
accepted.
A
9
report
shall
be
filed
no
later
than
the
tenth
day
of
the
month
10
following
the
month
in
which
a
gift
or
bequest
is
received
or
11
accepted.
The
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board
shall,
by
12
January
31
of
each
year,
submit
to
the
fiscal
services
division
13
of
the
legislative
services
agency
a
written
report
listing
all
14
gifts
and
bequests
received
or
accepted
during
the
previous
15
calendar
year
with
a
value
over
one
thousand
dollars
and
the
16
purpose
for
each
such
gift
or
bequest.
The
submission
shall
17
also
include
a
listing
of
all
gifts
and
bequests
received
by
a
18
department
from
a
person
if
the
cumulative
value
of
all
gifts
19
and
bequests
received
by
the
department
from
the
person
during
20
the
previous
calendar
year
exceeds
one
thousand
dollars,
and
21
the
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board
shall
include,
if
22
available,
the
purpose
for
each
such
gift
or
bequest.
However,
23
the
reports
on
gifts
or
bequests
filed
by
the
state
board
of
24
regents
and
the
Iowa
state
fair
board
pursuant
to
section
8.44
25
shall
be
deemed
sufficient
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
26
this
section
.
27
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
68B.23A
Gifts
and
honoraria
reporting.
28
1.
An
official
or
employee
of
the
executive
branch
shall
29
submit
a
report
to
the
board
in
an
electronic
format
for
any
30
gift
or
series
of
gifts
or
honorarium
or
series
of
honoraria
31
received
by
the
official,
employee,
or
immediate
family
member
32
of
the
official
or
employee
from
a
restricted
donor
that
33
exceeds
one
hundred
dollars
in
the
aggregate
in
a
calendar
34
year.
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2.
A
report
shall
be
filed
no
later
than
the
tenth
day
of
1
the
month
following
the
month
in
which
the
gifts
or
honoraria
2
are
received
by
the
official
or
employee
or
that
person’s
3
immediate
family
member.
4
3.
The
board
shall
prescribe
the
information
to
be
submitted
5
on
the
report
which
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
the
name
of
6
the
official,
employee,
or
immediate
family
member
who
received
7
the
gift;
the
position
or
title
of
the
official
or
employee;
8
the
name
and
address
of
the
restricted
donor;
a
description
of
9
the
gift;
the
estimated
value
of
the
gift;
and
the
exception
in
10
section
68B.22,
subsection
4,
or
section
68B.23,
subsection
2,
11
that
allows
the
official,
employee,
or
immediate
family
member
12
to
accept,
directly
or
indirectly,
the
gift.
13
4.
Contributions
to
a
candidate
or
a
candidate’s
committee
14
shall
not
be
included
in
the
report
if
such
contributions
are
15
disclosed
on
the
candidate’s
committee
disclosure
reports.
16
5.
Gifts
of
food,
beverage,
and
entertainment
received
at
17
a
function
meeting
the
criteria
in
section
68B.22,
subsection
18
4,
paragraph
“s”
,
shall
not
be
included
in
the
report
if
19
the
function
is
registered
and
a
disclosure
report
is
filed
20
pursuant
to
section
68B.22,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“s”
.
21
EXPLANATION
22
This
bill
relates
to
public
disclosure
of
the
receipt
of
23
certain
gifts,
bequests,
and
honoraria.
24
The
bill
requires
reports
filed
pursuant
to
Code
section
25
8.7,
relating
to
gifts
and
bequests
received
by
a
department
or
26
accepted
by
the
governor
on
behalf
of
the
state,
be
filed
in
an
27
electronic
format.
The
bill
requires
reports
to
be
filed
only
28
for
months
in
which
a
gift
or
bequest
is
received
or
accepted.
29
The
bill
requires
reports
to
be
filed
no
later
than
the
tenth
30
day
of
the
month
following
the
month
in
which
the
gift
or
31
bequest
is
received
or
accepted.
32
The
bill
requires
an
official
or
employee
of
the
executive
33
branch
to
submit
a
report
in
an
electronic
format
to
the
34
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
board
for
any
gift
or
series
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of
gifts
or
honorarium
or
series
of
honoraria
received
by
the
1
official,
employee,
or
immediate
family
member
of
the
official
2
or
employee
from
a
restricted
donor
that
exceeds
$100
in
the
3
aggregate
in
a
calendar
year.
The
bill
provides
for
the
timing
4
of
such
reports
and
the
information
to
be
included
in
the
5
reports.
Gifts
received
that
are
not
required
to
be
disclosed
6
include
those
that
meet
the
gift
law
exceptions
relating
to
7
contributions
to
a
candidate
and
relating
to
food,
beverage,
8
and
entertainment
received
at
a
function
qualifying
under
Code
9
section
68B.22,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“s”.
10
A
person
that
knowingly
and
intentionally
violates
this
11
provision
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor
under
Code
section
12
68B.34.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
13
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$315
but
not
more
14
than
$1,875.
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