Bill Text: IA HSB506 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to governmental bodies and advisory bodies under the open meetings law.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [HSB506 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB506-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
506
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
governmental
bodies
and
advisory
bodies
1
under
the
open
meetings
law.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
21.2,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a,
c,
e,
1
h,
and
j,
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
A
board,
council,
commission,
or
other
governing
body
3
expressly
created
by
the
statutes
of
this
state
or
by
executive
4
order
of
the
governor
.
5
c.
A
multimembered
body
formally
and
directly
created
by
6
one
or
more
boards,
councils,
commissions,
or
other
governing
7
bodies
subject
to
paragraphs
paragraph
“a”
and
or
“b”
of
this
8
subsection
.
9
e.
An
advisory
board,
advisory
commission,
advisory
10
committee,
or
task
force
formally
and
directly
created
by
11
the
governor
or
the
general
assembly
to
develop
and
make
12
recommendations
on
public
policy
and
budgetary
issues.
13
h.
An
advisory
board,
advisory
commission,
advisory
14
committee,
task
force,
or
other
body
formally
and
directly
15
created
by
statute
or
executive
order
of
this
state
or
created
16
by
an
executive
order
of
any
measure,
including
a
motion,
17
resolution,
amendment,
or
ordinance,
by
a
political
subdivision
18
of
this
state
,
one
or
more
boards,
councils,
commissions,
or
19
other
governing
bodies
subject
to
paragraph
“a”
or
“b”
,
by
a
20
mayor,
or
by
a
superintendent
of
schools
if
the
school
board
of
21
a
school
district
has
expressly
authorized
the
superintendent
22
to
act
on
behalf
of
the
school
district,
to
develop
and
make
23
recommendations
on
public
policy
and
budgetary
issues
to
the
24
board,
council,
commission,
or
other
governing
body
.
25
j.
An
advisory
board,
advisory
commission,
advisory
26
committee,
task
force,
or
other
body
formally
and
directly
27
created
by
an
entity
organized
under
chapter
28E
,
or
by
28
the
administrator
or
joint
board
specified
in
a
chapter
28E
29
agreement,
to
develop
and
make
recommendations
on
public
policy
30
and
budgetary
issues
to
the
entity
or
joint
board
.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
relates
to
the
regulation
of
a
governmental
body
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under
the
open
meetings
law
(Code
chapter
21).
1
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
governmental
body
under
2
the
open
meetings
law
to
specify
that
only
advisory
boards,
3
advisory
commissions,
advisory
committees,
task
forces,
or
4
any
other
body
that
are
formally
and
directly
created
by
a
5
political
subdivision
of
this
state,
specified
governmental
6
bodies,
by
a
mayor,
or
by
a
superintendent
of
schools
if
the
7
school
board
of
a
school
district
has
expressly
authorized
the
8
superintendent
to
act
on
behalf
of
the
school
district,
are
9
considered
governmental
bodies
subject
to
the
open
meetings
10
law.
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