Bill Text: IA SF108 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to combined charitable campaign programs administered by certain public employers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-30 - Subcommittee: Whiting, Carlin, and R. Taylor. S.J. 197. [SF108 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF108-Introduced.html
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BY
BOLKCOM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
combined
charitable
campaign
programs
1
administered
by
certain
public
employers.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.432,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
department
shall
establish
and
administer
a
combined
3
charitable
campaign
program
for
state
employees
pursuant
to
4
the
requirements
set
forth
in
sections
70A.14
and
70A.15
.
5
Administration
of
the
combined
charitable
campaign
program
6
shall
include
allowing
equal
access
to
state
officers
and
7
employees
by
each
charitable
organization
that
desires
to
8
participate
in
the
charitable
campaign
program.
Such
access
9
shall
include
but
is
not
limited
to
distributing
materials,
10
making
presentations,
participating
in
kick-off
and
other
11
charitable
campaign
program
events,
and
allowing
media
coverage
12
of
the
campaign.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
70A.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
1.
“Charitable
organization”
means
an
organization
that
is
16
eligible
to
receive
contributions
which
may
be
deducted
on
the
17
contributor’s
Iowa
individual
tax
return
and
that
has
been
18
designated,
at
the
request
of
one
hundred
or
more
eligible
19
state
officers
and
employees,
or
the
number
of
employees
20
required
by
subsection
3
of
this
section
,
by
a
responsible
21
official
of
the
payroll
system
under
which
the
officers
or
22
employees
are
compensated,
to
receive
contributions
pursuant
23
to
section
70A.15
.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
70A.14,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
25
by
striking
the
subsection.
26
Sec.
4.
Section
70A.15A,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
27
following
new
subsection:
28
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
An
applicable
public
employer
that
29
authorizes
deductions
from
the
salaries
or
wages
of
its
30
employees
for
payment
to
an
eligible
charitable
organization
31
shall
establish
and
administer
a
combined
charitable
campaign
32
program.
Administration
of
the
combined
charitable
campaign
33
program
shall
include
allowing
equal
access
to
employees
of
34
the
applicable
public
employer
by
each
eligible
charitable
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organization
that
desires
to
participate
in
the
charitable
1
campaign
program.
Such
access
shall
include
but
is
not
limited
2
to
distributing
materials,
making
presentations,
participation
3
in
kick-off
and
other
charitable
campaign
program
events,
and
4
allowing
media
coverage
of
the
campaign.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
requires
certain
public
employers
that
provide
9
payroll
deductions
from
their
employees’
wages
for
payment
to
10
a
charitable
organization
to
administer
a
combined
charitable
11
campaign
program
that
includes
all
eligible
charitable
12
organizations
that
wish
to
participate.
The
requirements
13
apply
to
a
state
officer
or
employer,
a
board
of
directors
14
of
a
school
district,
a
community
college,
a
county
board
of
15
supervisors,
or
a
governing
body
of
a
city.
16
The
combined
charitable
campaign
program
must
allow
equal
17
access
to
employees
of
the
state
officer
or
other
public
18
employer
by
each
eligible
charitable
organization
that
desires
19
to
participate
in
the
charitable
campaign
program;
such
access
20
shall
include
but
is
not
limited
to
distributing
materials,
21
making
presentations,
participation
in
kick-off
and
other
22
charitable
campaign
program
events,
and
allowing
media
coverage
23
of
the
campaign.
24
The
bill
also
eliminates
requirements
that
a
charitable
25
organization
can
participate
in
the
combined
charitable
26
campaign
program
for
state
officers
or
employees
only
if
a
27
specified
number
of
state
officers
or
employees
has
chosen
that
28
organization
to
receive
contributions.
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