Bill Text: IA SF49 | 2017-2018 | 87th 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) 2017-05-11 - NOBA: Graybook [SF49 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF49-Introduced.html
Senate File 49 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY BOLKCOM A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to combined charitable campaign programs 2 administered by certain public employers. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1617XS (2) 87 av/rn PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 8A.432, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. The department shall establish and administer a combined 1 4 charitable campaign program for state employees pursuant to 1 5 the requirements set forth in sections 70A.14 and 70A.15. 1 6 Administration of the combined charitable campaign program 1 7 shall include allowing equal access to state officers and 1 8 employees by each charitable organization that desires to 1 9 participate in the charitable campaign program. Such access 1 10 shall include but is not limited to distributing materials, 1 11 making presentations, participating in kick=off and other 1 12 charitable campaign program events, and allowing media coverage 1 13 of the campaign. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 70A.14, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 1 15 to read as follows: 1 16 1. "Charitable organization" means an organization that is 1 17 eligible to receive contributions which may be deducted on the 1 18 contributor's Iowa individual tax return and that has been 1 19 designated, at the request of one hundred or more eligible 1 20 state officers and employees, or the number of employees 1 21 required by subsection 3 of this section,by a responsible 1 22 official of the payroll system under which the officers or 1 23 employees are compensated, to receive contributions pursuant 1 24 to section 70A.15. 1 25 Sec. 3. Section 70A.14, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended 1 26 by striking the subsection. 1 27 Sec. 4. Section 70A.15A, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 1 28 following new subsection: 1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. An applicable public employer that 1 30 authorizes deductions from the salaries or wages of its 1 31 employees for payment to an eligible charitable organization 1 32 shall establish and administer a combined charitable campaign 1 33 program. Administration of the combined charitable campaign 1 34 program shall include allowing equal access to employees of 1 35 the applicable public employer by each eligible charitable 2 1 organization that desires to participate in the charitable 2 2 campaign program. Such access shall include but is not limited 2 3 to distributing materials, making presentations, participation 2 4 in kick=off and other charitable campaign program events, and 2 5 allowing media coverage of the campaign. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 9 This bill requires certain public employers that provide 2 10 payroll deductions from their employees' wages for payment to 2 11 a charitable organization to administer a combined charitable 2 12 campaign program that includes all eligible charitable 2 13 organizations that wish to participate. The requirements 2 14 apply to a state officer or employer, a board of directors 2 15 of a school district, a community college, a county board of 2 16 supervisors, or a governing body of a city. 2 17 The combined charitable campaign program must allow equal 2 18 access to employees of the state officer or other public 2 19 employer by each eligible charitable organization that desires 2 20 to participate in the charitable campaign program; such access 2 21 shall include but is not limited to distributing materials, 2 22 making presentations, participation in kick=off and other 2 23 charitable campaign program events, and allowing media coverage 2 24 of the campaign. 2 25 The bill also eliminates requirements that a charitable 2 26 organization can participate in the combined charitable 2 27 campaign program for state officers or employees only if a 2 28 specified number of state officers or employees has chosen that 2 29 organization to receive contributions. LSB 1617XS (2) 87 av/rn