Bill Text: IA HF2226 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to member attendance at a closed session of a governmental body. (See Cmte. Bill HF 2363)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-02 - Withdrawn. H.J. 397. [HF2226 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2226-Introduced.html

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House File 2226 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  PETTENGILL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to member attendance at a closed session of a
  2    governmental body.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 21.5, Code 2016, is amended by adding the
  1  2 following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  A governmental body shall not exclude
  1  4 a member of the governmental body from attending a closed
  1  5 session.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1  9    Under Code chapter 21, a governmental body may hold a meeting
  1 10 of the governmental body in closed session under certain
  1 11 circumstances.
  1 12    The bill provides that a governmental body shall not exclude
  1 13 a member of the governmental body from attending a closed
  1 14 session.
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