Bill Text: IA SF2058 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain records of rural water districts, city utilities, and city enterprises. Effective 7-1-12.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-14 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 566. [SF2058 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF2058-Introduced.html
Senate File 2058 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2058 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to certain records of city utilities and city 1 enterprises containing private customer information. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5630SS (1) 84 aw/rj
S.F. 2058 Section 1. Section 388.9, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Notwithstanding section 22.2, subsection 1 , public 3 records of a city utility or combined utility system, or a city 4 enterprise or combined city enterprise as defined in section 5 384.80 , which shall not be examined or copied as of right, 6 include proprietary information, records of customer names 7 and accounts, any portion of a record that contains private 8 customer information, records associated with marketing or 9 pricing strategies, preliminary working papers, spreadsheet 10 scenarios, and cost data, if the competitive position of the 11 city utility, combined utility system, city enterprise, or 12 combined city enterprise would be harmed by public disclosure 13 not required of a potential or actual competitor, and if 14 no public purpose would be served by such disclosure. A 15 public record not subject to examination or copying under 16 this subsection shall be available for public examination and 17 copying at that point in time when public disclosure would 18 no longer harm the competitive position of the city utility, 19 combined utility system, city enterprise, or combined city 20 enterprise. 21 Sec. 2. Section 388.9, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended 22 by adding the following new paragraph: 23 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. For purposes of this subsection, “private 24 customer information” means information concerning a specific 25 customer, a specific customer account, or a specific user of 26 an internet site if the governing body of the city utility or 27 combined utility system, or the city enterprise or combined 28 city enterprise adopts a policy defining such information as 29 private customer information in order to protect the privacy of 30 customers or internet site user information and records. 31 EXPLANATION 32 This bill relates to the customer records of city utilities 33 and city enterprises. 34 The bill provides that portions of records of a city utility 35 -1- LSB 5630SS (1) 84 aw/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 2058 or combined utility system, or a city enterprise or combined 1 city enterprise containing private customer information shall 2 not be examined or copied as of right pursuant to Code section 3 22.2(1). The bill defines private customer information 4 as information concerning a specific customer, a specific 5 customer account, or a specific user of an internet site if 6 the governing body of the city utility or city enterprise has 7 adopted a privacy policy defining such information as private 8 customer information. 9 -2- LSB 5630SS (1) 84 aw/rj 2/ 2
feedback