Bill Text: IA SF2213 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the examination and copying of a public record under Iowa’s open records law and federal copyright law. (Formerly SF 494.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to State Government. S.J. 692. [SF2213 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2213-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2213 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 494)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the examination and copying of a public
  2    record under Iowa's open records law and federal copyright
  3    law.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  22.10A  Copyrights.
  1  2    The existence of a copyright, without more, shall not be a
  1  3 defense to the denial of a request to examine or copy a public
  1  4 record under this chapter.
  1  5                           EXPLANATION
  1  6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1  8    This bill provides that the existence of a copyright,
  1  9 without more, shall not be a defense to the denial of a request
  1 10 to examine or copy a public record under Iowa's open records
  1 11 law.
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