Bill Text: IA SF2227 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the publication of county resolutions. (Formerly SSB 3083.) Effective 7-1-18.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-04 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1059. [SF2227 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2227-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2227 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                  GOVERNMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  3083)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2227

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF COUNTY RESOLUTIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 349.16, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  The proceedings of the board of supervisors, as furnished
 by the county auditor, excluding from the publication of said
 proceedings, its canvass of the various elections, as provided
 by law; the complete text of any questions or propositions
 submitted to the registered voters of the county by the board
 of supervisors, which shall be published with the required
 notice of a general or special election; witness fees of
 witnesses before the grand jury and in the district court in
 criminal cases.
    Sec. 2.  Section 349.18, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
    3.  a. The county auditor shall furnish a copy of the
 proceedings to be published, within one week following the
 adjournment of the board.  The county auditor shall include
 either a summary of all resolutions or the complete text of
 resolutions adopted by the board in the furnished copy of the
 proceedings.  As used in this subsection, "summary" means a
 narrative description of the resolution setting forth the main
 points of the resolution in a manner calculated to inform
 the public in a clear and understandable manner the meaning
 of the resolution and to provide the public with sufficient
 notice of the policy stated or action to be taken, as resolved
 by the board in the resolution.  The narrative description
 shall include the title of the resolution, an accurate and
 intelligible synopsis of the essential elements of the
 resolution, a statement that the description is a summary, the
 location and the normal business hours of the office where the
 full text of the resolution may be inspected, and the effective
 date of the resolution.  Legal descriptions of property
 set forth in a resolution shall be described in full.  The
 narrative description shall be written in a clear and coherent
 manner and shall, to the extent possible, avoid the use of
 technical or legal terms not generally familiar to the public.
 When necessary to use technical or legal terms not generally
 familiar to the public, the narrative description shall include
 definitions of those terms.
    b.  In addition to the requirements in paragraph "a", if a
 county operates an internet site, the county auditor shall post
 the full text of all resolutions adopted by the board on the
 internet site. Any posted summary or text of a full resolution
 shall include links directing readers to information relevant
 to the content of the resolution.


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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