Bill Text: IA SSB1031 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to library services provided by the department of administrative services.(See SF 213.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 213. [SSB1031 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SSB1031-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1031
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
library
services
provided
by
the
department
1
of
administrative
services.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
7A.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
8A.202,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
3
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
8A.202,
subsection
1,
paragraph
k,
Code
5
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
k.
Establish
and
administer
standards
for
state
agency
7
libraries
and
public
libraries.
8
Sec.
4.
Section
8A.204,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
9
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
10
Sec.
5.
Section
8A.209,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
1.
An
enrich
Iowa
program
is
established
in
the
department
13
to
provide
direct
state
assistance
to
public
libraries,
to
14
support
the
open
access
and
access
plus
interlibrary
loan
15
programs,
to
provide
public
libraries
with
an
incentive
16
to
improve
library
services
that
are
in
compliance
with
17
performance
measures,
and
to
reduce
inequities
among
18
communities
in
the
delivery
of
library
services
based
on
19
performance
measures
adopted
by
rule
by
the
department.
The
20
department
shall
adopt
rules
governing
the
allocation
of
moneys
21
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
for
purposes
of
this
22
section
to
provide
direct
state
assistance
to
eligible
public
23
libraries.
A
public
library
is
eligible
for
moneys
under
24
this
subchapter
if
it
is
in
compliance
with
the
department’s
25
performance
measures.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
library
services
provided
by
the
30
department
of
administrative
services
(DAS).
31
The
bill
eliminates
the
requirement
that
the
state
librarian
32
submit
a
biennial
report
to
the
governor
on
the
activities
of
33
DAS
relating
to
library
services.
As
the
eliminated
provision
34
contains
the
only
biennial
report
in
the
Code
for
the
state
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librarian,
the
bill
also
strikes
a
corresponding
provision
1
applying
general
biennial
reporting
requirements
to
the
state
2
librarian.
Under
Code
section
8E.210,
DAS
is
still
obligated
3
to
prepare
reports
of
its
progress
in
meeting
goals
from
its
4
agency
strategic
plan
and
operational
plan.
5
The
bill
strikes
the
requirement
that
DAS
develop
and
6
approve
a
biennial
unified
plan
of
service
and
service
delivery
7
for
DAS
as
part
of
DAS’s
library
services.
8
The
bill
strikes
DAS’s
obligation
to
establish
and
9
administer
standards
for
state
agency
libraries.
10
The
bill
eliminates
a
reference
to
“access
plus
programs”
11
of
public
libraries
for
purposes
of
DAS’s
duty
to
support
such
12
programs
under
the
enrich
Iowa
program,
and
substitutes
the
13
term
“interlibrary
loan
programs”
for
such
purposes.
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