Senate File 409 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 409
BY COMMITTEE ON STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1116)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to filing complaints with the Iowa public
2 information board.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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S.F. 409
1 Section 1. Section 23.7, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
2 to read as follows:
3 1. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
4 providing for the timing, form, content, and means by which any
5 aggrieved person, any taxpayer to or citizen of this state, the
6 attorney general, or any county attorney may file a complaint
7 with the board alleging a violation of chapter 21 or 22. The
8 complaint must be filed within sixty ninety days from the time
9 the alleged violation occurred or the complainant could have
10 become aware of the violation with reasonable diligence. All
11 complaints filed with the board shall be public records.
12 EXPLANATION
13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
15 This bill provides that a person has 90 days, and not the
16 current 60 days, to file a complaint with the Iowa public
17 information board after the alleged violation occurred or the
18 complainant could have become aware of the alleged violation.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23.7