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IA Code § 2.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.46 - Powers of legislative fiscal committee.

2.46 Powers of legislative fiscal committee.   The legislative fiscal committee may, subject to the approval of the legislative council:   1. Budget. Gather information relative to budget matters for the purpose of aiding the legislature to properly appropriate money for the functions of government, and to report their findings to the legislature.   2. Examination. Examine the reports and official acts of the executive council and of each officer, board, commission, and department of the state, in respect to the conduct and expenditures thereof and the receipts and disbursements of public funds thereby. All state departments and agencies are required to immediately notify the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council and the director of the legislative services agency if any state facilities within their jurisdiction have been cited for violations of any federal, state, or local laws or regulations or have been decertified or notified of the threat of decertification from compliance with any state, federal, or other nationally recognized certification or accreditation agency or organization.   3. Reorganization. Make a continuous study of all offices, departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, and commissions of the state government and shall determine and recommend to each session of the legislature what changes therein are necessary to accomplish the following purposes:   a. To reduce expenditures and promote economy to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of state government.   b. To increase the efficiency of the operations of the state government to the fullest extent practicable within the available revenues.   c. To group, coordinate, and consolidate judicial districts, agencies and functions of the government, as nearly as may be according to major purposes.   d. To reduce the number of offices, agencies, boards, commissions, and departments by consolidating those having similar functions, and to abolish such offices, agencies, boards, commissions, and departments, or functions thereof, as may not be necessary for the efficient and economical conduct of state government.   e. To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort on the part of such offices, agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state government.   4. Administration of legislative database. Determine the policy for the content and administration of a legislative database.   5. Information needs determination. Determine the information needs of the general assembly and report them to the director of the department of administrative services who shall consider such needs in establishing the operating policies for a database management system.  [C97, §181, 182; S13, §181; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §42, 45; C46, 50, §2.44, 2.47; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §2.43; C75, 77, §2.46; C79, §2.46, 2.54; C81, §2.46]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §302; 89 Acts, ch 298, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
IA Code § 2.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.47 - Procedure.

2.47 Procedure.   The chairpersons of the committees on budget shall serve as co-chairpersons of the legislative fiscal committee. The legislative fiscal committee shall determine its own method of procedure and shall meet as often as deemed necessary, subject to the approval of the legislative council. It shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection, and it shall inform the legislative council in advance concerning the dates of meetings of the committee.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §2.47]
IA Code § 2.47A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.47A - Powers and duties of legislative capital projects committee.

2.47A Powers and duties of legislative capital projects committee.   1. The legislative capital projects committee shall do all of the following:   a. Receive the recommendations of the governor regarding the funding and priorities of proposed capital projects pursuant to section 8.3A, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.   b. Receive the reports of all capital project budgeting requests of all state agencies, with individual state agency priorities noted, pursuant to section 8.6, subsection 12.   c. Receive annual status reports for all ongoing capital projects of state agencies.   d. Examine and evaluate, on a continuing basis, the state’s system of contracting and subcontracting in regard to capital projects.   2. The legislative capital projects committee, subject to the approval of the legislative council, may do all of the following:   a. Gather information relative to capital projects, for the purpose of aiding the general assembly to properly appropriate moneys for capital projects.   b. Examine the reports and official acts of the state agencies, as defined in section 8.3A, with regard to capital project planning and budgeting and the receipt and disbursement of capital project funding.   c. Establish advisory bodies to the committee in areas where technical expertise is not otherwise readily available to the committee. Advisory body members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from funds appropriated pursuant to section 2.12, but only if the reimbursement is approved by the legislative council.   d. Compensate experts from outside state government for the provision of services to the committee from funds appropriated pursuant to section 2.12, but only if the compensation is approved by the legislative council.   e. Make recommendations to the legislative fiscal committee, legislative council, and the general assembly regarding issues relating to the planning, budgeting, and expenditure of capital project funding.   3. The capital projects committee shall determine its own method of procedure and shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection. The committee shall meet as often as deemed necessary, subject to the approval of the legislative council, and the committee shall inform the legislative council in advance of its meeting dates.  89 Acts, ch 298, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1168, §1; 91 Acts, ch 268, §601; 95 Acts, ch 214, §1;  2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 2, §1, 13  ; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §105; 2007 Acts, ch 115, §1
IA Code § 2.51 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.51 - Visitations.

2.51 Visitations.   The legislative fiscal committee, with the approval of the legislative council, may direct a subcommittee, which shall be composed of the chairpersons and minority party ranking members of the appropriate subcommittees of the committees on budget of the senate and the house of representatives and the chairpersons of the appropriate standing committees of the general assembly, to visit the offices and facilities of any state office, department, agency, board, bureau, or commission to review programs authorized by the general assembly and the administration of the programs. When the legislative fiscal committee visits the offices and facilities of any state office, department, agency, board, bureau, or commission to review programs authorized by the general assembly and the administration of the programs, there shall be included the chairpersons and minority party ranking members of the appropriate subcommittees of the committees on budget of the senate and the house of representatives. The legislative council may appoint a member of the subcommittee or standing committee to serve in place of that subcommittee’s or standing committee’s chairperson or minority party ranking member on the legislative fiscal visitation committee or subcommittee if that person will be absent. The subcommittee and the legislative fiscal committee shall be provided with information by the legislative services agency concerning budgets, programs, and legislation authorizing programs prior to any visitation. Members of a committee shall be compensated pursuant to section 2.10, subsection 5. The subcommittee shall make reports and recommendations as required by the legislative fiscal committee.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §2.51]  84 Acts, ch 1026, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49
IA Code § 2.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.52 - Access — subpoenas.

2.52 Access — subpoenas. Repealed by  2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49  . See §2A.3.
IA Code § 2.61 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.61 - Requests for research.

2.61 Requests for research.   Requests for research on governmental matters may be made to the legislative services agency by either house of the general assembly, committees of either house of the general assembly, special interim committees of the general assembly, the legislative council, or upon petition by twenty or more members of the general assembly. Any legislative committee may request the legislative services agency to do research on any matter under consideration by such committee. For each such request the legislative council may, if deemed advisable, authorize a special interim study committee to conduct the research study or may request a standing committee to conduct such study. Members on a study committee shall be appointed by the council and shall consist of at least one member of the council and such other members of the majority and minority parties of the senate and the house of representatives as the council may designate. As far as practicable, a study committee shall include members of standing committees concerned with the subject matter of the study. No legislator shall serve on more than two study committees. Nonlegislative members having special knowledge of the subject under study may be appointed by the council to a study committee but such members shall be nonvoting members of such committee. The legislative services agency shall assist study committees on research studies when authorized by the legislative council.  [C58, §2.52; C62, 66, §2.55; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.61]  2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 46, 49
IA Code § 2.62 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.62 - Interim study committee powers.

2.62 Interim study committee powers.   Special interim study committees shall have the following powers and duties:   1. Elect officers and adopt necessary rules for the conduct of business.   2. Conduct research on any matter connected with the study assigned by the legislative council.   3. Hold hearings.   4. Make regular progress reports to the legislative council.   5. Make a report, which may include recommendations, to the legislative council. Copies of study committee reports shall be made available to members of the general assembly and may be made available to other interested individuals upon request. The reports shall not be final until approved by the legislative council.  [C62, 66, §2.57; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.62]
IA Code § 2.63 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY|Section 2.63 - Interim study committee meetings.

2.63 Interim study committee meetings.   Special interim study committees shall first meet at the call of the ranking legislative council member assigned to the study committee, and shall thereafter meet at such time as study committee members shall so designate. Any legislator may attend any study committee meeting or any hearing held by a study committee. All study committee meetings shall be open to the public.  [C62, 66, §2.58; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §2.63]
IA Code § 2A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2A - LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY|Section 2A.2 - Director — duties.

2A.2 Director — duties.   1. The administrative head of the legislative services agency shall be the director appointed by the legislative council as provided in section 2.42. The salary of the director shall be set by the legislative council.   2. The director shall do all of the following:   a. Employ persons with expertise to perform the legal, fiscal, technical, and other functions which are required to be performed by the legislative services agency by this chapter or are assigned to the legislative services agency by the legislative council or the general assembly.   b. Supervise all employees of the legislative services agency, including the legal counsel designated to provide legal assistance to the administrative rules review committee, and supervise any outside service providers retained by the legislative services agency.   c. Supervise all expenditures of the agency.   d. Supervise the legal and fiscal analysis and legal publication functions of the agency.   e. Supervise the government oversight and program evaluation functions of the agency.   f. Supervise the committee staffing functions of the agency.   g. Supervise the computer systems services functions of the agency.   h. Supervise the legislative and library information, legislative visitor protocol, and capitol tour guide functions of the agency.   i. Perform other functions as assigned to the director by the legislative council or the general assembly.  2003 Acts, ch 35, §2, 49
IA Code § 2A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2A - LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY|Section 2A.6 - Special distribution of legal publications.

2A.6 Special distribution of legal publications.   1. The legislative services agency shall make available electronic or printed versions of the official legal publications listed in section 2A.5, to the three branches of state government, to elected county officers, to county and city assessors, to Iowa’s congressional delegation, to federal courts in Iowa and federal judges and magistrates for Iowa, and to state and university depository libraries, the library of Congress, and the library of the United States supreme court.   2. The legislative services agency may review the publication costs and offsetting sales revenues relating to legal publications in electronic and printed formats. If a legal publication is available in an electronic version, the legislative services agency may provide the version free of charge or may charge a fee for any mailing or handling costs in the distribution of the electronic version or may charge a fee for an electronic version which includes programming not originally part of the stored information, including but not limited to search and retrieval functions. The legislative services agency shall establish policies requiring payment for any printed versions of the official legal publications from persons to whom the legislative services agency is obligated to make the legal publications available pursuant to subsection 1.  2003 Acts, ch 35, §6, 49; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §31  See also §256.53
IA Code § 2A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2A - LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY|Section 2A.8 - Sales — tax exemption.

2A.8 Sales — tax exemption. Repealed by  2004 Acts, ch 1073, §51  . See §423.3(33).
IA Code § 2B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2B - LEGAL PUBLICATIONS|Section 2B.1 - Iowa Code and administrative code editors.

2B.1 Iowa Code and administrative code editors.   1. The director of the legislative services agency shall appoint the Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor, subject to the approval of the legislative council, as provided in section 2.42. The Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor shall serve at the pleasure of the director of the legislative services agency.   2. The Iowa Code and administrative code editors are responsible for the editing, compiling, and proofreading of the publications they prepare, as provided in this chapter. The Iowa Code editor is entitled to the temporary possession of the original enrolled Acts and resolutions as necessary to prepare them for publication.  [C51, §46; R60, §62, 113, 115, 144; C73, §35, 155, 156; C97, p. 5, §38, 216; S13, p. 3; SS15, §224-c, -h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §156; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §14.3; C71, §14.5; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §14.1]  91 Acts, ch 258, §8  C93, §2B.1  98 Acts, ch 1119, §13; 98 Acts, ch 1164, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §13, 49
IA Code § 2B.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2B - LEGAL PUBLICATIONS|Section 2B.5 - Duties of administrative code editor.

2B.5 Duties of administrative code editor.   The administrative code editor shall do all of the following:   1. Supervise the publication of the Iowa administrative bulletin and the Iowa administrative code as provided in section 2B.5A.   2. Notify the administrative rules coordinator if a rule is not in proper style or form.   3. Perform other duties as directed by the director of the legislative services agency, the legislative council, or the administrative rules review committee and as provided by law.  91 Acts, ch 258, §9  CS91, §14.5  C93, §2B.5  98 Acts, ch 1115, §1, 21; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §14, 49; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §32, 33; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §34; 2019 Acts, ch 92, §11
IA Code § 2B.5B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2B - LEGAL PUBLICATIONS|Section 2B.5B - Iowa court rules.

2B.5B Iowa court rules.   1. The legislative services agency shall control and maintain in a secure electronic repository custodial information used to produce the Iowa court rules.   2. The legislative services agency, upon direction by the Iowa supreme court and in accordance with the policies of the legislative council pursuant to section 2.42, shall prescribe a uniform style and form required for filing a document for publication in the Iowa court rules. The document shall correlate each rule to the uniform numbering system. The legislative services agency shall provide for the publication of an electronic version of the Iowa court rules. The legislative services agency shall review all submitted documents for style and form and notify the Iowa supreme court if a rulemaking document is not in proper style or form, and may return or revise a document which is not in proper style and form.   3. a. The legislative services agency shall publish the Iowa court rules in accordance with section 2.42. However, the legislative services agency may publish supplements in lieu of the Iowa court rules. The legislative services agency shall provide for arrangement of the Iowa court rules in consultation with the Iowa supreme court.   b. The Iowa court rules shall include all of the following:   (1) Rules prescribed by the supreme court, which may include the Iowa rules of civil procedure, the Iowa rules of criminal procedure, the Iowa rules of evidence, the Iowa rules of appellate procedure, the Iowa rules of professional conduct, and the Iowa code of judicial conduct.   (2) A comprehensive method to search and identify its contents, including court rules.   (a) An electronic version may include search and retrieval programming and index.   (b) A print version may include an index.   c. The Iowa court rules may include all of the following:   (1) A preface.   (2) Tables, including tables of corresponding rule numbers.  2010 Acts, ch 1031, §35; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §37, 38; 2019 Acts, ch 92, §12, 13  Referred to in §602.1206, 602.4201
IA Code § 2B.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2B - LEGAL PUBLICATIONS|Section 2B.6 - Duties of Iowa Code editor.

2B.6 Duties of Iowa Code editor.   The Iowa Code editor shall:   1. Submit recommendations as the Iowa Code editor deems proper to each general assembly for the purpose of amending, revising, codifying, and repealing portions of the statutes which are inaccurate, inconsistent, outdated, conflicting, redundant, or ambiguous, and present the recommendations in bill form to the appropriate committees of the general assembly.   2. Provide for the publication of all of the following:   a. The Iowa Acts as provided in section 2B.10.   b. The Iowa Code as provided in section 2B.12.   3. Perform other duties as directed by the director of the legislative services agency or the legislative council and as provided by law.  [C51, §46; R60, §62, 113, 115, 144; C73, §35, 155, 156; C97, p. 5, §38, 216; S13, p. 3; SS15, §224-c, -h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §156; C46, 50, 54, §14.3; C54, 58, 62, 66, §14.3, 17A.9; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §14.6; 82 Acts, ch 1061, §1]  91 Acts, ch 258, §10  C93, §2B.6  2003 Acts, ch 35, §15, 49; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §36; 2014 Acts, ch 1141, §39
IA Code § 2B.17A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 2B - LEGAL PUBLICATIONS|Section 2B.17A - Official legal publications — publication dates.

2B.17A Official legal publications — publication dates.   1. An edition of an official legal publication becomes effective on its publication date. A publication date is the date that an edition of a legal publication is conclusively presumed to be complete, incorporating all revisions or editorial changes. Nothing in this section affects an effective date of a codified or uncodified provision of law, including but not limited to as provided in Article III, section 26, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, or section 3.7.   2. If not otherwise established by statute or a policy of the legislative council pursuant to section 2.42, the legislative services agency shall establish a publication date for each edition of a print or electronic version of an official legal publication as cited in section 2B.17. The publication date may be based on the date that the edition of an official legal publication is first made available to the public accessing the general assembly’s internet site. The publication date may also be the first date that an edition of a print version of an official legal publication is first made available for public distribution. If the legislative services agency does not provide a publication date for the Iowa Code, the publication date shall be the first day of the next regular session of the general assembly convened pursuant to Article III, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. Otherwise, the legislative services agency shall provide public notice of a publication date for each edition of an official legal publication on the general assembly’s internet site.   3. A legal publication designated by the legislative services agency as unofficial shall not be used to establish a publication date for an official legal publication.  2019 Acts, ch 92, §17