Bill > HSB192

Introduced Session

This bill amends the definition of “government body” in Code chapter 22 (open records) to include an instrumentality of a city or township, thereby subjecting such instrumentalities to open records requirements and associated civil penalties applicable to government bodies. By operation of law, the bill includes such instrumentalities as government bodies in, among other provisions, Code chapter 23 (public access to government information), Code section 543E.5 (exemption from provisions for real estate appraisal management companies), Code chapter 618 (publication and posting of notices), and Code section 721.1 (felonious misconduct in office). Under Code section 721.1, a public officer or employee who knowingly falsifies a writing, or knowingly delivers a falsified writing, with the knowledge that the writing is falsified and that the writing H.F. _____ will become a public record of a government body, commits a class “D” felony. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245.

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Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 936. (on 03/12/2025)

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