Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)

All gifts and bequests with a value of fifty dollars or more received by a department or accepted by the governor on behalf of the state shall be reported within twenty days of receiving the gift or bequest to the board, using the board’s internet reporting system. The board shal…

1. Except as provided in subsection 2 , a public official or public employee shall not seek or accept an honorarium from a restricted donor. 2. A public official or public employee may accept an honorarium from any person under the following circumstances: a. The honorarium consi…

1. An official, member of the general assembly, state employee, legislative employee, or candidate for state office shall not, directly or indirectly, seek or accept a loan or series of loans from a person who is a lobbyist. 2. A lobbyist shall not, directly or indirectly, offer …

1. Any person who serves or is employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state shall not engage in any of the following conduct: a. Outside employment or an activity that involves the use of the state’s or the political subdivision’s time, facilities, equipment, and…

1. Effective July 1, 2006, an official or state employee shall not receive compensation simultaneously from more than one executive branch agency, unless the official or state employee provides notice to the board within twenty business days of accepting employment with a second …

Officials and state employees shall not engage in any outside employment or activity that requires the person to register under the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended , 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq . 2018 Acts, ch 1061, §7 ; 2018 Acts, ch 1172, §16 Referred to i…

1. Except as part of official state duties, an official, a state employee, a member of the general assembly, or a legislative employee shall not sell, in any one occurrence, any goods or services having a value in excess of two thousand dollars to any state agency unless the sale…

1. There shall be an ethics committee in the senate and an ethics committee in the house, each to consist of six members; three members to be appointed by the majority leader in each house, and three members by the minority leader in each house. A member of the ethics committee m…

The purpose of an investigation by the independent special counsel is to determine whether there is probable cause to proceed with an adjudicatory hearing on the matter. In conducting investigations and holding hearings, the independent special counsel may require by subpoena the…

1. An Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board is established as an independent agency. The board shall administer this chapter and set standards for, investigate complaints relating to, and monitor the ethics of officials, employees, lobbyists, and candidates for office in the …

The duties of the board shall include but are not limited to all of the following: 1. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A and conduct hearings under sections 68B.32B and 68B.32C and chapter 17A , as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and chapter 68A . 2. Develop,…

1. Any person may file a complaint alleging that a candidate, committee, person holding a state office in the executive branch of state government, employee of the executive branch of state government, or other person has committed a violation of chapter 68A or rules adopted by t…

1. Contested case proceedings initiated as a result of the issuance of a statement of charges pursuant to section 68B.32B, subsection 9 , shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of chapter 17A . Clear and convincing evidence shall be required to support a finding t…

1. The board, after a hearing and upon a finding that a violation of this chapter , chapter 68A , or rules adopted by the board has occurred, may do one or more of the following: a. Issue an order requiring the violator to cease and desist from the violation found. b. Issue an or…

Judicial review of the actions of the board may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A . Judicial enforcement of orders of the board may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A . 92 Acts, ch 1228, §15 ; 93 Acts, ch 163, §19 Referred to in §68B.32D

In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, a person who knowingly and intentionally violates a provision of sections 68B.2A through 68B.8 , sections 68B.22 through 68B.24 , or sections 68B.35 through 68B.38 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor and may be re…

1. Complaints alleging conduct of local officials or local employees which violates this chapter , except for sections 68B.36 and 68B.38 , shall be filed with the county attorney in the county where the accused resides. However, if the county attorney is the person against whom t…

1. The persons specified in subsection 2 shall file a financial statement at times and in the manner provided in this section that contains all of the following: a. A list of each business, occupation, or profession in which the person is engaged and the nature of that business, …

Personal financial disclosure statements filed with the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate shall be recorded on the legislative internet site or copies of the personal financial disclosure statements shall be forwarded to the secretary of state for the record…

1. All lobbyists shall, on or before the day their lobbying activity begins, register by electronically filing a lobbyist’s registration statement at times and in the manner provided in this section . In addition to any other information required by the general assembly, a lobbyi…

1. On or before July 31 of each year, a lobbyist’s client shall electronically file with the general assembly a report that contains information on all salaries, fees, retainers, and reimbursement of expenses paid by the lobbyist’s client to the lobbyist for lobbying purposes dur…

1. The supreme court of this state shall prescribe rules establishing a code of ethics for officials and employees of the judicial branch of this state, and the immediate family members of the officials and employees. Rules prescribed under this subsection shall include provision…

1. An official or employee of any regulatory agency shall not sell or lease, either directly or indirectly, any goods, real estate, or services to individuals, associations, or corporations subject to the regulatory authority of the agency of which the person is an official or em…

A permanent legislative employee shall not sell, either directly or indirectly, any goods or services to individuals, associations, or corporations which employ persons who are registered lobbyists before the general assembly, except when the legislative employee has met all of t…

A permanent full-time member of the office of the governor shall not sell or lease, either directly or indirectly, any goods or services to a registered lobbyist before the general assembly or the executive branch or to an individual, association, or corporation which employs a p…

1. A person who serves as a statewide elected official, the executive or administrative head of an agency of state government, the deputy executive or administrative head of an agency of state government, or a member of the general assembly shall not act as a lobbyist during the …

1. Officials, except for members of boards or commissions as defined under section 7E.4 , state employees, and legislative employees shall not receive, directly or indirectly, or enter into any express or implied agreement for, any compensation, in whatever form, for the appearan…

1. A person who has served as an official, state employee of a state agency, member of the general assembly, or legislative employee shall not within a period of two years after the termination of such service or employment receive compensation for any services rendered on behalf…

1. A state agency of the executive branch of state government shall not employ a person through the use of its public funds whose position with the agency is primarily representing the agency relative to the passage, defeat, approval, or modification of legislation that is being …