Chapter 68B

 

Iowa Code chapter 68B "Government Ethics and Lobbying Act"*

 

The governmental ethics & lobbying laws in Chapter 68B govern the conduct of governmental officials, employees, and lobbyists. The Board administers the chapter as it applies to executive branch officials, employees, candidates for statewide office, and executive branch lobbyists. The Board gives advice to local governmental personnel, but enforcement is conducted by the county attorney. The Board may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision to enforce the subdivision's adopted code of ethics. The Senate and House Ethics Committees have jurisdiction over ethics and lobbying issues involving the legislative branch.

Table of Contents - Chapter 68B

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(Includes amendments effective July 1, 2009)

		Subchapter I - Titles and Definitions
68B.1		Short Title
68B.2		Definitions
		Subchapter II - Conflicts of Interest
68B.2A		Conflicts of interest 1, 2
68B.2B		Executive branch compensation
68B.3		When public bids required - disclosure of income from other sales
68B.4		Sales by regulatory agency employees
68B.4A		Sales by legislative employees
68B.4B		Sales by members of the office of the governor
68B.5A		Ban on certain lobbying activities
68B.6		Services against state prohibited
68B.7		Other activities - two-year ban 3
68B.8		Lobbying activities by state agencies
		Subchapter III - Gifts and offers - General Penalties
68B.21		Legislative intent
68B.22		Gifts accepted or received 4
68B.23		Honoraria - banned
68B.24		Loans - receipt from lobbyists prohibited
68B.25		Additional penalty
68B.26		Actions commenced 5
		Subchapter IV - Enforcement - Entities, Procedure, and Jurisidiction
68B.31		Legislative ethics committee
68B.31A		Investigation by independent special counsel - probable cause
68B.32		Independent ethics and campaign disclosure board - established
68B.32A		Duties of the Board 6
68B.32B		Complaint procedures
68B.32C		Contested case proceedings
68B.32D		Penalties - recommended actions
68B.33		Judicial review - enforcement
		Subchapter V - Personal Financial Disclosure
68B.35		Personal financial disclosure - certain officials, members of the general assembly and candidates 7
68B.35A		Personal financial disclosure statements of state officials and employees - public access
		Subchapter VI - Lobbyist Regulation
68B.36		Applicability - lobbyist registration required
68B.37		Lobbyist reporting
68B.38		Lobbyist's client reporting
		Subchapter VII - Supreme Court Rules
68B.39		Supreme court rules

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¹ As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, SF52, section 1.
² As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, SF52, section 2.
³ As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, SF52, section 3.
⁴ As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, SF449, section 18.
⁵ As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, SF52, section 4.
⁶ As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, HF809 , section 41.
⁷ As amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, SF52, section 5.

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* The information on this page is provided by the Board's staff for guidance and does NOT take the place of the offiical Code of Iowa. Please view the Code of Iowa and appropriate Supplements and Acts for the official laws.