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Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
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Title I. STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT |
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Chapter 2B. LEGAL PUBLICATIONS |
Section 2B.10. Iowa Acts.
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1. The legislative services agency shall control and maintain in a secure electronic repository custodial information used to produce the Iowa Acts.
2. The legislative services agency shall publish the annual edition of the Iowa Acts as soon as possible after the final adjournment of a regular session of the general assembly. The legislative services agency may also publish an updated edition of the Iowa Acts or a supplement to the Iowa Acts after a special session of the general assembly.
3. a. The arrangement, appearance, and contents of the Iowa Acts shall be determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with the policies of the legislative council and legislative services agency as provided in section 2.42.
b. The bills and joint resolutions of the Iowa Acts may be arranged by chapter, numbered from one for the first regular session and numbered from one thousand one for the second regular session.
4. The Iowa Acts shall include all of the following:
a. A preface.
b. A table of contents.
c. A list of elective state officers and deputies, supreme court justices, judges of the court of appeals, members of the general assembly, and members of Iowa’s congressional delegation.
d. A statement of the condition of the state treasury as provided by Article III, section 18, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The statement shall be furnished to the legislative services agency by the director of the department of administrative services.
e. An analysis of its chapters.
f. The text of bills that have been enacted and joint resolutions that have been enacted or passed by the general assembly, including text indicating items disapproved in appropriation bills.
g. Messages transmitted by the governor disapproving items in appropriation bills.
h. A notation of the filing of an estimate of a state mandate prepared by the legislative services agency pursuant to section 25B.5.
i. Tables, including any analysis of tables.
j. A comprehensive method to search and identify its contents, including the text of bills that have been enacted and joint resolutions that have been enacted or passed by the general assembly.
(1) An electronic version may include search and retrieval programming and an index and a summary index.
(2) A print version may include an index and a summary index.
k. Other reference material as determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with any policies of the legislative council.
5. The enrolling clerks of the house and senate shall arrange for the Iowa Code editor to receive suitable copies of all Acts and resolutions as soon as they are enrolled.
[C73, §36; C97, §39; SS15, §224-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, §162, 162-d1, 163, 164, 165, 167; C39, §221.1 – 221.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §14.10]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10004, 10201