2.42 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.
The legislative council shall select its officers and prescribe
its rules and procedure. The powers and duties of the council shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. To establish policies for the operation of the legislative
services agency.
2. To appoint the director of the legislative services agency for
such term of office as may be set by the council.
3. To prepare reports to be submitted to the general assembly at
its regular sessions.
4. To appoint interim study committees consisting of members of
the legislative council and members of the general assembly of such
number as the council shall determine. Nonlegislative members may be
included on such committees when the council deems the participation
of such members advantageous to the conduct of the study.
5. To conduct studies and evaluate reports of studies assigned to
study committees and make recommendations for legislative or
administrative action thereon. Recommendations shall include such
bills as the legislative council may deem advisable.
6. To cooperate with other states to discuss mutual legislative
and governmental problems.
7. To recommend staff for the legislative council and the
standing committees in cooperation with the chairperson of such
standing committees.
8. To recommend changes or revisions in the senate and house
rules and the joint rules for more efficient operation of the general
assembly and draft proposed rule amendments, resolutions, and bills
as may be required to carry out such recommendations, for
consideration by the general assembly.
9. To recommend to the general assembly the names and numbers of
standing committees of both houses.
10. To establish rules for the style and format for drafting and
preparing of legislative bills and resolutions.
11. To approve the appointment of the Iowa Code editor and the
administrative code editor.
12. To establish policies for the distribution of information
which is stored by the general assembly in an electronic format,
including the contents of statutes or rules, other than value-added
electronic publications as provided in section 2A.5. The legislative
council shall establish payment rates that encourage the distribution
of such information to the public, including private vendors
reselling that information. The legislative council shall not
establish a price that attempts to recover more than is attributable
to costs related to reproducing and delivering the information.
13. To establish policies with regard to the publishing of
printed and electronic versions of the Iowa administrative code, the
Iowa administrative bulletin, the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code
Supplement, and the Iowa Acts, or any part of those publications.
The publishing policies may include, but are not limited to: the
style and format to be used; the frequency of publication; the
contents of the publications; the numbering system to be used in the
Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and the Iowa Acts; the
preparation of editorial comments or notations; the correction of
errors; the type of print or electronic media and data processing
software to be used; the number of printed volumes to be published;
recommended revisions of the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and
the Iowa Acts; the letting of contracts for the publication of the
Iowa administrative code, the Iowa administrative bulletin, the Iowa
court rules, the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and the Iowa
Acts; the pricing of the publications to which section 22.3 does not
apply; access to, and the use, reproduction, legal protection, sale
or distribution, and pricing of related data processing software
consistent with chapter 22; and any other matters deemed necessary to
the publication of uniform and understandable publications.
14. To hear and act upon appeals of aggrieved employees of the
legislative services agency and the office of the citizens' aide
pursuant to rules of procedure established by the council.
15. Authority to review and delay the effective dates of rules
and forms submitted by the supreme court pursuant to section
602.4202.
16. To implement the sexual harassment prohibitions and
grievance, violation, and disposition procedures of section 19B.12
with respect to full-time, part-time, and temporary central
legislative staff agency employees and to develop and distribute, at
the time of hiring or orientation, a guide that describes for its
employees the applicable sexual harassment prohibitions and
grievance, violation, and disposition procedures. This subsection
does not supersede the remedies provided under chapter 216.
2.42 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.
The legislative council shall select its officers and prescribe
its rules and procedure. The powers and duties of the council shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. To establish policies for the operation of the legislative
services agency.
2. To appoint the director of the legislative services agency for
such term of office as may be set by the council.
3. To prepare reports to be submitted to the general assembly at
its regular sessions.
4. To appoint interim study committees consisting of members of
the legislative council and members of the general assembly of such
number as the council shall determine. Nonlegislative members may be
included on such committees when the council deems the participation
of such members advantageous to the conduct of the study.
5. To conduct studies and evaluate reports of studies assigned to
study committees and make recommendations for legislative or
administrative action thereon. Recommendations shall include such
bills as the legislative council may deem advisable.
6. To cooperate with other states to discuss mutual legislative
and governmental problems.
7. To recommend staff for the legislative council and the
standing committees in cooperation with the chairperson of such
standing committees.
8. To recommend changes or revisions in the senate and house
rules and the joint rules for more efficient operation of the general
assembly and draft proposed rule amendments, resolutions, and bills
as may be required to carry out such recommendations, for
consideration by the general assembly.
9. To recommend to the general assembly the names and numbers of
standing committees of both houses.
10. To establish rules for the style and format for drafting and
preparing of legislative bills and resolutions.
11. To approve the appointment of the Iowa Code editor and the
administrative code editor.
12. To establish policies for the distribution of information
which is stored by the general assembly in an electronic format,
including the contents of statutes or rules, other than value-added
electronic publications as provided in section 2A.5. The legislative
council shall establish payment rates that encourage the distribution
of such information to the public, including private vendors
reselling that information. The legislative council shall not
establish a price that attempts to recover more than is attributable
to costs related to reproducing and delivering the information.
13. To establish policies with regard to the publishing of
printed and electronic versions of the Iowa administrative code, the
Iowa administrative bulletin, the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code
Supplement, and the Iowa Acts, or any part of those publications.
The publishing policies may include, but are not limited to: the
style and format to be used; the frequency of publication; the
contents of the publications; the numbering system to be used in the
Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and the Iowa Acts; the
preparation of editorial comments or notations; the correction of
errors; the type of print or electronic media and data processing
software to be used; the number of printed volumes to be published;
recommended revisions of the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and
the Iowa Acts; the letting of contracts for the publication of the
Iowa administrative code, the Iowa administrative bulletin, the Iowa
court rules, the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and the Iowa
Acts; the pricing of the publications to which section 22.3 does not
apply; access to, and the use, reproduction, legal protection, sale
or distribution, and pricing of related data processing software
consistent with chapter 22; and any other matters deemed necessary to
the publication of uniform and understandable publications.
14. To hear and act upon appeals of aggrieved employees of the
legislative services agency and the office of the citizens' aide
pursuant to rules of procedure established by the council.
15. Authority to review and delay the effective dates of rules
and forms submitted by the supreme court pursuant to section
602.4202.
16. To implement the sexual harassment prohibitions and
grievance, violation, and disposition procedures of section 19B.12
with respect to full-time, part-time, and temporary central
legislative staff agency employees and to develop and distribute, at
the time of hiring or orientation, a guide that describes for its
employees the applicable sexual harassment prohibitions and
grievance, violation, and disposition procedures. This subsection
does not supersede the remedies provided under chapter 216.
2.42 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.
The legislative council shall select its officers and prescribe
its rules and procedure. The powers and duties of the council shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. To establish policies for the operation of the legislative
services agency.
2. To appoint the director of the legislative services agency for
such term of office as may be set by the council.
3. To prepare reports to be submitted to the general assembly at
its regular sessions.
4. To appoint interim study committees consisting of members of
the legislative council and members of the general assembly of such
number as the council shall determine. Nonlegislative members may be
included on such committees when the council deems the participation
of such members advantageous to the conduct of the study.
5. To conduct studies and evaluate reports of studies assigned to
study committees and make recommendations for legislative or
administrative action thereon. Recommendations shall include such
bills as the legislative council may deem advisable.
6. To cooperate with other states to discuss mutual legislative
and governmental problems.
7. To recommend staff for the legislative council and the
standing committees in cooperation with the chairperson of such
standing committees.
8. To recommend changes or revisions in the senate and house
rules and the joint rules for more efficient operation of the general
assembly and draft proposed rule amendments, resolutions, and bills
as may be required to carry out such recommendations, for
consideration by the general assembly.
9. To recommend to the general assembly the names and numbers of
standing committees of both houses.
10. To establish rules for the style and format for drafting and
preparing of legislative bills and resolutions.
11. To approve the appointment of the Iowa Code editor and the
administrative code editor.
12. To establish policies for the distribution of information
which is stored by the general assembly in an electronic format,
including the contents of statutes or rules, other than value-added
electronic publications as provided in section 2A.5. The legislative
council shall establish payment rates that encourage the distribution
of such information to the public, including private vendors
reselling that information. The legislative council shall not
establish a price that attempts to recover more than is attributable
to costs related to reproducing and delivering the information.
13. To establish policies with regard to the publishing of
printed and electronic versions of the Iowa administrative code, the
Iowa administrative bulletin, the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code
Supplement, and the Iowa Acts, or any part of those publications.
The publishing policies may include, but are not limited to: the
style and format to be used; the frequency of publication; the
contents of the publications; the numbering system to be used in the
Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and the Iowa Acts; the
preparation of editorial comments or notations; the correction of
errors; the type of print or electronic media and data processing
software to be used; the number of printed volumes to be published;
recommended revisions of the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and
the Iowa Acts; the letting of contracts for the publication of the
Iowa administrative code, the Iowa administrative bulletin, the Iowa
court rules, the Iowa Code, the Iowa Code Supplement, and the Iowa
Acts; the pricing of the publications to which section 22.3 does not
apply; access to, and the use, reproduction, legal protection, sale
or distribution, and pricing of related data processing software
consistent with chapter 22; and any other matters deemed necessary to
the publication of uniform and understandable publications.
14. To hear and act upon appeals of aggrieved employees of the
legislative services agency and the office of the citizens' aide
pursuant to rules of procedure established by the council.
15. Authority to review and delay the effective dates of rules
and forms submitted by the supreme court pursuant to section
602.4202.
16. To implement the sexual harassment prohibitions and
grievance, violation, and disposition procedures of section 19B.12
with respect to full-time, part-time, and temporary central
legislative staff agency employees and to develop and distribute, at
the time of hiring or orientation, a guide that describes for its
employees the applicable sexual harassment prohibitions and
grievance, violation, and disposition procedures. This subsection
does not supersede the remedies provided under chapter 216.
