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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2429
BY
GOLDING
,
GERHOLD
,
ANDREWS
,
and
DUNWELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
prohibited
terms
in
state
agency
1
publications.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
7A.26
State
publications
——
1
prohibited
terms.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
3
a.
“Official
government
material”
means
a
guidance,
rule,
4
briefing,
press
release,
or
publication
prepared
by
a
state
5
agency.
6
b.
“State
agency”
means
a
department,
authority,
agency,
7
commission,
board,
institution,
division,
or
office
of
the
8
state.
9
2.
A
state
agency
shall
not
use
the
term
“West
Bank”
to
10
refer
to
Judea
and
Samaria
in
official
government
material.
11
3.
A
state
agency
shall
not
use
state
moneys
to
create
12
official
government
material
that
uses
the
term
“West
Bank”
to
13
refer
to
Judea
and
Samaria.
14
4.
The
head
of
a
state
agency
may
waive
the
prohibitions
of
15
subsections
2
and
3
if
the
head
of
the
state
agency
determines
16
that
waiving
the
prohibitions
is
in
the
interest
of
the
state
17
and
submits
a
written
explanation
of
the
waiver
no
later
than
18
thirty
days
after
making
the
determination
to
the
general
19
assembly
or
to
the
legislative
council
if
the
general
assembly
20
is
not
in
session.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
prohibits
a
state
agency
from
using
the
term
“West
25
Bank”
to
refer
to
Judea
and
Samaria
in
official
government
26
material
and
prohibits
a
state
agency
from
using
state
moneys
27
to
create
official
government
material
that
uses
the
term
“West
28
Bank”
to
refer
to
Judea
and
Samaria.
The
head
of
a
state
agency
29
may
waive
these
prohibitions
if
the
head
of
the
state
agency
30
determines
that
doing
so
is
in
the
interest
of
the
state
and
31
submits
a
written
explanation
of
the
waiver
no
later
than
30
32
days
after
making
the
determination
to
the
general
assembly
or
33
to
the
legislative
council
if
the
general
assembly
is
not
in
34
session.
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