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House
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744
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
744
BY
WICHTENDAHL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
local
government
processes
and
forms.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.301,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
A
county
shall
furnish
or
make
3
available
on
a
publicly
accessible
internet
site
electronic
4
forms
required
by
the
county
or
county
officers,
including
but
5
not
limited
to
the
auditor,
treasurer,
recorder,
and
sheriff,
6
that
may
include
required
filings,
documents,
and
requests
for
7
services
such
as
licenses
or
other
information
as
required
8
by
law.
The
publicly
accessible
internet
site
shall
also
be
9
capable
of
electronically
receiving
a
document
submitted
to
the
10
county
and
shall
ensure
all
confidential
information,
including
11
a
person’s
identity,
is
protected.
The
internet
site
shall
not
12
use
a
person’s
social
security
number
as
an
identifier
in
the
13
system.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
364.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
A
city
shall
furnish
or
make
available
17
on
a
publicly
accessible
internet
site
electronic
forms
18
required
by
the
city
or
city
officers,
including
but
not
19
limited
to
the
city
clerk,
that
may
include
required
filings,
20
documents,
and
requests
for
services
such
as
licenses
or
other
21
information
as
required
by
law.
The
publicly
accessible
22
internet
site
shall
also
be
capable
of
electronically
23
receiving
a
document
submitted
to
the
city
and
shall
ensure
all
24
confidential
information,
including
a
person’s
identity,
is
25
protected.
The
internet
site
shall
not
use
a
person’s
social
26
security
number
as
an
identifier
in
the
system.
27
Sec.
3.
Section
554D.120,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
28
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
1.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
section
554D.114,
30
subsection
6
,
a
governmental
agency
of
this
state
,
other
than
31
a
county,
municipality,
or
other
political
subdivision
of
a
32
state
or
a
state
executive
branch
agency,
department,
board,
33
commission,
authority,
or
institution,
shall
determine
whether,
34
and
the
extent
to
which,
the
governmental
agency
will
send
and
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accept
electronic
records
and
electronic
signatures
to
and
from
1
other
persons
and
otherwise
create,
generate,
communicate,
2
store,
process,
use,
and
rely
upon
electronic
records
and
3
electronic
signatures.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
requires
counties
and
cities
to
make
available
8
required
forms,
documents,
and
requests
for
services
by
9
a
county
or
county
officer
or
a
city
or
city
officer
on
a
10
publicly
accessible
internet
site.
The
bill
also
requires
11
the
publicly
accessible
internet
site
to
be
capable
of
12
electronically
receiving
a
document
submitted
to
a
county
or
a
13
city
while
protecting
confidential
information.
14
The
bill
modifies
Code
section
554D.120,
subsection
1,
which
15
currently
allows
a
governmental
agency,
including
a
county,
16
municipality,
or
other
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
to
17
determine
whether,
and
the
extent
to
which,
the
governmental
18
agency
will
send
and
accept
electronic
records
and
electronic
19
signatures
to
and
from
other
persons
and
otherwise
create,
20
generate,
communicate,
store,
process,
use,
and
rely
upon
21
electronic
records
and
electronic
signatures.
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