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House
File
877
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
877
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
247)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
proofs
of
publication
of
public
notices.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
618.11,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
618.11
Fees
for
publication
and
proof
of
publication.
3
1.
a.
The
compensation,
when
not
otherwise
fixed,
for
the
4
publication
in
a
newspaper
of
any
notice,
order,
citation,
or
5
other
publication
required
or
allowed
by
law
shall
be
at
a
6
rate
of
thirty-four
cents
for
one
insertion
and
twenty-three
7
cents
for
each
subsequent
insertion
for
each
line
of
eight
8
point
type
two
inches
in
length,
or
its
equivalent.
Beginning
9
June
1,
2001,
and
each
June
1
thereafter,
the
director
of
10
the
department
of
administrative
services
shall
calculate
11
a
new
rate
for
the
following
fiscal
year
as
prescribed
in
12
this
subsection
paragraph
,
and
shall
publish
this
rate
as
a
13
notice
in
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin
prior
to
the
first
14
day
of
the
following
calendar
month.
The
new
rate
shall
be
15
effective
on
the
first
day
of
the
calendar
month
following
its
16
publication.
The
rate
shall
be
calculated
by
applying
the
17
percentage
change
in
the
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
18
consumers
for
the
last
available
twelve-month
period
published
19
in
the
federal
register
by
the
federal
department
of
labor,
20
bureau
of
labor
statistics,
to
the
existing
rate
as
an
increase
21
or
decrease
in
the
rate
rounded
to
the
nearest
one-tenth
of
22
a
cent.
The
calculation
and
publication
of
the
rate
by
the
23
director
of
the
department
of
administrative
services
shall
be
24
exempt
from
the
provisions
of
chapters
17A
and
25B
.
25
b.
Except
as
otherwise
required,
“proof
of
publication”
26
means
a
document
that
includes
the
published
document,
date
of
27
publication,
and
the
name
of
the
newspaper
of
publication
or
a
28
statement
that
the
document
was
posted
on
the
statewide
public
29
notice
internet
site
as
provided
in
section
618.8.
30
2.
A
newspaper
shall
not
charge
a
fee
to
a
government
body,
31
as
defined
in
section
22.1
,
for
proof
of
publication
of
a
32
public
notice.
A
newspaper
may
charge
a
fee,
not
to
exceed
the
33
actual
costs
of
preparation,
for
a
proof
of
publication
that
34
includes
additional
elements,
including
a
notarized
affidavit
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requested
by
a
government
body,
as
defined
in
section
22.1.
1
3.
A
proof
of
publication
shall
constitute
an
admissible
2
writing
or
record
as
provided
in
section
622.28.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
proofs
of
publication
of
public
7
notices.
The
bill
defines
“proof
of
publication”
as
a
document
8
that
includes
the
published
document,
date
of
publication,
and
9
the
name
of
the
newspaper
of
publication
or
a
statement
that
10
the
document
was
posted
on
the
statewide
public
notice
internet
11
site,
as
applicable.
The
bill
allows
a
newspaper
to
charge
a
12
fee,
not
to
exceed
the
actual
costs
of
preparation,
for
a
proof
13
of
publication
that
includes
additional
elements,
including
a
14
notarized
affidavit
requested
by
a
government
body.
The
bill
15
categorizes
a
proof
of
publication
as
an
admissible
writing
or
16
record
under
the
rules
of
evidence.
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