Relating to bonds and insurance policies for public officers

Sponsored by the House Local Government Committee

Topics:Cities & counties

Same legislation: SF 2121

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2024
Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
Done: House committeeFebruary 27, 2024
Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 27, 202497–0
Done: Senate committeeMarch 14, 2024
Done: Passes the SenateApril 9, 202446–0
Done: To the GovernorApril 19, 2024
Done: Signed into lawApril 19, 2024

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What’s in it

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to bonds and insurance policies for public officers. The bill allows a public officer that is required to obtain a bond pursuant to Code chapter (official and private bonds) to instead obtain an insurance policy in an amount not less than the amount required of a bond for that officer. The bill requires that the terms of the insurance policy substantially comply with the terms required of an official bond.

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If the reasonable expenses of a bond would be paid for by a county or township, the bill requires the reasonable expenses of the insurance policy obtained in lieu of a bond to also be paid by that county or township. The state of Iowa shall be the beneficiary of an insurance policy obtained in lieu of a bond, and the bill requires the insurance policy to be approved, filed, and recorded in the same manner as a bond for a public officer. The bill changes the circumstances under which an officer can be removed from office for failure to give a bond. The bill allows an officer to be suspended from office after acting in an official capacity without giving a required bond until the officer gives an appropriate bond. If an officer who has been suspended from office for failure to give a bond does not give a bond after a reasonable time, the bill allows the officer to be removed from office.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§64.3

Amends§64.25

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

90th General Assembly

SF 2121Didn’t advanceSenate companion HF 2398Became lawHouse companion

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