Executive Order 5

EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER FIVE WHEREAS, Chapter 688, 1983 Code of Iowa, rela tes to the giving, acceptance and reporting of gifts~ and WHEREAS, the Governor, under Section 68.11(2), has the .authority and the responsibility to establish formal procedures and criteria for the reporting of gifts made to officials and employees of the executive department of the state and their immediate family membersr Na~, THEREFORE, I, Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby establish the following gift reporting requirements for the executive department of state government. ARTICLE I. SCOPE OF APPLICATION "Offlcials and employees of the executive department of the state" shall include all employees and - officials of state government who are not members of the legislative and judl.cial departments . The term "official" includes elec.ted and appointed officials, and board anu commission members who are required by law to file oaths of office. The words "gifts" and "immediate family members" shall have the meanings specified in section 68B.2, 1983 Code of Iowa. ARTICLE II. DISCLOSURE REPORT A. An official or employee who receives or whose immediate family receives a gift in any one occurrence which has a vaiue in excess of fifteen dollars shall file a written report of the gift in the office of the Secretary of State . B. If a gift is made to an official or employee or an immediate family member and other s which cannot be precisely attributed to that recipient, the report shall list the pro- rata •rnlue of the gift attributable to the donee if that value exceeds fifteen dollars. The fact of apportionment shall be disclosed. A gift may not be apportioned between multiple donors to reduce its "value" unless it qualifies as a separate occurrence. Attest : c. The report shall be filed by the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which t he gift was received . ~he report shall show t he donor, a o nee, nature , value and date of the gift . The report shall also show the street address, city and state of residence of the donor , if known. D. The Se cretary o f St a t e shall make available forms for the filing of these reports , upon request , to any person requi red to file a report. The reports sha ll be available for public inspection under condition s consi s tent with Chapter 6 8A , Code of Iowa , r elat i ng to public r ecords . I N TES'f!MONY WHEREO~' , I have hereun to subscribed my name and c aused the Great Saal of the State of Iowa to be affixed . Done at Des lloinea this <'lay ~ ( · of October , in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundrea eighty three. ~<2lz:_~~Q SECRETARY OF STATE