2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 2 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 68B - GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND LOBBYING
68B.32D - PENALTIES -- RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.

        68B.32D  PENALTIES -- RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
         1.  The board, after a hearing and upon a finding that a violation
      of this chapter, chapter 68A, section 8.7, or rules adopted by the
      board has occurred, may do one or more of the following:
         a.  Issue an order requiring the violator to cease and desist
      from the violation found.
         b.  Issue an order requiring the violator to take any remedial
      action deemed appropriate by the board.
         c.  Issue an order requiring the violator to file any report,
      statement, or other information as required by this chapter, chapter
      68A, section 8.7, or rules adopted by the board.
         d.  Publicly reprimand the violator for violations of this
      chapter, chapter 68A, section 8.7, or rules adopted by the board in
      writing and provide a copy of the reprimand to the violator's
      appointing authority.
         e.  Make a written recommendation to the violator's appointing
      authority that the violator be removed or suspended from office, and
      include in the recommendation the length of the suspension.
         f.  If the violation is a violation of this chapter or rules
      adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter and the violator is an
      elected official of the executive branch of state government, other
      than an official who can only be removed by impeachment, make a
      written recommendation to the attorney general or the appropriate
      county attorney that an action for removal from office be initiated
      pursuant to chapter 66.
         g.  If the violation is a violation of this chapter or rules
      adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter and the violator is a
      lobbyist of the executive branch of state government, censure,
      reprimand, or impose other sanctions deemed appropriate by the board.
      A lobbyist may also be suspended from lobbying activities if the
      board finds that suspension is an appropriate sanction for the
      violation committed.
         h.  Issue an order requiring the violator to pay a civil
      penalty of not more than two thousand dollars for each violation of
      this chapter, chapter 68A, section 8.7, or rules adopted by the
      board.
         i.  Refer the complaint and supporting information to the
      attorney general or appropriate county attorney with a recommendation
      for prosecution or enforcement of criminal penalties.
         2.  At any stage during an investigation or during the board's
      review of routine compliance matters, the board may resolve the
      matter by admonishment to the alleged violator or by any other means
      not specified in subsection 1 as a posthearing remedy.
         3.  If a person fails to comply with an action of the board under
      subsection 1, the board may petition the Polk county district court
      for an order for enforcement of the action of the board.  The
      enforcement proceeding shall be conducted as provided in section
      68B.33.  

         93 Acts, ch 163, § 18; 2000 Acts, ch 1042, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1035,
      §7, 8
         Referred to in § 68A.101, 68A.401, 68A.401A, 68A.506, 68B.32A,
      68B.32B, 68B.32C, 331.756(15)