2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 2 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 68B - GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND LOBBYING
68B.35 - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE -- CERTAIN OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND CANDIDATES.

        68B.35  PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE -- CERTAIN
      OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND CANDIDATES.
         1.  The persons specified in subsection 2 shall file a financial
      statement at times and in the manner provided in this section that
      contains all of the following:
         a.  A list of each business, occupation, or profession in
      which the person is engaged and the nature of that business,
      occupation, or profession, unless already apparent.
         b.  A list of any other sources of income if the source
      produces more than one thousand dollars annually in gross income.
      Such sources of income listed pursuant to this paragraph may be
      listed under any of the following categories, or under any other
      categories as may be established by rule:
         (1)  Securities.
         (2)  Instruments of financial institutions.
         (3)  Trusts.
         (4)  Real estate.
         (5)  Retirement systems.
         (6)  Other income categories specified in state and federal income
      tax regulations.
         2.  The financial statement required by this section shall be
      filed by the following persons:
         a.  Any statewide elected official.
         b.  The executive or administrative head or heads of any
      agency of state government.
         c.  The deputy executive or administrative head or heads of an
      agency of state government.
         d.  The head of a major subunit of a department or independent
      state agency whose position involves a substantial exercise of
      administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds as
      defined under rules adopted by the board, pursuant to chapter 17A, in
      consultation with the department or agency.
         e.  Members of the state banking council, the ethics and
      campaign disclosure board, the credit union review board, the
      economic development board, the employment appeal board, the
      environmental protection commission, the health facilities council,
      the Iowa finance authority, the Iowa public employees' retirement
      system investment board, the board of the Iowa lottery authority, the
      natural resource commission, the board of parole, the petroleum
      underground storage tank fund board, the public employment relations
      board, the state racing and gaming commission, the state board of
      regents, the tax review board, the transportation commission, the
      office of consumer advocate, the utilities board, the Iowa
      telecommunications and technology commission, and any full-time
      members of other boards and commissions as defined under section 7E.4
      who receive an annual salary for their service on the board or
      commission.  The Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board shall
      conduct an annual review to determine if members of any other board,
      commission, or authority should file a statement and shall require
      the filing of a statement pursuant to rules adopted pursuant to
      chapter 17A.
         f.  Members of the general assembly.
         g.  Candidates for state office.
         h.  Legislative employees who are the head or deputy head of a
      legislative agency or whose position involves a substantial exercise
      of administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds.
         3.  The board, in consultation with each executive department or
      independent agency, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
      implement the requirements of this section that provide for the time
      and manner for the filing of financial statements by persons in the
      department or independent agency.
         4.  The ethics committee of each house of the general assembly
      shall recommend rules for adoption by each house for the time and
      manner for the filing of financial statements by members or employees
      of the particular house.  The legislative council shall adopt rules
      for the time and manner for the filing of financial statements by
      legislative employees of the central legislative staff agencies.  The
      rules shall provide for the filing of the financial statements with
      either the chief clerk of the house, the secretary of the senate, or
      other appropriate person or body.
         5. a.  A candidate for statewide office shall file a financial
      statement with the ethics and campaign disclosure board, a candidate
      for the office of state representative shall file a financial
      statement with the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and a
      candidate for the office of state senator shall file a financial
      statement with the secretary of the senate.  Statements shall contain
      information concerning the year preceding the year in which the
      election is to be held.
         b.  The ethics and campaign disclosure board shall adopt rules
      pursuant to chapter 17A providing for the filing of the financial
      statements with the board and for the deposit, retention, and
      availability of the financial statements.  The ethics committees of
      the house of representatives and the senate shall recommend rules for
      adoption by the respective houses providing for the filing of the
      financial statements with the chief clerk of the house or the
      secretary of the senate and for the deposit, retention, and
      availability of the financial statements.  Rules adopted shall also
      include a procedure for notification of candidates of the duty to
      file disclosure statements under this section.  

         92 Acts, ch 1228, § 17; 93 Acts, ch 163, § 21; 94 Acts, ch 1092,
      §9; 96 Acts, ch 1200, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 61, §12; 2003 Acts, ch 178,
      §100, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2004 Acts, ch 1091, §11; 2004
      Acts, ch 1141, §34; 2009 Acts, ch 9, §5
         Referred to in § 68B.3, 68B.32, 68B.34