2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 2 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 68B - GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND LOBBYING
68B.5A - BAN ON CERTAIN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.

        68B.5A  BAN ON CERTAIN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.
         1.  A person who serves as a statewide elected official, the
      executive or administrative head of an agency of state government,
      the deputy executive or administrative head of an agency of state
      government, or a member of the general assembly shall not act as a
      lobbyist during the time in which the person serves or is employed by
      the state unless the person is designated, by the agency in which the
      person serves or is employed, to represent the official position of
      the agency.
         2.  The head of a major subunit of a department or independent
      state agency whose position involves substantial exercise of
      administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds, a
      full-time employee of an office of a statewide elected official whose
      position involves substantial exercise of administrative discretion
      or the expenditure of public funds, or a legislative employee whose
      position involves a substantial exercise of administrative discretion
      or the expenditure of public funds, shall not, during the time in
      which the person serves or is employed by the state, act as a
      lobbyist before the agency in which the person is employed or before
      state agencies, officials, or employees with whom the person has
      substantial or regular contact as part of the person's duties, unless
      the person is designated, by the agency in which the person serves or
      is employed, to represent the official position of the agency.
         3.  A state or legislative employee who is not subject to the
      requirements of subsection 2 shall not act as a lobbyist in relation
      to any particular case, proceeding, or application with respect to
      which the person is directly concerned and personally participates as
      part of the person's employment, unless the person is designated, by
      the agency in which the person is employed, to represent the official
      position of the agency.
         4.  A person who is subject to the requirements of subsection 1
      shall not within two years after the termination of service or
      employment become a lobbyist.
         5.  The head of a major subunit of a department or independent
      state agency whose position involves substantial exercise of
      administrative discretion or the expenditure of public funds, a
      full-time employee of an office of a statewide elected official whose
      position involves substantial exercise of administrative discretion
      or the expenditure of public funds, or a legislative employee whose
      position involves a substantial exercise of administrative discretion
      or the expenditure of public funds, shall not, within two years after
      termination of employment, become a lobbyist before the agency in
      which the person was employed or before state agencies or officials
      or employees with whom the person had substantial and regular contact
      as part of the person's former duties.
         6.  A state or legislative employee who is not subject to the
      requirements of subsection 2 shall not, within two years after
      termination of employment, act as a lobbyist in relation to any
      particular case, proceeding, or application with respect to which the
      person was directly concerned and personally participated as part of
      the person's employment.
         7.  This section shall not apply to a person who, within two years
      of leaving service or employment with the state, is elected to,
      appointed to, or employed by another office of the state, an office
      of a political subdivision of the state, or the federal government
      and appears or communicates on behalf or as part of the duties of
      that office or employment.  

         92 Acts, ch 1228, § 5; 92 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1002, § 1; 93 Acts, ch
      163, § 4; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, § 39
         Referred to in § 68B.34