2.1 Sessions — place. The sessions of the general assembly shall be held annually at the seat of government, unless the governor shall convene them at some other place in times of pestilence or public danger. Each annual session of the general assembly shall commence on the second Monday in January of each year. The […]
2.10 Salaries and expenses — members of general assembly. Members of the general assembly shall receive salaries and expenses as provided by this section. 1. Every member of the general assembly except the presiding officer of the senate, the speaker of the house, the majority and minority floor leader of each house, and the president […]
2.100 Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49 . See chapter 2A.
2.101 Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49 . See chapter 2A.
2.102 Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49 . See chapter 2A.
2.103 Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49 . See chapter 2A.
2.104 Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 35, §47, 49 . See chapter 2A.
2.11 Officers and employees — compensation — prohibitions. 1. Each house of the general assembly may employ such officers and employees as it shall deem necessary for the conduct of its business. The compensation of the chaplains, officers, and employees of the general assembly shall be fixed by joint action of the house and senate […]
2.12 Expenses of general assembly and legislative agencies — budgets. 1. There is appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum sufficient to pay for legislative printing and all current and miscellaneous expenses of the general assembly, authorized by either the senate or the house, and the director of […]
2.12A Legal expenses reviewed by the court. If a member or members of the general assembly are involved in court proceedings on behalf of the general assembly, and are represented by an attorney who is not an employee of the state, and the legislative council determines that the reasonable expense of the court proceedings, including […]
2.12B State capitol maintenance fund — appropriation. 1. A state capitol maintenance fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the legislative council. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund. 2. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for deposit in the state capitol maintenance fund, […]
2.13 Issuance of warrants. The director of the department of administrative services shall also issue to each officer and employee of the general assembly, during legislative sessions or interim periods, upon vouchers signed by the president, majority leader, and secretary of the senate or the speaker and chief clerk of the house, warrants for the […]
2.14 Meetings of legislative committees. 1. a. A standing committee of either house or a subcommittee when authorized by the chairperson of the standing committee, may meet when the general assembly is not in session in the manner provided in this section and upon call pursuant to the rules of the house or senate. In […]
2.15 Powers and duties of standing committees. 1. The powers and duties of standing committees shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a. Introducing legislative bills and resolutions. b. Conducting investigations with the approval of either or both houses during the session, or the legislative council during the interim, with authority to […]
2.16 Prefiling legislative bills. 1. Any member of the general assembly or any person elected to serve in the general assembly, or any standing committee, may sponsor and submit legislative bills and joint resolutions for consideration by the general assembly, before the convening of any session of the general assembly. Each house may approve rules […]
2.17 Freedom of speech. A member of the general assembly shall not be held for slander or libel in any court for words used in any speech or debate in either house or at any session of a standing committee. [C51, §9; R60, §6; C73, §11; C97, §11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §22; C46, […]
2.18 Contempt. Each house has authority to punish for contempt, by fine or imprisonment or both, any person who commits any of the following offenses against its authority: 1. Arresting a member, knowing the member to be such, in violation of the member’s privilege, or assaulting, or threatening to assault, or threatening any harm to […]
2.19 Punishment for contempt. Fines and imprisonment for contempt shall be only by virtue of an order of the proper house, entered on its journals, stating the grounds thereof. [C51, §14; R60, §10; C73, §15; C97, §19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §24; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §2.25; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, […]
2.2 Designation of general assembly. 1. Each regular session of the general assembly shall be designated by the year in which it convenes and by a number with a new consecutive number assigned with the session beginning in each odd-numbered year. 2. A special session of the general assembly shall be designated as an extraordinary […]
2.20 Warrant — execution. Imprisonment for contempt shall be effected by a warrant, under the hand of the presiding officer, for the time being, of the house ordering it, countersigned by the acting secretary or clerk, in the name of the state, and directed to the sheriff or jailer of the proper county. Under such […]
