2A.1 Legislative services agency created — services — legislative privileges — nonpartisanship and nonadvocacy. 1. A legislative services agency is created as a nonpartisan, central legislative staff agency under the direction and control of the legislative council. The agency shall cooperate with and serve all members of the general assembly, the legislative council, and committees […]
2A.2 Director — duties. 1. The administrative head of the legislative services agency shall be the director appointed by the legislative council as provided in section 2.42. The salary of the director shall be set by the legislative council. 2. The director shall do all of the following: a. Employ persons with expertise to perform […]
2A.3 Information access — confidentiality — subpoenas. 1. a. The director and agents and employees of the legislative services agency, with respect to the agency’s provision of services relating to fiscal analysis of legislation, state expenditure, revenue, and budget review, state government oversight and performance evaluation, and staffing of revenue and budget committees, shall at […]
2A.4 Specific services — public policy recommendations restricted. The legislative services agency shall provide the following specific services: 1. Preparation of legal and legislative analysis of any governmental matter upon the proper request of members and committees of the general assembly. Such analysis shall not contain any public policy recommendations. Such legal analysis shall be […]
2A.5 Official legal and other publications — procurements. 1. The legislative services agency shall publish the official legal publications of the state as provided in chapter 2B. The legislative services agency shall have legal custody of the publications and shall provide for the warehousing, sale, and distribution of the publications. The legislative services agency shall […]
2A.6 Special distribution of legal publications. 1. The legislative services agency shall make available electronic or printed versions of the official legal publications listed in section 2A.5, to the three branches of state government, to elected county officers, to county and city assessors, to Iowa’s congressional delegation, to federal courts in Iowa and federal judges […]
2A.7 State government oversight and program evaluation. 1. The general assembly shall independently and intensively review and oversee the performance of state agencies in the operation of state programs to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the state programs and to consider alternatives which may improve the benefits of such programs or may reduce their […]
2A.8 Sales — tax exemption. Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1073, §51 . See §423.3(33).
