35B.10 - DISBURSEMENTS -- INSPECTION OF RECORDS.

        35B.10  DISBURSEMENTS -- INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
         All claims certified by the commission shall be reviewed by the
      board of supervisors and the county auditor shall issue warrants in
      payment of the claims.  All applications, investigation reports, and
      case records are privileged communications and shall be held
      confidential, subject to use and inspection only by persons
      authorized by law in connection with their official duties relating
      to financial audits and the administration of this chapter.  However,
      the county commission of veteran affairs shall prepare and file in
      the office of the county auditor on or before the thirtieth day of
      each January, April, July, and October a report showing the case
      numbers of all recipients receiving assistance under this chapter,
      together with the amount paid to each during the preceding quarter.
      Each report so filed shall be securely fixed in a record book to be
      used only for such reports made under this chapter.
         The record book shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a
      public record, open to public inspection at all times during the
      regular office hours of the county auditor.  Each person who desires
      to examine said records, other than in pursuance of official duties
      as hereinbefore provided, shall sign a written request to examine the
      same, which shall contain an agreement on the part of the signer that
      the signer will not utilize any information gained therefrom for
      commercial or political purposes.
         It shall be unlawful for any person, body, association, firm,
      corporation or any other agency to solicit, disclose, receive, make
      use of or to authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce
      in the use of any lists, names or other information obtained from the
      reports above provided for, for commercial or political purposes, and
      a violation of this provision shall constitute a serious misdemeanor.
      
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 432; S13, § 432; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5392; C39, §
      3828.059; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §
      250.10; 81 Acts, ch 33, § 7] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 123, § 98, 209
         C93, § 35B.10
         99 Acts, ch 180, §7
         Referred to in § 331.502, 331.508