2A.5 - OFFICIAL LEGAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS -- PROCUREMENTS.
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 retain or cause to be retained a number of old editions of the
publications but may otherwise distribute or cause to be distributed
old editions of the publications to any person upon payment by the
person of any distribution costs.
2. The printed versions of the publications listed in this
subsection shall be sold at a price to be established by the
legislative services agency. In determining the prices, the
legislative services agency shall consider the costs of printing,
binding, distribution, and paper stock, compilation and editing labor
costs, and any other associated costs. The legislative services
agency shall also consider the number of volumes or units to be
printed, sold, and distributed in the determination of the prices.
a. The Iowa Code.
b. The Iowa Code Supplement.
c. The Iowa Acts.
d. The Iowa court rules.
e. The Iowa administrative code.
f. The Iowa administrative bulletin.
3. The legislative services agency shall compile for publication
and distribute in odd-numbered years the Iowa official register. The
register shall contain historical, political, and other information
and statistics of general value but shall not contain information or
statistics of a partisan character. The print and electronic
versions of the register need not contain the same information and
statistics but shall be published to provide the greatest access to
such information and statistics at the most reasonable cost as
determined by the legislative services agency. The different
versions of the register may be distributed free of charge, may be
distributed free of charge except for postage and handling charges,
or may be sold at a price to be established by the legislative
services agency.
4. The legislative services agency may establish policies for the
production, editing, distribution, and pricing of electronic
publications containing information stored by the legislative branch
in an electronic format, including information contained in the
printed publications listed in this section. Such electronic
publications may include programming not originally part of the
stored information, including but not limited to search and retrieval
functions. The policies shall provide for the widest possible
distribution of these value-added electronic publications at the
lowest price practicable, which shall not be more than the costs
attributable to producing, editing, and distributing the electronic
publications.
5. Subject to section 2.42, the legislative services agency shall
determine its procurement procedures, which may include procurement
determinations based on service provider competence, meeting of
service or product specifications, and reasonableness of price; the
posting of security to accompany a service provider proposal; the
preference of Iowa-based businesses if comparable in price; the
disclosure of service provider assignments; the inclusion of renewal
options; the imposition of liquidated damages and other penalties for
breach of any service provider requirement; and the rejection of all
service provider proposals and institution of a new procurement
process. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 35, §5, 48, 49
Referred to in § 2.42, 2A.6, 2B.5, 7A.27, 7D.6, 9F.4, 22.3A