2A.6 - SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LEGAL PUBLICATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON FREE DISTRIBUTIONS.
2A.6 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LEGAL PUBLICATIONS --
RESTRICTIONS ON FREE DISTRIBUTIONS.
1. The legislative services agency shall make free distribution
of the printed versions of the official legal publications listed in
section 2A.5, subsection 2, subject to payment of any routine
distribution costs such as but not limited to mailing and handling
costs, 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 and
magistrates for Iowa, and to state and university depository
libraries, the library of Congress, and the library of the United
States supreme court. Only such officers, offices, and agencies
entitled to or receiving free copies during the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003,{ shall be entitled to
continue to receive free copies in subsequent years, except that
successor and new officers, offices, and agencies shall receive a
reasonable number of free copies as determined by the legislative
services agency. Such officers, offices, and agencies shall annually
review the number of copies received in the prior year to determine
if the number of copies received can be reduced and shall submit the
information in a report to the legislative services agency. The
number of copies received, once reduced, shall not be increased to
the previous level without the express consent of the legislative
services agency.
2. Each officer, office, or agency receiving one or more free
copies of a publication under this section shall only receive up to
the number of copies indicated free at the time of initial
distribution. If an officer, office, or agency receiving one or more
free copies of a publication under this section desires additional
copies beyond the number initially received, the officer, office, or
agency must request the additional copies and pay the normal charge
for such publication.
3. If a version of a publication provided under this section is
available in an electronic format, the legislative services agency
may establish policies providing for the substitution of an
electronic version for the printed version of the publication, and
for the amount of payment, if any, required for the electronic
publication. The payment amount shall not be more than established
pursuant to section 2A.5 for the same publication. For the Iowa
administrative code and its supplements, the legislative services
agency may provide that the distribution requirement of this section
is met by distributing relevant portions of the Iowa administrative
code or its supplements in either a printed or electronic format.
4. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,
the legislative services agency may review the publication costs and
offsetting sales revenues relating to legal publications in printed
formats, and may establish policies requiring payment from persons
otherwise entitled to receive them at no cost or at a price covering
distribution costs pursuant to subsection 1. The payment amount
shall not be more than established pursuant to section 2A.5 for the
same publication. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 35, §6, 49
Referred to in § 256.53
{See § 18.97, Code 2003