8.69 - TIM SHIELDS CENTER FOR GOVERNING EXCELLENCE IN IOWA.
8.69 TIM SHIELDS CENTER FOR GOVERNING EXCELLENCE IN
IOWA.
1. The commission shall establish the Tim Shields center for
governing excellence in Iowa. The purpose of the Tim Shields center
for governing excellence in Iowa is to do all of the following:
a. Enhance the accountability, effectiveness, and efficiency
of Iowa's local governments and state agencies by providing objective
and nonpartisan research and training support for policymakers and
government officials.
b. Integrate the research capacities of the community
colleges and public and private universities located in this state
and of organizations representing local governments to support
management and policy research.
c. Facilitate dialogues among Iowa's state agencies, local
governments, community colleges, public and private universities,
organizations representing local governments, and citizens on
government policy design, implementation, and evaluation.
2. After its creation, the center may solicit, accept, and
administer moneys contributed to the center by any source, and may
enter into contracts with public or private agencies or may enter
into agreements subject to chapter 28E with public and private
agencies in order to carry out its purposes. All records of the
center including but not limited to records of donations to the
center and contracts or agreements entered into by the center shall
be public records for purposes of chapter 22.
3. The center shall submit an annual report of the activities of
the center to the governor and to the general assembly as provided in
section 7A.11A by January 15 of each year.
4. The local government innovation commission created in section
8.65, or a successor agency, shall oversee and direct the activities
of the Tim Shields center for governing excellence in Iowa. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 117, §6, 7
Referred to in § 8.64, 8.66 Footnotes
For future repeal of this section effective July 1, 2010, see 2009
Acts, ch 170, §48, 50