8D.11A - PROPRIETARY INTERESTS.
8D.11A PROPRIETARY INTERESTS.
The commission may charge a negotiated fee, to recover a share of
the costs related to the research and development, initial
production, and derivative products of its proprietary software and
hardware, telecommunications architecture design, and proprietary
technology applications developed to support authorized users, to
private vendors and to other political entities and subdivisions,
including but not limited to states, territories, protectorates, and
foreign countries. The commission may enter into nondisclosure
agreements to protect the state of Iowa's proprietary interests. The
provisions of chapter 23A relating to noncompetition by state
agencies and political subdivisions with private enterprise shall not
apply to commission activities authorized under this section. Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 22, §1
Referred to in § 23A.2