7A.1 Official reports — preparation.
1. State officials, boards, commissions, and heads of departments shall prepare and file written official reports, in simple language and in the most concise form consistent with clearness and comprehensiveness of matter, required by law or by the governor.
2. Before filing any report, the author shall carefully edit the report. The author shall strike from the report all minutes of proceedings, and all correspondence, petitions, orders, and other matter which can be briefly stated, or which is not important information concerning public affairs, and consolidate so far as practicable all statistical tables.
3. Any report failing to comply substantially with this section shall be returned to its author for correction, and until made so to comply shall not be printed.
4. This section shall not be construed as depriving the director of the department of administrative services of the right to edit and revise the report.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §244; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §17.1]
C93, §7A.1
98 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1164, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §106; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §3
Referred to in §476.16
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 7A - OFFICIAL REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
Section 7A.1 - Official reports — preparation.
Section 7A.2 - Made to governor.
Section 7A.2A - Annual reports — financial information.
Section 7A.3 - Biennial reports — time covered and date of filing.
Section 7A.4 - Annual reports — time covered and date of filing.
Section 7A.6 - Attorney general.
Section 7A.8 - Superintendent of banking.
Section 7A.9 - State department of transportation.
Section 7A.10 - Utilities board.
Section 7A.11 - Documents filed with the general assembly.
Section 7A.11A - Reports to the general assembly.
Section 7A.13 - Governor may grant extension.
Section 7A.14 - Number of copies — style.
Section 7A.20 - Miscellaneous documents.
Section 7A.23 - Price of departmental reports.
Section 7A.27 - Other necessary publications — when necessary to sell.
Section 7A.28 - Governor may fix filing date.