2B.1 Iowa Code and administrative code divisions--editors.

1. The Iowa Code and administrative code divisions are established within the legislative service bureau.

2. The director of the legislative service bureau shall appoint the Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor, subject to the approval of the legislative council, as provided in section 2.42. The Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor shall serve as the heads of their respective divisions, at the pleasure of the director of the legislative service bureau, and subject to the approval of the legislative council.

3. The Iowa Code and administrative code divisions are responsible for the editing, compiling, and proofreading of the publications they prepare, as provided in this chapter. The Iowa Code division is entitled to the temporary possession of the original enrolled Acts and resolutions as necessary to prepare them for publication.

2B.10 Session laws.

1. The arrangement of the Acts and resolutions, and the size, style, type, binding, general arrangement, and tables of the session laws shall be printed and published in the manner determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with the policies set by the legislative council as provided in section 2.42.

2. Chapters of the first regular session shall be numbered from one and chapters of the second regular session shall be numbered from one thousand one.

3. A list of elective state officers and deputies, supreme court justices, judges of the court of appeals, and members of the general assembly shall be published annually with the session laws.

4. A statement of the condition of the state treasury shall be included, as provided by the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The statement shall be furnished by the director of revenue and finance.

5. The enrolling clerks of the house and senate shall arrange for the Iowa Code division to receive suitable copies of all Acts and resolutions as soon as they are enrolled.

6. A notation of the filing of an estimate of a state mandate prepared by the legislative fiscal bureau pursuant to section 25B.5 shall be included in the session laws with the text of an enacted bill or joint resolution containing the state mandate.

2B.11

Reserved.

2B.12 Iowa Code and Code Supplement.

1. A new Iowa Code shall be issued as soon as possible after the final adjournment of the second regular session of the general assembly. A new Code Supplement shall be issued as soon as possible after the first regular session of the general assembly. A Code Supplement may be issued after a special session of the general assembly or as required by the legislative council.

2. The entire Iowa Code shall be maintained on a computer data base which shall be updated as soon as possible after each session of the general assembly. The Iowa Code and Code Supplement shall be prepared and printed on a good quality of paper in one or more volumes, in the manner determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with the policies of the legislative council, as provided in section 2.42.

3. An edition of the Iowa Code or Code Supplement shall contain each Code section in its new or amended form. However, a new section or amendment which does not take effect until after the probable publication date of a succeeding Iowa Code or Code Supplement may be deferred for publication in that succeeding Iowa Code or Code Supplement. The sections shall be inserted in each edition in a logical order as determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with the policies of the legislative council.

4. Each section of an Iowa Code or Code Supplement shall be indicated by a number printed in boldface type and shall have an appropriate headnote printed in boldface type.

5. Appropriate historical references or source notes may be placed following each section.

6. The Iowa Code published after the second regular session of the general assembly shall include:

a. An analysis of the Code by titles and chapters.

b. The Declaration of Independence.

c. The Articles of Confederation.

d. The Constitution of the United States.

e. The laws of the United States relating to the authentication of records.

f. The Constitution of the State of Iowa.

g. The Act admitting Iowa into the union as a state.

h. A chapter title, number, and chapter analysis at the head of each chapter. The chapter number shall be printed at the top of each page.

i. All of the statutes of Iowa of a general and permanent nature, except as provided in subsection 3.

j. A comprehensive index and a summary index covering the Constitution and statutes of the state of Iowa.

7. The Code Supplement published after the first regular session of the general assembly shall include:

a. All of the statutes of Iowa of a general and permanent nature which were enacted or amended during that session, except as provided in subsection 3, and an indication of all sections repealed during that session, and any amendments to the Constitution of the State of Iowa approved by the voters at the preceding general election.

b. A chapter title and number for each chapter or part of a chapter included.

c. An index covering the material included.

8. A Code or Code Supplement may include appropriate tables showing the disposition of Acts of the general assembly and other reference material as determined by the Iowa Code editor in accordance with policies of the legislative council.

2B.13 Editorial powers and duties.

1. The Iowa Code editor in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa Code or a Code Supplement, and the administrative code editor in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa administrative code or bulletin may:

a. Correct misspelled words and grammatical and clerical errors including punctuation but without changing the meaning.

b. Correct internal references to sections which are cited erroneously or have been repealed, and names of agencies, officers, or other entities which have been changed, when there appears to be no doubt as to the proper methods of making the corrections. The Code editor shall maintain a record of the corrections made under this paragraph. The record shall be available to the public.

c. Transfer, divide, or combine sections or parts of sections and add or amend headnotes to sections and subsections. Pursuant to section 3.3, the headnotes are not part of the law.

2. The Iowa Code editor may prepare and publish comments deemed necessary for a proper explanation of the manner of printing a section or chapter of the Iowa Code.

3. The Iowa Code editor, in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa Code or a Code Supplement, and the administrative code editor in preparing the copy for an edition of the Iowa administrative code, shall edit the copy in order that words which designate one gender are changed to reflect both genders when the provisions of law apply to persons of both genders.

4. The Iowa Code editor shall seek direction from the senate committee on judiciary and the house committee on judiciary when making Iowa Code or Code Supplement changes, and the administrative code editor shall seek direction from the administrative rules review committee and the administrative rules coordinator when making Iowa administrative code changes, which appear to require substantial editing and which might otherwise be interpreted to exceed the scope of the authority granted in this section.

5. The Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor shall maintain a record of the changes made under this section. The record shall be available to the public.

6. The Iowa Code editor and the administrative code editor shall not make editorial changes which go beyond the authority granted in this section or other law.

7. The effective date of all editorial changes in an edition of the Iowa Code or a Code Supplement is the effective date of the selling price for that publication as established by the legislative council or the legislative council's designee. The effective date of all editorial changes for the Iowa administrative code is the date those changes are published in the Iowa administrative code.

2B.14 through 2B.16

Reserved.

2B.17 Citations--official statutes.

1. The permanent and official printed versions of the Iowa Codes and Code Supplements published subsequent to the adjournment of the 1982 regular session of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly shall be known and may be cited as "Iowa Code chapter (or section) . . ", or "Iowa Code Supplement chapter (or section) . . ", inserting the appropriate chapter or section number. If the year of edition is needed, it may be inserted before or after the words "Iowa Code" or "Iowa Code Supplement". In Iowa publications, the word "Iowa" may be omitted if the meaning is clear.

2. The session laws of each general assembly shall be known as "Acts of the . . General Assembly, . . Session, Chapter (or File No.) . . , Section . . " (inserting the appropriate numbers) and shall be cited as ". . Iowa Acts, chapter . . , section . . " (inserting the appropriate year, chapter, and section number).

3. The official printed versions of the Iowa Code, Code Supplement, and session laws published under authority of the state are the only authoritative publications of the statutes of this state. No other publications of the statutes of the state shall be cited in the courts or in the reports or rules of the courts.

4. The Iowa administrative code and the Iowa administrative bulletin shall be cited as provided in section 17A.6.

5. The printed version of the Iowa administrative code is the permanent publication of administrative rules in this state and the Iowa administrative bulletin and the Iowa administrative code published pursuant to chapter 17A are the official publications of the administrative rules of this state, and are the only authoritative publications of the administrative rules of this state. Other publications of the administrative rules of this state shall not be cited in the courts or in the reports or rules of the courts.

2B.18 through 2B.20

Reserved.

2B.2 through 2B.4

Reserved.

2B.21 Availability of parts of the Iowa Code and administrative code.

The Iowa Code division and the administrative code division, in accordance with policies established by the legislative council, may cause parts of the Iowa Code or administrative code to be made available for the use of public officers and other persons. This authority shall be exercised in a manner planned to avoid delay in the other publications of the divisions.

2B.22 Appropriation.

There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated an amount sufficient to defray all expenses incurred in the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter.

2B.5 Duties of administrative code division.

The administrative code division shall:

1. Cause the Iowa administrative bulletin and the Iowa administrative code to be published as provided in chapter 17A.

2. Cause the Iowa court rules to be published, as directed by the supreme court after consultation with the legislative council. The Iowa court rules shall consist of all rules prescribed by the supreme court. The court rules shall be published in loose-leaf form and supplements shall be prepared and distributed as directed by the supreme court. The Iowa court rules and supplements to the court rules shall be priced as provided in section 7A.22.

3. Cause to be published annually in pamphlet form a correct list of state officers and deputies, members of boards and commissions, judges of the supreme, appellate, and district courts including district associate judges and judicial magistrates, and members of the general assembly. The offices of the governor and secretary of state shall cooperate in the preparation of the list. This pamphlet shall be published as soon after July 1 as it becomes apparent that it will be reasonably current.

4. Notify the administrative rules coordinator if a rule is not in proper style or form.

5. Perform other duties as directed by the director of the legislative service bureau, the legislative council, or the administrative rules review committee and as provided by law.

2B.6 Duties of Iowa Code division.

The Iowa Code division shall:

1. Submit recommendations as the Iowa Code editor deems proper to each general assembly for the purpose of amending, revising, codifying, and repealing portions of the statutes which are inaccurate, inconsistent, outdated, conflicting, redundant, or ambiguous, and present the recommendations in bill form to the appropriate committees of the general assembly.

2. Cause the annual session laws to be published, as provided in section 2B.10, including copies of all Acts and joint resolutions passed at each session of the general assembly.

3. Cause the Iowa Code and Iowa Code Supplement to be published as provided in section 2B.12.

4. Perform other duties as directed by the director of the legislative service bureau or the legislative council and as provided by law.

2B.7 through 2B.9

Reserved.