AI-assisted research summary: This provision creates the Iowa lottery commission and sets rules for who may serve, how members are appointed and removed, meeting procedures, and member pay.
1. An Iowa lottery commission comprised of five members appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate is created within the department. Commission members appointed when the senate is not in session shall serve only until the end of the next regular session of the general assembly, unless confirmed by the senate. 2. Commission members shall serve staggered terms of four years beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19. No more than three commission members shall be from the same political party. 3. Commission members may be removed by the governor for neglect of duty, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office. 4. No employee of the department shall be a member of the commission. 5. Commission members shall be residents of the state of Iowa, shall be prominent persons in their respective businesses or professions, and shall not have been convicted of any felony offense. Of the members appointed, the governor shall appoint to the commission an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Iowa, an accountant, a person who is or has been a law enforcement officer, and a person having expertise in marketing. 6. A majority of members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and for the exercise of any power or function of the commission. 7. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the commission at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of present and voting commission members. 8. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the right of the members to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the commission. 9. Commission members shall be considered to hold public office and shall give bond as required in chapter 64. 10. Commission members shall be entitled to receive a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 for each day spent in performance of duties as members, and shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members. No person who serves as a member of the commission shall by reason of such membership be eligible for membership in the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and service on the commission shall not be eligible for service credit for any public retirement system. 11. The commission shall meet upon call of the chairperson or the administrator. Notice of the time and place of each commission meeting shall be given to each member. The commission shall also meet upon call of three or more of the commission members. The commission shall keep accurate and complete records of all its meetings. 12. Meetings of the commission shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 21. 13. Commission members shall not have any direct or indirect interest in an undertaking that puts their personal interest in conflict with that of the department under this chapter including but not limited to an interest in a procurement contract or a participating retailer. 14. The members shall elect from their membership a chairperson and vice chairperson. 2003 Acts, ch 178, §70, 121; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §25; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §19; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §49; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2309, 2310; 2023 Acts, ch 108, §54; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §91, 369; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §97 Referred to in §7E.6, 68B.35, 99G.3 Confirmation, see §2.32