Iowa Code 554D.120 – Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 554D.120
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
- Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
554D.120 Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies.
1. Except as otherwise provided in § 554D.114, subsection 6, a governmental agency
of this state other than a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution, shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the governmental agency will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures.
2. Except as otherwise provided in § 554D.114, subsection 6, on or before July
1, 2003, a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution, in consultation and cooperation with the department of administrative services, shall send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and signatures. The department of management, upon the written request of a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution and for good cause shown, may grant a waiver from the July 1, 2003, deadline established in this section to the state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution.
3. To the extent that a governmental agency of this state uses electronic records and electronic signatures under subsection 1 or 2, the office of the secretary of state and the department of administrative services, jointly, and in consultation with the office of the attorney general, giving due consideration to security, may specify by rule all of the following:
a. The manner and format in which the electronic records must be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the information processing systems established for those purposes.
b. If electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process.
c. Control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic records.
d. Any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in § 554D.114, subsection 6, this chapter does not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.
5. Notwithstanding this section, an institution governed under chapter 262 shall conform with national standards with respect to electronic records and electronic signatures, as such standards are developed.
2000 Acts, ch 1189, §20; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §187, 188; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §98; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §286
Referred to in §10A.802, 554D.121, 602.1614
Electronic records policy for judicial branch, see §602.1614
1. Except as otherwise provided in § 554D.114, subsection 6, a governmental agency
of this state other than a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution, shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the governmental agency will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures.
2. Except as otherwise provided in § 554D.114, subsection 6, on or before July
1, 2003, a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution, in consultation and cooperation with the department of administrative services, shall send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and signatures. The department of management, upon the written request of a state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution and for good cause shown, may grant a waiver from the July 1, 2003, deadline established in this section to the state executive branch agency, department, board, commission, authority, or institution.
3. To the extent that a governmental agency of this state uses electronic records and electronic signatures under subsection 1 or 2, the office of the secretary of state and the department of administrative services, jointly, and in consultation with the office of the attorney general, giving due consideration to security, may specify by rule all of the following:
a. The manner and format in which the electronic records must be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the information processing systems established for those purposes.
b. If electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process.
c. Control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic records.
d. Any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in § 554D.114, subsection 6, this chapter does not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.
5. Notwithstanding this section, an institution governed under chapter 262 shall conform with national standards with respect to electronic records and electronic signatures, as such standards are developed.
2000 Acts, ch 1189, §20; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §187, 188; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §98; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §286
Referred to in §10A.802, 554D.121, 602.1614
Electronic records policy for judicial branch, see §602.1614