Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 13, December 25, 2024
(1)
General. Board records are open for public inspection and
copying unless otherwise provided by rule or law.
(2)
Confidential records.
The following records may be withheld from public inspection:
a. Sealed bids received prior to the time set
for public opening of bids under Iowa Code section
72.3.
b. Tax records made available to the board
under Iowa Code sections
422.72
and
422.20.
c. Records that are exempt from disclosure
under Iowa Code section
22.7.
d. Agendas, minutes and tape recordings of
closed meetings of a government body pursuant to Iowa Code subsection
21.5(4).
e. Records that constitute attorney work
product, attorney-client communications, or that are otherwise privileged.
Attorney work product is confidential under Iowa Code sections
22.7(4),
622.10,
and
622.11.
Attorney-client communications are confidential under Iowa Code sections
622.10
and
622.11, the rules
of evidence, and the Code of Professional Responsibility.
f. Those portions of the board's staff
manuals, instructions or other statements issued that set forth criteria or
guidelines to be used by the board staff in auditing, in making inspections, in
settling commercial disputes or negotiating commercial arrangements, or in the
selection or handling of cases, such as operational tactics or allowable
tolerances or criteria for the defense, prosecution or settlement of cases,
when disclosure of these statements would:
(1) Enable law violators to avoid
detection;
(2) Facilitate disregard
of requirements imposed by law; or
(3) Give a clearly improper advantage to
persons who are in an adverse position to the board.
g. Identifying details in final orders,
decisions and opinions to the extent required to prevent a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy or trade secrets under Iowa Code section
17A.3(1)
"d. "
h. Any other records made confidential by
law.
(3)
Authority to release confidential records. The board may have
discretion to disclose some confidential records that are exempt from
disclosure under Iowa Code section
22.7 or other law.
Any person may request permission to inspect records withheld from inspection
under a statute that authorizes limited or discretionary disclosure as provided
in rule
351-2.4
(22,68A,68B). If the board initially determines that it will release such
records, the board may, where appropriate, notify interested parties and
withhold the records from inspection as provided in subrule 2.4(3).