35B.10 - DISBURSEMENTS -- INSPECTION OF RECORDS. - Iowa Statutes

35B.10 DISBURSEMENTS -- INSPECTION OF RECORDS. All claims certified by the commission shall be reviewed by the board of supervisors and the county auditor shall issue warrants in payment of the claims. All applications, investigation reports, and case records are privileged communications and shall be held confidential, subject to use and inspection only by persons authorized by law in connection with their official duties relating to financial audits and the administration of this chapter. However, the county commission of veteran affairs shall prepare and file in the office of the county auditor on or before the thirtieth day of each January, April, July, and October a report showing the case numbers of all recipients receiving assistance under this chapter, together with the amount paid to each during the preceding quarter. Each report so filed shall be securely fixed in a record book to be used only for such reports made under this chapter. The record book shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a public record, open to public inspection at all times during the regular office hours of the county auditor. Each person who desires to examine said records, other than in pursuance of official duties as hereinbefore provided, shall sign a written request to examine the same, which shall contain an agreement on the part of the signer that the signer will not utilize any information gained therefrom for commercial or political purposes. It shall be unlawful for any person, body, association, firm, corporation or any other agency to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of or to authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of any lists, names or other information obtained from the reports above provided for, for commercial or political purposes, and a violation of this provision shall constitute a serious misdemeanor.          Section History: Early Form [C97, § 432; S13, § 432; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5392; C39, § 3828.059; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 250.10; 81 Acts, ch 33, § 7]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 123, § 98, 209 C93, § 35B.10 99 Acts, ch 180, §7 Referred to in § 331.502, 331.508