Iowa Code Title XIII. Commerce [Chs. 505-554D] § 554D.120. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies

1. Except as otherwise provided in section 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 section 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:

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in section 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.