A bill for an act relating to the office of the consumer advocate.

SF 229 reorganizes the Office of the Consumer Advocate within Iowa's Department of Justice. It requires the attorney general to appoint the advocate from a list provided by a committee (secretary of agriculture, auditor, treasurer), with Senate confirmation every four years, and mandates regular reporting to that committee. The bill establishes the office as a separate division, specifies its funding through charges to utility proceedings (as detailed in Sections 476.10 and 476.10B), and ensures fiscal self-sufficiency by requiring the advocate's expenses to be covered by these assessments. This directly affects the advocate's appointment process, operational structure, and funding mechanism within utility regulation.