Bill Text: IA HF212 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to licensing sanctions against individuals who default on debt owed to or collected by the college student aid commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-09 - Subcommittee: Koester, Highfill and Hunter. H.J. 263. [HF212 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF212-Introduced.html
House File 212 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY BROWN=POWERS A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to licensing sanctions against individuals who 2 default on debt owed to or collected by the college student 3 aid commission. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2147YH (1) 87 kh/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 272C.4, subsection 10, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. REPEAL. Sections 261.121, 261.122, 261.123, 1 4 261.124, 261.125, 261.126, and 261.127, Code 2017, are 1 5 repealed. 1 6 EXPLANATION 1 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 9 This bill eliminates Code provisions that authorize and 1 10 establish a process by which the college student aid commission 1 11 can initiate action to deny, revoke, or suspend any license 1 12 authorized by the laws of this state to any person who 1 13 has defaulted on an obligation owed to or collected by the 1 14 commission. 1 15 The provisions repealed by the bill establish procedures for 1 16 issuing notice to an individual in default, for the scheduling 1 17 of a conference between the individual and the commission, for 1 18 entering into a written agreement for payment of the obligation 1 19 which takes into consideration the individual's ability to pay, 1 20 for the individual to request a hearing, and for the issuance 1 21 of a certificate for noncompliance to any appropriate licensing 1 22 authority. 1 23 Provisions repealed by the bill require each licensing 1 24 authority to include in its rules, as grounds for suspension, 1 25 revocation or denial of issuance or renewal of a license, the 1 26 receipt of a certificate of noncompliance from the commission, 1 27 require a licensing authority to initiate procedures for 1 28 suspension, revocation, or denial of issuance or renewal of 1 29 licensure to the individual, and direct the supreme court 1 30 to prescribe rules providing for the denial, suspension, or 1 31 revocation of the admission to practice as an attorney and 1 32 counselor for failure to repay an obligation owed to or 1 33 collected by the commission. The provisions repealed by 1 34 the bill also permit the individual to seek a review of the 1 35 commission's decision and request a hearing before the district 2 1 court. LSB 2147YH (1) 87 kh/nh