Bill Text: IA HF498 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the practices of performing rights societies. (Formerly HSB 180.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-24 - Referred to Commerce. S.J. 622. [HF498 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF498-Amended.html
House
File
498
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
498
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
180)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
8,
2021
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
practices
of
performing
rights
1
societies.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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H.F.
498
Section
1.
Section
549.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
performing
rights
society
shall
not
enter
onto
the
3
business
premises
of
a
proprietor
for
the
purpose
of
discussing
4
a
contract
for
the
payment
of
royalties
for
the
public
5
performance
of
copyrighted
musical
works
by
the
proprietor
,
6
unless
the
performing
rights
society
identifies
itself
to
7
the
proprietor
and
describes
to
the
proprietor
the
purpose
8
for
entering
onto
the
proprietor’s
business
premises
the
9
performing
rights
society
first
uses
its
best
efforts
to
make
10
an
appointment
to
meet
with
the
proprietor
at
the
business
11
premises
during
normal
business
hours,
or
if
the
proprietor
12
or
the
proprietor’s
agent
agree,
at
a
location
other
than
the
13
business
premises
or
at
the
business
premises
when
the
business
14
premises
are
not
open
to
the
public
.
Upon
entering
onto
the
15
business
premises
for
the
purpose
of
discussing
a
contract
16
for
the
payment
of
royalties
for
the
public
performance
of
17
copyrighted
musical
works
by
the
proprietor,
the
performing
18
rights
society
shall
clearly
identify
itself
to
the
proprietor
19
and
describe
to
the
proprietor
the
purpose
for
entering
onto
20
the
business
premises.
21
Sec.
2.
Section
549.5,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
22
follows:
23
549.5
Improper
licensing
practices.
24
A
performing
rights
society
shall
not
do
any
of
the
25
following:
26
1.
A
performing
rights
society
shall
not
collect,
Collect
27
or
attempt
to
collect
,
from
a
proprietor
licensed
by
that
28
performing
rights
society,
a
royalty
payment
except
as
provided
29
in
a
contract
executed
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
30
chapter
.
31
2.
Make
a
misleading
or
threatening
verbal
or
written
32
communication
to
a
proprietor
in
connection
with
a
contract
for
33
the
payment
of
royalties
or
an
attempt
to
collect
royalties.
34
3.
State
or
imply
in
a
verbal
or
written
communication
with
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