Bill Text: IA HF540 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 127.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Withdrawn. H.J. 754. [HF540 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF540-Introduced.html
House File 540 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 127) (COMPANION TO lsb 2124sv by committee on judiciary) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust 2 language to reflect current practices, insert earlier 3 omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete 4 temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, 5 update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and 6 including effective date provisions. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2124HV (1) 87 lh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION I 1 2 MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES 1 3 Section 1. Section 2.48, subsection 3, paragraph d, 1 4 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 5 (2) Historic preservationand cultural and entertainment 1 6 districttax credits under chapter 404A. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 2.48, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code 2017, 1 8 is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 9 Sec. 3. Section 7A.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 1 10 follows: 1 11 7A.1 Official reports == preparation. 1 12 1. State officials, boards, commissions, and heads of 1 13 departments shall prepare and file written official reports, in 1 14 simple language and in the most concise form consistent with 1 15 clearness and comprehensiveness of matter, required by law or 1 16 by the governor. 1 17 2. Before filing any reportits, the author shall 1 18 carefully editthe same andthe report. The author shall 1 19 striketherefromfrom the report all minutes of proceedings, 1 20 and all correspondence, petitions, orders, and other matter 1 21 which can be briefly stated, or which is not important 1 22 information concerning public affairs, and consolidate so far 1 23 as practicable all statistical tables. 1 24 3. Any report failing to comply substantially with this 1 25 section shall be returned to its author for correction, and 1 26 until made so to comply shall not be printed. 1 27 4. This section shall not be construed as depriving the 1 28 director of the department of administrative services of the 1 29 right to edit and revisesaidthe report. 1 30 Sec. 4. Section 7E.3, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended 1 31 to read as follows: 1 32 5.AdultsPersons not lawfully present. Unless expressly 1 33 authorized by federal or state law, ensure that the public 1 34 benefits administered by the department or independent agency 1 35 are not provided to persons who are not lawfully present in the 2 1 United States. 2 2 Sec. 5. Section 9C.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 2 3 follows: 2 4 9C.1 Definitions == presumption == applicability. 2 5 1.TheAs used in this chapter, the term "transient 2 6 merchant"as used hereinshall mean and include every merchant, 2 7 whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership 2 8 or association, and whether owner, agent, bailee, consignee or 2 9 employee, who shall bring or cause to be brought within the 2 10 state of Iowa any goods, wares or merchandise of any kind, 2 11 nature or description, with the intention of temporarily or 2 12 intermittently selling or offering to sell at retail such 2 13 goods, wares or merchandise within the state of Iowa. The term 2 14 "transient merchant" shall also mean and include every merchant, 2 15 whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership 2 16 or an association, who shall by itself, or by agent, consignee 2 17 or employee temporarily or intermittently engage in or conduct 2 18 at one or more locations a business within the state of Iowa 2 19 for the sale at retail of any goods, wares or merchandise of 2 20 any nature or description. 2 21 2. A merchant engaging in business shall be presumed to 2 22 be temporarily or intermittently in business unless it is the 2 23 intention of such merchant to remain continuously in business 2 24 at each location where the merchant is engaged in business 2 25 within the state of Iowa as a merchant for a period of more than 2 26 sixty days. 2 27 3. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed 2 28 to apply to persons selling at wholesale to merchants, nor to 2 29 transient vendors of drugs, nor to persons running a huckster 2 30 wagon, or selling or distributing livestock feeds, fresh meats, 2 31 fish, fruit, or vegetables, nor to persons selling their own 2 32 work or production either by themselves or employees. 2 33 Sec. 6. Section 9C.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as 2 34 follows: 2 35 9C.2 License required. 3 1 It shall be unlawful for any transient merchantas herein 3 2 defined,to sell, dispose of, or offer for sale any goods, 3 3 wares or merchandise of any kind, nature or description, at 3 4 any time or place within the state of Iowa, outside the limits 3 5 of any city in the state of Iowa, or within the limits of any 3 6 city in the state of Iowa that has not by ordinance provided 3 7 for the licensing of transient merchants, unless such transient 3 8 merchant, as herein defined, shall havehas a valid license as 3 9hereinprovided in this chapter andshall havehas complied 3 10 with the regulationshereinset forth in this chapter. 3 11 Sec. 7. Section 9C.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is 3 12 amended to read as follows: 3 13 Any transient merchantas defined herein, desiring a 3 14 transient merchant's license shall at least ten days prior 3 15 to the first day any sale is made, file with the secretary 3 16 of state of the state of Iowa an application in writing duly 3 17 verified by the person, firm, corporation, partnership or 3 18 association proposing to sell or offer to sell at retail any 3 19 goods, wares or merchandise, or to engage in or conduct a 3 20 temporary or intermittent business for the sale at retail of 3 21 any goods, wares or merchandise, which. The application shall 3 22 state the following facts: 3 23 Sec. 8. Section 9C.4, Code 2017, is amended to read as 3 24 follows: 3 25 9C.4 Bond required == applicability == forfeiture. 3 26 1. At the time and as part of filingsaidthe application 3 27and as a part thereof, the applicant shall file with the 3 28 secretary of state a bond, with sureties to be approved by the 3 29 secretary of state, in a penal sum two times the value of the 3 30 goods, wares or merchandise to be sold or offered for sale or 3 31 the average inventory to be carried by such transient merchant 3 32 engaged in or conducting an intermittent or temporary business 3 33 as the case may be as shown by the application, running to the 3 34 state of Iowa, for the use and benefit of any purchaser of 3 35 any merchandise from such transient merchant who might have 4 1 a cause of action of any nature arising from or out of such 4 2 sale against the applicant or the owner of such merchandise if 4 3 other than the applicant; the. The bondtoshall befurther4 4 conditioned on the payment by the applicant of all taxes that 4 5 may be payable by, or due from, the applicant to the state 4 6 of Iowa or any subdivision thereof,the bond toand shall be 4 7 further conditioned for the payment of any fines that may be 4 8 assessed by any court against the applicant for violation of 4 9 the provision of this chapter,and further conditionedas well 4 10 as for the payment and satisfaction of any and all causes of 4 11 action against the applicant commenced within one year from the 4 12 date of sale thereof, and arising from such sale, provided, 4 13 however, that. However, the aggregate liability of the surety 4 14 for all such taxes, fines, and causes of action shall in no 4 15 event exceed the principal sum of such bond. 4 16 2. In such bond the applicant and surety shall appoint the 4 17 secretary of state, the agent of the applicant and surety for 4 18 the service of process. In the event of such service, the 4 19 agent upon whom such service is made shall within five days 4 20 after the date of service, mail by ordinary mail a true copy of 4 21 the process served upon the agent to each party for whom the 4 22 agent is served, addressed to the last known address of such 4 23 party. Failure tosomailsaidthe copy shall not, however, 4 24 affect the jurisdiction of the court. 4 25 3. Such bond shall contain the consent of the applicant 4 26 and surety that the district court of the county in which 4 27 the plaintiff may reside or Polk county, Iowa, shall have 4 28 jurisdiction of all actions against the applicant or surety, 4 29 or both, arising out of the sale. The state of Iowa, or any 4 30 subdivision thereof, or any person having a cause of action 4 31 against the applicant or surety arising out of said sale may 4 32 join the applicant and surety on such bond in the same action, 4 33 or may in such action sue either the applicant or the surety 4 34 alone. 4 35 4. The requirements of this section also apply to transient 5 1 merchants who are licensed in accordance with an ordinance of a 5 2 city in the state of Iowa. 5 3 5. Notwithstandingthe above provisionssubsections 1 5 4 through 4, the bond provided for in this section shall be 5 5 forfeited to the state of Iowa upon the applicant's failure to 5 6 pay the total of all taxes payable by or due from the applicant 5 7 to the state which taxes are administered by the department of 5 8 revenue. The department shall adopt administrative rules for 5 9 the collection of the forfeiture. Notice shall be provided 5 10 to the surety and to the applicant. Notice to the applicant 5 11 shall be mailed to the applicant's last known address. The 5 12 applicant or the surety shall have the opportunity to apply 5 13 to the director of revenue for a hearing within thirty days 5 14 after the giving of such notice. Upon the failure to timely 5 15 request a hearing, the bond shall be forfeited. If, after 5 16 the hearing upon timely request, the director finds that the 5 17 applicant has failed to pay the total of all taxes payable 5 18 and the bond is forfeited, the director shall order the bond 5 19 forfeited. The amount of the forfeiture shall be the amount 5 20 of taxes payable or the amount of the bond. The surety 5 21 shall not have standing to contest the amount of any taxes 5 22 payable. For purposes of this section, "taxes payable" means 5 23 all tax, penalties, interest, and fees that the department has 5 24 previously determined to be due by assessment or in an appeal 5 25 of an assessment. 5 26 Sec. 9. Section 9E.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, unnumbered 5 27 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 5 28 A statement by the applicant that the applicant has good 5 29 reason to believeany ofthe following: 5 30 Sec. 10. Section 9E.3, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended 5 31 to read as follows: 5 32 3. Certification. Upon the filing of a complete 5 33 application, the secretary shall certify the eligible person 5 34 as a program participant. A program participant shall be 5 35 certified for four years following the date the application 6 1 is certified by the secretary unless the certification is 6 2 canceled, withdrawn, or invalidated. The secretary shall 6 3 establish by rule a renewal procedure for recertification. 6 4 Sec. 11. Section 12.8, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 6 5 to read as follows: 6 6 1. The treasurer of state shall invest or deposit, subject 6 7 to chapters 12F,and12H, and 12J and as provided by law, 6 8 any of the public funds not currently needed for operating 6 9 expenses and shall do so upon receipt of monthly notice from 6 10 the director of the department of administrative services of 6 11 the amount not so needed. In the event of loss on redemption 6 12 or sale of securities invested as prescribed by law, and if 6 13 the transaction is reported to the executive council, neither 6 14 the treasurer nor director of the department of administrative 6 15 services is personally liable but the loss shall be charged 6 16 against the funds which would have received the profits or 6 17 interest of the investment and there is appropriated from the 6 18 funds the amount so required. 6 19 Sec. 12. Section 12.71, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 6 20 to read as follows: 6 21 1. The treasurer of state may issue bonds upon the request 6 22 of the vision Iowa board created in section 15F.102, Code 2016, 6 23 and do all things necessary with respect to the purposes of the 6 24 vision Iowa fund. The treasurer of state shall have all of 6 25 the powers which are necessary to issue and secure bonds and 6 26 carry out the purposes of the fund. The treasurer of state may 6 27 issue bonds in principal amounts which, in the opinion of the 6 28 board, are necessary to provide sufficient funds for the vision 6 29 Iowa fund created in section 12.72, the payment of interest 6 30 on the bonds, the establishment of reserves to secure the 6 31 bonds, the costs of issuance of the bonds, other expenditures 6 32 of the treasurer of state incident to and necessary or 6 33 convenient to carry out the bond issue for the fund, and all 6 34 other expenditures of the board necessary or convenient to 6 35 administer the fund; provided, however, excluding the issuance 7 1 of refunding bonds, bonds issued pursuant to this section shall 7 2 not be issued in an aggregate principal amount which exceeds 7 3 three hundred million dollars. The bonds are investment 7 4 securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning of and 7 5 for purposes of the uniform commercial code, chapter 554. 7 6 Sec. 13. Section 12B.10, subsection 5, paragraph a, 7 7 subparagraph (7), subparagraph division (a), unnumbered 7 8 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 7 9 A joint investment trust organized pursuant to chapter 28E 7 10prior to and existing in good standing on the effective date 7 11 of this Act or a joint investment trust organized pursuant 7 12 to chapter 28E after April 28, 1992, provided that the joint 7 13 investment trust shall be one of the following: 7 14 Sec. 14. Section 12B.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as 7 15 follows: 7 16 12B.12 Duty of examining officer. 7 17 It shall be the duty of the officer or officers makingsuch 7 18a settlement described under section 12B.11 to see that the 7 19 amount of securities and money produced and counted, together 7 20 with the amounts so certified by the legally designated 7 21 depositories, agrees with the balance with which such treasurer 7 22 should be charged, and the officer shall make a report in 7 23 writing of any such settlement or examination, and attach 7 24 thereto the certified statement of all such depositories. 7 25 Sec. 15. Section 12B.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as 7 26 follows: 7 27 12B.13 Report of settlement filed. 7 28 The report of anysuchsettlement under section 12B.11 with 7 29 the treasurer of state shall be filed in the office of the 7 30 director of the department of management, and the. The report 7 31 of a settlement under section 12B.11 with a county treasurer 7 32 shall be filed with the auditor of the county. 7 33 Sec. 16. Section 15F.103, subsection 6, Code 2017, is 7 34 amended by striking the subsection. 7 35 Sec. 17. Section 16.28, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 8 1 2017, is amended to read as follows: 8 2 b. The bondholders or noteholders, to the extent provided 8 3 in the resolution by which the bonds or notes were issued or 8 4 in their agreement with the authority, may enforce any of the 8 5 remedies in paragraph "a", subparagraphs (1)tothrough (5) or 8 6 the remedies provided in those agreements for and on their own 8 7 behalf. 8 8 Sec. 18. Section 16.50, subsection 3, paragraph b, 8 9 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 8 10 (1) Projects that are eligible for historic preservation 8 11and cultural and entertainment districttax credits under 8 12 chapter 404A. 8 13 Sec. 19. Section 17A.6A, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 8 14 2017, is amended to read as follows: 8 15 c. Process forms and instructions for filing a petition 8 16 for rulemaking pursuant to section 17A.7, a petition for a 8 17 declaratory order pursuant to section 17A.9, or arequest 8 18petition for a waiver or variance of an administrative rule 8 19 pursuant to section 17A.9A. 8 20 Sec. 20. Section 22.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 8 21 follows: 8 22 22.1 Definitions. 8 23 As used in this chapter: 8 24 1.The term "government body""Government body" means this 8 25 state, or any county, city, township, school corporation, 8 26 political subdivision, tax=supported district, nonprofit 8 27 corporation other than a fair conducting a fair event as 8 28 provided in chapter 174, whose facilities or indebtedness are 8 29 supported in whole or in part with property tax revenue and 8 30 which is licensed to conduct pari=mutuel wagering pursuant to 8 31 chapter 99D; the governing body of a drainage or levee district 8 32 as provided in chapter 468, including a board as defined in 8 33 section 468.3, regardless of how the district is organized; 8 34 or other entity of this state, or any branch, department, 8 35 board, bureau, commission, council, committee, official, or 9 1 officer of any of the foregoing or any employee delegated 9 2 the responsibility for implementing the requirements of this 9 3 chapter. 9 4 2.The term "lawful custodian""Lawful custodian" means 9 5 the government body currently in physical possession of 9 6 the public record. The custodian of a public record in the 9 7 physical possession of persons outside a government body is 9 8 the government body owning that record. The records relating 9 9 to the investment of public funds are the property of the 9 10 public body responsible for the public funds. Each government 9 11 body shall delegate to particular officials or employees of 9 12 that government body the responsibility for implementing the 9 13 requirements of this chapter and shall publicly announce the 9 14 particular officials or employees to whom responsibility 9 15 for implementing the requirements of this chapter has been 9 16 delegated. "Lawful custodian" does not mean an automated data 9 17 processing unit of a public body if the data processing unit 9 18 holds the records solely as the agent of another public body, 9 19 nor does it mean a unit which holds the records of other public 9 20 bodies solely for storage. 9 21 3. a.As used in this chapter, "public records""Public 9 22 records" includes all records, documents, tape, or other 9 23 information, stored or preserved in any medium, of or 9 24 belonging to this state or any county, city, township, school 9 25 corporation, political subdivision, nonprofit corporation other 9 26 than a fair conducting a fair event as provided in chapter 174, 9 27 whose facilities or indebtedness are supported in whole or in 9 28 part with property tax revenue and which is licensed to conduct 9 29 pari=mutuel wagering pursuant to chapter 99D, or tax=supported 9 30 district in this state, or any branch, department, board, 9 31 bureau, commission, council, or committee of any of the 9 32 foregoing. 9 33 b. "Public records" also includes all records relating 9 34 to the investment of public funds including but not limited 9 35 to investment policies, instructions, trading orders, 10 1 or contracts, whether in the custody of the public body 10 2 responsible for the public funds or a fiduciary or other third 10 3 party. 10 4 Sec. 21. Section 28F.5, Code 2017, is amended to read as 10 5 follows: 10 6 28F.5 Source of payment == rates and charges, pledge of 10 7 revenues. 10 8 1.Such anAn entity shall have the power to pledge all 10 9 or part of the net revenues of a project or projects to the 10 10 payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued 10 11 pursuant to this chapter and shall provide by resolution 10 12 authorizing the issuance of said bonds that such net revenues 10 13 of the project or projects shall be set apart in a sinking 10 14 fund for that purpose and kept separate and distinct from all 10 15 other revenues of the entity. The principal of and interest 10 16 on the bonds so issued shall be secured by a pledge of such net 10 17 revenues of the project or projects in the manner and to the 10 18 extent provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of 10 19 said bonds. 10 20 2.Such anAn entity shall have the power to fix, establish 10 21 and maintain such rates, tolls, fees, rentals or other charges 10 22 and collect the same from the public agencies participating 10 23 in the agreement or from private agencies or persons for 10 24 the payment of the services and facilities provided by said 10 25 project or projects. Such rates, tolls, fees, rentals or other 10 26 charges shall be so fixed, established and maintained and 10 27 revised from time to time whenever necessary as will always 10 28 provide revenues sufficient to pay the cost of maintaining, 10 29 repairing and operating the project or projects, to pay the 10 30 principal of and interest on the bonds then outstanding which 10 31 are payable therefrom as the same become due and payable, to 10 32 provide adequate and sufficient reserves therefor, to provide 10 33 for replacements, depreciations and necessary extensions and 10 34 enlargements and to provide a margin of safety for the making 10 35 of such payments and providing such reserves. Notwithstanding 11 1 the foregoing such an entity shall have the further right to 11 2 pledge to the payment of the bonds issued pursuant to this 11 3 chapter, in addition to the net revenues of the project or 11 4 projects pledged therefor, such other moneys that it may have 11 5 and which are lawfully available therefor. 11 6 3. In order to pay the rates, tolls, fees, rentals or 11 7 other charges levied against a public agency by an entity 11 8 for the payment of the services and facilities provided by 11 9 a project or projects authorized by this chapter, public 11 10 agencies participating in such an agreement shall have the 11 11 power by ordinance to fix, establish and maintain, rates or 11 12 other charges for the use of and the services and facilities 11 13 rendered by said project or projects. Such rates or charges 11 14 may be so fixed, established and maintained and revised from 11 15 time to time whenever necessary as will always provide such 11 16 public agencies with sufficient revenue to pay the rates, 11 17 tolls, fees, rentals or other charges levied against it by the 11 18 entity for the payments of the services and facilities provided 11 19 by said project or projects. All such rates or charges to be 11 20 paid by the owners of real property, if not paid as by the 11 21 ordinance provided, when due, shall constitute a lien upon such 11 22 real property served by such project or projects, and shall be 11 23 collected in the same manner as general taxes. 11 24 Sec. 22. Section 28F.10, Code 2017, is amended to read as 11 25 follows: 11 26 28F.10 Refunding bonds. 11 27 Refunding bonds may be issued by an entity in a principal 11 28 amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment, including 11 29 premium, if any, of bonds issued bysaidthe entity pursuant 11 30 to the provisions of this chapter to be refunded thereby 11 31 and the interest thereon and in addition for the payment of 11 32 all expenses incident to the calling, retiring, or paying 11 33 of such outstanding bonds to be refunded, such refunding. 11 34 Refunding bonds may also finance the construction of a project 11 35 or projects authorized by this chapter or the improvement, 12 1 addition, betterment or extension of an existing project or 12 2 projects so authorized.Said refundingRefunding bonds shall 12 3 not be issued to refund the principal of and interest on any 12 4 bonds to be refunded unless such bonds mature or are redeemable 12 5 under their terms within ten years from the date of delivery 12 6 of the refunding bonds. The proceeds ofsaidthe refunding 12 7 bonds to be used for the payment of the principal of, interest 12 8 on and redemption premiums, if any, onsaidthe bonds to be 12 9 refunded which will not be due and payable immediately shall be 12 10 deposited in trust for the sole purpose of making such payments 12 11 in a bank or trust company within the state. Any moneys in such 12 12 trust fund, prior to the date such funds will be needed for 12 13 the payment of such principal of, interest on and redemption 12 14 premiums, if any, of such outstanding bonds to be refunded, 12 15 may be invested or reinvested as provided in the resolution 12 16 authorizingsaidthe refunding bonds. Refunding bonds shall be 12 17 issued in the same manner and detail as revenue bonds herein 12 18 authorized. 12 19 Sec. 23. Section 29C.24, subsection 2, paragraph e, 12 20 subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (b) and (c), Code 12 21 2017, are amended to read as follows: 12 22 (b) Except for disasterandor emergency=related work, the 12 23 business entity has no presence in the state and conducts no 12 24 business in the state. 12 25 (c) Except for disasterandor emergency=related work, the 12 26 business entity had no registrations, tax filings, or nexus in 12 27 the state for the tax year immediately preceding the year in 12 28 which the relevant declared state disaster or emergency occurs. 12 29 Sec. 24. Section 29C.24, subsection 5, paragraph a, 12 30 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 12 31 follows: 12 32 An out=of=state business that enters the state to perform 12 33 disasterandor emergency=related work during a disaster 12 34 response period shall provide notification to the secretary 12 35 of state, which notification shall contain all the following 13 1 information related to the out=of=state business: 13 2 Sec. 25. Section 29C.24, subsection 5, paragraphs b and c, 13 3 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows: 13 4 b. For an out=of=state business that enters this state 13 5 to perform disasterandor emergency=related work during a 13 6 disaster response period as an affiliate of a registered 13 7 business, the registered business shall provide, on behalf of 13 8 the affiliate out=of=state business, the notification required 13 9 in paragraph "a", which notification shall also include contact 13 10 information for the registered business. 13 11 c. Upon request of the secretary of state, an out=of=state 13 12 business that enters the state to perform disasterandor 13 13 emergency=related work during a disaster response period shall 13 14 provide proof of workers' compensation insurance coverage and 13 15 liability insurance coverage, if any. Such proof shall be 13 16 provided within ten days of the request. 13 17 Sec. 26. Section 35C.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as 13 18 follows: 13 19 35C.2 Physical disability. 13 20 The persons thus preferred shall not be disqualified from 13 21 holding any positionhereinbeforementioned in section 35C.1 13 22 on account of age or by reason of any physical disability, 13 23 provided such age or disability does not render such person 13 24 incompetent to perform properly the duties of the position 13 25 applied for. 13 26 Sec. 27. Section 35C.6, Code 2017, is amended to read as 13 27 follows: 13 28 35C.6 Removal == certiorari == judicial review. 13 29 No person holding a public position by appointment or 13 30 employment, and belonging to any of the classes of persons 13 31 to whom a preference ishereingranted under this chapter, 13 32 shall be removed from such position or employment except 13 33 for incompetency or misconduct shown after a hearing, upon 13 34 due notice, upon stated charges, and with the right of such 13 35 employee or appointee to a review by a writ of certiorari or at 14 1 such person's election, to judicial review in accordance with 14 2 the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 14 3 17A, if that is otherwise applicable to their case. 14 4 Sec. 28. Section 43.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as 14 5 follows: 14 6 43.2 Definitions. 14 7 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 14 8 requires: 14 9 1. "Book", "list", "record", or "schedule" kept by a county 14 10 auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other 14 11 county officer means the county system as defined in section 14 12 445.1. 14 13 2. a.The term "political party""Political party" shall 14 14 mean a party which, at the last preceding general election, 14 15 cast for its candidate for president of the United States or 14 16 for governor, as the case may be, at least two percent of 14 17 the total vote cast for all candidates for that office at 14 18 that election. It shall be the responsibility of the state 14 19 commissioner to determine whether any organization claiming 14 20 to be a political party qualifies as such under the foregoing 14 21 definition. 14 22 b. A political organization which is not a "political party" 14 23 within the meaning of thissectionsubsection may nominate 14 24 candidates and have the names of such candidates placed upon 14 25 the official ballot by proceeding under chapters 44 and 45. 14 26As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 14 27 requires, "book", "list", "record", or "schedule" kept by a 14 28 county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or 14 29 other county officer means the county system as defined in 14 30 section 445.1.14 31 Sec. 29. Section 48A.7A, subsection 1, paragraph b, 14 32 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended 14 33 to read as follows: 14 34 For purposes of this section, a person may establish 14 35 identity and residence by presenting to the appropriate 15 1 precinct election official a current and valid Iowa driver's 15 2 license or Iowa nonoperator's identification card or by 15 3 presenting any of the following current and valid forms of 15 4 identification if such identification contains the person's 15 5 photograph and avalidityvalid expiration date: 15 6 Sec. 30. Section 80.45, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 15 7 2017, is amended to read as follows: 15 8 a. Serve as a point of contact foranti=humanactivities to 15 9 combat human traffickingactivityin this state. 15 10 Sec. 31. Section 92.3, Code 2017, is amended to read as 15 11 follows: 15 12 92.3 Under fourteen == permitted occupations. 15 13 No person under fourteen years of age shall be employed 15 14 or permitted to work with or without compensation in any 15 15 occupation, except in the streettradeoccupations or migratory 15 16 labor occupations specified in section 92.1. Any migratory 15 17 laborer twelve to fourteen years of age may not work prior to 15 18 or during the regular school hours of any day of any private 15 19 or public school which teaches general education subjects and 15 20 which is available to such child. 15 21 Sec. 32. Section 92.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, 15 22 is amended to read as follows: 15 23 The provisions of sections 92.8 and 92.10 shall not 15 24 apply to pupils working under an instructor in a career and 15 25 technical education department in a school district or under 15 26 an instructor in a career and technical education classroom 15 27 or laboratory, or industrial plant, or in a course of career 15 28 and technical education approved by the state board for career 15 29 and technical education, or to apprentices provided they are 15 30 employed under all of the following conditions: 15 31 Sec. 33. Section 92.23, Code 2017, is amended to read as 15 32 follows: 15 33 92.23 Group insurance. 15 34 Anyone under the age of eighteen and subject to this chapter 15 35 employed in the streettradesoccupations who sells or delivers 16 1 the product or service of another and who is designated in 16 2 such capacity as an independent contractor shall be provided 16 3 participation, if the person under the age of eighteen 16 4 desires it at group rate cost, in group insurance for medical, 16 5 hospital, nursing, and doctor expenses incurred as a result of 16 6 injuries sustained arising out of and in the course of selling 16 7 or delivering such product or service by the person, firm, or 16 8 corporation whose product or service is so delivered. 16 9 Sec. 34. Section 96.29, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 16 10 2017, is amended to read as follows: 16 11 c. This subsection shall not apply to claims for extended 16 12 benefitsfor weeks of unemployment beginning March 6, 1993, and 16 13 ending before January 1, 1995, orif otherwise prohibited by 16 14 federal law. 16 15 Sec. 35. Section 97A.7, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 16 16 to read as follows: 16 17 1. The board of trustees shall be the trustees of the 16 18 retirement fund created by this chapter as provided in section 16 19 97A.8 and shall have full power to invest and reinvest funds 16 20 subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions 16 21 imposed by subsection 2of this sectionand chapters 12F, 16 22and12H, and 12J and subject to like terms, conditions, 16 23 limitations, and restrictions said trustees shall have full 16 24 power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of 16 25 any of the securities and investments of the retirement fund 16 26 which have been invested, as well as of the proceeds of said 16 27 investments and any moneys belonging to the retirement fund. 16 28 The board of trustees may authorize the treasurer of state to 16 29 exercise any of the duties of this section. When so authorized 16 30 the treasurer of state shall report any transactions to the 16 31 board of trustees at its next monthly meeting. 16 32 Sec. 36. Section 97B.4, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended 16 33 to read as follows: 16 34 5. Investments. The system, through the chief investment 16 35 officer, shall invest, subject to chapters 12F,and12H, 17 1 and 12J and in accordance with the investment policy and 17 2 goal statement established by the board, the portion of the 17 3 retirement fund which, in the judgment of the system, is not 17 4 needed for current payment of benefits under this chapter 17 5 subject to the requirements of section 97B.7A. 17 6 Sec. 37. Section 101.26, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 17 7 to read as follows: 17 8 1. A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted 17 9 or orderadoptionissued pursuant to this subchapter is subject 17 10 to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars for each 17 11 day during which the violation continues, up to a maximum of 17 12 one thousand dollars; however, if the tank is registered within 17 13 thirty days after the state fire marshal issues a cease and 17 14 desist order pursuant to section 101.25, subsection 1, the 17 15 civil penalty under this section shall not accrue. The civil 17 16 penalty is an alternative to a criminal penalty provided under 17 17 this subchapter. 17 18 Sec. 38. Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph c, 17 19 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 17 20 (2) A special class "C" liquor control license may be issued 17 21 and shall authorize the holder to purchase wine from class "A" 17 22 wine permittees or class "B" wine permittees who also hold 17 23 class "E" liquor control licenses only, and to sell wine and 17 24 beer to patrons by the individual drink for consumption on the 17 25 premises only. However, beer may also be sold for consumption 17 26 off the premises. The license issued to holders of a special 17 27 class "C" liquor control license shall clearly state on its 17 28 face that the license is limited. 17 29 Sec. 39. Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph e, 17 30 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 17 31 (2) The division may issue a class "E" liquor control 17 32 license for premises covered by a liquor control license 17 33 or wine or beer permit for on=premises consumption, if the 17 34 premises are in a county having a population under nine 17 35 thousand five hundred in which no other class "E" liquor 18 1 control license has been issued by the division, and no other 18 2 application for a class "E" liquor control license has been 18 3 made within the previous twelve consecutive months. 18 4 Sec. 40. Section 123.141, Code 2017, is amended to read as 18 5 follows: 18 6 123.141 Keeping liquor where beer is sold. 18 7 No alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes shall be used, 18 8 or kept for any purpose in the place of business of class "B" 18 9 beer permittees, or on the premises of such class "B" beer 18 10 permittees, at any time. A violation of any provision of this 18 11 section shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the 18 12 beer permit pursuant to section 123.50, subsection 3. This 18 13 section shall not apply in any manner or in any way to the 18 14 premises of any hotel or motel for which a class "B" beer 18 15 permit has been issued, other than that part of such premises 18 16 regularly used by the hotel or motel for the principal purpose 18 17 of selling beer or food to the general public;, or todrug 18 18 stores regularly and continuously employing a registered 18 19 pharmacist,keep a pharmacy from having alcohol in stock for 18 20 medicinal and compounding purposes. 18 21 Sec. 41. Section 139A.8, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 18 22 2017, is amended to read as follows: 18 23 e. A person shall not be enrolled in school in the seventh 18 24 grade or twelfth grade in Iowa without evidence of adequate 18 25 immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance 18 26 with standards approved by the United States public health 18 27 service of the United States department of health and human 18 28 services for such biological products andisin accordance with 18 29 immunization practices recommended by the advisory committee 18 30 on immunization practices of the centers for disease control 18 31 and prevention. 18 32 Sec. 42. Section 144.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as 18 33 follows: 18 34 144.18 Court hearing. 18 35 1. The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the 19 1 petition and shall give the registration official who refused 19 2 to register the petitioner's delayed certificate of birth at 19 3 least ten days' notice of such hearing. If both persons to be 19 4 named as parents are not a party to the petition, such person 19 5 or persons, if living, shall also be given at least ten days' 19 6 notice of the hearing. The court shall prescribe the manner 19 7 of such notice. Such official, or the official's authorized 19 8 representative, may appear and testify in the proceeding. 19 9 2. If the court from the evidence presented finds that 19 10 the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought 19 11 was born in this state, it shall make findings as the case 19 12 may require and shall issue an order on a form prescribed 19 13 and furnished by the state registrar to establish a record 19 14 of birth. The order shall include the birth data to be 19 15 registered, a description of the evidence presented, and the 19 16 date of the court's action. 19 17 3. The clerks of the district court shall forward each 19 18 order to the state registrar not later than the tenth day of 19 19 the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. 19 20 The order shall be registered by the state registrar and shall 19 21 constitute the record of birth, from which copies may be 19 22 issued in accordance with sections 144.42tothrough 144.46, 19 23 inclusive. 19 24 Sec. 43. Section 153.33, subsection 3, paragraph g, Code 19 25 2017, is amended to read as follows: 19 26 g. The findings of fact made by the board acting within 19 27 its power shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive, but 19 28 the district court shall have power to review questions of law 19 29 involved in any final decision or determination of the board; 19 30 provided, thatif application is made by the aggrieved party 19 31 within thirty days after such determination by certiorari, 19 32 mandamus, or such other method of review or appeal permitted 19 33 under the laws of this state, and to make such further orders 19 34 in respect thereto as justice may require. 19 35 Sec. 44. Section 154B.1, subsections 2 and 6, Code 2017, are 20 1 amended to read as follows: 20 2 2. "Collaborative practice agreement" means a written 20 3 agreement between a prescribing psychologist and a licensed 20 4 physician that establishes clinical protocols, practice 20 5 guidelines, and care plans relevant to the scope of the 20 6 collaborative practice. The practice guidelines may include 20 7 limitations on the prescribing of psychotropic medications 20 8 by psychologists and protocols for prescribing to special 20 9 populations, including patients who are less than seventeen 20 10 years of age or over sixty=five years of age, patients who 20 11 are pregnant, and patients with serious medical conditions 20 12 including but not limited to heart disease, cancer, stroke, 20 13 seizures, and patients with developmental disabilities and 20 14 intellectual disabilities. 20 15 6. "Practice of psychology" means the application of 20 16 established principles of learning, motivation, perception, 20 17 thinking, and emotional relations to problems of behavior 20 18 adjustment, group relations, and behavior modification, 20 19 by persons trained in psychology for compensation or other 20 20 personal gain. The application of principles includes but 20 21 is not limited to: Counselingcounseling and the use of 20 22 psychological remedial measures with persons, in groups or 20 23 individually, with adjustment or emotional problems in the 20 24 areas of work, family, school, and personal relationships; 20 25 measuring and testing personality, intelligence, aptitudes, 20 26 public opinion, attitudes, and skills; and the teaching of such 20 27 subject matter, and the conducting of research on the problems 20 28 relating to human behavior. 20 29 Sec. 45. Section 155A.6A, subsection 3, Code 2017, is 20 30 amended by striking the subsection. 20 31 Sec. 46. Section 161A.20, subsections 1, 3, and 4, Code 20 32 2017, are amended to read as follows: 20 33 1. After obtaining agreements to carry out recommended 20 34 soil conservation measures and proper farm plans from owners 20 35 of not less than fifty percent of the lands situated in the 21 1 subdistrict, a subdistrict shall have the authority to impose a 21 2 special annual tax, the proceeds of which shall be used for the 21 3 repayment of actual and necessary expenses incurred to organize 21 4 the subdistrict,; to acquire land or rights or interests 21 5 therein by purchase or condemnation,; and to repair,alteration 21 6alter,maintenancemaintain, andoperation ofoperate the 21 7 present and future works of improvement within its boundaries. 21 8 3. If portions of the subdistrict are in more than one 21 9 county, then the governing body, ashereinbeforedesignated in 21 10 section 161A.19 in such event, after arriving at the estimate 21 11 in dollars deemed necessary for the entire subdistrict shall 21 12 ratably apportion such amount between the counties and transmit 21 13 and certify the prorated portion to the respective boards of 21 14 supervisors of each of the counties. 21 15 4. The board or boards of supervisors shall upon receipt 21 16 of certification from the governing body of thedistrict 21 17subdistrict make the necessary levy on the assessed valuation 21 18 of all real estate within the boundaries of the subdistrict 21 19 lying within their respective county to raise said amounts, but 21 20 in no event to exceed one dollar and eight cents per thousand 21 21 dollars of assessed value. 21 22 Sec. 47. Section 168.8, Code 2017, is amended to read as 21 23 follows: 21 24 168.8 Penalty. 21 25 Any person, partnership, corporation, company, firm, 21 26 society, or associationwho violates any provision of this 21 27 chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 21 28 Sec. 48. Section 177A.12, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 21 29 amended to read as follows: 21 30 2. The state entomologist, the entomologist's inspectors 21 31 or duly authorized agents are authorized to seize, destroy, or 21 32 return to the point of origin any material received in this 21 33 state in violation of any state quarantine established under 21 34 the authority of subsection 1, or in violation of any federal 21 35 quarantine established under the authority of theAct of August 22 1 20, 1912, 37 Stat. ch 308federal Plant Protection Act, 7 22 2 U.S.C. {7701 et seq., or any amendment to that Act. 22 3 Sec. 49. Section 179.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as 22 4 follows: 22 5 179.13 Referendum. 22 6 1. At a time designated by the commission within eighteen 22 7 months after termination of the national promotional order made 22 8 pursuant to the DairyProductProduction Stabilization Act of 22 9 1983, 7 U.S.C. {4501 et seq., the commission shall conduct a 22 10 referendum under administrative procedures prescribed by the 22 11 department. 22 12 2. Upon signing a statement certifying to the department 22 13 that the person is a bona fide producer as defined in this 22 14 chapter, each producer is entitled to one vote in each 22 15 referendum. When the secretary is required to determine the 22 16 approval or disapproval of producers under this section, the 22 17 secretary shall consider the approval or disapproval of a 22 18 cooperative association of producers, engaged in a bona fide 22 19 manner in marketing milk, as the approval or disapproval 22 20 of the producers who are members of or contract with the 22 21 cooperative association of producers. If a cooperative 22 22 association elects to vote on behalf of its members, the 22 23 cooperative association shall provide each producer on whose 22 24 behalf the cooperative association is expressing approval or 22 25 disapproval with a description of the question presented in the 22 26 referendum together with a statement of the manner in which 22 27 the cooperative association intends to cast its vote on behalf 22 28 of the membership. The information shall inform the producer 22 29 of procedures to follow to cast an individual ballot if the 22 30 producer chooses to do so within the period of time established 22 31 by the secretary for casting ballots. The notification shall 22 32 be made at least thirty days prior to the referendum and shall 22 33 include an official ballot. The ballots shall be tabulated by 22 34 the secretary and the vote of the cooperative association shall 22 35 be adjusted to reflect the individual votes. 23 1 3. The department shall count and tabulate the ballots filed 23 2 during the referendum within thirty days of the close of the 23 3 referendum. If from the tabulation the department determines 23 4 that a majority of the total number of producers voting in the 23 5 referendum favors the proposal, the excise tax provided for in 23 6 this chapter shall be continued. The ballots cast pursuant 23 7 to this section constitute complete and conclusive evidence 23 8 for use in determinations made by the department under this 23 9 chapter. 23 10 4. The secretary may conduct a referendum at any time 23 11 after the Iowa dairy industry commission is reactivated, and 23 12 shall hold a referendum on request of a representative group 23 13 comprising ten percent or more of the number of producers 23 14 eligible to vote, to determine whether the producers favor the 23 15 termination or suspension of the excise tax. The secretary 23 16 shall suspend or terminate collection of the excise tax within 23 17 six months after the secretary determines that suspension or 23 18 termination of the excise tax is favored by a majority of the 23 19 producers voting in the referendum, and shall terminate the 23 20 excise tax in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after 23 21 the determination. 23 22 Sec. 50. Section 181.3, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 23 23 2017, is amended to read as follows: 23 24 b. Except for an ex officio member, a vacancy in the 23 25 executive committee resulting from death, inability or refusal 23 26 to serve, or failure to meet the qualifications of this chapter 23 27 shall be filled by the executive committee. If the executive 23 28 committee fails to fill a vacancy, the secretary shall appoint 23 29 a person to fillitthe vacancy. A vacancy appointment shall 23 30 be filled only for the remainder of the unexpired term. 23 31 Sec. 51. Section 198.7, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, d, e, 23 32 and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows: 23 33 b. If it bears or contains any added poisonous, added 23 34 deleterious, or added nonnutritive substance which is unsafe 23 35 within the meaning of section 406 of thefederalFederal Food, 24 1 Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. {346, other than 24 2 one which is a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural 24 3 commodity or a food additive. 24 4 c. If it is, or it bears or contains any food additive which 24 5 is unsafe within the meaning of section 409 of thefederal 24 6Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. 24 7 {348. 24 8 d. If it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears 24 9 or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the 24 10 meaning of section 408, subparagraph "a" of thefederalFederal 24 11 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. {346a, 24 12 provided, that where a pesticide chemical has been used in or 24 13 on a raw agricultural commodity in conformity with an exemption 24 14 granted or a tolerance prescribed under section 408 of the 24 15federalFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 24 16 U.S.C. {346a, and such raw agricultural commodity has been 24 17 subjected to processing such as canning, cooking, freezing, 24 18 dehydrating or milling, the residue of such pesticide chemical 24 19 remaining in or on such processed feed shall not be deemed 24 20 unsafe if such residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity 24 21 has been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing 24 22 practice and the concentration of such residue in the processed 24 23 feed is not greater than the tolerance prescribed for the raw 24 24 agriculture commodity unless the feeding of such processed feed 24 25 will result or is likely to result in a pesticide residue in 24 26 the edible product of the animal, which is unsafe within the 24 27 meaning of section 408, subparagraph "a" of thefederalFederal 24 28 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. {346a. 24 29 e. If it is, or it bears or contains any color additive 24 30 which is unsafe within the meaning of section 706 of the 24 31federalFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 24 32 U.S.C. {379e. 24 33 f. If it is, or it bears or contains a new animal drug which 24 34 is unsafe within the meaning of thefederalFederal Food, Drug, 24 35 and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. {360bet seq. 25 1 Sec. 52. Section 218.48, Code 2017, is amended to read as 25 2 follows: 25 3 218.48 Annual reports. 25 4 The superintendent or business manager of each institution 25 5 shall make an annual report to the administrator in control 25 6 of the particular institution and include in the report a 25 7 detailed and accurate inventory of the stock and supplies 25 8 on hand, and their amount and value, under the following 25 9 headings:livestock, farm25 10 1. Livestock. 25 11 2. Farm produce on hand, vehicles, agricultural. 25 12 3. Vehicles. 25 13 4. Agricultural implements, machinery, mechanical. 25 14 5. Machinery. 25 15 6. Mechanical fixtures, real. 25 16 7. Real estate, furniture, and bedding. 25 17 8. Furniture. 25 18 9. Bedding in residents' department, state. 25 19 10. State property in superintendent's department, 25 20 clothing, dry. 25 21 11. Clothing. 25 22 12. Dry goods, provisions. 25 23 13. Provisions and groceries, drugs. 25 24 14. Drugs and medicine, fuel, library, and all. 25 25 15. Fuel. 25 26 16. Library. 25 27 17. All other state property under appropriate headings to 25 28 be determined by the particular administrator involved. 25 29 Sec. 53. Section 232.114, subsection 4, Code 2017, is 25 30 amended to read as follows: 25 31 4. The county attorney and attorney general shall comply 25 32 with the requirements of chapter 232B and the federal Indian 25 33 Child Welfare Act, Pub. L. No. 95=608, when either chapter 232B 25 34 or the federal Indian Child Welfare Act is determined to be 25 35 applicable in any proceeding under this division. 26 1 Sec. 54. Section 232.188, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code 26 2 2017, is amended to read as follows: 26 3 e. The annual child welfare and juvenile justice 26 4 decategorization services plan developed for use of the funding 26 5 pool by a decategorization governance board shall be submitted 26 6 to the department administrator of child welfare services and 26 7 the early childhood Iowaempowermentstate board. In addition, 26 8 the decategorization governance board shall submit an annual 26 9 progress report to the department administrator and the early 26 10 childhood Iowaempowermentstate board which summarizes the 26 11 progress made toward attaining the objectives contained in the 26 12 plan. The progress report shall serve as an opportunity for 26 13 information sharing and feedback. 26 14 Sec. 55. Section 234.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 26 15 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 26 16 The administrator shall be vested with the authority to 26 17 administer the family investment program, state supplementary 26 18 assistance, food programs, child welfare, and emergency relief, 26 19 family and adult service programs, and any other form of 26 20 public welfare assistance and institutions that are placed 26 21 under the administrator's administration. The administrator 26 22 shall perform duties, shall formulate and adopt rules as may 26 23 be necessary;, and shall outline policies, dictate procedure, 26 24 and delegate such powers as may be necessary for competent 26 25 and efficient administration. Subject to restrictions that 26 26 may be imposed by the director of human services and the 26 27 council on human services, the administrator may abolish, 26 28 alter, consolidate, or establish subdivisions and may abolish 26 29 or change offices previously created. The administrator 26 30 may employ necessary personnel and fix their compensation; 26 31 may allocate or reallocate functions and duties among any 26 32 subdivisions now existing or later established; and may 26 33 adopt rules relating to the employment of personnel and the 26 34 allocation of their functions and duties among the various 26 35 subdivisions as competent and efficient administration may 27 1 require. The administrator shall: 27 2 Sec. 56. Section 234.6, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 27 3 2017, is amended to read as follows: 27 4 f. Administer the food programs authorized by federal law, 27 5 and recommend rules necessary in the administration of those 27 6 programs to the director forpromulgationadoption pursuant to 27 7 chapter 17A. 27 8 Sec. 57. Section 237A.25, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 27 9 amended to read as follows: 27 10 1. The department shall develop consumer information 27 11 material to assist parents in selecting a child care provider. 27 12 In developing the material, the department shall consult with 27 13 department of human services staff, department of education 27 14 staff, the state child care advisory committee, the early 27 15 childhood Iowaempowermentstate board, and child care resource 27 16 and referral services. In addition, the department may consult 27 17 with other entities at the local, state, and national level. 27 18 Sec. 58. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h, 27 19 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 27 20 (3) The department of education shall permit school 27 21 districts, in meeting the requirements of this section, to 27 22 use career and technical education core courses in more than 27 23 one career and technical education service area and to use 27 24 multi=occupational courses to complete a sequence in more than 27 25 one career and technical education service area. 27 26 Sec. 59. Section 256.39, subsection 6, Code 2017, is amended 27 27 to read as follows: 27 28 6. The department of education shall direct and monitor 27 29 the progress of each career pathways consortium in developing 27 30 career pathways programs.By January 15, 1998, the department 27 31 shall submit to the general assembly any findings and 27 32 recommendations of the career pathways consortia, along with 27 33 the department's recommendations for specific career pathways 27 34 program efforts and for appropriate funding levels to implement 27 35 and sustain the recommended programs.28 1 Sec. 60. Section 256.42, subsection 7, Code 2017, is amended 28 2 to read as follows: 28 3 7. The department may waive for one year the provisions 28 4 of section 256.11, subsection 5, which require that specified 28 5 subjects be offered and taught by professional staff of a 28 6 school district or school, if the school district or school 28 7 makes every reasonable and good=faith effort to employ a 28 8 teacher licensed under chapter 272 for such a subject, and the 28 9 school district or school proves to the satisfaction of the 28 10 department that the school district or school is unable to 28 11 employ such a teacher. 28 12 a. The specified subject shall be provided by the 28 13 initiative. 28 14 b. The specified subject may instead be provided by the 28 15 school district or school if all of the following conditions 28 16 are met: 28 17a.(1) The course content is provided through an online 28 18 learning platform by an Iowa licensed teacher with online 28 19 learning experience. 28 20b.(2) The course content provided is aligned with school 28 21 district or school standards and satisfies the requirements of 28 22 subsection 6. 28 23c.(3) The course is not offered by the initiative pursuant 28 24 to this section, or the course offered by the initiative lacks 28 25 the capacity to accommodate additional students. 28 26d.(4) The course is the sole course per semester that 28 27 the school district or school is providing instead of the 28 28 initiative pursuant to this subsection. 28 29 Sec. 61. Section 256H.1, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 28 30 2017, is amended to read as follows: 28 31 a. "Active duty" means full=time duty status in the active 28 32 uniformed service of the United States, including members of 28 33 the national guard and reserve on active duty orders pursuant 28 34 to 10 U.S.C.{1209ch. 1209 and 1211. 28 35 Sec. 62. Section 256H.1, subsection 3, paragraph a, 29 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 29 2 (1) Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined 29 3 in this compact, including members of the national guard and 29 4 reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C.{1209ch. 29 5 1209 and 1211. 29 6 Sec. 63. Section 256I.4, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended 29 7 to read as follows: 29 8 8. Develop and implement a designation process for area 29 9 boards. Allow for flexibility and creativity of area boards in 29 10 implementing area board responsibilities and provide authority 29 11 for the area boards to support the communities in the areas 29 12 served. Thesystemprocess shall provide for action to address 29 13 poor performing areas as well as higher performing areas. The 29 14 state board shall determine how often area boards are reviewed 29 15 under thesystemprocess. 29 16 Sec. 64. Section 256I.9, subsection 3, paragraph b, 29 17 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 29 18 (1) Family support servicesand parent education programs29 19 promoted to parents of children from zero through age five. 29 20 Family support services shall include but are not limited to 29 21 home visitation and parent education. Of the state funding 29 22 that an area board designates for family support programs, at 29 23 least sixty percent shall be committed to programs with a home 29 24 visitation component. 29 25 Sec. 65. Section 258.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as 29 26 follows: 29 27 258.2 State board for career and technical education. 29 28 The state board of education shall constitute the state 29 29 board for career and technical education. 29 30 Sec. 66. Section 258.3A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, 29 31 is amended to read as follows: 29 32 The state board shall do all of the following: 29 33 Sec. 67. Section 258.4, subsections 1, 7, 8, and 9, Code 29 34 2017, are amended to read as follows: 29 35 1. Develop and submit to the state board for approval the 30 1 multi=year state plan developed in accordance with federal laws 30 2 and regulations governing career and technical education. 30 3 7. Review and approve career and technical education 30 4 programs to ensure that the programs meet standards adopted by 30 5 the state boardfor career and technical educationpursuant to 30 6 section 258.3A. The director shall annually review at least 30 7 twenty percent of the approved career and technical programs 30 8 as a basis for continuing approval to ensure that the programs 30 9 meet board standards and are compatible with educational reform 30 10 efforts, are capable of responding to technological change and 30 11 innovation, and meet the educational needs of students and the 30 12 employment community. The review shall include an assessment 30 13 of the extent to which the competencies in the program 30 14 are being mastered by the students enrolled, the costs are 30 15 proportionate to educational benefits received, the career and 30 16 technical education curriculum is articulated and integrated 30 17 with other curricular offerings required of all students, 30 18 the programs would permit students with career and technical 30 19 education backgrounds to pursue other educational interests in 30 20 a postsecondary institutional setting, and the programs remove 30 21 barriers for both traditional and nontraditional students to 30 22 access educational and employment opportunities. 30 23 8. Facilitate the process established by the state board 30 24 for the implementation of a statewide system of regional 30 25 career and technical education planning partnerships that 30 26 utilize the services of local school districts, community 30 27 colleges, sector partnerships, and other resources to assist 30 28 local school districts in meeting career and technical 30 29 education standards while avoiding unnecessary duplication of 30 30 services. The director shall also review and approve regional 30 31 planning partnerships and regional centers to ensure that the 30 32 partnerships and centers meet the standards adopted by the 30 33 state board pursuant to section 258.3A, subsection 5. 30 34 9. Enforce rules adopted by the state board pursuant to 30 35 section 258.3A. 31 1 Sec. 68. Section 258.6, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017, 31 2 are amended to read as follows: 31 3 1. "Approved career and technical education program" means 31 4 a career and technical education program offered by a school 31 5 district or community college and approved by the department 31 6 which meets the standards for career and technical education 31 7 programs adopted by the state board under this chapter. 31 8 2. "Approved practitioner preparation school, department, 31 9 or class" means a school, department, or class approved by the 31 10 state board as entitled under this chapter to federal moneys 31 11 for the training of teachers of career and technical education 31 12 subjects. 31 13 3. "Approved regional career and technical education 31 14 planning partnership" means a regional entity that meets the 31 15 standards for regional career and technical education planning 31 16 partnerships adopted by the state board pursuant to section 31 17 258.3A and section 258.14. 31 18 Sec. 69. Section 258.6, subsection 4, Code 2017, is amended 31 19 by striking the subsection. 31 20 Sec. 70. Section 258.6, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 31 21 following new subsection: 31 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. "State board" means the state board for 31 23 career and technical education as provided in section 258.2. 31 24 Sec. 71. Section 258.9, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 31 25 to read as follows: 31 26 1. The board of directors of a school district or 31 27 community college that maintains a career and technical 31 28 education program receiving federal or state funds under 31 29 this chapter shall, as a condition of approval by the state 31 30 board, appoint a local advisory council for each career and 31 31 technical education program offered by the school district or 31 32 community college. However, a school district and a community 31 33 college that maintain a career and technical education program 31 34 receiving federal or state funds may create a joint local 31 35 advisory council. The membership of each local advisory 32 1 council shall consist of public members with expertise in 32 2 the occupation or occupational field related to the career 32 3 and technical education program. The local advisory council 32 4 shall give advice and assistance to the board of directors, 32 5 administrators, and instructors in the establishment and 32 6 maintenance of the career and technical education program. 32 7 Sec. 72. Section 258.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as 32 8 follows: 32 9 258.12 Custodian of funds. 32 10 The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid 32 11 to the state from the appropriations made under the federal 32 12 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act 32 13 of 2006, 20 U.S.C {2301 et seq., as amended, and shall disburse 32 14 the same on vouchers audited as provided by law. 32 15 Sec. 73. Section 258.14, subsection 3, paragraphs a and d, 32 16 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows: 32 17 a. Ensuring compliance with standards adopted by the state 32 18 board under section 258.3A, subsection 5, for regional career 32 19 and technical education planning partnerships. 32 20 d. Reviewing career and technical education programs of 32 21 school districts within the region based on standards adopted 32 22 by the state board, and recommending to the department career 32 23 and technical education programs for approval. 32 24 Sec. 74. Section 258.14, subsection 3, paragraph f, 32 25 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 32 26 follows: 32 27 Planning for regional centers with the purpose of achieving 32 28 equitable access to high=quality career and technical education 32 29 programming and concurrent enrollment opportunities for all 32 30 students. As a condition for approval, a regional center shall 32 31 comply with standards adopted by the state board and shall 32 32 consist of a minimum of four career academies. A regional 32 33 center shall be compatible with development of a statewide 32 34 system of regional centers serving all students. A regional 32 35 center shall serve either of the following: 33 1 Sec. 75. Section 258.14, subsection 4, paragraph e, Code 33 2 2017, is amended to read as follows: 33 3 e. Representatives of regional economic and workforce 33 4 entities includingregional advisorylocal workforce 33 5 development boards established under section 84A.4. 33 6 Sec. 76. Section 258.15, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 33 7 to read as follows: 33 8 2. The state board, in consultation with the division of 33 9 community colleges of the department, shall adopt rules setting 33 10 minimum standards for the development and implementation of 33 11 career academies under this section and ensuring compliance 33 12 with the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 33 13 Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. {2301 et seq., as amended. 33 14 Sec. 77. Section 260C.5, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 33 15 to read as follows: 33 16 1. Designate a community college as an "area career and 33 17 technical education school" within the meaning of, and for the 33 18 purpose of administering, the federal Carl D. Perkins Career 33 19 and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. A community 33 20 college shall not be so designated by the director for the 33 21 expenditure of funds under 20 U.S.C. {2301 et seq., as amended, 33 22 which has not been designated and classified as a community 33 23 college by the state board. 33 24 Sec. 78. Section 260C.47, subsection 1, unnumbered 33 25 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 33 26 The state board of education shall establish an 33 27 accreditation process for community college programs. The 33 28 process shall be jointly developed and agreed upon by the 33 29 department of education and the community colleges. The 33 30 state accreditation process shall be integrated with the 33 31 accreditation process of the higher learning commission, 33 32 including the evaluation cycle, the self=study process, and 33 33 the criteria for evaluation, which shall incorporate the 33 34 standards for community colleges developed under section 33 35 260C.48; and shall identify and make provision for the needs of 34 1 the state that are not met by theassociation'scommission's 34 2 accreditation process. The department of education shall use 34 3 a two=component process for the continued accreditation of 34 4 community college programs. 34 5 Sec. 79. Section 260C.47, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 34 6 2017, is amended to read as follows: 34 7 c. Rules adopted by the state board shall include provisions 34 8 for coordination of the accreditation process under this 34 9 section with activities of accreditationassociationsagencies, 34 10 which are designed to avoid duplication in the accreditation 34 11 process. 34 12 Sec. 80. Section 261E.6, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended 34 13 to read as follows: 34 14 3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an 34 15 eligible student shall make application to an eligible 34 16 postsecondary institution to allow the eligible student to 34 17 enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered at 34 18 the institution. A comparable course, as defined in rules 34 19 adopted by the board of directors of the school district 34 20 consistent with department administrative rule, must not 34 21 be offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic 34 22 school the student attends.However, aA course is ineligible 34 23 for purposes of this section if the school district has 34 24 a contractual agreement with the eligible postsecondary 34 25 institution under section 261E.8 that meets the requirements of 34 26 section 257.11, subsection 3, and the course may be delivered 34 27 through such an agreement in accordance with section 257.11, 34 28 subsection 3. If the postsecondary institution accepts 34 29 an eligible student for enrollment under this section, the 34 30 institution shall send written notice to the student, the 34 31 student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor 34 32 child, and the student's school district or accredited 34 33 nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a 34 34 nonpublic school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or 34 35 the Iowa braille and sight saving school. The notice shall 35 1 list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending 35 2 the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the 35 3 eligible student will receive from the eligible postsecondary 35 4 institution upon successful completion of the course. 35 5 Sec. 81. Section 262.14, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, 35 6 is amended to read as follows: 35 7 The board may invest funds belonging to the institutions, 35 8 subject to chapters 12F,and12H, and 12J and the following 35 9 regulations: 35 10 Sec. 82. Section 279.19B, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 35 11 amended to read as follows: 35 12 2. For the first two weeksof employmentin which a 35 13 qualified individual who possesses a transitional coaching 35 14 authorization is employed as a transitional coach and for the 35 15 first extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or 35 16 competition sponsored by an organization as defined in section 35 17 280.13, the individual shall be supervised by a certified 35 18 athletic director, administrator, or other practitioner 35 19 in a supervisory role. If the individual performs to the 35 20 supervising practitioner's satisfaction, the supervising 35 21 practitioner shall sign and date an evaluation form provided 35 22 by the organization to certify that the individual meets 35 23 expectations to work with student athletes as a transitional 35 24 coach. The organization shall develop and offer on its 35 25 internet site an evaluation form that meets the requirements 35 26 of this subsection. 35 27 Sec. 83. Section 282.7, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 35 28 to read as follows: 35 29 2. If the career and technical education program offered 35 30 by a school district does not meetthe board for career and 35 31 technical education'sstandards for program approval adopted 35 32 by the state board for career and technical education, the 35 33 district shall be granted one year to meet the standards for 35 34 approval. If a district chooses to waive the one=year grace 35 35 period, or the district fails to meet the approval standards 36 1 after one year, the director of theboard for career and 36 2 technicaldepartment of education shall delegate the authority 36 3 to the regional career and technical education planning 36 4 partnership established pursuant to section 258.14 to direct 36 5 the district to contract with another school district or a 36 6 community college which has an approved program, for the 36 7 provision of career and technical education for students of 36 8 the district. The district that has waived the one=year grace 36 9 period or has failed to meet the approval standards shall pay 36 10 to the district or community college that has an approved 36 11 program an amount equal to the percent of the school day in 36 12 which a pupil is receiving career and technical education in 36 13 the approved program times the district cost per pupil of the 36 14 district of residence of the pupil. The regional career and 36 15 technical education planning partnership established pursuant 36 16 to section 258.14 shall contract with an approved program for 36 17 delivery of career and technical education in the district 36 18 which has failed to meet the approval standards or has waived 36 19 the one=year grace period. Transportation to and from the 36 20 approved program shall be provided by the school district that 36 21 has waived the one=year grace period or has failed to meet 36 22 approval standards. Reasonable effort shall be made to conduct 36 23 the approved program at an attendance center in the district 36 24 that has failed to meet the approval standards or has waived 36 25 the one=year grace period. 36 26 Sec. 84. Section 294.14, Code 2017, is amended to read as 36 27 follows: 36 28 294.14 Estimate of funds needed == levy. 36 29 The board of directors of said district shall annually, 36 30 for a period of five years after the effective date of the 36 31 termination of its pension system, at the meeting at which 36 32 it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in 36 33 accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the 36 34 additional amount if any necessary to pay to participants in 36 35 the pension system who are not entitled to receive benefits 37 1 under such system at the date of termination thereof, one=fifth 37 2 of the amount paid into said pension fund by such participants 37 3 therein, without interest, which amount shall be levied by 37 4 the board of supervisors, in accordance with provisions of 37 5 section 298.8 and, in addition thereto, the board of directors 37 6 of said district shall each year at the meeting at which 37 7 it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in 37 8 accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the 37 9 additional amount, if any, necessary to provide the required 37 10 annual payments to surviving beneficiaries of said pension 37 11 system, asdefinedprovided in section 294.12, which amount 37 12 shall be levied by the board of supervisors, in accordance with 37 13 the provisions of section 298.8. Upon the death of the last 37 14 beneficiary, as defined in section 294.12,to survive, any 37 15 balance remaining in said fund, including any undisposed of 37 16 accumulations, shall be transferred to the general fund of said 37 17 school district. 37 18 Sec. 85. Section 303.66, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 37 19 to read as follows: 37 20 2. Taxes levied by the board shall be certified on or before 37 21 the first day of March to the county auditor of each county 37 22 where any of the property included within the territorial 37 23 limits of the land use district is located, and shall be placed 37 24 upon the tax list for the current year, and the. The county 37 25 treasurer shall collect the taxes in the same manner as other 37 26 taxes, and when. When delinquentthey, the taxes shall draw 37 27 the same interest and penalties as other taxes. All taxes so 37 28 levied and collected shall be paid over to the treasurer of the 37 29 district. 37 30 Sec. 86. Section 313.2, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 37 31 2017, is amended to read as follows: 37 32 b. However, prior to entering into the agreement, a notice 37 33 of intent to execute such agreement shall be published in a 37 34 newspaper of general circulation within the county and the cost 37 35 of such notice shall be jointly borne by the department and 38 1 the board of supervisors. If one hundred or more residents of 38 2 the county request by petition or in writing that a hearing 38 3 be held in regard to such agreement within ten days after the 38 4 publication of the notice, the board of supervisors and the 38 5 department shall hold such a hearing not more than seven days 38 6 after receiving the petition or written instrument, and based. 38 7 Based upon evidence presented atsuchthe hearing, the board of 38 8 supervisors and the department shall reexamine the merits of 38 9 executing such agreement and make a decision in regard to it. 38 10 Sec. 87. Section 313.5, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 38 11 to read as follows: 38 12 2. The provisions of chapter 8 shall apply except that 38 13 the provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to funds 38 14 appropriated to the department under section 313.4; however, 38 15the first paragraph ofsection 8.39, subsection 1, shall 38 16 apply to appropriations for support of the department and for 38 17 engineering and administration of highway work and maintenance 38 18 of the primary road system. 38 19 Sec. 88. Section 313.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as 38 20 follows: 38 21 313.12 Supervision and inspection. 38 22 The department is expressly charged with the duty of 38 23 supervision, inspection, and direction of the work of 38 24 construction of primary roads on behalf of the state, and 38 25 of supervising the expenditure of all funds paid on account 38 26 of such work by the state or the county on the primary road 38 27 system and it shall do and perform all other matters and 38 28 things necessary to the faithful completion of the workherein38 29 authorized in this section. 38 30 Sec. 89. Section 314.21, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 38 31 2017, is amended to read as follows: 38 32 b. A city or county which has a project which qualifies for 38 33 the use of these funds shall submit a request for the funds 38 34 to the state department of transportation. A city or county 38 35 may, at its option, apply moneys allocated for use on city 39 1 or county projects under this subsection toward qualifying 39 2 projects on the primary road system. The state department of 39 3 transportation in consultation with the department of natural 39 4 resources shall determine which projects qualify for the 39 5 funds and which projects shall be funded if the requests for 39 6 the funds exceed the availability of the funds. In ranking 39 7 applications for funds, the department shall consider the 39 8 proportion of political subdivision matching funds to be 39 9 provided, if any, and the proportion of private contributions 39 10 to be provided, if any. In considering the proportion of 39 11 political subdivision matching funds provided, the department 39 12 shall consider only those moneys which are in addition to those 39 13 which the political subdivision has historically provided 39 14 toward such projects. Funds allocated to the cities, the 39 15 counties, and the department which are not programmed by the 39 16 end of each fiscal year shall be available for redistribution 39 17 to any eligible applicant regardless of the original allocation 39 18 of funds. Such funds shall be awarded for eligible projects 39 19 based upon their merit in meeting the program objectives 39 20 established by the department under section 314.22. The 39 21 department shall submit a report of all projects funded in 39 22 the previous fiscal year to the governor and to the general 39 23 assembly on January 15 of each year. 39 24 Sec. 90. Section 317.25, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 39 25 to read as follows: 39 26 2. Any person violating subsection 1 commits a public 39 27 offense and is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred 39 28 dollars. 39 29 Sec. 91. Section 321.34, subsection 13, paragraph a, 39 30 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 39 31 (1) The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration 39 32 pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 1, autocycle, 39 33 motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, 39 34 trailer, or travel trailer may upon request be issued special 39 35 registration plates that contain a space reserved for the 40 1 placement of an organization decal. If the special plates are 40 2 requested at the time of initial application for registration 40 3 and certificate of title for the vehicle, no special plate 40 4 fee is required other than the regular annual registration 40 5 fee for the vehicle. If the special plates are requested 40 6 as replacement plates, the owner shall surrender the current 40 7 regular or special registration plates in exchange for the 40 8 special plates and shall pay a replacement plate fee of five 40 9 dollars. The county treasurer shall validate special plates 40 10 with an organization decal in the same manner as regular 40 11 plates, upon payment of the annual registration fee. 40 12 Sec. 92. Section 321.40, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 40 13 2017, is amended to read as follows: 40 14 a. The department or the county treasurer shall refuse 40 15 to renew the registration of a vehicle registered to the 40 16 applicant if the department or the county treasurer knows that 40 17 the applicant has a delinquent account, charge, fee, loan, 40 18 taxes, or other indebtedness owed to or being collected by 40 19 the state, from information provided pursuant to sections 40 20 8A.504 and 421.17. An applicant may contest this action by 40 21requestinginitiating a contested case proceedingfromwith 40 22 the agency that referred the debt for collection pursuant to 40 23 section 8A.504. The department of revenue and the department 40 24 of transportation shall notify the county treasurers through 40 25 the distributed teleprocessing network of persons who owe 40 26 such a delinquent account, charge, fee, loan, taxes, or other 40 27 indebtedness. 40 28 Sec. 93. Section 321.40, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code 40 29 2017, is amended to read as follows: 40 30 a. The department or the county treasurer shall refuse to 40 31 renew the registration of a vehicle registered to an applicant 40 32 if the department or the county treasurer knows that the 40 33 applicant has not paid a civil penalty imposed on the applicant 40 34 pursuant to section 321N.3, subsection 3. An applicant may 40 35 contest this action byrequestinginitiating a contested 41 1 case proceedingfromwith the department. The department 41 2 shall notify the county treasurers through the distributed 41 3 teleprocessing network of persons who have not paid such civil 41 4 penalties. 41 5 Sec. 94. Section 321.189, subsection 8, Code 2017, is 41 6 amended to read as follows: 41 7 8. Veterans status. A licensee who is an honorably 41 8 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States may 41 9 request that the license be marked to reflect the licensee's 41 10 veteran status. Upon such a request, the word "VETERAN" shall 41 11 be marked prominently on the face of the license. Such a 41 12 license shall be issued upon receipt of satisfactory proof 41 13 of veteran status pursuant to procedures established by the 41 14 department in consultation with the department of veterans 41 15 affairs, or upon presentation of the licensee's certification 41 16 of release or discharge from active duty, DD form 214, to 41 17 the department at the time of the licensee's request, if the 41 18 form indicates the licensee was honorably discharged. If 41 19 the license is issued upon presentation of the licensee's 41 20 certification of release or discharge from active duty, DD form 41 21 214, the department shall notify the commission of veteran 41 22 affairs of the county of the licensee's residence that the 41 23 licensee was issued a license marked to reflect the licensee's 41 24 veteran status. After receiving notification from the 41 25 department, the commission of veteran affairs shall initiate 41 26 contact with the licensee. 41 27 Sec. 95. Section 321.285, subsection 7, Code 2017, is 41 28 amended to read as follows: 41 29 7. A person who violates this section for excessive speed 41 30 in violation of a speed limit commits a simple misdemeanor 41 31 punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, 41 32 subsection 5. A person whoviolates this section for excessive 41 33operates a school bus at a speedas an operator of a school bus 41 34which exceeds a limit established under this section by ten 41 35 miles an hour or less commits a simple misdemeanor punishable 42 1 as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 42 2 10. A person who violates any other provision of this section 42 3 commits a simple misdemeanor. 42 4 Sec. 96. Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph a, 42 5 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 42 6 follows: 42 7 The maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a vehicle 42 8 or combination of vehicles on highways which are part of the 42 9 primary road system is as follows: 42 10 Sec. 97. Section 321G.13, subsection 2, paragraph b, 42 11 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 42 12 (1) A person may operate or rideona snowmobile with a 42 13 loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, without a permit to 42 14 carry weapons, if the person operates or rides on land owned or 42 15 possessed by the person, and the person's conduct is otherwise 42 16 lawful. 42 17 Sec. 98. Section 321G.13, subsection 2, paragraph b, 42 18 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended 42 19 to read as follows: 42 20 If a person is operating or ridingona snowmobile on land 42 21 that is not owned or possessed by the person, the person may 42 22 operate or ride the snowmobile with a loaded firearm, whether 42 23 concealed or not, if all of the following apply: 42 24 Sec. 99. Section 321I.14, subsection 2, paragraph b, 42 25 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 42 26 (1) A person may operate or rideonan all=terrain vehicle 42 27 with a loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, without a 42 28 permit to carry weapons, if the person operates or rides on 42 29 land owned or possessed by the person, and the person's conduct 42 30 is otherwise lawful. 42 31 Sec. 100. Section 321I.14, subsection 2, paragraph b, 42 32 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended 42 33 to read as follows: 42 34 If a person is operating or ridingonan all=terrain 42 35 vehicle on land that is not owned or possessed by the person, 43 1 the person may operate or ride the all=terrain vehicle with 43 2 a loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, if all of the 43 3 following apply: 43 4 Sec. 101. Section 325A.1, subsection 13, Code 2017, is 43 5 amended to read as follows: 43 6 13. "Private carrier" means a person who provides 43 7 transportation of property or passengers by motor vehicle, 43 8 is not a for=hire motor carrier or a transportation network 43 9 company or a transportation network company driver, as 43 10 defined in section 321N.1,or who transports commodities 43 11 of which the person is the owner, lessee, or bailee and 43 12 the transportation is a furtherance of the person's primary 43 13 business or occupation, but is not a for=hire motor carrier or 43 14 a transportation network company or a transportation network 43 15 company driver, as defined in section 321N.1. 43 16 Sec. 102. Section 331.655, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 43 17 2017, is amended to read as follows: 43 18 a. For serving a notice and returning it, for the first 43 19 person served, fifteen dollars, and for each additional person, 43 20 fifteen dollars, except that the fee for serving additional 43 21 persons in the same household shall be ten dollars for each 43 22 additional service, or if the service of notice cannot be 43 23 made or several attempts are necessary, the repayment of all 43 24 necessary expenses actually incurred by the sheriff while 43 25 attempting in good faith to serve the notice. 43 26 Sec. 103. Section 331.910, subsection 4, paragraph f, Code 43 27 2017, is amended to read as follows: 43 28 f. While in the receiving state pursuant to a contract 43 29 under this subsection, a person detained, committed, or placed 43 30 under the laws of a sending state shall be subject to all laws 43 31 and regulations of the receiving state, except those laws and 43 32 regulations with respect to the involuntary civil commitment 43 33 of the person due to a mental illness or substance=related 43 34 disorder. A person shall not be sent to a receiving state 43 35 pursuant to a contract under thissectionsubsection until the 44 1 receiving state has enacted a law recognizing the validity and 44 2 applicability of this subsection. 44 3 Sec. 104. Section 364.2, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 44 4 2017, is amended to read as follows: 44 5 b. Such an ordinance shall not become effective unless 44 6 approved at an election. The proposal may be submitted by the 44 7 council on its own motion to the voters at any city election. 44 8 Upon receipt of avalidpetitionas defined inmeeting the 44 9 requirements of section 362.4 requesting that a proposal be 44 10 submitted to the voters, the council shall submit the proposal 44 11 at the next regular city election or at a special election 44 12 called for that purpose before the next regular city election. 44 13 However, the city council may dispense with such election as 44 14 to the grant, amendment, extension, or renewal of an electric 44 15 light and power, heating, or gasworks franchise unless there is 44 16 a valid petition requesting submission of the proposal to the 44 17 voters, or the party seeking such franchise, grant, amendment, 44 18 extension, or renewal requests an election. If a majority of 44 19 those voting approves the proposal, the city may proceed as 44 20 proposed. The complete text of the ordinance shall be included 44 21 on the ballot if conventional paper ballots are used. If 44 22 an optical scan voting system is used, the proposal shall be 44 23 stated on the optical scan ballot, and the full text of the 44 24 ordinance posted for the voters pursuant to section 52.25. All 44 25 absentee voters shall receive the full text of the ordinance. 44 26 Sec. 105. Section 372.13, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code 44 27 2017, is amended to read as follows: 44 28 a. Council members shall be elected according to the council 44 29 representation plans under sections 372.4 and 372.5. However, 44 30 the council representation plan may be changed, by petition 44 31 and election, to one of those described in this subsection. 44 32 Upon receipt of avalidpetition, as defined inmeeting the 44 33 requirements of section 362.4, requesting a change to a council 44 34 representation plan, the council shall submit the question at 44 35 a special election. If a majority of the persons voting at 45 1 the special election approves the changed plan, it becomes 45 2 effective at the beginning of the term following the next 45 3 regular city election. If a majority does not approve the 45 4 changed plan, the council shall not submit another proposal to 45 5 change a plan to the voters within the next two years. 45 6 Sec. 106. Section 376.2, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 45 7 to read as follows: 45 8 2. Except as otherwise provided by state law or the city 45 9 charter, terms for elective offices are two years. However, 45 10 the term of an elective office may be changed to two or four 45 11 years by petition and election. Upon receipt of avalid45 12 petitionas defined inmeeting the requirements of section 45 13 362.4, requesting that the term of an elective office be 45 14 changed, the council shall submit the question at a special 45 15 election. If a majority of the persons voting at the special 45 16 election approves the changed term, it becomes effective at the 45 17 beginning of the term following the next regular city election. 45 18 If a majority does not approve the changed term, the council 45 19 shall not submit the same proposal to the voters within the 45 20 next four years. 45 21 Sec. 107. Section 384.31, Code 2017, is amended to read as 45 22 follows: 45 23 384.31 Negotiable. 45 24 General obligation bonds issued pursuant to thispart 45 25division are negotiable instruments. 45 26 Sec. 108. Section 384.44, Code 2017, is amended to read as 45 27 follows: 45 28 384.44 Estimated cost. 45 29 The estimated total cost of any public improvement 45 30 constructed under thispartdivision must include all of the 45 31 items of cost listed in section 384.37, subsection 26, which 45 32 the council proposes to include as a part of the cost of the 45 33 public improvement, and may include an item to be known as the 45 34 default fund amounting to not more than ten percent of the 45 35 portion of the total cost of the improvement which the council 46 1 proposes to assess against specially benefited property. 46 2 Sec. 109. Section 384.66, subsection 4, Code 2017, is 46 3 amended to read as follows: 46 4 4. No action may be brought questioning the regularity 46 5 of the proceedings pertaining to special assessments or the 46 6 validity of any special assessment levied for any public 46 7 improvement under thispartdivision, from and after sixty 46 8 days after the final publication of notice of filing the final 46 9 assessment schedule. 46 10 Sec. 110. Section 384.76, Code 2017, is amended to read as 46 11 follows: 46 12 384.76 Application to joint undertakings. 46 13 The provisions of this division apply to any public 46 14 improvement undertaken jointly by the city and another city or 46 15 by the city and the state or any other political subdivision 46 16 of the state, and a city may enter into an agreement for such 46 17 purpose under the provisions of chapter 28E and may assess and 46 18 pay its portion of the cost of a public improvement as provided 46 19 in this division, but any requirement of thispartdivision 46 20 in respect to approval of detailed plans and specifications, 46 21 calling for construction bids, awarding construction contracts 46 22 and acceptance of the completed improvement may be carried 46 23 out by each city with other cities, the state or any other 46 24 political subdivision of the state, as provided in an 46 25 agreement entered into as permitted by chapter 28E. However, 46 26 an agreement between the city and the state department of 46 27 transportation is also governed by the provisions of sections 46 28 313.21 to 313.23. 46 29 Sec. 111. Section 403A.10, Code 2017, is amended to read as 46 30 follows: 46 31 403A.10 Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes. 46 32 The property acquired or held pursuant to this chapter is 46 33 declared to be public property used exclusively for essential 46 34 city, or municipal public and governmental purposes and such 46 35 property is hereby declared to be exempt from all taxes and 47 1 special assessments of the state or of any state public body. 47 2 In lieu of taxes on such property a municipality may agree to 47 3 make payments to the state or a state public body(including 47 4 itself), including to the municipality, as it finds consistent 47 5 with the maintenance of the low=rent character of housing 47 6 projects and the achievement of the purposes of this chapter. 47 7 Sec. 112. Section 403A.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as 47 8 follows: 47 9 403A.12 Bonds. 47 10 1. A municipality shall have power to issue bonds from 47 11 time to time in its discretion, for any of the purposes of 47 12 this chapter. A municipality shall also have power to issue 47 13 refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds 47 14 previously issued by it. A municipality may issue such types 47 15 of bonds as it may determine, including(without limiting the 47 16 generality of the foregoing)bonds on which the principal and 47 17 interest are payable exclusively from the income and revenues 47 18 of the project financed with the proceeds of such bonds, or 47 19 exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated 47 20 housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole 47 21 or in part with the proceeds of such bonds. Any such bonds 47 22 may be additionally secured by a pledge of any loan, grant or 47 23 contribution or parts thereof from the federal government or 47 24 other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues connected 47 25 with a housing project or a mortgage of any housing project or 47 26 projects. The authority to issue bonds under this subsection 47 27 does not limit the municipality's general authority to issue 47 28 bonds for any of the purposes of this chapter. 47 29 2. Neither the governing body of a municipality nor any 47 30 person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the 47 31 bonds by reason of the issuance thereof hereunder. The bonds 47 32 and other obligations issued under the provisions of this 47 33 chapter(and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their 47 34 face)shall be payable solely from the sources provided in this 47 35 section and shall not constitute an indebtedness within the 48 1 meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or 48 2 restriction. The bonds and obligations shall state on their 48 3 face that they are payable solely from the sources provided in 48 4 this section and that they do not constitute an indebtedness 48 5 within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt 48 6 limitation or restriction. Bonds issued pursuant to this 48 7 chapter are declared to be issued for an essential public 48 8 and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities 48 9 and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, 48 10 shall be exempt from taxes. The tax exemption provisions of 48 11 this chapter shall be considered part of the security for the 48 12 repayment of bonds and shall constitute, by virtue of this 48 13 chapter and without the necessity of the same being restated 48 14 in said bonds, a contract between the bondholders and each and 48 15 every one thereof, including all transferees of said bonds from 48 16 time to time on the one hand and the respective municipalities 48 17 issuing said bonds and the state on the other. 48 18 Sec. 113. Section 403A.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as 48 19 follows: 48 20 403A.18 Transfer of possession or title to federal 48 21 government. 48 22 In any contract with the federal government for annual 48 23 contributions to a municipality, the municipality may obligate 48 24 itself, which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and 48 25 shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other 48 26 law, to convey to the federal government possession of or 48 27 title to the housing project to which such contract relates, 48 28 upon the occurrence of a substantial default as defined in 48 29 such contract with respect to the covenant or conditions to 48 30 which the municipality is subject; and such. The contract may 48 31 further provide that in case of such conveyance, the federal 48 32 government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey, or 48 33 otherwise deal with the housing project and funds in accordance 48 34 with the terms ofsuchthe contract: Provided, provided that 48 35 the contract requires that, as soon as practicable after the 49 1 federal government is satisfied that all defaults with respect 49 2 to the housing project have been cured and that the housing 49 3 project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the 49 4 terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to 49 5 the municipality the housing project as then constituted. 49 6 Sec. 114. Section 404A.1, subsection 6, Code 2017, is 49 7 amended to read as follows: 49 8 6. "Program" shall mean the historic preservationand 49 9 cultural and entertainment districttax credit program set 49 10 forth in this chapter. 49 11 Sec. 115. Section 404A.2, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 49 12 amended to read as follows: 49 13 1. An eligible taxpayer who has entered into an agreement 49 14 under section 404A.3, subsection 3, is eligible to receive a 49 15 historic preservationand cultural and entertainment district49 16 tax credit in an amount equal to twenty=five percent of 49 17 the qualified rehabilitation expenditures of a qualified 49 18 rehabilitation project that are specified in the agreement. 49 19 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any 49 20 provision in the agreement to the contrary, the amount of the 49 21 tax credits shall not exceed twenty=five percent of the final 49 22 qualified rehabilitation expenditures verified by the authority 49 23 pursuant to section 404A.3, subsection 5, paragraph "c". 49 24 Sec. 116. Section 404A.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 49 25 2017, is amended to read as follows: 49 26 a. An eligible taxpayer seeking historic preservationand 49 27 cultural and entertainment districttax credits provided in 49 28 section 404A.2 shall make application to the authority in the 49 29 manner prescribed by the authority. 49 30 Sec. 117. Section 404A.5, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 49 31 amended to read as follows: 49 32 2. An annual report shall be filed which shall include 49 33 but is not limited to data on the number and potential value 49 34 of qualified rehabilitation projects begun during the latest 49 35 twelve=month period, the total historic preservationand 50 1 cultural and entertainment districttax credits originally 50 2 awarded or tax credit certificates originally issued during 50 3 that period, the potential reduction in state tax revenues 50 4 as a result of all awarded or issued tax credits still 50 5 unclaimed and eligible for refund, and the potential increase 50 6 in local property tax revenues as a result of the qualified 50 7 rehabilitation projects. 50 8 Sec. 118. Section 411.7, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 50 9 to read as follows: 50 10 1. The board of trustees is the trustee of the fire 50 11 and police retirement fund created in section 411.8 and 50 12 shall annually establish an investment policy to govern the 50 13 investment and reinvestment of the moneys in the fund, subject 50 14 to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed 50 15 by subsection 2 and chapters 12F,and12H, and 12J. Subject 50 16 to like terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions 50 17 the system has full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, 50 18 transfer, or dispose of any of the securities and investments 50 19 in which the fund has been invested, as well as of the proceeds 50 20 of the investments and any moneys belonging to the fund. 50 21 Sec. 119. Section 422.11D, Code 2017, is amended to read as 50 22 follows: 50 23 422.11D Historic preservationand cultural and entertainment 50 24 districttax credit. 50 25 The taxes imposed under this division, less the credits 50 26 allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by a historic 50 27 preservationand cultural and entertainment districttax credit 50 28 allowed under chapter 404A. 50 29 Sec. 120. Section 422.15, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 50 30 amended to read as follows: 50 31 1. Every person or corporation being a resident of or 50 32 having a place of business in this state, including lessees 50 33 or mortgagors of real or personal property, fiduciaries, 50 34 employers and all officers and employees of the state or of any 50 35 political subdivision of the state, or agent of the person or 51 1 corporation, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal or 51 2 payment of interest(otherother than interest coupons payable 51 3 tobearer)bearer, rent, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities, 51 4 compensations, remunerations, emoluments, unemployment 51 5 compensation, royalties, patronage dividends, or other fixed or 51 6 determinable annual or periodical gains, profits and income, 51 7 in an amount sufficient to require that an information return 51 8 be filed under the Internal Revenue Code if the income is 51 9 subject to federal tax, paid or payable during any year to any 51 10 individual, whether a resident of this state or not, shall make 51 11 a complete information return under such regulations and in 51 12 such form and manner and to such extent as may be prescribed by 51 13 the director. However, the person or corporation shall not be 51 14 required to file an information return if the information is 51 15 available to the department from the internal revenue service. 51 16 Sec. 121. Section 422.33, subsection 10, Code 2017, is 51 17 amended to read as follows: 51 18 10. The taxes imposed under this division shall be reduced 51 19 by a historic preservationand cultural and entertainment 51 20 districttax credit allowed under chapter 404A. 51 21 Sec. 122. Section 422.60, subsection 4, Code 2017, is 51 22 amended to read as follows: 51 23 4. The taxes imposed under this division shall be reduced by 51 24 a historic preservationand cultural and entertainment district51 25 tax credit allowed under chapter 404A. 51 26 Sec. 123. Section 427B.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 51 27 follows: 51 28 427B.1 Actual value added exemption from tax == public 51 29 hearing. 51 30 1. For purposes of this section: 51 31 a. "Distribution center" means a building or structure 51 32 used primarily for the storage of goods which are intended for 51 33 subsequent shipment to retail outlets. "Distribution center" 51 34 does not mean a building or structure used primarily to store 51 35 raw agricultural products, used primarily by a manufacturer 52 1 to store goods to be used in the manufacturing process, used 52 2 primarily for the storage of petroleum products, or used for 52 3 the retail sale of goods. 52 4 b. "New construction" means new buildings and structures 52 5 and includes new buildings and structures which are constructed 52 6 as additions to existing buildings and structures. "New 52 7 construction" does not include reconstruction of an existing 52 8 building or structure which does not constitute complete 52 9 replacement of an existing building or structure or refitting 52 10 of an existing building or structure, unless the reconstruction 52 11 of an existing building or structure is required due to 52 12 economic obsolescence and the reconstruction is necessary to 52 13 implement recognized industry standards for the manufacturing 52 14 and processing of specific products and the reconstruction 52 15 is required for the owner of the building or structure to 52 16 continue to competitively manufacture or process those products 52 17 which determination shall receive prior approval from the city 52 18 council of the city or the board of supervisors of the county. 52 19 c. "Research=service facilities" means a building or 52 20 group of buildings devoted primarily to research and 52 21 development activities, including but not limited to the 52 22 design and production or manufacture of prototype products for 52 23 experimental use, and corporate=research services which do not 52 24 have a primary purpose of providing on=site services to the 52 25 public. 52 26 d. "Warehouse" means a building or structure used as a 52 27 public warehouse for the storage of goods pursuant to chapter 52 28 554, article 7, except that it does not mean a building or 52 29 structure used primarily to store raw agricultural products or 52 30 from which goods are sold at retail. 52 31 2. A city council, or a county board of supervisors as 52 32 authorized by section 427B.2, may provide by ordinance for 52 33 a partial exemption from property taxation of the actual 52 34 value added to industrial real estate by the new construction 52 35 of industrial real estate, research=service facilities, 53 1 warehouses, distribution centers and the acquisition of or 53 2 improvement to machinery and equipment assessed as real estate 53 3 pursuant to section 427A.1, subsection 1, paragraph "e"."New 53 4 construction" means new buildings and structures and includes 53 5 new buildings and structures which are constructed as additions 53 6 to existing buildings and structures. "New construction" does 53 7 not include reconstruction of an existing building or structure 53 8 which does not constitute complete replacement of an existing 53 9 building or structure or refitting of an existing building or 53 10 structure, unless the reconstruction of an existing building 53 11 or structure is required due to economic obsolescence and the 53 12 reconstruction is necessary to implement recognized industry 53 13 standards for the manufacturing and processing of specific 53 14 products and the reconstruction is required for the owner 53 15 of the building or structure to continue to competitively 53 16 manufacture or process those products which determination shall 53 17 receive prior approval from the city council of the city or the 53 18 board of supervisors of the county.The exemption shall also 53 19 apply to new machinery and equipment assessed as real estate 53 20 pursuant to section 427A.1, subsection 1, paragraph "e", unless 53 21 the machinery or equipment is part of the normal replacement 53 22 or operating process to maintain or expand the existing 53 23 operational status."Research=service facilities" means a 53 24 building or group of buildings devoted primarily to research 53 25 and development activities, including but not limited to the 53 26 design and production or manufacture of prototype products for 53 27 experimental use, and corporate=research services which do not 53 28 have a primary purpose of providing on=site services to the 53 29 public. "Warehouse" means a building or structure used as a 53 30 public warehouse for the storage of goods pursuant to chapter 53 31 554, article 7, except that it does not mean a building or 53 32 structure used primarily to store raw agricultural products 53 33 or from which goods are sold at retail. "Distribution center" 53 34 means a building or structure used primarily for the storage 53 35 of goods which are intended for subsequent shipment to retail 54 1 outlets. "Distribution center" does not mean a building or 54 2 structure used primarily to store raw agricultural products, 54 3 used primarily by a manufacturer to store goods to be used in 54 4 the manufacturing process, used primarily for the storage of 54 5 petroleum products, or used for the retail sale of goods.54 62.3. The ordinance may be enacted not less than thirty 54 7 days after a public hearing is held in accordance with section 54 8 335.6 in the case of a county, or section 362.3 in the case of 54 9 a city. The ordinance shall designate the length of time the 54 10 partial exemption shall be available and may provide for an 54 11 exemption schedule in lieu of that provided in section 427B.3. 54 12 However, an alternative exemption schedule adopted shall not 54 13 provide for a larger tax exemption in a particular year than 54 14 is provided for that year in the schedule contained in section 54 15 427B.3. 54 16 Sec. 124. Section 432.12A, Code 2017, is amended to read as 54 17 follows: 54 18 432.12A Historic preservationand cultural and entertainment 54 19 districttax credit. 54 20 The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by a 54 21 historic preservationand cultural and entertainment district54 22 tax credit allowed under chapter 404A. 54 23 Sec. 125. Section 441.48, Code 2017, is amended to read as 54 24 follows: 54 25 441.48 Notice of adjustment. 54 26 Before the department of revenue shall adjust the valuation 54 27 of any class of property any such percentage, the department 54 28 shall serve ten days' notice by mail, on the county auditor 54 29 of the county whose valuation is proposed to be adjustedand 54 30 the. The department shall hold an adjourned meeting after 54 31 such ten days' notice, at which time the county or assessing 54 32 jurisdiction may appear by its city council or board of 54 33 supervisors, city or county attorney, and other assessing 54 34 jurisdiction, city or county officials, and make written or 54 35 oral protest against such proposed adjustment, which. The 55 1 protest shall consist simply of a statement of the error, or 55 2 errors, complained of with such facts as may lead to their 55 3 correction, and at such. At the adjourned meeting final action 55 4 may be taken in referencetheretoto the proposed adjustment. 55 5 Sec. 126. Section 455B.183, subsection 2, unnumbered 55 6 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 55 7 Upon adoption of standards by the commission pursuant 55 8 to section 455B.173, subsections 5tothrough 8, plans 55 9 and specifications for sewer extensions and water supply 55 10 distribution system extensions covered by this section shall 55 11 be submitted to the city or county public works department 55 12 for approval if the local public works department employs 55 13 a qualified, licensed engineer who reviews the plans and 55 14 specifications using the specific state standards known as the 55 15 IowaStandardsstandards forSewer Systemssewer systems and 55 16 the IowaStandardsstandards forWater Supply Distribution 55 17 Systemswater supply distribution systems that have been 55 18 formulated and adopted by the department pursuant to section 55 19 455B.173, subsections 5tothrough 8. The local agency shall 55 20 issue a written permit to construct if all of the following 55 21 apply: 55 22 Sec. 127. Section 455B.302, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 55 23 amended to read as follows: 55 24 2. Cities and counties may execute with public and private 55 25 agencies contracts, leases, or other necessary instruments, and 55 26 may purchase land and do all things necessary not prohibited 55 27 by law for the implementation of waste management programs, 55 28 collection of solid waste, establishment and operation of 55 29 sanitary disposal projects, and general administration of the 55 30 same. Any agreement executed with a private agency for the 55 31 operation of a sanitary disposal project shall provide for 55 32 the posting of a sufficient surety bond by the private agency 55 33 conditioned upon the faithful performance of the agreement. A 55 34 city or county may at any time during regular working hours 55 35 enter upon the premises of a sanitary disposal project, 56 1 including the premises of a sanitary landfill, in order to 56 2 inspect the premises and monitor the operations and general 56 3 administration of the project to ensure compliance with the 56 4 agreement and with state and federal laws. This includes 56 5 the right of the city or county to enter upon the premises 56 6 of a former sanitary disposal project which has been closed, 56 7 including the premises of a former sanitary landfill, owned 56 8 by a private agency, for the purpose of providing required 56 9 postclosure care. 56 10 Sec. 128. Section 456A.33B, subsection 3, paragraph c, 56 11 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 56 12 follows: 56 13 Each joint lake restoration action plan shall comply with 56 14 the following guidelines: 56 15 Sec. 129. Section 461A.32, Code 2017, is amended to read as 56 16 follows: 56 17 461A.32 Sale of park lands == conveyances to cities or 56 18 counties. 56 19 1. The commission may sell or exchange such parts of 56 20 public lands under the jurisdiction of the commission as in 56 21 its judgment may be undesirable for conservation purposes, 56 22 excepting state=owned meandered lands already surveyed and 56 23 platted at state expense as a conservation plan and project 56 24 tentatively adopted and now in the process of rehabilitation 56 25 and development authorized by a special legislative Act. The 56 26 sale or exchange shall be made upon the terms, conditions or 56 27 considerations as the commission may approve, whereupon the 56 28 secretary of state shall issue a patent therefor in the manner 56 29 provided by law in other cases. The proceeds of any such sale 56 30 or exchange shall become a part of the funds to be expended 56 31 under the provisions of this chapter. 56 32 2. Upon request by resolution of any city,orcounty, or 56 33 any legal agencythereofof any city or county, the executive 56 34 council may, upon majority recommendation of the commission, 56 35 convey without consideration to such city,orcounty, or legal 57 1 agencythereofof the city or county, such public lands under 57 2 the jurisdiction of the commission as in its judgment may be 57 3 desirable for city or county parks. Conveyance shall be in the 57 4 name of the state, with the great seal of the state attached 57 5 and shall contain a provision that when such lands cease to be 57 6 used as public park by said city or county such lands revert to 57 7 the state, and such park shall, within one year after such land 57 8 has reverted to the state, be restored, as nearly as possible, 57 9 to the condition it was in when acquired by such city, county, 57 10 or legal agencythereofof the city or county at the expense of 57 11 such city, county, or legal agency. 57 12 3. The state may require that the city, county, or legal 57 13 agencythereofof the city or county file a notice of intention 57 14 every three years. 57 15 Sec. 130. Section 461A.68, Code 2017, is amended to read as 57 16 follows: 57 17 461A.68 Final order == condition. 57 18ItThe commission may grant such permit in whole or in 57 19 part upon such terms, conditions and restrictions as may be 57 20 determined byitthe commission to be just and proper and in 57 21 the public interest, provided that. However, before any permit 57 22 shall be granted to any such municipality or corporation, the 57 23 commission shall, after public hearing as providedherebyin 57 24 this subchapter, determine whether the water recreational area 57 25 will be in the interests of the public health and welfare and 57 26 an affirmative finding to such effect shall be a condition 57 27 precedent to the granting of such permit. 57 28 Sec. 131. Section 461A.74, Code 2017, is amended to read as 57 29 follows: 57 30 461A.74 Extension of permit. 57 31 Any municipality or corporation owning a permit granted 57 32hereby desiringunder this subchapter, which desires to acquire 57 33 an extension ofsaidthe permit, may petition the commission in 57 34 the same manner provided for the granting ofsuchthe permit 57 35 and the same proceeding shall be had on the extension petition 58 1 as on an original application. 58 2 Sec. 132. Section 468.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 58 3 amended to read as follows: 58 4 1. Upon the filing of the report of the engineer 58 5 recommending the establishment of the levee or drainage 58 6 district, the board shall at its first regular, adjourned, or 58 7 special meeting examine and consider the same, and, if the 58 8 plan is not approved the board may employ the same engineer 58 9 or another disinterested engineer to report another plan or 58 10 make additional examination and surveys and file an additional 58 11 report covering such matters as the board may direct. 58 12 Additional surveys and reports must be made in accordance with 58 13 the provisions of sections 468.11 and 468.12. At any time 58 14 prior to the final adoption of the plans they may be amended, 58 15 and as finally adopted by the board shall be conclusive unless 58 16 the action of the board in finally adopting them shall be 58 17 appealed from ashereinafterprovided in this subchapter. 58 18 Sec. 133. Section 468.40, Code 2017, is amended to read as 58 19 follows: 58 20 468.40 Rules of classification. 58 21 1.In theThe report of theappraisers so appointed they 58 22commissioners shall specify each tract of land by proper 58 23 description, and the ownership thereof, as the same appears on 58 24 the transfer books in the auditor's office. 58 25 2. In estimating the benefits as to the lands not traversed 58 26 by said improvement,theythe commissioners shall not consider 58 27 what benefits such land shall receive after some other 58 28 improvements shall have been constructed, but only the benefits 58 29 which will be received by reason of the construction of the 58 30 improvement in question as it affords an outlet to the drainage 58 31 of such lands,orbrings an outlet nearer to said lands, or 58 32 relieves thesamelands from overflow and relieves and protects 58 33 thesamelands from damage by erosion. 58 34 3. When the land is a state=owned lake or state=owned 58 35 wetland, the commissioners shall ascertain the benefits 59 1 realized from removing excess water and shall not consider any 59 2 benefit realized if the state=owned lake or state=owned wetland 59 3 were drained or converted to another land use. 59 4 Sec. 134. Section 468.69, Code 2017, is amended to read as 59 5 follows: 59 6 468.69 Bonds received for assessments. 59 7 Bonds issued for the cost of construction, maintenance, 59 8 or repair of any drainage or levee district improvements, or 59 9 for the refunding of any obligation of such district may be 59 10 acquired by any taxpayer or group of taxpayers of such district 59 11 and applied at their face value in the order of their priority, 59 12 if any priority exists between bonds of the same issue, upon 59 13 the payment of the delinquent or future assessments levied 59 14 against the property of such taxpayers to pay off the bonds 59 15 so acquired. The interest coupons attached to such bonds may 59 16 likewise be applied at their face value to the payment of 59 17 assessments for interest accounts, delinquent or future. 59 18 Sec. 135. Section 468.94, Code 2017, is amended to read as 59 19 follows: 59 20 468.94 Costs. 59 21 Unless the result on the appeal is more favorable to the 59 22 appellant than to the action of the board, all costs of the 59 23 appeal shall be taxed to the appellant, but if. If the result 59 24 is more favorable to the appellant, the cost shall be taxed to 59 25 the appellees. 59 26 Sec. 136. Section 478.6A, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 59 27 amended to read as follows: 59 28 2.A petition for a franchise to construct a merchant line, 59 29 in addition to any other applicable requirements pursuant to 59 30 this chapter, shall be subject to all of the following:59 31 Notwithstanding section 478.21, in addition to any other 59 32 applicable requirements pursuant to this chapter, if a petition 59 33 for a franchise to construct a merchant line that involves the 59 34 taking of property under eminent domain is not approved by the 59 35 board and a franchise granted within three years following the 60 1 date the petition is filed with the board pursuant to section 60 2 478.3, the board shall reject the petition and make a record 60 3 of the rejection. If the hearing on the petition conducted 60 4 pursuant to section 478.4 has been held within the three=year 60 5 period following the date the petition is filed, but the board 60 6 has not completed its deliberations within that three=year 60 7 period, the three=year period may be extended by the board to 60 8 allow completion of deliberations. A petitioner shall not file 60 9 a petition for the same or a similar project that has been 60 10 rejected within sixty months following the date of rejection 60 11 if the rejection was for failure to be approved within three 60 12 years following the date the petition was filed as provided in 60 13 this subsection. 60 14 Sec. 137. Section 483A.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as 60 15 follows: 60 16 483A.18 Form of licenses. 60 17 All hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses shall 60 18 contain a general description of the licensee. Such licenses 60 19 shall be upon such forms as the commission shall adopt. The 60 20 address and the signature of the applicant and all signatures 60 21 and otherwritingrequired information shall be in writing. 60 22 All licenses shall clearly indicate the nature of the privilege 60 23 granted. 60 24 Sec. 138. Section 484B.7, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 60 25 amended to read as follows: 60 26 2. Each licensee shall file an annual report with the 60 27 department on or before April 30. The report shall detail the 60 28 hunting preserve operations during the preceding license year. 60 29 The original report shall be forwarded to the department and a 60 30 copy shall be retained in the hunting preserve's file for three 60 31 years from the date of expiration of the hunting preserve's 60 32 last license issued. Records required by this section shall be 60 33 entered in the annual report record within twenty=four hours 60 34 of the event. Failure to keep or submit the required records 60 35 and reports is grounds for refusal to renew a license for 61 1 the succeeding year. An on=site inspection of property and 61 2 facilities shall be conducted by an authorized agent of the 61 3 department prior to the initial issuance of a hunting preserve 61 4 operator's license. The hunting preserve may be reinspected by 61 5 an agent of the department at any reasonable time. A licensed 61 6 hunting preserve shall maintain adequate facilities for all 61 7 designated birds and ungulates held under the hunting preserve 61 8 operator's license. 61 9 Sec. 139. Section 484B.10, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, 61 10 are amended to read as follows: 61 11 2. Waterfowl shall not be shot over any area where 61 12 pen=reared mallards may serve as live decoys for wild 61 13 waterfowl. All persons hunting game birds or ungulates upon a 61 14 licensed hunting preserve shall secure a hunting license that 61 15 includes the wildlife habitat fee in accordance with the game 61 16 laws of Iowa, with the exception that an unlicensed person may 61 17 secure an annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to 61 18 hunting preserves only for a license fee of five dollars. All 61 19 persons who hunt on hunting preserves shall pay the wildlife 61 20 habitat fee. 61 21 3. A nonresident youth under sixteen years of age may hunt 61 22 game birds on a licensed hunting preserve upon securing an 61 23 annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to hunting 61 24 preserves only for a license fee of five dollars and payment of 61 25 the wildlife habitat fee. A nonresident youth is not required 61 26 to complete the hunter education course to obtain a hunting 61 27 preserve hunting license pursuant to this subsection if the 61 28 youth is accompanied by a person who is at least eighteen years 61 29 of age, is qualified to hunt, and possesses a valid hunting 61 30 license that includes the wildlife habitat fee. During the 61 31 hunt, the accompanying adult must be within arm's reach of the 61 32 nonresident youth. 61 33 Sec. 140. Section 484B.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as 61 34 follows: 61 35 484B.13 License refusal. 62 1 The department may either refuse to issue, refuse to renew, 62 2 or suspend or revoke a hunting preserve operator's license if 62 3 the department finds that the licensed area or the operator or 62 4 employees of the licensed area are not in compliance with this 62 5 chapter, or that the property or area is operated in violation 62 6 of this chapter or administrative rules adopted under this 62 7 chapter. 62 8 Sec. 141. Section 505.27, subsection 5, Code 2017, is 62 9 amended to read as follows: 62 10 5. For purposes of this section, "health care provider": 62 11 a. "Health care provider" means the same as defined in 62 12 section 135.61, a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, 62 13 or a health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 135C, 62 14 and "insurer". 62 15 b. "Insurer" means an insurance company authorized to 62 16 transact insurance business in this state. "Insurer" does 62 17 not include a health care provider who maintains professional 62 18 liability insurance coverage through a self=insurance plan, an 62 19 unauthorized insurance company transacting business with an 62 20 insured person in this state, or a person not authorized to 62 21 transact insurance business in this state. 62 22 Sec. 142. Section 507B.14, Code 2017, is amended to read as 62 23 follows: 62 24 507B.14 Transfer of insurance stock. 62 25 1. When a controlling interest in two or more corporations, 62 26 at least one of which is an insurance company domiciled in 62 27 this state, is held by any person, group of persons, firm, 62 28 or corporation, no exchange of stock, transfer or sale 62 29 of securities, or loan based upon securities of any such 62 30 corporation shall take place between such corporations, or 62 31 between such person, group of persons, firm or corporation and 62 32 such corporations, without first securing the approval of the 62 33 insurance commissioner. If, in the opinion of the insurance 62 34 commissioner, such sale, transfer, exchange, or loan would be 62 35 improper and would work to the detriment of any such insurance 63 1 company, the commissioner shall have the power to prohibit 63 2 the transaction. A person, firm, or corporate officer or 63 3 director shall not aid such transaction without approval of the 63 4 insurance commissioner. A person, firm, orothercorporate 63 5 officer or director who willfully violates thisprovision 63 6section is guilty of a class "D" felony. A person, firm, 63 7 or corporate officer or director who willfully violates this 63 8provisionsection, and when such violation results in a loss 63 9 of more than ten thousand dollars, is guilty of a class "C" 63 10 felony. 63 11 2. For purposes of this section,controlling interest 63 12"controlling interest" means actual control or the possession 63 13 directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause 63 14 the direction of the management and policies of a firm, 63 15 partnership, corporation, association, or trust, whether 63 16 through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or 63 17 otherwise. 63 18 Sec. 143. Section 507E.3A, Code 2017, is amended to read as 63 19 follows: 63 20 507E.3A Fraudulent sales practices ==penaltypenalties. 63 21 1. A person commitsa class "D" felonythe offense of 63 22 fraudulent sales practices if the person, with the intent 63 23 to defraud another person in connection with any sale, 63 24 solicitation, or negotiation of insurance in this state, 63 25 willfully does any of the following: 63 26 a. Employs any deception, device, scheme, or artifice to 63 27 defraud. 63 28 b. Misrepresents, conceals, or suppresses any material fact. 63 29 c. Engages in any act, practice, or course of business which 63 30 operates as a fraud or deceit upon any person. 63 31 2. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a class "D" 63 32 felony. 63 332.3. Notwithstanding subsection12, a person commits a 63 34 class "C" felony if the person violates subsection 1, and such 63 35 violation results in a loss of more than ten thousand dollars. 64 1 Sec. 144. Section 508.37, subsection 7, paragraph f, 64 2 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as 64 3 follows: 64 4 The recalculated nonforfeiture net level premium shall be 64 5 equal to the result obtained by dividing the amount described 64 6 in subparagraph (1) by the amount described in subparagraph 64 7 (2), where subparagraph (1) and subparagraph (2) are as 64 8 follows: 64 9 Sec. 145. Section 509.1, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph 64 10 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 64 11 A policy issued to any nonprofit industrial association 64 12(to, which shall be be deemed thepolicyholder)policy holder, 64 13 incorporated for a period of at least ten years and organized 64 14 for purposes other than obtaining insurance, subject to the 64 15 following requirements: 64 16 Sec. 146. Section 514.5, Code 2017, is amended to read as 64 17 follows: 64 18 514.5 Contracts for service. 64 19 1. A hospital service corporation organized under chapter 64 20 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this 64 21 chapter, may enter into contracts for the rendering of hospital 64 22 service to any of its subscribers with hospitals maintained and 64 23 operated by the state or any of its political subdivisions, 64 24 or by any corporation, association, or individual. Such 64 25 hospital service corporation may also contract with an 64 26 ambulatory surgical facility to provide surgical services to 64 27 the corporation's subscribers. Hospital service is meant 64 28 to include bed and board, general nursing care, use of the 64 29 operating room, use of the delivery room, ordinary medications 64 30 and dressings and other customary routine care. "Ambulatory 64 31 surgical facility" means a facility constructed and operated for 64 32 the specific purpose of providing surgery to patients admitted 64 33 to and discharged from the facility within the same day. 64 34 2. A medical service corporation organized under chapter 64 35 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this 65 1 chapter, may enter into contracts with subscribers to furnish 65 2 health care service through physicians and surgeons, dentists, 65 3 podiatric physicians, osteopathic physicians, osteopathic 65 4 physicians and surgeons, or chiropractors. 65 5 3. Any pharmaceutical or optometric service corporation 65 6 organized underthe provisions of saidchapter 504, Code 1989, 65 7 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may 65 8 enter into contracts for the rendering of pharmaceutical or 65 9 optometric service to any of its subscribers. Membership in 65 10 any pharmaceutical service corporation shall be open to all 65 11 pharmacies licensed under chapter 155A. 65 12 4. A hospital service corporation or medical service 65 13 corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, or current 65 14 chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may enter into 65 15 contracts with subscribers and providers to furnish health care 65 16 services not otherwise allocated by this section. 65 17 Sec. 147. Section 514.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as 65 18 follows: 65 19 514.13 Arbitration of disputes. 65 20 Any dispute arising between a corporation organized under 65 21 chapter 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed 65 22 by this chapter, and a provider may be submitted to the 65 23 commissioner of insurance for a decision. All decisions and 65 24 findings of the commissioner of insurance may be judicially 65 25 reviewed in accordance with the terms of chapter 17A. 65 26 Sec. 148. Section 514.14, Code 2017, is amended to read as 65 27 follows: 65 28 514.14 Dissolution or merger. 65 29 Any dissolution, merger, or liquidation of a corporation 65 30 organized underthe provisions of saidchapter 504, Code 1989, 65 31 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter shall be 65 32 under the supervision of the commissioner of insurance who 65 33 shall have all powers with respect thereto granted to the 65 34 commissioner under the insurance laws of this state. 65 35 Sec. 149. Section 514.15, Code 2017, is amended to read as 66 1 follows: 66 2 514.15 Nonexempt from taxation. 66 3 Every corporation organized underthe provisions ofchapter 66 4 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this 66 5 chapter, is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent 66 6 institution but its property and funds, including subscribers' 66 7 contracts, shall not be exempt from taxation. For purposes 66 8 of this section, the term "subscriber contract" shall mean 66 9 only those benefit contracts issued or delivered in Iowa by 66 10 corporations subject to this chapter, including certificates 66 11 issued under such contracts, and which provide coverage to 66 12 residents of Iowa on a risk basis. 66 13 Sec. 150. Section 514.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as 66 14 follows: 66 15 514.18 Podiatric physicians. 66 16 Medical or surgical services or procedures constituting 66 17 the practice of podiatry, also known as chiropody, asdefined 66 18 byprovided in chapter 149, and covered by the terms of any 66 19 individual, group, blanket, or franchise policy providing 66 20 accident or health benefits hereafter delivered or hereafter 66 21 issued for delivery in Iowa and covering an Iowa risk may 66 22 be performed by any practitioner, selected by the insured, 66 23 licensed under chapter 149 to perform such medical or surgical 66 24 services or procedures. Any provision of such policy or 66 25 exclusion or limitation denying an insured the free choice of 66 26 such licensed podiatric physician, also known as chiropodist, 66 27 shall to the extent of the denial, be void, but such voidance 66 28 shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of the 66 29 policy. 66 30 Sec. 151. Section 514.23, subsection 1, unnumbered 66 31 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 66 32 A corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, 66 33 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may 66 34 become a mutual insurer under a plan which is approved by 66 35 the commissioner of insurance. The plan shall state whether 67 1 the insurer will be organized as a for=profit corporation 67 2 pursuant to chapter 490 or 491 or a nonprofit corporation 67 3 pursuant to chapter 504. Upon consummation of the plan, 67 4 the corporation shall fully comply with the requirements of 67 5 the law that apply to a mutual insurance company. If the 67 6 insurer is to be organized under chapter 504, then at least 67 7 seventy=five percent of the initial board of directors of the 67 8 mutual insurer so formed shall be policyholders who are also 67 9 nonproviders of health care. All directors comprising this 67 10 initial board of directors shall be selected by an independent 67 11 committee appointed by the state commissioner of insurance. 67 12 This independent committee shall consist of seven to eleven 67 13 persons who are current policyholders, who are nonproviders 67 14 of health care, and who are not directors of a corporation 67 15 subject to this chapter. For purposes of this subsection, a 67 16 "nonprovider of health care" is an individual who is not any of 67 17 the following: 67 18 Sec. 152. Section 514.23, subsection 2, Code 2017, is 67 19 amended to read as follows: 67 20 2. A corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, 67 21 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, which 67 22 becomes a mutual insurer under this section shall continue as 67 23 a mutual insurer to be governed by the provisions of section 67 24 514.7 and shall also be governed by section 509.3, subsection 67 25 1, paragraph "f". 67 26 Sec. 153. Section 519A.4, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, 67 27 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows: 67 28 a. The association shall submit a plan of operation to 67 29 the commissioner, together with any amendments necessary 67 30 or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable, and equitable 67 31 administration of the association consistent with sections 67 32 519A.2, 519A.3, this section, and sections 519A.5 through 67 33 519A.13. The plan of operation and any amendments thereto 67 34 shall become effective only after promulgation of the plan or 67 35 amendment by the commissioner as a rule pursuant tosection 68 1 17A.4: Providedsection 17A.4, provided that the initial plan 68 2 may in the discretion of the commissioner become effective 68 3 immediately upon filing with the secretary of state pursuant to 68 4 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), 68 5 subparagraph division (a). 68 6 b. If the association fails to submit a suitable plan of 68 7 operation within twenty=five days followingthe effective date 68 8 of this chapterJuly 1, 1975, or if at any time thereafter the 68 9 association fails to submit suitable amendments to the plan, 68 10 the commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to effectuate 68 11 sections 519A.2, 519A.3, this section, and sections 519A.5 68 12 through 519A.13. Such rules shall continue in force until 68 13 modified by the commissioner or superseded by a plan submitted 68 14 by the association and approved by the commissioner. 68 15 Sec. 154. Section 519A.6, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 68 16 amended to read as follows: 68 17 1. There is created a stabilization reserve fund. The fund 68 18 shall be administered by three directors, one of whom shall 68 19 be the commissioner. The remaining two directors shall be 68 20 appointed by thecommissioner: Onecommissioner, one of whom 68 21 shall be a representative of the association and the other a 68 22 representative of its policyholders. 68 23 Sec. 155. Section 535.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as 68 24 follows: 68 25 535.13DefinitionDefinitions. 68 26 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 68 27 requires, "agricultural purpose" means a purpose related to the 68 28 production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation, 68 29 processing or manufacture of agricultural products by a person 68 30 who cultivates, plants, propagates or nurtures the agricultural 68 31 products.: 68 32 1. "Agricultural products" includes agricultural, 68 33 horticultural, viticultural, and dairy products, livestock, 68 34 wildlife, poultry, bees, forest products, fish and shellfish, 68 35 and any products thereof, including processed and manufactured 69 1 products, and any and all products raised or produced on farms 69 2 and any processed or manufactured products thereof. 69 3 2. "Agricultural purpose" means a purpose related to the 69 4 production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation, 69 5 processing, or manufacture of agricultural products by a 69 6 person who cultivates, plants, propagates, or nurtures the 69 7 agricultural products. 69 8 Sec. 156. Section 543E.20, subsection 2, paragraph g, 69 9 subparagraph (6), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 69 10 (6) Establishing and complying with processes and controls 69 11 reasonably designed to ensure appraisal management companies 69 12 conduct appraisal management services in accordance with the 69 13 requirements of section 129E(a)=(i) of the federal Truth in 69 14 Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. {1639e(1)(a)=(i), and regulations 69 15 thereunder including but not limited to the requirement that 69 16 appraisers who complete an appraisal in connection with a 69 17 consumer credit transaction secured by the principal dwelling 69 18 of the consumer be compensated with a customary and reasonable 69 19 fee. 69 20 Sec. 157. Section 587.12, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 69 21 amended to read as follows: 69 22 1. In all actions or in proceedings in probate where an 69 23 order, judgment or decree has been entered prior to July 1, 69 24 1970, based upon service of notice by publication as provided 69 25 by rule 60 of the Iowa rules of civil procedure, Iowa court 69 26 rules, third edition, or any statute authorizing publication 69 27 of notice or upon service of notice by publication or posting 69 28 pursuant to authorization or direction of any court of 69 29 competent jurisdiction in the state of Iowa, all such orders, 69 30 judgments, or decrees are hereby declared valid and of full 69 31 force and effect, unless an action shall be commenced within 69 32 the time provided in subsection 2 hereof to question such 69 33 order, judgment, or decree, or any right or status created, 69 34 confirmed, or existing thereunder. 69 35 Sec. 158. Section 600.5, subsection 13, Code 2017, is 70 1 amended to read as follows: 70 2 13. Whether or not a guardian ad litem should be appointed 70 3 for a minor child to be adopted, and if not, the reasons 70 4thereforfor that determination. 70 5 Sec. 159. Section 602.9111, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 70 6 amended to read as follows: 70 7 1. So much of the judicial retirement fund as may not be 70 8 necessary to be kept on hand for the making of disbursements 70 9 under this article shall be invested by the treasurer of 70 10 state in any investments authorized for the Iowa public 70 11 employees' retirement system in section 97B.7A and subject 70 12 to the requirements of chapters 12F,and12H, and 12J, and 70 13 the earnings therefrom shall be credited to the fund. The 70 14 treasurer of state may execute contracts and agreements with 70 15 investment advisors, consultants, and investment management and 70 16 benefit consultant firms in the administration of the judicial 70 17 retirement fund. 70 18 Sec. 160. Section 622.28, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017, 70 19 are amended to read as follows: 70 20 1. Any writing or record, whether in the form of an entry 70 21 in a book,or otherwise, including electronic means and 70 22 interpretations thereof, offered as memoranda or records of 70 23 acts, conditions, or events to prove the facts stated therein, 70 24 shall be admissible as evidence if the judge finds that they 70 25 were made in the regular course of a business at or about the 70 26 time of the act, condition, or event recorded, and; that the 70 27 sources of information from which made and the method and 70 28 circumstances of their preparation were such as to indicate 70 29 their trustworthiness,; andif the judge findsthat they are 70 30 not excludable as evidence because of any rule of admissibility 70 31 of evidence other than the hearsay rule. 70 32 2. Evidence of the absence of a memorandum or record from 70 33 the memoranda or records of a business of an asserted act, 70 34 event, or condition, shall be admissible as evidence to prove 70 35 the nonoccurrence of the act or event, or the nonexistence of 71 1 the condition, if the judge finds that it was in the regular 71 2 course of that business to makesuchmemoranda or records of 71 3 all such acts, events, or conditions at the time thereof or 71 4 within a reasonable time thereafter, and to preservethemthe 71 5 memoranda or records. 71 6 Sec. 161. Section 633.230, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 71 7 amended to read as follows: 71 8 1. In intestate matters, the administrator, as soon as 71 9 letters are issued, shall cause to be published once each 71 10 week for two consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper 71 11 of general circulation published in the county in which the 71 12 estate is pending, and at any time during the pendency of 71 13 administration that the administrator has knowledge of the name 71 14 and address of a person believed to own or possess a claim 71 15 which will not or may not be paid or otherwise satisfied during 71 16 administration, provide by ordinary mail to each such claimant 71 17 at the claimant's last known address, a notice of appointment 71 18 which shall be in substantially the following form: 71 19 In the District Court of Iowa 71 20 in and for ..... County. 71 21 In the Estate of Probate No. .... 71 22 ....., Deceased 71 23 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF 71 24 ADMINISTRATOR AND 71 25 NOTICE TO CREDITORS 71 26 To All Persons Interested in the Estate of ....., Deceased, 71 27 who died on or about ..... (date): 71 28 You are hereby notified that on the .. day of ... (month), 71 29 ... (year), the undersigned was appointed administrator of the 71 30 estate. 71 31 Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to 71 32 the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the 71 33 undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate 71 34 shall file them with the clerk of the above=named district 71 35 court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, 72 1 and, unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from 72 2 the date of second publication of this notice or one month 72 3 from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise 72 4 allowed or paid), a claim is thereafter forever barred. 72 5 Dated this .. day of ... (month), ... (year) 72 6 .................... 72 7 Administrator of the estate 72 8 .................... 72 9 Address 72 10 .................... 72 11 Attorney for the administrator 72 12 .................... 72 13 Address 72 14 Date of second publication 72 15 .. day of ... (month), ... (year) 72 16 (Date to be inserted by publisher) 72 17 Sec. 162. Section 665.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, 72 18 is amended to read as follows: 72 19 In addition to theaboveacts or omissions in section 665.2, 72 20 any court of record may punish the following acts or omissions 72 21 as contempts: 72 22 Sec. 163. Section 670.9, Code 2017, is amended to read as 72 23 follows: 72 24 670.9 Compromise and settlement. 72 25 The governing body of any municipality may compromise, 72 26 adjust, and settle tort claims against the municipality,and 72 27 its officers, employees, and agents,for damages under section 72 28 670.2 or 670.8 and may appropriate money for the payment of 72 29 amounts agreed upon. 72 30 Sec. 164. REPEAL. Sections 256.29, 266.39F, 488.1207, and 72 31 524.529, Code 2017, are repealed. 72 32 DIVISION II 72 33 AMENDMENTS TO 2014 IOWA ACTS, CH. 1080 72 34 Sec. 165. 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1080, section 118, is 72 35 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 73 1 the following: 73 2 SEC. 118. Section 422.11M, Code 2017, is amended by striking 73 3 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 73 4 422.11M Agricultural assets transfer tax credit. 73 5 The taxes imposed under this division, less the credits 73 6 allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by an 73 7 agricultural assets transfer tax credit as allowed under 73 8 section 16.80. 73 9 Sec. 166. 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1080, section 119, is 73 10 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 73 11 the following: 73 12 SEC. 119. Section 422.33, subsection 21, Code 2017, is 73 13 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 73 14 thereof the following: 73 15 21. The taxes imposed under this division shall be reduced 73 16 by an agricultural assets transfer tax credit as allowed under 73 17 section 16.80. 73 18 DIVISION III 73 19 CORRESPONDING CHANGES 73 20 Sec. 167. Section 524.528, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 73 21 amended to read as follows: 73 22 1.Unless otherwise provided in section 524.529, theThe 73 23 shareholders of a state bank do not have a preemptive right to 73 24 acquire the state bank's unissued shares except to the extent 73 25 provided in the articles of incorporation. 73 26 DIVISION IV 73 27 CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE 73 28 Sec. 168. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. 73 29 1. The Code editor is directed to transfer section 421.46 73 30 to section 8A.460. 73 31 2. The Code editor shall correct internal references in the 73 32 Code and in any enacted legislation as necessary due to the 73 33 enactment of this section. 73 34 DIVISION V 73 35 EFFECTIVE DATES 74 1 Sec. 169. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following provision or 74 2 provisions in Division I of this Act take effect July 1, 2030: 74 3 1. The section of this Act amending section 2.48, subsection 74 4 3, paragraph "h". 74 5 EXPLANATION 74 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 74 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 74 8 This bill contains statutory corrections that adjust 74 9 language to reflect current practices, insert earlier 74 10 omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete 74 11 temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, 74 12 update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities. The Code 74 13 sections amended include the following: 74 14 DIVISION I. Code sections 2.48, 16.50, 404A.1, 404A.2, 74 15 404A.3, 404A.5, 422.11D, 422.33, 422.60, and 432.12A: Strikes 74 16 the words "and cultural and entertainment" from the name of 74 17 the tax credit provided for in Code chapter 404A for certain 74 18 historic properties to reflect the elimination of the ties to 74 19 the cultural and entertainment districts and programs by 2014 74 20 Iowa Acts, ch. 1118. 74 21 Section 2.48, subsection 3, paragraph "h": Strikes, 74 22 effective July 1, 2030, a provision referencing the renewable 74 23 chemical production tax credit program, to reflect the repeal 74 24 of that tax credit program on that same date. 74 25 Section 7A.1: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs to facilitate 74 26 citation, updates language, and splits a sentence into two 74 27 sentences in this provision relating to submission of official 74 28 reports by state officials, boards, commissions, and heads of 74 29 departments. 74 30 Section 7E.3: Conforms the language of the subsection 5 74 31 headnote to the text of the subsection which pertains to the 74 32 provision of public benefits to persons in this state. 74 33 Section 9C.1: Updates the Code section headnote to 74 34 reflect Code section content, numbers unnumbered paragraphs 74 35 to facilitate citation, and replaces the words "as used 75 1 herein" with "As used in this chapter, the" to clarify the 75 2 applicability of a definition of the term "transient merchant" 75 3 in this provision describing the applicability of this chapter 75 4 regulating transient merchants. 75 5 Section 9C.2: Removes "as herein defined" to correspond 75 6 with changes made in the bill to Code section 9C.1, updates 75 7 verbiage, and clarifies the meaning of "herein" by replacing 75 8 the word with the phrase "in this chapter" in this provision 75 9 requiring transient merchants to be licensees and comply with 75 10 Code chapter 9C in order to conduct business. 75 11 Section 9C.3: Removes "as defined herein" to correspond 75 12 with changes made in the bill to Code section 9C.1, and breaks 75 13 a long sentence into two sentences in this provision regarding 75 14 the information that must be supplied in an application for 75 15 licensing as a transient merchant. 75 16 Section 9C.4: Updates language, divides a long sentence 75 17 into several sentences, numbers unnumbered paragraphs, and 75 18 clarifies the meaning of an internal reference to "the above 75 19 provisions" in this provision regarding the posting of a bond 75 20 by an applicant for a license as a transient merchant. 75 21 Section 9E.3: In subsection 1, paragraph "b", unnumbered 75 22 paragraph 1, strikes the words "any of" to conform to the use 75 23 of the alternative "either" in subparagraph (1) and the sense 75 24 of the balance of this provision regarding the contents of a 75 25 statement by an applicant for protection under the address 75 26 confidentiality program. In subsection 3, the words "the" and 75 27 "of" are added to conform language relating to certification 75 28 of an applicant as a program participant to earlier language 75 29 in this Code section which indicates that the applicant is 75 30 the person who files the application for protection under the 75 31 address confidentiality program with the secretary of state. 75 32 Sections 12.8, 97A.7, 97B.4, 262.14, 411.7, and 602.9111: 75 33 Inserts a reference to Code chapter 12J after references to 75 34 Code chapters 12F and 12H in these provisions relating to 75 35 investments of public funds to reflect the fact that the 76 1 provisions which prohibit or restrict the investment of public 76 2 funds in companies that boycott Israel and are contained in 76 3 Code chapter 12J are nearly identical to provisions which 76 4 prohibit or restrict the investment of public funds companies 76 5 that support the governments of Sudan or Iran and are contained 76 6 in Code chapters 12F and 12H. 76 7 Section 12.71: Adds the word and figure "Code 2016" after a 76 8 citation to Code section 15F.102 to reflect the amendments made 76 9 by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1115, which replaced the former vision 76 10 Iowa board with the enhance Iowa board and began a process for 76 11 the phasing out of bonds issued for purposes of the vision Iowa 76 12 fund. 76 13 Section 12B.10: Strikes obsolete language originally 76 14 enacted in 1992 Iowa Acts, ch. 1156, to allow certain joint 76 15 investment trusts time to comply with the requirements of this 76 16 provision establishing rating and registration requirements for 76 17 joint investment trusts in which political subdivisions may 76 18 invest public funds. 76 19 Section 12B.12: Replaces a reference to "such" settlement 76 20 with a reference to a settlement described under Code section 76 21 12B.11 to provide a more specific reference describing which 76 22 settlements are meant in this provision regarding the duties 76 23 of officers responsible for examining the accounts of entities 76 24 which invest public funds. 76 25 Section 12B.13: Replaces a reference to "such" settlement 76 26 with a reference to a settlement described under Code section 76 27 12B.11 in this provision regarding the reporting by the state 76 28 treasurer to the department of management or by a county 76 29 treasurer to the county auditor of any settlements that are 76 30 made. 76 31 Section 15F.103: Strikes language that includes as a 76 32 duty of the enhance Iowa board a requirement that the board 76 33 request that the treasurer of state issue bonds on behalf of 76 34 the board for purposes of the vision Iowa program to reflect 76 35 amendments made by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1115, which eliminated 77 1 the vision Iowa board, eliminated the process for requests for 77 2 bond issuance, and began a process for the phasing out of bonds 77 3 previously issued for purposes of the vision Iowa fund. 77 4 Section 16.28: Changes "to" to "through" to conform a string 77 5 citation to current bill drafting style and to clarify that 77 6 the last Code section in the citation should be included as 77 7 one of the remedies which may be enforced by bondholders and 77 8 noteholders of bonds issued by the Iowa finance authority. 77 9 Section 17A.6A: Adds numeric references to the Code 77 10 sections governing the filing of certain petitions to language 77 11 describing those petitions and conforms the language describing 77 12 a type of petition that can be filed in a rulemaking proceeding 77 13 to the language of the Code section governing the filing of 77 14 that type of petition. 77 15 Section 22.1: Adds the words "As used in this chapter" at 77 16 the beginning of the Code section, strikes the words "The term" 77 17 in subsections 1 and 2, and strikes the words "As used in this 77 18 chapter" from subsection 3, to clarify the applicability of 77 19 these general definitions of terms within the public records 77 20 Code chapter and to conform the style of the provision to other 77 21 general definitions provisions elsewhere in the Code. 77 22 Section 28F.5: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs and conforms 77 23 language by deleting the word "such" to reflect the style 77 24 used elsewhere in the Code chapter in this provision relating 77 25 to sources of payment for, rates and charges established for 77 26 payment of, and pledges of revenue for payment of the costs of 77 27 joint public works and facilities projects. 77 28 Section 28F.10: Divides a run=on sentence into two 77 29 sentences and updates language by deleting the words "such" and 77 30 "said" in this provision relating to the issuance of refunding 77 31 bonds to provide funds for the payment of bonds issued, and 77 32 expenses incident to the calling, retiring, or paying of 77 33 outstanding bonds to be refunded, for the joint financing of 77 34 public works and facilities projects. 77 35 Section 29C.24: Conforms several instances of a term used 78 1 to describe work covered under this provision, which provides 78 2 for a reduced level of governmental regulation of that work 78 3 when performed within the state of Iowa, to the defined term 78 4 "disaster or emergency=related work". 78 5 Section 35C.2: Replaces the word "hereinbefore" with 78 6 a specific reference to Code section 35C.2 to clarify the 78 7 meaning of language providing that persons who are entitled 78 8 to preference due to their status as a veteran are not to be 78 9 disqualified for certain positions. 78 10 Section 35C.6: Replaces the word "herein" with the words 78 11 "in this chapter" to clarify the meaning of the reference in 78 12 this provision relating to the procedures required before a 78 13 person entitled to certain preferences due to their status as a 78 14 veteran may be removed from employment in a public position. 78 15 Section 43.2: Adds the words "As used in this chapter, 78 16 unless the context otherwise requires" at the beginning, 78 17 deletes the same language from a later paragraph, moves 78 18 language in order to alphabetize defined terms, and corrects 78 19 an internal reference in this general definitions section in 78 20 the Code chapter regarding partisan nominations and primary 78 21 elections. 78 22 Section 48A.7A: Replaces the word "validity" that precedes 78 23 the words "expiration date" with the word "valid" to clarify 78 24 the meaning of language describing the requirements for the 78 25 types of identification that may be used to establish identity 78 26 and residence for purposes of voting in an election. 78 27 Section 80.45: Rewrites language of one of the provisions 78 28 describing the duties of the office to combat human trafficking 78 29 to eliminate awkward usage regarding anti=human trafficking 78 30 activity. 78 31 Sections 92.3 and 92.23: Conforms terminology used to 78 32 describe a class of labor to the terminology used elsewhere 78 33 in this Code chapter to describe the same class of labor in 78 34 this Code chapter that regulates the employment of children in 78 35 certain occupations. 79 1 Section 92.9: Adds the word "state" to correct a reference 79 2 by name to the board which governs career and technical 79 3 education in this provision excepting work performed in certain 79 4 courses of education from regulation under the child labor Code 79 5 chapter. 79 6 Section 96.29: Strikes obsolete language from this 79 7 provision excluding certain claims for extended unemployment 79 8 benefits from provisions applying special qualifications to 79 9 those claims. 79 10 Section 101.26: In subsection 1, modifies language to 79 11 read "rule adopted or order issued" to conform this provision 79 12 regarding the applicability of civil penalties to persons 79 13 violating requirements of the state fire marshal regarding 79 14 storage of combustible and flammable liquids and liquefied 79 15 gases to similar language used in subsections 2, 3, and 4 of 79 16 this same Code section. 79 17 Section 123.30: Adds the words "liquor control" after 79 18 references to certain license types in these two provisions 79 19 relating to issuance of those types of liquor control licenses 79 20 to conform the language used to describe the license types 79 21 elsewhere in this provision. 79 22 Section 123.141: Corrects the punctuation in a series, adds 79 23 a missing verb, and replaces language describing certain drug 79 24 stores with the defined term "pharmacy" which includes the same 79 25 language in this provision excluding the keeping of alcohol in 79 26 stock for medicinal and compounding purposes from prohibitions 79 27 against the keeping of liquor in a place of business in which 79 28 beer is sold. 79 29 Section 139A.8: Strikes the word "is" to conform a second 79 30 modifying clause to the form of the first modifying clause in 79 31 this provision establishing the standards to be used to gauge 79 32 the adequacy of evidence of immunization that must be shown 79 33 before a person may be enrolled in school in the seventh or 79 34 twelfth grade in this state. 79 35 Section 144.18: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs and changes 80 1 "to" to "through" within a string citation to improve citation 80 2 to this provision relating to court hearings pertaining 80 3 to registrations of delayed certificates of birth and the 80 4 requirements for issuance of copies of the court order 80 5 regarding the record of birth. 80 6 Section 153.33: Revises punctuation and changes "provided 80 7 that" to "if" to connect the final clause of this provision 80 8 relating to judicial review of actions taken by the board of 80 9 dentistry to initial language in the provision that describes 80 10 the powers of the court. 80 11 Section 154B.1: Adds a comma and strikes a colon and 80 12 eliminates capitalization of the first letter of the word 80 13 "counseling" to update the style of a series in language 80 14 describing the principles used in the practice of psychology. 80 15 Section 155A.6A: Strikes obsolete language enacted in 80 16 2010 Iowa Acts, ch. 1193, that provided a process for certain 80 17 pharmacy technicians to comply with the certification and 80 18 registration requirements imposed by 2007 Iowa Acts, ch. 20. 80 19 Section 161A.20: Corrects the punctuation and grammar 80 20 of a series and changes "as hereinbefore designated" to a 80 21 specific internal reference to Code section 161A.19 to clarify 80 22 the meaning of the language referring to a governing body in 80 23 this provision relating to a special annual tax that may be 80 24 imposed in order to organize and make improvements within the 80 25 boundaries of soil conservation districts. In subsection 4, 80 26 the word "district" is also changed to "subdistrict" to conform 80 27 to other language within this same Code section. 80 28 Section 168.8: Strikes references to certain entities 80 29 because those entities are currently already included within 80 30 the defined term "person" which is part of the language 80 31 providing that violations of the Code chapter regulating the 80 32 business of hatching or producing baby chicks are a simple 80 33 misdemeanor. 80 34 Section 177A.12: Updates the name and citation to the 80 35 federal Act which governs the work performed by the state 81 1 entomologist. 81 2 Section 179.13: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs and corrects 81 3 the name and citation to the federal Act relating to the 81 4 production of dairy products in this provision governing 81 5 referenda regarding the imposition of an excise tax to fund 81 6 milk marketing efforts by the Iowa dairy industry commission. 81 7 Section 181.3: Adds the words "appoint a person to" and 81 8 "the vacancy", and strikes the word "it", to clarify language 81 9 relating to the filling of vacancies in the membership of the 81 10 executive committee of the beef cattle producers association. 81 11 Section 198.7: Corrects the name of and adds a citation 81 12 to the federal Act relating to food, drugs, and cosmetics in 81 13 this provision relating to when commercial feed is deemed to 81 14 be adulterated. 81 15 Section 218.48: Breaks a list of headings that appear after 81 16 a colon into a numbered list to improve citation to and remove 81 17 ambiguities in this provision articulating the headings under 81 18 which inventories of stock and supplies are to be listed in the 81 19 annual reports of institutions governed by the department of 81 20 human services. 81 21 Section 232.114: Adds the words "and the attorney general" 81 22 in subsection 4 of this section to conform to language in 81 23 subsection 3 that indicates that the attorney general may 81 24 also represent the interests of the state in termination of 81 25 parent=child relationship proceedings and to conform this 81 26 language to the correction made in similar language in Code 81 27 section 232.90 by 2014 Iowa Acts, ch. 1092, {51. 81 28 Sections 232.188 and 237A.25: Corrects the name of the state 81 29 entity responsible for receiving certain child welfare and 81 30 juvenile justice reports and to be consulted in the development 81 31 of consumer information on child care providers to conform to 81 32 changes made by 2010 Iowa Acts, ch. 1031. 81 33 Section 234.6: Changes the word "promulgation" to 81 34 "adoption" to conform language relating to the adoption of 81 35 rules regarding the administration of food programs authorized 82 1 by federal law to the language used in Code chapter 17A to 82 2 describe the rulemaking process. 82 3 Section 256.11: Conforms language used to describe career 82 4 and technical education programming to revisions to similar 82 5 terminology which were made by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1108. 82 6 Section 256.29: Repeals this obsolete provision 82 7 establishing the council on educator development, which has 82 8 completed its work and has submitted the final report required 82 9 by this Code section on November 15, 2016. 82 10 Section 256.39: Strikes obsolete language regarding a 82 11 1998 report by the department of education on career pathways 82 12 programs. 82 13 Section 256.42: Restructures language in order to separate 82 14 from each other two different methods of providing specified 82 15 units of instruction otherwise required to be provided in a 82 16 regular classroom setting through online learning platforms 82 17 under a waiver granted by the department of education. 82 18 Section 256H.1: Corrects two incorrect citations to a 82 19 federal Act that defines the term "active duty" and which 82 20 is referenced within this Code section which contains the 82 21 interstate compact on educational opportunity for military 82 22 children. 82 23 Section 256I.4: Changes the word "system" to "process" in 82 24 this provision relating to the duties of the early childhood 82 25 Iowa state board to reflect the elimination of the excellence 82 26 rating system by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1113. 82 27 Section 256I.9: Strikes the words "and parent education 82 28 programs" to reflect the addition of "parent education" by 82 29 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1113, to what is comprised within the 82 30 term "family support services" in this provision relating to 82 31 programs that may be supported by school ready children grants. 82 32 Sections 258.2, 258.3A, 258.4, 258.6, 258.9, and 258.15: 82 33 Adds the word "state", revises a definition, and conforms 82 34 language to a defined term to correct references by name to the 82 35 board which governs career and technical education. In Code 83 1 section 258.4, a numeric reference to the Code section pursuant 83 2 to which standards for career and technical education are 83 3 adopted is also added after language referencing the adoption 83 4 of those same standards to permit hypertext linking with that 83 5 Code section. 83 6 Section 258.12: Adds a United States Code citation after 83 7 a reference by name to the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and 83 8 Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 to permit a reader 83 9 to locate the contents of that Act in this provision that 83 10 designates the treasurer of state as the custodian of funds 83 11 received under the auspices of that federal Act. 83 12 Section 258.14: Adds the word "state" to correct a reference 83 13 by name to the board which governs career and technical 83 14 education and changes "regional advisory boards" to "local 83 15 workforce development boards" to conform to changes made 83 16 in Code section 84A.4 by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1118, {7, in 83 17 this Code section relating to regional career and technical 83 18 education planning partnerships. 83 19 Section 260C.5: Corrects a reference by name to the federal 83 20 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement 83 21 Act of 2006 in this provision establishing the duties of the 83 22 director of the department of education regarding community 83 23 colleges. 83 24 Section 260C.47: Conforms language to adapt to the change 83 25 in the name of the accreditation entity that was made by 2014 83 26 Iowa Acts, ch. 1013, {13, in this provision relating to the 83 27 accreditation process for community colleges. 83 28 Section 261E.6: Removes the word "However" from language 83 29 that articulates a ground for ineligibility of a course for 83 30 consideration under the postsecondary enrollment options 83 31 program which succeeds another ground for considering a course 83 32 as ineligible under the same program. 83 33 Section 266.39F: Repeals this provision relating to 83 34 the sale of the dairy breeding research farm at Iowa state 83 35 university of science and technology. The farm has been sold 84 1 and the final report required by this Code section that relates 84 2 to the sale and use of the proceeds was submitted to the 84 3 general assembly on December 14, 2010. 84 4 Section 279.19B: Strikes the words "of employment" and 84 5 adds the words "in which a qualified individual who possesses 84 6 a transitional coaching authorization is employed" to clarify 84 7 the applicability of language regarding employment of certain 84 8 individuals as transitional coaches. Code section 279.19B 84 9 applies generally to the employment of persons with various 84 10 qualifications as head or assistant coaches for interscholastic 84 11 activities. 84 12 Section 282.7: Corrects a reference by name to the state 84 13 board which governs career and technical education, conforms 84 14 language relating to adoption of standards to language within 84 15 Code section 258.3A, and changes a reference to the state 84 16 board to a reference to the department of education to conform 84 17 the language of this Code section pertaining to approval of 84 18 career and technical education programs to language within 84 19 Code chapter 258 outlining the duties of the director of the 84 20 department of education with respect to career and technical 84 21 education and defining the term "director" to mean the director 84 22 of the department of education. 84 23 Section 294.14: Changes a reference to a definition of 84 24 beneficiary in Code section 294.12 to a simple reference to the 84 25 provisions of that Code section and deletes another reference 84 26 to that definition. Code section 294.12 describes the payment 84 27 of funds by school districts to beneficiaries under certain 84 28 terminated pension systems, but does not include a definition 84 29 of the term beneficiary. 84 30 Section 303.66: Divides a run=on sentence into three 84 31 sentences in this provision relating to property taxes levied 84 32 in land use districts. 84 33 Section 313.2: Divides a long sentence into two, updates 84 34 language, and inserts the words "the board of supervisors 84 35 and the department" to provide the correct subjects for 85 1 the resultant second sentence in this provision regarding 85 2 jurisdiction over and management of roads and streets that are 85 3 part of the primary road system. 85 4 Section 313.5: Changes a reference to the first paragraph of 85 5 Code section 8.39 to a reference to subsection 1 of that same 85 6 Code section in this provision regarding the appropriation of 85 7 funds for the support of the state department of transportation 85 8 and the primary road system. The unnumbered paragraphs in Code 85 9 section 8.39 were numbered in 1986 Iowa Acts, ch. 1245, {2022. 85 10 What was unnumbered paragraph 1, is now subsection 1. 85 11 Section 313.12: Replaces the word "herein" with "in this 85 12 section" to clarify the meaning of the type of work that the 85 13 state department of transportation is authorized to perform. 85 14 Section 314.21: Adds the word "road" between the words 85 15 "primary" and "system" to conform this reference to the primary 85 16 road system in this provision relating to payment for primary 85 17 road construction projects to other references to the primary 85 18 road system elsewhere in the Code. 85 19 Section 317.25: Clarifies that violation of the prohibition 85 20 against importation, sale, offers for sale, or distribution of 85 21 certain invasive plants is a public offense. 85 22 Section 321.34: Adds the word "autocycle" to a series 85 23 of vehicle types for which an owner may request a special 85 24 registration plate that contains a space reserved for placement 85 25 of an organizational decal to conform to similar changes made 85 26 within this Code section by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1098. 85 27 Section 321.40: Replaces, in two places, the word 85 28 "requesting" with the word "initiating" and changes the word 85 29 "from" to "with" to clarify the meaning of language describing 85 30 the process for contesting the refusal by the state department 85 31 of transportation to renew an applicant's motor vehicle 85 32 registration based upon a delinquent account, charge, fee, 85 33 loan, taxes, other indebtedness, or civil penalty which is owed 85 34 to or being collected by the state. 85 35 Section 321.189: Adds the words "of veteran affairs" after 86 1 a reference to "commission" to clarify the meaning of this 86 2 instance of the use of the term "commission" in this provision 86 3 relating to requests by veterans for issuance of a license 86 4 that is marked to reflect the licensee's status. The term 86 5 "commission" is defined under Code section 321.1 to mean the 86 6 "transportation commission". 86 7 Section 321.285: Conforms language describing the 86 8 excessive speed offenses by school bus drivers within this 86 9 Code provision to Code section 805.8A, subsection 10, so that 86 10 requirements contained in the language in each provision 86 11 mirror the requirements of the other. The language of Code 86 12 section 805.8A, subsection 10, specifies that excessive speed 86 13 violations by a school bus driver of more than 10 miles per 86 14 hour over the limit is not a scheduled violation, but that 86 15 excessive speed violations of 10 miles or less are subject to 86 16 a scheduled fine. 86 17 Section 321.463: Adds the word "road" between the words 86 18 "primary" and "system" to conform this reference to the primary 86 19 road system in this provision relating to the maximum gross 86 20 weight that may be carried on a vehicle or combination of 86 21 vehicles on highways to other references to the primary road 86 22 system elsewhere in the Code. 86 23 Sections 321G.13 and 321I.14: Conforms language relating to 86 24 operating or riding snowmobiles or all=terrain vehicles with 86 25 a loaded firearm to other similar language within these Code 86 26 sections. 86 27 Section 325A.1: Moves a qualifying phrase to the end of 86 28 the sentence to improve the readability of this definition of 86 29 the term "private carrier" in this general definitions Code 86 30 section for the Code chapter regulating the operations of motor 86 31 carriers. 86 32 Section 331.655: Adds the word "for", a comma, and the word 86 33 "that" to clarify language regarding service of notice and 86 34 return of notice and the fees associated with service of notice 86 35 and returns by peace officers. 87 1 Section 331.910: Changes the word "section" to "subsection" 87 2 to conform to similar changes made in this Code section 87 3 relating to contracts with other states for the care of persons 87 4 with mental illness by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1073. 87 5 Sections 364.2, 372.13, 376.2, and 388.2: Changes 87 6 references to a "valid petition as defined in section 362.4" to 87 7 "petition meeting the requirements of section 362.4" in these 87 8 provisions relating to certain petitions for elections. Code 87 9 section 362.4 does establish requirements that must be met 87 10 in order for a petition to be valid, but does not contain a 87 11 definition of the term "valid petition". 87 12 Sections 384.31, 384.44, 384.66, and 384.76: Changes the 87 13 word "part" to "division" to correspond to similar editorial 87 14 changes made when these provisions that were enacted in 1972 87 15 Iowa Acts, ch. 1088, were codified. In the original enactment, 87 16 the word "part" referred to the part of the 1972 Iowa Act and 87 17 those parts were codified as divisions within this Code chapter 87 18 in the 1975 Iowa Code. 87 19 Section 403A.10: Replaces parentheses with commas to 87 20 reflect current bill drafting style and adds the words "to the 87 21 municipality" to clarify the meaning of the resulting clause in 87 22 this provision relating to exemption of certain public property 87 23 from taxation and payments made by municipalities in lieu of 87 24 taxes or special assessments. 87 25 Section 403A.12: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs, strikes 87 26 language from within parentheses, and replaces the stricken 87 27 language with language establishing the same requirements 87 28 in this provision relating to the issuance of bonds by 87 29 municipalities. 87 30 Section 403A.18: Divides and rewrites a long sentence to 87 31 eliminate archaic sentence construction and punctuation and to 87 32 improve the readability of this provision relating to transfer 87 33 of possession of or title to certain housing projects from a 87 34 municipality to the federal government. 87 35 Section 422.15: Strikes parentheses to conform to current 88 1 drafting style in this provision requiring persons and 88 2 corporations to make information returns in the form and manner 88 3 required by the director of revenue. 88 4 Section 427B.1: Restructures language pertaining to the 88 5 provision of partial exemptions from property taxation of 88 6 actual value added to certain property by moving the defined 88 7 terms contained within the Code section into a definitions 88 8 subsection and numbering the resultant remaining unnumbered 88 9 paragraphs as subsections. 88 10 Section 441.48: Divides a long sentence into four sentences 88 11 to improve the readability of this provision pertaining to the 88 12 process for adjustments in valuation of classes of property by 88 13 the department of revenue. 88 14 Section 455B.183: Changes "to" to "through" to conform 88 15 a string citation to current bill drafting style and clarify 88 16 the applicability of the last Code section in the string 88 17 and conforms the capitalization of a reference to a set of 88 18 standards to the style used for capitalization of similar 88 19 types of documents and standards elsewhere in the Code in 88 20 this provision relating to the standards to be used for sewer 88 21 extensions and water supply distribution system extensions. 88 22 Section 455B.302: Supplies a missing verb to improve the 88 23 readability of this provision relating to agreements for the 88 24 implementation and administration of waste management programs, 88 25 collection of solid waste, and establishment and operation of 88 26 sanitary disposal projects. 88 27 Section 456A.33B: Adds the word "action" before the word 88 28 "plan" to conform this reference to the term to describe joint 88 29 action plans for lake restoration to other uses of the term 88 30 elsewhere in this Code section. 88 31 Section 461A.32: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs, converts 88 32 two series of alternate items that are connected with the word 88 33 "or" into series that utilize commas, adds a terminal comma 88 34 to an existing series, and updates language by replacing the 88 35 word "thereof" with "of the city or county" to improve the 89 1 readability of this provision relating to the sale, exchange, 89 2 or conveyance of certain public or park lands by the natural 89 3 resources commission and the executive council. 89 4 Section 461A.68: Replaces "it" with the words "the 89 5 commission" and "hereby" with "in this subchapter" and divides 89 6 a long sentence into two sentences to update, clarify, and 89 7 improve the readability of this provision relating to the 89 8 granting of permits for water recreational areas. 89 9 Section 461A.74: Replaces the word "hereby" with "under 89 10 this subchapter, updates language, and supplies the words "on 89 11 the extension petition" to clarify the meaning and improve the 89 12 readability of this provision relating to extensions of permits 89 13 for water recreational areas. 89 14 Section 468.13: Replaces the word "hereinafter" with the 89 15 words "in this subchapter" to clarify the meaning of language 89 16 referring to a process for appealing actions of a county board 89 17 of supervisors establishing a levee or drainage district. 89 18 Section 468.40: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs, rewrites 89 19 language to replace the word "appraisers" with "commissioners" 89 20 and the word "they" with "the commissioners", strikes the word 89 21 "or" and adds a comma within a series, and replaces the word 89 22 "same" with "lands" to conform language within this section 89 23 to the defined term "commissioners" and to language in Code 89 24 section 468.39 referring to the same report, and to clarify 89 25 the meaning, update the style, and improve the readability of 89 26 this provision relating to ascertainment of benefits realized 89 27 to lands as a result of the construction of an improvement by 89 28 a levee or drainage district. 89 29 Section 468.69: Adds the word "improvements" after the 89 30 word "district" to complete and clarify the meaning of a 89 31 clause relating to the purposes for which bonds are issued 89 32 for a drainage or levee district in this provision relating 89 33 to the acquisition by taxpayers of levee or drainage district 89 34 bonds or refunding bonds issued for levee or drainage district 89 35 obligations. 90 1 Section 468.94: Divides and rewrites language to clarify 90 2 the meaning of this provision relating to the taxation of 90 3 costs of an appeal from the action of a board of supervisors 90 4 that fixes the amount of damages or compensation due as the 90 5 result of the construction, maintenance, or repair of levee or 90 6 drainage district improvements. 90 7 Section 478.6A: Combines two paragraphs into a single 90 8 paragraph in this provision relating to petitions for 90 9 franchises to construct a merchant line to incorporate a 90 10 qualification regarding petitions for those franchises into 90 11 other general language. This provision previously included 90 12 multiple qualifications, but the other qualifiers were stricken 90 13 by 2016 Iowa Acts, ch. 1129. 90 14 Section 483A.18: Replaces the word "writing" with "required 90 15 information" to eliminate a redundancy and add specificity to 90 16 this provision describing the form to be used for hunting, 90 17 fishing, and fur harvester licenses. 90 18 Sections 484B.7 and 484B.13: Adds the word "operator's" 90 19 between the words "hunting preserve" and "license" to 90 20 distinguish language establishing requirements relating 90 21 to hunting preserve operator's licenses from requirements 90 22 pertaining to hunting licenses issued for hunting preserves. 90 23 Section 484B.10: Adds the word "hunting" between the words 90 24 "hunting preserve" and "license" to distinguish language 90 25 establishing requirements relating to hunting preserve hunting 90 26 licenses from requirements pertaining to licenses issued to 90 27 operators of hunting preserves. 90 28 Section 488.1207: Repeals an obsolete effective date 90 29 provision within the uniform limited partnership Act Code 90 30 chapter. 90 31 Section 505.27: Divides and reformats a subsection 90 32 containing definitions of terms pertaining to medical 90 33 malpractice insurance to create an alphabetized list of 90 34 definitions and clarify the applicability of those definitions. 90 35 Section 507B.14: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs, replaces 91 1 two references to "provision" with "section" to clarify the 91 2 internal references, and strikes the word "other" to conform 91 3 language in this provision relating to the persons and entities 91 4 prohibited from engaging in certain exchanges of stock, 91 5 transfers or sales of securities, or loan activities without 91 6 first securing the approval of the insurance commissioner. 91 7 Section 507E.3A: Restructures the criminal offense of 91 8 fraudulent sales practices to separate the applicable penalties 91 9 from the main elements of the offense, to place the name of the 91 10 offense within Code section text, and to clarify that when the 91 11 additional element of a loss of more than $10,000 is proven, a 91 12 class "C" not a class "D" penalty applies, although the other 91 13 elements of the offense remain the same. 91 14 Section 508.37: Adds missing Code section subunit names 91 15 and supplies additional language before numeric references 91 16 to the hierarchical subunits to improve citation to and the 91 17 readability of this provision which outlines the method for 91 18 ascertaining the recalculated nonforfeiture net level premium 91 19 that is to be used in calculating the present value of life 91 20 insurance policies. 91 21 Section 509.1: In subsection 6, eliminates parentheses 91 22 and replaces the word "to" with the words "which shall" in 91 23 this provision relating to the form that must be followed by 91 24 policies of group life, accident, or health insurance. The 91 25 changes conform the language of subsection 6 to the style of 91 26 similar language in subsection 7 of this same Code section. 91 27 Sections 514.5, 514.13, 514.14, 514.15, and 514.23: 91 28 Clarifies the meaning of the words "said chapter" and conforms 91 29 references to corporate organization requirements in these 91 30 provisions that relate to nonprofit hospital, medical, 91 31 pharmaceutical, and optometric service corporations. Nonprofit 91 32 service corporations governed under Code chapter 514 are 91 33 required to incorporate either under Code chapter 504 or former 91 34 Code chapter 504 under the terms of Code section 514.2. 91 35 Section 514.18: Changes the words "defined by" to "provided 92 1 in" in a reference to Code chapter 149 which does describe 92 2 and provide for the regulation of, but does not define, the 92 3 practice of podiatry. 92 4 Sections 519A.4 and 519A.6: Updates an archaic drafting 92 5 style and substitutes the actual effective date of Code chapter 92 6 519A for the words "the effective date of this chapter" in 92 7 this provision relating to plans of operation and amendments 92 8 to those plans that are to be submitted to the commissioner of 92 9 insurance by a temporary joint underwriting association created 92 10 for the purpose of creating a market for medical malpractice 92 11 insurance. 92 12 Section 524.529: Repeals this provision that was effective 92 13 until July 1, 1998, that gave certain rights to shareholders in 92 14 banks that were incorporated under Code chapter 524 prior to 92 15 July 1, 1995. 92 16 Section 535.13: Restructures to alphabetize and clarifies 92 17 the applicability of definitions contained within this general 92 18 definitions provision in the Code chapter pertaining to money 92 19 and interest. 92 20 Section 543E.20: Corrects an incorrect United State Code 92 21 citation to a provision within the federal Truth in Lending Act 92 22 in language relating to the authority of the superintendent of 92 23 the division of banking of the department of commerce, acting 92 24 as the administrator, to enforce federal law and regulations 92 25 applicable to real estate appraisal management companies. 92 26 Section 587.12: Adds language specifying the edition of the 92 27 court rules which is referenced in language legalizing certain 92 28 unchallenged orders, judgments, or decrees entered in probate 92 29 proceedings prior to July 1, 1970. 92 30 Section 600.5: Replaces the word "therefor" to clarify 92 31 the meaning of language in one of the statements that must 92 32 be included in an adoption petition that pertains to the 92 33 appointment of a guardian ad litem. 92 34 Section 622.28: Rewrites language to create a series to 92 35 improve the readability of language relating to findings 93 1 a judge must make in order for certain business records 93 2 or memoranda to be admissible as evidence in a judicial 93 3 proceeding. The words "such" and "them" are also stricken and 93 4 the words "or records" and "the memoranda or records" are added 93 5 to conform the second half of a sentence that describes the 93 6 findings a judge must make in order for evidence of the absence 93 7 of a memorandum or record to be admissible as evidence in a 93 8 judicial proceeding to the language of the first part of the 93 9 same sentence. 93 10 Section 633.230: Conforms the language of a probate form to 93 11 later contents of the same form which require that the date of 93 12 the second publication be included in the notice of appointment 93 13 of an administrator for an estate and notice to creditors. 93 14 Section 665.3: Replaces the word "above" with "the acts or 93 15 omissions in section 655.2", to clarify the language of this 93 16 Code section describing additional acts or omissions that may 93 17 be punished by the court as contempt. 93 18 Section 670.9: Changes punctuation and adds the word 93 19 "and" to improve the clarity and readability of language 93 20 relating to the ability of a governing body of a municipality 93 21 to compromise, adjust, and settle tort claims against the 93 22 municipality and against officers, employees, and agents of the 93 23 municipality under the Code chapter limiting the tort liability 93 24 of governmental subdivisions. 93 25 DIVISION II. 2014 Iowa Acts, ch. 1080: Strikes and replaces 93 26 two provisions in an Iowa Act to replace changes that would 93 27 have created multiple unnumbered paragraphs in the amended Code 93 28 sections with language contained in single paragraphs that have 93 29 the same Code content. 93 30 DIVISION III. Strikes language from Code section 524.528 to 93 31 correspond with the repeal of Code section 524.529 in division 93 32 I of this bill. 93 33 DIVISION IV. Transfers Code section 421.46 which 93 34 establishes a terminal liability health insurance fund to 93 35 become Code section 8A.460. When originally enacted in 2001 94 1 Iowa Acts, ch. 190, the fund was administered by the department 94 2 of personnel and the department of revenue was authorized to 94 3 use the fund to reimburse state agencies for expenditures 94 4 related to the payment of the health insurance plan surcharge 94 5 for terminal liability under the health insurance contract for 94 6 state employees. In 2002 Iowa Acts, ch. 1175, the language 94 7 authorizing the department of revenue's use of the fund was 94 8 stricken, and in 2003 Iowa Acts, ch. 145, the administration of 94 9 the fund was turned over to the department of administrative 94 10 services. 94 11 DIVISION V. Establishes an effective date of July 1, 2030, 94 12 for the amendment made to Code section 2.48, subsection 3, 94 13 paragraph "h", in division I of this bill. LSB 2124HV (1) 87 lh/rj
