Bill Text: IA HF634 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to persons certified to conduct time-of-transfer inspections of private sewage disposal systems, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 194.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1042. [HF634 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF634-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PERSONS
CERTIFIED
TO
CONDUCT
TIME-OF-TRANSFER
INSPECTIONS
OF
PRIVATE
SEWAGE
DISPOSAL
SYSTEMS,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
455B.172,
subsection
11,
paragraph
e,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
e.
(1)
Pursuant
to
chapter
17A
,
the
department
shall
adopt
certification
requirements
for
inspectors
,
including
training,
testing,
and
fees,
and
shall
establish
uniform
statewide
inspection
criteria
and
an
inspection
form.
The
inspector
certification
training
shall
include
use
of
the
criteria
and
form.
Only
a
certified
inspector
may
conduct
a
time-of-transfer
inspection.
(2)
An
inspector’s
certification
shall
be
considered
current
if
the
inspector
has
paid
initial
and
renewal
fees
required
to
maintain
certification,
is
up-to-date
on
continuing
education
units,
is
in
good
standing
with
the
department,
and
has
not
otherwise
been
decertified.
(3)
The
department
shall
maintain
a
publicly
available
list
of
currently
certified
inspectors
on
the
department’s
internet
site
.
The
department
shall
maintain
the
list
such
that
an
inspector’s
name
is
displayed
next
to
the
date
that
the
inspector’s
certification
first
became
valid
and
the
date
that
the
inspector’s
certification
is
set
to
expire.
House
File
634,
p.
2
(4)
A
certified
inspector
who
fraudulently
files
a
time-of-transfer
report
is
subject
to
a
civil
penalty
of
five
thousand
dollars
and
the
inspector’s
certification
shall
be
suspended
for
one
year.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
634,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
