April 29, 2010
The Honorable Michael Mauro
Secretary of State
State Capitol Building
L O C A L
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I hereby transmit House File
2531, an Act relating to state and local finances by providing for funding of
property tax credits and reimbursements, by making, increasing, and reducing
appropriations, providing for salaries and compensation of state employees,
providing for matters relating to tax credits, providing for fees and
penalties, and providing for properly related matters, and including effective
date and retroactive applicability provisions.
House File 2531 is approved on this date, with the exceptions noted
below, which I hereby disapprove.
I am unable to approve
Section 106 of this bill in its entirety.
This section requires the Office of Energy Independence to collect and
report data on all grants and loans provided under the Iowa Power Fund. I am disapproving this language because it is
unnecessary and duplicative. The Office
of Energy Independence already collects and provides information about the
effectiveness of the Power Fund, which is helping our state become more energy
independent and creating jobs.
I am unable to approve
Section 112 subsection 3, paragraph a, of this bill in its entirety. Current law requires pharmacy technicians to
obtain national certification by July 1, 2010.
In addition, current law provides that new technicians who register
beginning July 1, 2009, are to be granted one year from the date of their
registrations with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to show proof of having obtained
national certification. This one year
period is critical because new registrants use this time to obtain on-the-job
experience working with licensed pharmacists, which enhances the technicians’
readiness to take the national certification examination. This provision eliminates the one year period
until December 31, 2012; this means technicians who have registered since July
1, 2009 now must show proof of having obtained national certification by July
1, 2010, but no longer have the year to prepare for the national certification
examination. This will likely affect up to 600 individuals. In addition, new pharmacy technicians would
now need to be nationally certified prior to even registering with the board,
which will likely affect up to 1,000 new technicians per year.
For the above reasons, I
hereby respectfully disapprove the designated items in accordance with Article
III, Section 16 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa. All other items in
House File 2531 are hereby approved this date.
Sincerely,
Chester J. Culver
Governor
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Chief Clerk of the House
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