SF 289 (LSB 1402XS (4) 88)

SENATE FILE 289

BY  CHAPMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act repealing statewide registration requirements for interior designers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 546.10, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 2019, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 2.  Section 546.10, subsection 5, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Fees collected under chapters 542, 542B, 543B, 544A, and 544B, and 544C shall be paid to the treasurer of state and credited to the general fund of the state. All expenses required in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities imposed upon the professional licensing and regulation bureau of the banking division of the department of commerce, the administrator, and the licensing boards by the laws of this state shall be paid from moneys appropriated by the general assembly for those purposes. All fees deposited into the general fund of the state, as provided in this subsection, shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60.
    Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  Chapter 544C, Code 2019, is repealed.
    Sec. 4.  DISPOSITION OF REGISTRATION FEES.  All registration fees collected under chapter 544C shall be prorated to June 30, 2019, and that portion of the registration fee that represents the remaining period of the registrant, following June 30, 2019, shall be returned to the registrant.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill repeals Code chapter 544C, providing for statewide registration of interior designers by the interior design examining board. The bill makes conforming changes by removing references to Code chapter 544C within Code chapter 546.
   The bill provides that all registration fees collected shall be prorated to June 30, 2019, and that the portion of the registration fee that represents the remaining period of the registrant, following June 30, 2019, shall be returned to the registrant.