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    House Study Bill 710 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to boards, commissions, committees, councils,
    2and other entities of state government, and including
    3transition provisions.
    4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    1DIVISION I
    2CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION
    3   Section 1.  Section 2.43, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are
    4amended to read as follows:
       51.  The legislative council, in cooperation with the
    6officers of the senate and house, shall have the duty and
    7responsibility for preparing for each session of the general
    8assembly. Pursuant to such duty and responsibility, the
    9legislative council shall assign the use of areas in the
    10state capitol except for the areas used by the governor as
    11of January 1, 1986, and, in consultation with the director
    12of the department of administrative services and the capitol
    13planning commission    , may assign areas in other state office
    14buildings, except for the judicial branch building, for use of
    15the general assembly or legislative agencies. The legislative
    16council shall provide the courts with use of space in the state
    17capitol for ceremonial purposes. The legislative council
    18may authorize the renovation, remodeling, and preparation of
    19the physical facilities used or to be used by the general
    20assembly or legislative agencies subject to the jurisdiction
    21of the legislative council and award contracts pursuant to
    22such authority to carry out such preparation. The legislative
    23council may purchase supplies and equipment deemed necessary
    24for the proper functioning of the legislative branch of
    25government.
       262.  In carrying out its duties under this section, the
    27legislative council shall consult with the director of the
    28department of administrative services and the capitol planning
    29commission    , but shall not be bound by any decision of the
    30director in respect to the responsibilities and duties provided
    31for in this section. The legislative council may direct the
    32director of the department of administrative services or other
    33state employees to carry out its directives in regard to the
    34physical facilities of the general assembly, or may employ
    35other personnel to carry out such functions.
    -1-    1   Sec. 2.  Section 8A.111, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
    2by striking the subsection.
    3   Sec. 3.  Section 8A.373, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    4follows:
       58A.373  Duties — report to legislature general assembly.
       61.  It shall be the duty of the commission department to
    7advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments
    8and the placing of any additional buildings on the capitol
    9grounds, the type of architecture and the type of construction
    10of any new buildings to be erected on the state capitol grounds
    11as now encompassed or as subsequently enlarged, and repairs
    12and restoration thereof, and it shall be the duty of the
    13officers, commissions, and councils charged by law with the
    14duty of determining such questions to call upon the commission
    15     department for such advice.
       162.  The commission department shall, in cooperation with
    17the director of the department of administrative services,
    18 develop and implement within the limits of its appropriation, a
    19five-year modernization program for the capitol complex.
       203.  The commission department shall annually report to the
    21general assembly its recommendations relating to its duties
    22under this section. The report shall be submitted to the chief
    23clerk of the house and the secretary of the senate during the
    24month of January.
    25   Sec. 4.  Section 8A.376, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
    261, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       27All capital projects on the capitol complex shall be
    28planned, approved, and funded only after considering the
    29guiding principles enunciated in any capitol complex master
    30plan adopted by the commission on or after January 1, 2000
    31     department. At a minimum, the extent to which the proposed
    32capital project does all of the following shall be considered:
    33   Sec. 5.  Section 8A.377, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    34to read as follows:
       352.  A project described in subsection 1 may vary from
    -2-1the architectural or historic integrity of the capitol if
    2such variance is necessary to comply with state or federal
    3laws relating to building accessibility or occupational
    4safety or health, to address life safety issues, or for other
    5compelling reasons. However, the state agency, branch of
    6government, or other entity responsible for a project involving
    7a variance from the architectural or historic integrity shall
    8submit the plans for such project to the capitol planning
    9commission     department and the capital projects committee of the
    10legislative council for review.
    11   Sec. 6.  Section 414.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    12to read as follows:
       132.  The city of Des Moines may, for the purpose of preserving
    14the dominance of the dome of the state capitol building and
    15the view of the state capitol building from prominent public
    16viewing points, regulate and restrict the height and size of
    17buildings and other structures in the city of Des Moines.
    18Any regulations pertaining to such matters shall be made in
    19accordance with a comprehensive plan and in consultation with
    20the capitol planning commission department of administrative
    21services    .
    22   Sec. 7.  Section 476.10B, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended
    23to read as follows:
       247.  The department of administrative services, in
    25consultation with the board and the division, shall secure
    26architectural services, contract for construction, engineering,
    27and construction oversight and management, and control the
    28funding associated with the building construction and the
    29building’s operation and maintenance. The department of
    30administrative services may utilize consultants or other
    31expert assistance to address feasibility, planning, or other
    32considerations connected with construction of the building or
    33decision making regarding the building. The department of
    34administrative services, on behalf of the board and division,
    35shall consult with the office of the governor, and appropriate
    -3-1legislative bodies, and the capitol planning commission.
    2   Sec. 8.  REPEAL.  Sections 8A.371, 8A.372, 8A.374, and
    38A.375, Code 2024, are repealed.
    4DIVISION II
    5FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM CONTRACTORS AND ALARM SYSTEMS
    6ADVISORY BOARD
    7   Sec. 9.  Section 100C.1, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
    8to read as follows:
       95.  “Automatic fire extinguishing system” means a system of
    10devices and equipment that automatically detects a fire and
    11discharges an approved fire extinguishing agent onto or in
    12the area of a fire and includes automatic sprinkler systems,
    13carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, deluge systems, automatic
    14dry-chemical extinguishing systems, foam extinguishing systems,
    15and halogenated extinguishing systems, or other equivalent fire
    16extinguishing technologies recognized by the fire extinguishing
    17system contractors advisory board     department.
    18   Sec. 10.  Section 100C.7, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    19follows:
       20100C.7  Administration — rules.
       21The director shall administer this chapter and, after
    22consultation with the fire extinguishing system contractors and
    23alarm systems advisory board, shall     adopt rules pursuant to
    24chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of
    25this chapter.
    26   Sec. 11.  Section 100D.5, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    27to read as follows:
       281.  After consultation with the fire extinguishing system
    29contractors and alarm systems advisory board established
    30pursuant to section 100C.10, adopt     Adopt rules pursuant to
    31chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of
    32this chapter.
    33   Sec. 12.  REPEAL.  Section 100C.10, Code 2024, is repealed.
    34DIVISION III
    35CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM BOARD
    -4-    1   Sec. 13.  Section 455A.19, subsection 1, unnumbered
    2paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       3Upon receipt of any revenue, the director shall deposit the
    4moneys in the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund
    5created pursuant to section 455A.18. The first three hundred
    6fifty thousand dollars of the funds received for deposit in the
    7fund annually shall be allocated to the conservation education
    8program board     for the purposes specified in section 455A.21.
    9One percent of the revenue receipts shall be deducted and
    10transferred to the administration fund provided for in section
    11456A.17. All of the remaining receipts shall be allocated to
    12the following accounts:
    13   Sec. 14.  Section 455A.21, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    14follows:
       15455A.21  Conservation education program board.
       161.  A conservation education program board is created in
    17the department. The board shall have five members appointed
    18as follows:
       19a.  One member appointed by the director of the department
    20of education.
       21b.  One member appointed by the director of the department of
    22natural resources.
       23c.  One member appointed by the president of the Iowa
    24association of county conservation boards.
       25d.  One member appointed by the president of the Iowa
    26association of naturalists.
       27e.  One member appointed by the president of the Iowa
    28conservation education council.
       292.  Section 69.16 does not apply to appointments made
    30pursuant to this section.
       313.  The duties of the board are to department shall revise
    32and produce conservation education materials and to specify
    33stipends to Iowa educators who participate in innovative
    34conservation education programs approved by the board
    35     department. The board department shall allocate the funds
    -5-1provided for under section 455A.19, subsection 1, for the
    2educational materials and stipends.
       34.  The department shall administer the funds allocated to
    4the conservation education program as provided in this section.
    5DIVISION IV
    6PRISON INDUSTRIES ADVISORY BOARD
    7   Sec. 15.  Section 23A.2, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
    82024, is amended to read as follows:
       9a.  The director of the department of corrections, with the
    10advice of the state prison industries advisory board,     may, by
    11rule, provide for exemptions from this chapter.
    12   Sec. 16.  Section 904.802, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    13amended by striking the subsection.
    14   Sec. 17.  Section 904.802, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    15amended to read as follows:
       162.  “Iowa state industries” means prison industries that
    17are established and maintained by the Iowa department of
    18corrections, in consultation with the industries board, at or
    19adjacent to the state’s adult correctional institutions, except
    20that an inmate work program established by the state director
    21under section 904.703 is not restricted to industries at or
    22adjacent to the institutions.
    23   Sec. 18.  Section 904.804, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    24follows:
       25904.804  Duties of industries board department — state
    26industries    .
       27The industries board’s principal duties department shall be
    28to promulgate and     adopt rules and to advise the state director
    29regarding the management of Iowa state industries so as     to
    30further the intent stated by section 904.801.
    31   Sec. 19.  Section 904.805, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
    322024, is amended to read as follows:
       33The state director, with the advice of the industries board,
    34 shall:
    35   Sec. 20.  Section 904.806, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    -6-1follows:
       2904.806  Authority of state director not impaired.
       3Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to impair the
    4authority of the state director over the adult correctional
    5institutions of this state, nor over the inmates thereof. It
    6is, however, the duty of the state director to obtain the
    7advice of the industries board to further the intent stated by
    8section 904.801.
    9   Sec. 21.  Section 904.809, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
    102024, is amended to read as follows:
       11a.  The state director and the industries board shall comply
    12with the intent of section 904.801.
    13   Sec. 22.  Section 904.809, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
    142024, is amended to read as follows:
       15a.  Any other provision of the Code to the contrary
    16notwithstanding, the state director may, after obtaining the
    17advice of the industries board,     lease one or more buildings or
    18portions thereof on the grounds of any state adult correctional
    19institution, together with the real estate needed for
    20reasonable access to and egress from the leased buildings, for
    21a term not to exceed twenty years, to a private corporation for
    22the purpose of establishing and operating a factory for the
    23manufacture and processing of products, or any other commercial
    24enterprise deemed by the state director to be consistent with
    25the intent stated in section 904.801.
    26   Sec. 23.  Section 904.809, subsection 2, paragraph b,
    27subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       28(1)  Persons working in the factory or other commercial
    29enterprise operated in the leased property, except the lessee’s
    30supervisory employees and necessary support personnel approved
    31by the industries board state director, shall be inmates of
    32the institution where the leased property is located who are
    33approved for such work by the state director and the lessee.
    34   Sec. 24.  Section 904.809, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
    35amended to read as follows:
    -7-   13.  The state director with the advice of the prison
    2industries advisory board     may provide an inmate workforce to
    3private industry. Under the program inmates will be employees
    4of a private business.
    5   Sec. 25.  Section 904.813, subsection 2, paragraph a,
    6subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), Code 2024, are amended to read
    7as follows:
       8(1)  Establishment, maintenance, transfer, or closure of
    9industrial operations, or vocational, technical, and related
    10training facilities and services for inmates as authorized by
    11the state director in consultation with the industries board.
       12(2)  Payment of all costs incurred by the industries board,
    13including but not limited to per diem and expenses of its
    14members, and of salaries, allowances, support, and maintenance
    15of Iowa state industries.
       16(3)    (2)  Direct purchases from vendors of raw materials
    17and capital items used for the manufacturing processes of Iowa
    18state industries, in accordance with rules which meet state
    19bidding requirements. The rules shall be adopted by the state
    20director in consultation with the industries board.
    21   Sec. 26.  Section 904.814, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    22follows:
       23904.814  Inmate allowance supplement revolving fund.
       24There is established in the treasury of the state a permanent
    25adult correctional institutions inmate allowance supplement
    26revolving fund, consisting solely of money paid as board and
    27maintenance by inmates working in Iowa state industries, or
    28working pursuant to section 904.809. The fund established
    29by this section may be used to supplement the allowances
    30of inmates who perform other institutional work within and
    31about the adult correctional institutions including those
    32who are working in Iowa state industries. Payments made
    33from the fund shall supplement and not replace all or any
    34part of the allowances otherwise received by, and shall be
    35equably distributed among such inmates. The work of inmates
    -8-1in other institutional or industry work shall, to the greatest
    2extent feasible, be in accord with the intent stated in
    3section 904.801. The fund may also be used to supplement
    4other rehabilitation activities within the adult correctional
    5institutions. Determination of the use of the funds is the
    6responsibility of the state director who shall first seek the
    7advice of the prison industries advisory board    .
    8   Sec. 27.  REPEAL.  Section 904.803, Code 2024, is repealed.
    9DIVISION V
    10COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND QUALITY
    11FACULTY PLAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
    12   Sec. 28.  Section 260C.36, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
    13amended to read as follows:
       144.  The department of education shall establish the
    15following committees:
       16a.  An an ad hoc accreditation quality faculty plan protocol
    17committee to advise the department in the development of
    18protocols related to the quality faculty planning process to
    19be used by the accreditation teams during site visits. The
    20committee shall, at a minimum, determine what types of evidence
    21need to be provided, develop interview procedures and visit
    22goals, and propose accreditation protocol revisions.
       23b.  An ongoing quality faculty plan professional development
    24committee. The committee shall, at a minimum, do the
    25following:
       26(1)  Develop systemic, ongoing, and sustainable statewide
    27professional development opportunities that support
    28institutional development as well as individual development and
    29support of the quality faculty plans. The opportunities may
    30include internet-based systems to share promising practices.
       31(2)  Determine future professional development needs.
       32(3)  Develop or identify training and assistance relating to
    33the quality faculty plan process and requirements.
       34(4)  Assist the department and community colleges in
    35developing professional development consortia.
    -9-       1(5)  Review and identify best practices in each community
    2college quality faculty plan, including best practices
    3regarding adjunct faculty.
       4c.  A community college faculty advisory committee consisting
    5of one member and one alternate from each community college,
    6appointed by the committee established pursuant to subsection
    71. The committee membership shall be equally represented by
    8individuals from the liberal arts and sciences faculty and
    9the career and technical faculty. The committee shall, at a
    10minimum, keep faculty informed of higher education issues,
    11facilitate communication between the faculty and the department
    12on an ongoing basis, and serve as an advisory committee to the
    13department and community colleges on faculty issues.
    14DIVISION VI
    15COMMISSION ON EDUCATOR LEADERSHIP AND COMPENSATION
    16   Sec. 29.  Section 284.11, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
    172024, is amended to read as follows:
       18c.  Review the use and effectiveness of the funds distributed
    19to school districts for supplemental assistance in high-need
    20schools under this section, and consider the findings and
    21recommendations of the commission on educator leadership
    22and compensation submitted pursuant to section 284.15,
    23subsection 13, relating to the use and effectiveness of the
    24funds distributed to school districts under this section    . The
    25department shall submit its findings and recommendations in a
    26report to the general assembly by January 15 annually.
    27   Sec. 30.  Section 284.15, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
    282024, is amended to read as follows:
       29a.  A school district may apply to the department for
    30approval to implement the career paths, leadership roles,
    31and compensation framework specified in subsection 2, or
    32a comparable system of career paths and compensation for
    33teachers that contains differentiated multiple leadership
    34roles. The director shall consider the recommendations of the
    35commission established pursuant to subsection 12 when approving
    -10-1or disapproving applications submitted pursuant to this
    2section.     A school district may modify an approved framework or
    3comparable system if the director or the director’s designee
    4approves the modification. A school district may appeal the
    5director’s or the director’s designee’s decision to the state
    6board and the state board’s decision is final.
    7   Sec. 31.  Section 284.15, subsection 12, Code 2024, is
    8amended by striking the subsection.
    9   Sec. 32.  Section 284.15, subsection 14, Code 2024, is
    10amended to read as follows:
       1114.  The provisions of this chapter shall be subject to
    12legislative review at least every three years. The review
    13shall be based upon a status report from the commission
    14on educator leadership and compensation, which shall be
    15prepared with the assistance of the departments     department of
    16education, in consultation with the department of management,
    17 and department of revenue. The status report shall review
    18and report on the department’s department of education’s
    19 assignment and utilization of full-time equivalent positions,
    20and shall include information on teacher retention, teacher
    21compensation, academic quality of beginning teachers, teacher
    22evaluation results, student achievement trend and comparative
    23data, and recommendations for changes to the teacher leadership
    24supplement foundation aid and the framework or comparable
    25systems approved pursuant to this section. The first status
    26report shall be submitted to the general assembly by January
    2715, 2017, with subsequent status reports prepared and submitted
    28to the general assembly by January 15 at least every third year
    29thereafter.
    30DIVISION VII
    31TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
    32   Sec. 33.  Section 256.7, subsection 7, paragraph c, Code
    332024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    34   Sec. 34.  Section 256.33, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    35to read as follows:
    -11-   11.  The department shall consort with school districts,
    2area education agencies, community colleges, and colleges
    3and universities to provide assistance to them in the use
    4of educational technology for instruction purposes. The
    5department shall consult with the advisory committee on
    6telecommunications, established in section 256.7, subsection 7,
    7and other     users of educational technology on the development
    8and operation of programs under this section.
    9DIVISION VIII
    10INTEGRATED ROADSIDE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY
    11COMMITTEE
    12   Sec. 35.  Section 314.13, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    13by striking the subsection.
    14   Sec. 36.  Section 314.22, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended
    15to read as follows:
       163.  Integrated roadside vegetation management technical
    17advisory committee     Report.
       18a.  The director of the department shall appoint members
    19to an integrated roadside vegetation management technical
    20advisory committee which is created to provide advice on the
    21development and implementation of a statewide integrated
    22roadside vegetation management plan and program and related
    23projects.     The department shall report annually in January to
    24the general assembly regarding its activities and those of the
    25committee     under this section. Activities of the committee may
    26include but are not limited to providing advice and assistance
    27in the following areas:
       28(1)  Research efforts.
       29(2)  Demonstration projects.
       30(3)  Education and orientation efforts for property owners,
    31public officials, and the general public.
       32(4)  Activities of the integrated roadside vegetation
    33management coordinator for integrated roadside vegetation
    34management.
       35(5)  Reviewing applications for funding assistance.
    -12-       1(6)  Securing funding for research and demonstrations.
       2(7)  Determining needs for revising the state weed law and
    3other applicable Code sections.
       4(8)  Liaison with the Iowa state association of counties, the
    5Iowa league of cities, and other organizations for integrated
    6roadside vegetation management purposes.
       7b.  The director may appoint any number of persons to the
    8committee but, at a minimum, the committee shall consist of all
    9of the following:
       10(1)  One member representing the utility industry.
       11(2)  One member from the Iowa academy of sciences.
       12(3)  One member representing county government.
       13(4)  One member representing city government.
       14(5)  Two members representing the private sector including
    15community interest groups.
       16(6)  One member representing soil conservation interests.
       17(7)  One member representing the department of natural
    18resources.
       19(8)  One member representing county conservation boards.
       20c.  Members of the committee shall serve without
    21compensation, but may be reimbursed for allowable expenses from
    22the living roadway trust fund created under section 314.21. No
    23more than a simple majority of the members of the committee
    24shall be of the same gender as provided in section 69.16A.
    25The director of the department shall appoint the chair of the
    26committee and shall establish a minimum schedule of meetings
    27for the committee.
    28DIVISION IX
    29TOURIST SIGNING COMMITTEE
    30   Sec. 37.  Section 321.252, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
    312024, is amended to read as follows:
       32a.  The department shall establish, by rule, in cooperation
    33with a tourist signing committee,     the standards for
    34tourist-oriented directional signs and shall annually review
    35the list of attractions for which signing is in place. The
    -13-1rules shall conform to national standards for tourist-oriented
    2directional signs adopted under 23 U.S.C.§131(q) and to the
    3manual of uniform traffic-control devices.
       4(1)  The tourist signing committee shall be made up of
    5the directors or the directors’ designees of the departments
    6of agriculture and land stewardship, natural resources, and
    7transportation, the director or the director’s designee of
    8the economic development authority, the chairperson or the
    9chairperson’s designee of the Iowa travel council, and a
    10member of the outdoor advertising association of Iowa. The
    11director or the director’s designee of the economic development
    12authority shall be the chairperson of the committee.
       13(2)  The department of transportation shall be responsible
    14for calling and setting the date of the meetings of the
    15committee which meetings shall be based upon the amount of
    16activity relating to signs. However, the committee shall meet
    17at least once a month.
    18DIVISION X
    19ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PERINATAL GUIDELINES
    20   Sec. 38.  Section 135.11, subsection 22, Code 2024, is
    21amended to read as follows:
       2222.  In consultation with the advisory committee for
    23perinatal guidelines, develop     Develop and maintain the
    24statewide perinatal program based on the recommendations of
    25the American academy of pediatrics and the American college
    26of obstetricians and gynecologists contained in the most
    27recent edition of the guidelines for perinatal care, and
    28adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A to implement those
    29recommendations. Hospitals within the state shall determine
    30whether to participate in the statewide perinatal program,
    31and select the hospital’s level of participation in the
    32program. A hospital having determined to participate in the
    33program shall comply with the guidelines appropriate to the
    34level of participation selected by the hospital. Perinatal
    35program surveys and reports are privileged and confidential
    -14-1and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means
    2of legal compulsion for their release to a person other than
    3the affected hospital, and are not admissible in evidence in a
    4judicial or administrative proceeding other than a proceeding
    5involving verification of the participating hospital under this
    6subsection.
    7DIVISION XI
    8CHILD CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
    9   Sec. 39.  Section 237A.1, subsection 17, Code 2024, is
    10amended by striking the subsection.
    11   Sec. 40.  Section 237A.12, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
    12amended to read as follows:
       133.  Rules relating to fire safety for child care centers
    14shall be adopted under this chapter by the director of
    15the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing in
    16consultation with the department. Rules adopted by the
    17director of the department of inspections, appeals, and
    18licensing for a building which is owned or leased by a school
    19district or accredited nonpublic school and used as a child
    20care facility shall not differ from standards adopted by
    21the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and
    22licensing for school buildings under chapter 10A, subchapter V,
    23part 2. Rules relating to sanitation shall be adopted by the
    24department. All rules shall be developed in consultation with
    25the state child care advisory committee.     The director of the
    26department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall inspect
    27the facilities.
    28   Sec. 41.  Section 237A.25, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    29amended to read as follows:
       301.  The department shall develop consumer information
    31material to assist parents in selecting a child care provider.
    32In developing the material, the department shall consult with
    33department staff, department of education staff, the state
    34child care advisory committee,     the early childhood Iowa state
    35board, and child care resource and referral services. In
    -15-1addition, the department may consult with other entities at the
    2local, state, and national level.
    3   Sec. 42.  Section 237A.30, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    4amended to read as follows:
       51.  The department shall work with the early childhood Iowa
    6program established in section 256I.5 and the state child care
    7advisory committee     in designing and implementing a voluntary
    8quality rating system for each provider type of child care
    9facility.
    10   Sec. 43.  Section 256.9, subsection 31, paragraph b, Code
    112024, is amended to read as follows:
       12b.  Standards and materials developed shall include materials
    13which employ developmentally appropriate practices and
    14incorporate substantial parental involvement. The materials
    15and standards shall include alternative teaching approaches
    16including collaborative teaching and alternative dispute
    17resolution training. The department shall consult with the
    18child development coordinating council, the state child care
    19advisory committee established pursuant to section 135.173A,
    20 the department of health and human services, the state board
    21of regents center for early developmental education, the
    22area education agencies, the department of human development
    23and family studies in the college of human sciences at
    24Iowa state university of science and technology, the early
    25childhood elementary division of the college of education at
    26the university of Iowa, and the college of education at the
    27university of northern Iowa, in developing these standards and
    28materials.
    29   Sec. 44.  REPEAL.  Section 135.173A, Code 2024, is repealed.
    30DIVISION XII
    31DEPENDENT ADULT PROTECTIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL
    32   Sec. 45.  Section 235B.1, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
    33by striking the subsection.
    34   Sec. 46.  Section 235B.16A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    35amended to read as follows:
    -16-   11.  The dependent adult protective advisory council
    2established pursuant to section 235B.1     department shall
    3recommend adopt a uniform assessment instrument and process for
    4adoption and use by the department and other agencies involved
    5with assessing a dependent adult’s degree of dependency
    6and determining whether dependent adult abuse has occurred.
    7However, this section shall not apply to dependent adult abuse
    8assessments and determinations made under chapter 235E.
    9   Sec. 47.  Section 235E.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    10follows:
       11235E.5  Rulemaking authority.
       12The department, in cooperation and consultation with
    13the dependent adult protective advisory council established
    14in section 235B.1,     affected industry representatives, and
    15professional and consumer groups, may adopt rules pursuant to
    16chapter 17A to administer this chapter.
    17DIVISION XIII
    18COUNTY CARE FACILITIES MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES
    19STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
    20   Sec. 48.  Section 227.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    21follows:
       22227.4  Standards for care of persons with mental illness or an
    23intellectual disability in county care facilities.
       24The department, in cooperation with the department of
    25inspections, appeals, and licensing, shall recommend and the
    26mental health and disability services commission created in
    27section 225C.5 shall adopt, or amend and adopt, standards for
    28the care of and services to persons with mental illness or an
    29intellectual disability residing in county care facilities.
    30The standards shall be enforced by the department of
    31inspections, appeals, and licensing as a part of the licensure
    32inspection conducted pursuant to chapter 135C. The objective
    33of the standards is to ensure that persons with mental illness
    34or an intellectual disability who are residents of county care
    35facilities are not only adequately fed, clothed, and housed,
    -17-1but are also offered reasonable opportunities for productive
    2work and recreational activities suited to their physical and
    3mental abilities and offering both a constructive outlet for
    4their energies and, if possible, therapeutic benefit. When
    5recommending standards under this section, the department shall
    6designate an advisory committee representing administrators of
    7county care facilities, regional administrators, mental health
    8and disability services region governing boards, and county
    9care facility certified volunteer long-term care ombudsmen to
    10assist in the establishment of standards.
    11DIVISION XIV
    12911 COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL
    13   Sec. 49.  Section 34A.2A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    14to read as follows:
       152.  The 911 program manager shall act under the supervisory
    16control of the director of the department of homeland security
    17and emergency management, and in consultation with the
    18911 communications council,     and shall perform the duties
    19specifically set forth in this chapter and as assigned by the
    20director.
    21   Sec. 50.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f,
    22subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2024, is
    23amended by striking the subparagraph division.
    24   Sec. 51.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f,
    25subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2024, is
    26amended to read as follows:
       27(b)  The program manager, in consultation with the 911
    28communications council,     shall allocate an amount, not to exceed
    29one hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year, for development
    30of public awareness and educational programs related to the
    31use of 911 by the public, educational programs for personnel
    32responsible for the maintenance, operation, and upgrading of
    33local 911 systems, and the expenses of members of the 911
    34communications council for travel, monthly meetings, and
    35training, provided, however, that the members have not received
    -18-1reimbursement funds for such expenses from another source    .
    2   Sec. 52.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code
    32024, is amended to read as follows:
       4g.  The director, in consultation with the program manager
    5and the 911 communications council, shall adopt rules pursuant
    6to chapter 17A governing the distribution of the surcharge
    7collected and distributed pursuant to this subsection. The
    8rules shall include provisions that all joint 911 service
    9boards and the department of public safety which answer or
    10service wireless 911 calls are eligible to receive an equitable
    11portion of the receipts.
    12   Sec. 53.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
    132024, is amended to read as follows:
       14a.  The program manager, in consultation with the 911
    15communications council and the     auditor of state, shall
    16establish a methodology for determining and collecting public
    17safety answering point cost and expense data through the county
    18joint 911 service boards. The methodology shall include the
    19collection of data for direct costs and expenses related to
    20the operation of a public safety answering point and account
    21for the extent to which identified costs and expenses are
    22compensated for or addressed through 911 surcharges versus
    23other sources of funding.
    24   Sec. 54.  Section 34A.11, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    25to read as follows:
       261.  The joint 911 service board in each 911 service area
    27shall designate a person to serve as a single point-of-contact
    28to facilitate the communication of needs, issues, or concerns
    29regarding emergency communications, interoperability, and
    30other matters applicable to emergency 911 communications and
    31migration to the next generation 911 network. The person
    32designated as the single point-of-contact shall be responsible
    33for facilitating the communication of such needs, issues, or
    34concerns between public or private safety agencies within the
    35service area, the 911 program manager, the 911 communications
    -19-1council,     the statewide interoperable communications system
    2board established in section 80.28, and any other person,
    3entity, or agency the person deems necessary or appropriate.
    4The person designated shall also be responsible for responding
    5to surveys or requests for information applicable to the
    6service area received from a federal, state, or local agency,
    7entity, or board.
    8   Sec. 55.  REPEAL.  Section 34A.15, Code 2024, is repealed.
    9DIVISION XV
    10IOWA CULTURAL TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    11   Sec. 56.  Section 15.108, subsection 8, paragraph b,
    12subparagraphs (4) and (5), Code 2024, are amended to read as
    13follows:
       14(4)  Compile, in consultation with the Iowa arts council,
    15a list of grant applications recommended for funding in
    16accordance with the amount available for distribution as
    17provided in section 15.481, subsection 3. The list of
    18recommended grant applications shall be submitted to the Iowa
    19cultural trust board of trustees for approval.
       20(5)  Monitor the allocation and use of grant moneys by all
    21qualified organizations to determine whether moneys are used
    22in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph “b” and
    23subchapter II, part 30.The authority shall annually submit
    24a report with the authority’s findings and recommendations to
    25the Iowa cultural trust board of trustees prior to final board
    26action in approving grants for the next succeeding fiscal year.
    27   Sec. 57.  Section 15.478, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    28by striking the subsection.
    29   Sec. 58.  Section 15.479, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
    30to read as follows:
       314.  The treasurer of state shall act as custodian of the
    32fund, shall invest moneys in the trust fund, and shall transfer
    33the interest attributable to the investment of trust fund
    34moneys to the grant account created in section 15.482. The
    35trust fund’s principal shall not be used or accessed by the
    -20-1department or the board authority for any purpose.
    2   Sec. 59.  Section 15.481, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024,
    3is amended to read as follows:
       4The board authority shall do any or all of the following:
    5   Sec. 60.  Section 15.481, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2024, are
    6amended to read as follows:
       72.  Approve or disapprove the grants recommended for
    8approval by the director, in consultation with the Iowa arts
    9council and the state historical society of Iowa, in accordance
    10with section 15.108, subsection 8, paragraph “b”. The board
    11     authority may remove any recommendation from the list, but
    12shall not add to or otherwise amend the list of recommended
    13grants.
       143.  Upon approving a grant, the board authority shall certify
    15to the treasurer of state the amount of financial assistance
    16payable from the grant account to the qualified organization
    17whose grant application is approved.
    18   Sec. 61.  Section 15.482, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2024, are
    19amended to read as follows:
       201.  An Iowa cultural trust grant account is created in
    21the office of the treasurer of state under the control of
    22the board authority to receive interest attributable to the
    23investment of trust fund moneys as required by section 15.479,
    24subsection 4. The moneys in the grant account are appropriated
    25to the board authority for purposes of the Iowa cultural trust
    26created in section 15.479. Moneys in the grant account shall
    27not be subject to appropriation for any other purpose by the
    28general assembly, but shall be used only for the purposes of
    29the Iowa cultural trust. The treasurer of state shall act as
    30custodian of the grant account and disburse moneys contained
    31in the grant account as directed by the board authority. The
    32board authority shall make expenditures from the grant account
    33consistent with the purposes of the Iowa cultural trust.
       343.  At any time when the principal balance in the trust fund
    35equals or exceeds three million dollars, the board authority
    -21-1 may use moneys in the grant account for a statewide educational
    2program to promote participation in, expanded support of, and
    3local endowment building for, Iowa nonprofit arts, history, and
    4sciences and humanities organizations.
    5   Sec. 62.  REPEAL.  Section 15.480, Code 2024, is repealed.
    6DIVISION XVI
    7IOWA GREAT PLACES BOARD
    8   Sec. 63.  Section 15.439, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d,
    9and e, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
       10a.  The authority shall establish and administer an Iowa
    11great places program for purposes of combining resources of
    12state government in an effort to showcase the unique and
    13authentic qualities of communities, regions, neighborhoods, and
    14districts that make such places exceptional places to work and
    15live. The authority shall provide administrative assistance to
    16the Iowa great places board.     The authority shall coordinate
    17the efforts of the Iowa great places board with the efforts of
    18     other state agencies participating in the program which shall
    19include but not be limited to the Iowa finance authority, the
    20department of health and human services, the department of
    21natural resources, the state department of transportation, and
    22the department of workforce development.
       23c.  Initially, three Iowa great places projects shall be
    24identified by the Iowa great places board.     The board authority
    25 may identify additional Iowa great places for participation
    26under the program when places develop dimensions and meet
    27readiness criteria for participation under the program.
       28d.  The authority shall work in cooperation with the enhance
    29Iowa board for purposes of maximizing and leveraging moneys
    30appropriated to identified Iowa great places.
       31e.    d.  As a condition of receiving state funds, an
    32identified Iowa great place shall present information to the
    33board authority concerning the proposed activities and total
    34financial needs of the project.
    35   Sec. 64.  Section 15.439, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    -22-1by striking the subsection.
    2   Sec. 65.  Section 15.439, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2024, are
    3amended to read as follows:
       43.  The board authority shall do all of the following:
       5a.  Organize.
       6b.    a.  Identify Iowa great places for purposes of receiving
    7a package of resources under the program.
       8c.    b.  Identify a combination of state resources which can
    9be provided to Iowa great places.
       104.  Notwithstanding any restriction, requirement, or
    11duty to the contrary, in considering an application for a
    12grant, loan, or other financial or technical assistance for a
    13project identified in an Iowa great places agreement developed
    14pursuant to this section, a state agency shall give additional
    15consideration or additional points in the application of rating
    16or evaluation criteria to such applications. This subsection
    17applies to applications filed within three years of the Iowa
    18great places board’s     authority’s identification of the project
    19for participation in the program.
    20DIVISION XVII
    21FARM DEER COUNCIL
    22   Sec. 66.  Section 170.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    23by striking the subsection.
    24   Sec. 67.  Section 170.3B, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    25follows:
       26170.3B  Farm deer administration fee.
       27The department may establish a farm deer administration fee
    28which shall be annually imposed on each landowner who keeps
    29farm deer in this state. The amount of the fee shall not exceed
    30two hundred dollars per year. The fee shall be collected
    31by the department in a manner specified by rules adopted by
    32the department after consulting with the farm deer council
    33established in section 170.2    . The collected fees shall be
    34credited to the farm deer administration fund created pursuant
    35to section 170.3C.
    -23-    1   Sec. 68.  REPEAL.  Section 170.2, Code 2024, is repealed.
    2DIVISION XVIII
    3GRAIN INDUSTRY PEER REVIEW PANEL
    4   Sec. 69.  Section 203.11A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    5amended to read as follows:
       62.  The amount of a civil penalty shall not exceed one
    7thousand five hundred dollars. Each day that a violation
    8continues shall constitute a separate violation. The amount
    9of the civil penalty that may be assessed in a case shall
    10not exceed the amount recommended by the grain industry peer
    11review panel established pursuant to section 203.11B.     Moneys
    12collected in civil penalties by the department or the attorney
    13general shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
    14   Sec. 70.  Section 203.16, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended
    15by striking the subsection.
    16   Sec. 71.  Section 203C.24, subsection 8, Code 2024, is
    17amended by striking the subsection.
    18   Sec. 72.  Section 203C.36A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    19amended to read as follows:
       202.  The amount of a civil penalty shall not exceed one
    21thousand five hundred dollars. Each day that a violation
    22continues shall constitute a separate violation. The amount
    23of the civil penalty that may be assessed in an administrative
    24case shall not exceed the amount recommended by the grain
    25industry peer review panel established pursuant to section
    26203.11B.     Moneys collected in civil penalties by the department
    27or the attorney general shall be deposited in the general fund
    28of the state.
    29   Sec. 73.  REPEAL.  Section 203.11B, Code 2024, is repealed.
    30DIVISION XIX
    31ORGANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
    32   Sec. 74.  Section 190C.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    33by striking the subsection.
    34   Sec. 75.  Section 190C.2B, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    35amended to read as follows:
    -24-   11.  The department shall implement and administer the
    2provisions of this chapter for agricultural products that have
    3been produced and handled within this state using organic
    4methods as provided in this chapter. The department may
    5consult with the council in implementing and administering this
    6chapter.     The department may certify agricultural products that
    7have been produced and handled outside this state using an
    8organic method as provided in this chapter.
    9   Sec. 76.  Section 190C.3, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    10to read as follows:
       112.  The department may request assistance from the council
    12as provided in section 190C.2A or from     one or more regional
    13organic associations as provided in section 190C.6.
    14   Sec. 77.  REPEAL.  Sections 190C.2 and 190C.2A, Code 2024,
    15are repealed.
    16DIVISION XX
    17WELL CONTRACTORS’ COUNCIL
    18   Sec. 78.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code
    192024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    20   Sec. 79.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 2, paragraphs f and
    21g, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
       22f.  The department shall develop continuing education
    23requirements for certification of a well contractor in
    24consultation with the well contractors’ council    .
       25g.  The examination shall be developed by the department in
    26consultation with the well contractors’ council     to determine
    27the applicant’s qualifications to perform well drilling or
    28pump services or both. The examination shall be updated
    29as necessary to reflect current groundwater law and well
    30construction, maintenance, pump services, and abandonment
    31practices. The examination shall be administered by the
    32department or by a person designated by the department.
    33   Sec. 80.  Section 455B.190A, subsections 3 and 6, Code 2024,
    34are amended by striking the subsections.
    35   Sec. 81.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
    -25-1amended to read as follows:
       24.  The department shall develop, in consultation with the
    3well contractors’ council,     a consumer information pamphlet
    4regarding well construction, well maintenance, well plugging,
    5pump services, and Iowa groundwater laws. The department and
    6the council     shall review and revise the consumer information
    7pamphlet as necessary. The consumer information pamphlet shall
    8be supplied to well contractors, at cost, and well contractors
    9shall supply one copy at no cost to potential customers prior
    10to initiation of well services.
    11   Sec. 82.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 5, unnumbered
    12paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       13The department shall establish by rule and collect, in
    14consultation with the well contractors’ council,     the following
    15fees to be used to implement and administer the provisions of
    16this section:
    17DIVISION XXI
    18INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION
    19   Sec. 83.  Section 7E.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024,
    20is amended to read as follows:
       21a.  There is a civil rights commission, a public employment
    22relations board, an interstate cooperation commission, an Iowa
    23ethics and campaign disclosure board, an Iowa utilities board,
    24and an Iowa law enforcement academy.
    25   Sec. 84.  REPEAL.  Chapter 28B, Code 2024, is repealed.
    26DIVISION XXII
    27STATE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COUNCIL
    28   Sec. 85.  Section 103A.3, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended
    29by striking the subsection.
    30   Sec. 86.  Section 103A.7, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    31to read as follows:
       321.  The state building code commissioner with the approval
    33of the advisory council department is hereby empowered and
    34directed to formulate and adopt and from time to time amend
    35or revise and to promulgate, in conformity with and subject
    -26-1to the conditions set forth in this chapter, reasonable rules
    2designed to establish minimum safeguards in the erection and
    3construction of buildings and structures, to protect the human
    4beings who live and work in them from fire and other hazards,
    5and to establish regulations to further protect the health,
    6safety, and welfare of the public.
    7   Sec. 87.  Section 103A.8A, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    8follows:
       9103A.8A  Energy conservation requirements.
       10The state building code commissioner shall adopt as a part of
    11the state building code a requirement that new single-family
    12or two-family residential construction shall comply with
    13energy conservation requirements. The requirements adopted by
    14the commissioner shall be based upon a nationally recognized
    15standard or code for energy conservation. The requirements
    16shall only apply to single-family or two-family residential
    17construction commenced after the adoption of the requirements.
    18Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the
    19contrary, the energy conservation requirements adopted by the
    20commissioner and approved by the council department shall apply
    21to new single-family or two-family residential construction
    22commenced on or after July 1, 2008, and shall supersede and
    23replace any minimum requirements for energy conservation
    24adopted or enacted by a governmental subdivision prior to that
    25date applicable to such construction. The state building code
    26commissioner may provide training to builders, contractors, and
    27other interested persons on the adopted energy conservation
    28requirements.
    29   Sec. 88.  Section 103A.10, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
    30amended to read as follows:
       315.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to
    32the contrary, the energy conservation requirements adopted
    33by the commissioner and approved by the council department
    34 shall apply to all new construction commenced on or after
    35July 1, 2008, and shall supersede and replace any minimum
    -27-1requirements for energy conservation adopted or enacted by the
    2governmental subdivision prior to that date and applicable to
    3such construction.
    4   Sec. 89.  Section 103A.11, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
    5amended to read as follows:
       64.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any
    7rule relating solely to the internal operations of the office
    8of the commissioner and council.
    9   Sec. 90.  Section 103A.15, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    10amended to read as follows:
       111.  The board shall be composed of three the following
    12 members of the council.:
       13a.  Two master electricians licensed pursuant to chapter 103,
    14one of whom shall be a member of a union and one of whom shall
    15not.
       16b.  Two master plumbers licensed pursuant to chapter 105, one
    17of whom shall be a member of a union and one of whom shall not.
       18c.  One master mechanical professional licensed pursuant to
    19chapter 105.
       20d.  One electrical engineer.
       21e.  One construction contractor registered pursuant to
    22chapter 91C.
    23   Sec. 91.  Section 103A.15, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
    24amended by striking the subsection.
    25   Sec. 92.  Section 103A.17, subsections 7 and 8, Code 2024,
    26are amended to read as follows:
       277.  The decision of the board of review may be appealed
    28to the advisory council department by any party by filing a
    29petition with the advisory council department at any time
    30prior to the effective date of such decision. The advisory
    31council     department shall consider all questions of fact and
    32law involved and issue its decision pertaining to the same not
    33later than ten days after receipt of the appeal.
       348.  A record of all decisions of the board and advisory
    35council     department shall be properly indexed and filed in the
    -28-1office of the commissioner, and shall be public records as
    2defined in chapter 22.
    3   Sec. 93.  Section 103A.18, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
    42024, is amended to read as follows:
       5Judicial review of action of the commissioner, board of
    6review, or council department may be sought in accordance with
    7the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter
    817A. Notwithstanding the terms of said Act:
    9   Sec. 94.  Section 103A.22, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    10amended to read as follows:
       111.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting
    12any governmental subdivision from adopting or enacting any
    13building regulations relating to any building or structure
    14within its limits, but a governmental subdivision in which
    15the state building code has been accepted and is applicable
    16shall not have the power to supersede, void, or repeal or make
    17more restrictive any of the provisions of this chapter or of
    18the rules adopted by the commissioner. This subsection shall
    19not apply to energy conservation requirements adopted by the
    20commissioner and approved by the council department pursuant
    21to section 103A.8A or 103A.10.
    22   Sec. 95.  REPEAL.  Section 103A.14, Code 2024, is repealed.
    23DIVISION XXIII
    24BOARD OF HEARING AID SPECIALISTS
    25   Sec. 96.  Section 147.2, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    26to read as follows:
       271.  A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine
    28and surgery, podiatry, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
    29genetic counseling, psychology, chiropractic, physical
    30therapy, physical therapist assisting, nursing, dentistry,
    31dental hygiene, dental assisting, optometry, speech pathology,
    32audiology, occupational therapy, occupational therapy
    33assisting, orthotics, prosthetics, pedorthics, respiratory
    34care, pharmacy, cosmetology arts and sciences, barbering,
    35social work, dietetics, applied behavior analysis, marital
    -29-1and family therapy or mental health counseling, massage
    2therapy, mortuary science, polysomnography, athletic training,
    3acupuncture, nursing home administration, or sign language
    4interpreting or transliterating, or shall not practice as a
    5physician assistant or a hearing aid specialist, unless the
    6person has obtained a license for that purpose from the board
    7for the profession.
    8   Sec. 97.  Section 147.13, subsection 21, Code 2024, is
    9amended by striking the subsection.
    10   Sec. 98.  Section 147.14, subsection 1, paragraph t, Code
    112024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    12   Sec. 99.  Section 154A.1, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
    13by striking the subsection.
    14   Sec. 100.  Section 154A.1, subsection 6, Code 2024, is
    15amended to read as follows:
       166.  “Hearing aid specialist” means any person engaged in the
    17fitting, dispensing, and sale of hearing aids and providing
    18hearing aid services or maintenance, by means of procedures
    19stipulated by this chapter or the board department.
    20   Sec. 101.  Section 154A.10, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
    21amended to read as follows:
       223.  Pays the necessary fees set by the board department.
    23   Sec. 102.  Section 154A.12, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    24amended to read as follows:
       252.  The board department shall not require the applicant to
    26possess the degree of professional competence normally expected
    27of physicians.
    28   Sec. 103.  Section 154A.13, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    29follows:
       30154A.13  Temporary permit.
       31A person who has not been licensed as a hearing aid
    32specialist may obtain a temporary permit from the department
    33upon completion of the application accompanied by the written
    34verification of employment from a licensed hearing aid
    35specialist. The department shall issue a temporary permit for
    -30-1one year which shall not be renewed or reissued. The fee for
    2issuance of the temporary permit shall be set by the board
    3     department in accordance with the provisions for establishment
    4of fees by boards in section 147.80. The temporary permit
    5entitles an applicant to engage in the fitting or selection and
    6sale of hearing aids under the supervision of a person holding
    7a valid license.
    8   Sec. 104.  Section 154A.19, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
    9amended to read as follows:
       101.  This chapter shall not prohibit a corporation,
    11partnership, trust, association, or other organization
    12maintaining an established business address from engaging in
    13the business of selling or offering for sale hearing aids at
    14retail without a license if it employs only licensed hearing
    15aid specialists in the direct fitting or selection and sale
    16of hearing aids. Such an organization shall file annually
    17with the board department a list of all licensed hearing aid
    18specialists and persons holding temporary permits directly
    19or indirectly employed by it. Such an organization shall
    20also file with the board department a statement on a form
    21approved by the board department that the organization submits
    22itself to the rules and regulations of the board department
    23 and the provisions of this chapter which the department deems
    24applicable.
    25   Sec. 105.  Section 154A.23, Code 2024, is amended to read as
    26follows:
       27154A.23  Disciplinary orders — attorney general.
       28The board department shall forward a copy of all final
    29disciplinary orders, with associated complaints, to the
    30attorney general for consideration for prosecution or
    31enforcement when warranted. The attorney general and all
    32county attorneys shall assist the board and the department in
    33the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
    34   Sec. 106.  Section 154A.24, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
    352024, is amended to read as follows:
    -31-   1The board department may revoke or suspend a license or
    2temporary permit permanently or for a fixed period for any of
    3the following causes:
    4   Sec. 107.  Section 154A.24, subsection 2, paragraphs e and s,
    5Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
       6e.  Representing that the service or advice of a person
    7licensed to practice medicine, or one who is certificated as
    8a clinical audiologist by the board of speech pathology and
    9audiology or its equivalent, will be used or made available in
    10the fitting or selection, adjustment, maintenance, or repair
    11of hearing aids when that is not true, or using the words
    12“doctor”, “clinic”, “clinical audiologist”, “state approved”,
    13or similar words, abbreviations, or symbols which tend to
    14connote the medical or other professions, except where the
    15title “certified hearing aid audiologist” has been granted
    16by the national hearing aid society, or that the hearing aid
    17specialist has been recommended by this state or the board
    18     department when such is not accurate.
       19s.  Such other acts or omissions as the board department may
    20determine to be unethical conduct.
    21   Sec. 108.  Section 272C.1, subsection 6, paragraph u, Code
    222024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    23   Sec. 109.  REPEAL.  Section 154A.7, Code 2024, is repealed.
    24DIVISION XXIV
    25HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BID THRESHOLD
    26SUBCOMMITTEES
    27   Sec. 110.  Section 314.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
    28to read as follows:
       292.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
    30contrary, a public improvement that involves the construction,
    31reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, bridge, or culvert
    32and that has a cost in excess of the applicable threshold in
    33section 73A.18, 262.34, 297.7, 309.40, 310.14, or 313.10, as
    34modified by the bid threshold subcommittee director pursuant
    35to section 314.1B, shall be advertised and let for bid, except
    -32-1such public improvements that involve emergency work pursuant
    2to section 309.40A, 313.10, or 384.103, subsection 2. For a
    3city having a population of fifty thousand or less, a public
    4improvement that involves the construction, reconstruction, or
    5improvement of a highway, bridge, or culvert that has a cost
    6in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, as modified by the
    7bid threshold subcommittee director pursuant to section 314.1B,
    8shall be advertised and let for bid, excluding emergency work.
    9However, a public improvement that has an estimated total
    10cost to a city in excess of a threshold of fifty thousand
    11dollars, as modified by the bid threshold subcommittee director
    12 pursuant to section 314.1B, and that involves the construction,
    13reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, bridge, or culvert
    14that is under the jurisdiction of a city with a population
    15of more than fifty thousand, shall be advertised and let for
    16bid. Cities required to competitively bid highway, bridge,
    17or culvert work shall do so in compliance with the contract
    18letting procedures of sections 26.3 through 26.12.
    19   Sec. 111.  Section 314.1B, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
    202024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    21   Sec. 112.  Section 314.1B, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
    222024, is amended to read as follows:
       23b.  The subcommittee director, in consultation with industry
    24and subject matter experts,     shall review the competitive bid
    25thresholds applicable to city and county highway, bridge,
    26and culvert projects. The subcommittee director shall
    27review price adjustments for all types of city and county
    28highway, bridge, and culvert construction, reconstruction, and
    29improvement projects, based on changes in the construction
    30price index from the preceding year. Upon completion of the
    31review the subcommittee director may make adjustments in the
    32applicable bid thresholds for types of work based on the price
    33adjustments.
    34   Sec. 113.  Section 314.1B, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
    352024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    -33-    1   Sec. 114.  Section 314.1B, subsection 2, paragraphs b, c, d,
    2and e, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
       3b.  The subcommittee appointed under this subsection
    4director, in consultation with industry and subject matter
    5experts,     shall review the competitive bid thresholds applicable
    6to governmental entities under chapter 26. The subcommittee
    7     director shall review price adjustments for all types of
    8construction, reconstruction, and public improvement projects
    9based on the changes in the construction price index, building
    10cost index, and material cost index from the preceding
    11adjustment. Upon completion of the review the subcommittee
    12     director may make adjustments in the applicable bid thresholds
    13for types of work based on the price adjustments.
       14c.  The subcommittee shall not make an initial adjustment to
    15the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 to be effective
    16prior to January 1, 2012. Thereafter, the subcommittee     The
    17director     shall adjust the bid threshold amount in accordance
    18with subsection 3 but shall not adjust the bid threshold to an
    19amount less than the bid threshold applicable to a governmental
    20entity on January 1, 2007.
       21d.  Beginning July 1, 2006 2024, the subcommittee director
    22 shall make adjustments to the competitive quotation threshold
    23amounts in section 26.14 for vertical infrastructure in
    24accordance with the methodology of paragraph “b”.
       25e.  After 2012, the subcommittee The director shall adjust
    26the competitive quotation threshold amounts in section 26.14
    27at the same time and by the same percentage as adjustments are
    28made to the competitive bid threshold.
    29   Sec. 115.  Section 314.1B, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
    30amended to read as follows:
       313.  Review — publication.  Each subcommittee The director
    32 shall meet to conduct the review and make the adjustments
    33described in this section on or before August 1 of every
    34other year, or of every year if determined necessary by the
    35subcommittee director. By September 1 of each year in which
    -34-1a subcommittee director makes adjustments in the bid or
    2quotation thresholds, the director shall cause an advisory
    3notice to be published in the Iowa administrative bulletin and
    4in a newspaper of general circulation in this state, stating
    5the adjusted bid and quotation thresholds to be in effect
    6on January 1 of the following year, as established by the
    7subcommittees director under this section.
    8   Sec. 116.  Section 314.13, Code 2024, is amended by adding
    9the following new subsection:
    10   NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  “Director” means the director of
    11transportation.
    12DIVISION XXV
    13EARLY CHILDHOOD STAKEHOLDERS ALLIANCE
    14   Sec. 117.  Section 256I.4, subsection 19, Code 2024, is
    15amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
    16thereof the following:
       1719.  Serve as the state advisory council required under the
    18federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007,
    19Pub.L. No.110-134, as designated by the governor.
    20   Sec. 118.  REPEAL.  Section 256I.12, Code 2024, is repealed.
    21DIVISION XXVI
    22PUBLIC FUNDS INTEREST RATES COMMITTEE
    23   Sec. 119.  Section 12C.6, subsection 2, paragraphs a, c, d,
    24e, and f, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
       25a.  A committee composed of the superintendent of banking,
    26the superintendent of credit unions, the auditor of state or
    27a designee, and the treasurer of state shall meet on or about
    28the first of each month or at other times as the committee
    29may prescribe and by majority action     The treasurer of state,
    30in consultation with subject matter experts as needed,     shall
    31establish a minimum rate to be earned on state funds placed in
    32time deposits.
       33c.  An interest rate established by the committee treasurer
    34of state     under this section shall be in effect commencing
    35on the eighth calendar day following the day the rate is
    -35-1established and until a different rate is established and takes
    2effect.
       3d.  The committee treasurer of state shall give advisory
    4notice of an interest rate established under this section.
    5This notice may be given by publication in one or more
    6newspapers, by publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin,
    7by ordinary mail to persons directly affected, by any other
    8method determined by the committee treasurer of state, or by
    9a combination of these. In all cases, the notice shall be
    10published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.
       11e.  The notice shall contain the following words:
    12The rate of interest has been determined by a committee the
    13treasurer of state     of the state of Iowa to be the minimum
    14interest rate that shall be paid on public funds deposited in
    15approved financial institutions. To be eligible to accept
    16deposits of public funds of the state of Iowa, a financial
    17institution shall demonstrate a commitment to serve the
    18needs of the local community in which it is chartered to do
    19business. These needs include credit services as well as
    20deposit services. All such financial institutions are required
    21to provide the committee treasurer of state with a written
    22description of their commitment to provide credit services in
    23the community. This statement is available for examination by
    24citizens.
       25f.  The notice shall also provide the name and address of a
    26state official to whom inquiries can be sent. Actions of the
    27committee treasurer of state under this section and section
    2812C.6A are exempt from chapter 17A.
    29   Sec. 120.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    30amended to read as follows:
       312.  In addition to establishing a minimum interest rate for
    32public funds pursuant to section 12C.6, the committee composed
    33of the superintendent of banking, the superintendent of credit
    34unions, the auditor of state or a designee, and     the treasurer
    35of state, in consultation with subject matter experts as
    -36-1needed,     shall develop a list of financial institutions eligible
    2to accept state public funds. The committee treasurer of state
    3 shall require that a financial institution seeking to qualify
    4for the list shall annually provide the committee treasurer
    5of state     a written statement that the financial institution
    6has complied with the requirements of this chapter and has a
    7commitment to community reinvestment consistent with the safe
    8and sound operation of a financial institution, unless the
    9financial institution has received a rating of satisfactory
    10or higher pursuant to the federal Community Reinvestment
    11Act, 12 U.S.C. §2901 et seq., and such rating is certified
    12to the committee treasurer of state by the superintendent of
    13banking. To qualify for the list, a financial institution must
    14demonstrate a continuing commitment to meet the credit needs of
    15the local community in which it is chartered.
    16   Sec. 121.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 3, unnumbered
    17paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       18The committee treasurer of state may require a financial
    19institution to provide public notice inviting the public to
    20submit comments to the financial institution regarding its
    21community lending activities. Each financial institution shall
    22maintain a file open to public inspection which contains public
    23comments received on its community investment activities, and
    24the financial institution’s response to those comments. The
    25committee treasurer of state shall adopt procedures for both
    26of the following:
    27   Sec. 122.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 4, unnumbered
    28paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       29At least once a year the committee treasurer of state
    30 shall review any challenges that have been filed pursuant
    31to subsection 3. The committee treasurer of state may hold
    32a public hearing to consider the challenge. In considering
    33a challenge, the committee treasurer of state shall review
    34documents filed with federal regulatory authorities pursuant to
    35the Community Reinvestment Act, 12 U.S.C. §2901 et seq., and
    -37-1regulations adopted pursuant to the Act, as amended to January
    21, 1990. In addition, consistent with the confidentiality of
    3financial institution records the committee treasurer of state
    4 shall consider other factors including, but not limited to, the
    5following:
    6   Sec. 123.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
    7amended to read as follows:
       85.  a.  A person who believes a bank has failed to meet its
    9community reinvestment responsibility may file a complaint with
    10the committee treasurer of state detailing the basis for that
    11belief.
       12b.  If any committee member, in the member’s discretion,
    13     the treasurer of state, in the treasurer’s discretion, finds
    14that the complaint has merit, the member treasurer of state may
    15order the bank alleged to have failed to meet its community
    16reinvestment responsibility to attend and participate in a
    17meeting with the complainant. The committee member treasurer
    18of state     may specify who, at minimum, shall represent the bank
    19at the meeting. At the meeting, or at any other time, the bank
    20may, but is not required to, enter into an agreement with a
    21complainant to correct alleged failings.
       22c.  A majority of the committee The treasurer of state may
    23order a bank against which a complaint has been filed pursuant
    24to this subsection, to disclose such additional information
    25relating to community reinvestment as required by the order of
    26the majority of the committee treasurer of state.
       27d.  This subsection does not preempt any other remedies
    28available under statutory or common law available to the
    29committee treasurer of state, the superintendent of banking, or
    30aggrieved persons to cure violations of this section or chapter
    31524, or rules adopted pursuant to this section or chapter 524.
    32The committee treasurer of state may conduct a public hearing
    33as provided in subsection 4 based upon the same complaint. An
    34order finding merit in a complaint and ordering a meeting is
    35not an election of remedies.
    -38-    1   Sec. 124.  Section 524.223, subsection 2, unnumbered
    2paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       3If the state bank, director, officer, employee, or
    4substantial shareholder fails to appear at the hearing it shall
    5be deemed to have consented to the issuance of a cease and
    6desist order. In the event of such consent, or if upon the
    7record made at such hearing, the superintendent shall find that
    8any violation or unsafe or unsound practice specified in the
    9notice has been established, the superintendent may issue and
    10serve upon the state bank, director, officer, employee, or
    11substantial shareholder an order to cease and desist from any
    12such violation or practice. Such order may require the state
    13bank and its directors, officers, employees, and shareholders
    14to cease and desist from any such violation or practice and,
    15further, to take affirmative action to correct the conditions
    16resulting from any such violation or practice. In addition,
    17if the violation or practice involves a failure to comply with
    18chapter 12C or any rules adopted pursuant to chapter 12C, the
    19superintendent may recommend to the committee established under
    20section 12C.6     treasurer of state that the bank be removed from
    21the list of financial institutions eligible to accept public
    22funds under section 12C.6A and may require that during the
    23current calendar quarter and up to the next succeeding eight
    24calendar quarters that the bank do any one or more of the
    25following:
    26DIVISION XXVII
    27BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF SHORTHAND REPORTERS
    28   Sec. 125.  Section 272C.1, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
    292024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    30   Sec. 126.  Section 602.1209, subsections 9 and 13, Code 2024,
    31are amended by striking the subsections.
    32   Sec. 127.  Section 602.1513, Code 2024, is amended to read
    33as follows:
       34602.1513  Per diem compensation.
       35The supreme court shall set the per diem compensation under
    -39-1sections 602.1511 and section 602.1512 at a rate per day not
    2exceeding the rate specified in section 7E.6.
    3   Sec. 128.  Section 602.3105, Code 2024, is amended to read
    4as follows:
       5602.3105  Applications.
       6Applications for certification shall be on forms prescribed
    7and furnished by the board department of inspections, appeals,
    8and licensing     and the board department shall not require that
    9the application contain a photograph of the applicant. An
    10applicant shall not be denied certification because of age,
    11citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status, or national
    12origin although the application may require citizenship
    13information. Character references may be required, but shall
    14not be obtained from certified shorthand reporters.
    15   Sec. 129.  Section 602.3106, Code 2024, is amended to read
    16as follows:
       17602.3106  Fees — appropriation.
       181.  The supreme court department of inspections, appeals,
    19and licensing     shall set the fee for certification examinations.
    20The fee shall be based on the annual cost of administering the
    21examinations and upon the administrative costs of sustaining
     22the activities of the board department of inspections, appeals,
    23and licensing under this article    , which shall include but shall
    24not be limited to the cost for per diem, expenses, and travel
    25for board members employees of the department, and office
    26facilities, supplies, and equipment.
       272.  The fees collected are appropriated to the judicial
    28branch     department and shall be used to offset the expenses of
    29the board department, including the costs of administering the
    30examination.
    31   Sec. 130.  Section 602.3107, Code 2024, is amended to read
    32as follows:
       33602.3107  Examinations.
       34The board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
    35 may administer as many examinations per year as necessary,
    -40-1but shall administer at least one examination per year.
    2The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure
    3shall be prescribed by the board department. A written
    4examination may be conducted by representatives of the board
    5     department. Examinations in theory shall be in writing
    6and the identity of the person taking the examination shall
    7be concealed until after the examination papers have been
    8graded. For examinations in practice, the identity of the
    9person taking the examination also shall be concealed as far
    10as possible. Applicants who fail the examination once may
    11take the examination at the next scheduled time. Thereafter,
    12the applicant may be allowed to take the examination at the
    13discretion of the board department. An applicant who has
    14failed the examination may request in writing information
    15from the board department concerning the examination grade
    16and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to
    17answer correctly, and the board department shall provide the
    18information. However, if the board department administers
    19a uniform, standardized examination, the board department
    20 is only required to provide the examination grade and other
    21information concerning the applicant’s examination results that
    22is available to the board department.
    23   Sec. 131.  Section 602.3108, Code 2024, is amended to read
    24as follows:
       25602.3108  Certification.
       26The board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
    27 may issue a certificate to a person of good moral character
    28and fitness who makes application on a form prescribed and
    29furnished by the board department and who satisfies the
    30education, experience, and examination requirements of this
    31article and rules prescribed by the supreme court pursuant
    32to this article. The board department may consider the
    33applicant’s past record of any felony conviction and the
    34applicant’s past record of disciplinary action with respect to
    35certification as a shorthand reporter in any jurisdiction. The
    -41-1board department may deny certification if the board department
    2 finds the applicant has committed any of the acts listed in
    3section 602.3203 or has made a false statement of material fact
    4on the application for certification.
    5   Sec. 132.  Section 602.3201, Code 2024, is amended to read
    6as follows:
       7602.3201  Requirement of certification — use of title.
       8A person shall not engage in the profession of shorthand
    9reporting unless the person is certified pursuant to this
    10chapter, or otherwise exempted pursuant to section 602.6603,
    11subsection 4. Only a person who is certified by the board
    12     department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may
    13assume the title of certified shorthand reporter, or use the
    14abbreviation C.S.R., or any words, letters, or figures to
    15indicate that the person is a certified shorthand reporter.
    16   Sec. 133.  Section 602.3205, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
    17amended to read as follows:
       183.  a.  An audio or video recording of a certified shorthand
    19reporter shall be provided to the board department of
    20inspections, appeals, and licensing     upon request by the board
    21     department if a disciplinary proceeding is pending regarding
    22the certified shorthand reporter who is a respondent under the
    23provisions of section 602.3203 or the rules of the board of
    24examiners of shorthand reporters, Iowa court rules, ch.46
    25department.
       26b.  The audio and video recordings provided to the
    27board department pursuant to this subsection shall be kept
    28confidential by the board department in a manner as provided in
    29section 272C.6, subsection 4.
    30   Sec. 134.  Section 602.3206, Code 2024, is amended to read
    31as follows:
       32602.3206  Exempt status.
       33If a person’s certification as a shorthand reporter is
    34placed in exempt status, the person may transcribe or certify
    35a proceeding the person reported while certified as an active
    -42-1shorthand reporter. A person transcribing or certifying a
    2proceeding pursuant to this section shall remain subject to the
    3jurisdiction of the board of examiners of shorthand reporters
    4     department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
    5   Sec. 135.  Section 602.3301, subsection 1, unnumbered
    6paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
       7A member An employee of the board department of inspections,
    8appeals, and licensing     shall not disclose information relating
    9to the following:
    10   Sec. 136.  Section 602.3301, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    11amended to read as follows:
       122.  A member An employee of the board department who
    13willfully communicates or seeks to communicate information
    14referred to in subsection 1, or a person who willfully
    15requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain information referred to
    16in subsection 1, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
    17   Sec. 137.  Section 602.6603, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
    18amended to read as follows:
       195.  Except as provided in subsection 4, a person shall not
    20be appointed to the position of court reporter of the district
    21court unless the person has been certified as a shorthand
    22reporter by the board of examiners department of inspections,
    23appeals, and licensing     under article 3.
    24   Sec. 138.  REPEAL.  Sections 602.1511, 602.3101, 602.3102,
    25602.3103, and 602.3104, Code 2024, are repealed.
    26DIVISION XXVIII
    27MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES — STRIKES AND REPEALS
    28   Sec. 139.  Section 230A.110, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
    29amended by striking the subsection.
    30   Sec. 140.  Section 266.39, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2024,
    31are amended by striking the subsections.
    32   Sec. 141.  Section 455G.4, Code 2024, is amended by adding
    33the following new subsection:
    34   NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Repeal.  This section is repealed
    35December 31, 2028. On or before November 29, 2027, the
    -43-1department of natural resources, in consultation with the
    2board, shall propose legislation to the general assembly to
    3strike or repeal provisions referencing the board and the Iowa
    4comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund created
    5in section 455G.3 throughout the Code. The remainder of the
    6moneys in the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage
    7tank fund on December 31, 2028, shall be transferred to the
    8storage tank management account of the groundwater protection
    9fund created in section 455E.11.
    10   Sec. 142.  Section 602.6405, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
    11amended to read as follows:
       123.  The criminal procedure before magistrates is as provided
    13in chapters 804, 806, 808, 811, and 820 and 821 and rules of
    14criminal procedure 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, and 2.51 to 2.75.
    15The civil procedure before magistrates shall be as provided in
    16chapters 631 and 648.
    17   Sec. 143.  Section 906.4, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
    182024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    19   Sec. 144.  REPEAL.  Sections 7D.15, 80E.2, 155A.2A, 206.23A,
    20206.23B, 237A.23, 252B.22, 256.17, 312.3D, 328.13, 423.9A,
    21455B.150, 455B.151, 461A.79, 461A.80, 466B.31, 475A.7, 691.6B,
    22and 907B.3, Code 2024, are repealed.
    23   Sec. 145.  REPEAL.  Chapters 473A and 821, Code 2024, are
    24repealed.
    25DIVISION XXIX
    26TRANSITION PROVISIONS
    27   Sec. 146.  TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
       281.  A rule adopted by a government body eliminated in this
    29Act that is in force and effect immediately prior to the
    30effective date of this division of this Act shall continue in
    31full force and effect until the earlier of the following:
       32a.  The rule is amended, rescinded, or supplemented by the
    33affirmative action of the government body under which the
    34former government body was organized or that is assuming the
    35duties of the eliminated government body.
    -44-       1b.  The rule expires by its own terms.
       22.  Any license or permit issued by a government body
    3eliminated in this Act in effect on the effective date of this
    4division of this Act shall continue in full force and effect
    5until expiration or renewal.
       63.  Any moneys in any account or fund of, and all client and
    7organizational files in the possession of, any government body
    8eliminated in this Act shall be transferred to the control of
    9the state agency or department under which the government body
    10was organized or that is assuming the duties of the eliminated
    11government body.
       124.  Any personnel in the state merit system of employment
    13who are mandatorily transferred due to the effect of this Act
    14shall be so transferred without any loss in salary, benefits,
    15or accrued years of service.
    16EXPLANATION
    17The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
    18the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
       19This bill relates to boards, commissions, committees,
    20councils, and other entities of state government. The bill is
    21organized in divisions.
       22CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION. The bill eliminates the
    23capitol planning commission and transfers its duties to the
    24department of administrative services.
       25FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM CONTRACTORS AND ALARM SYSTEMS
    26ADVISORY BOARD. The bill eliminates the fire extinguishing
    27system contractors and alarm systems advisory board and
    28transfers its duties to the department of inspections, appeals,
    29and licensing.
       30CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM BOARD. The bill eliminates
    31the conservation education program board and transfers its
    32duties to the department of natural resources.
       33PRISON INDUSTRIES ADVISORY BOARD. The bill eliminates the
    34prison industries advisory board and transfers its duties to
    35the department of corrections.
    -45-       1COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND QUALITY
    2FACULTY PLAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. The bill
    3eliminates the community college faculty advisory committee and
    4quality faculty plan professional development committee.
       5COMMISSION ON EDUCATOR LEADERSHIP AND COMPENSATION. The
    6bill eliminates the commission on educator leadership and
    7compensation and transfers its duties to the department of
    8education.
       9TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates
    10the telecommunications advisory committee.
       11INTEGRATED ROADSIDE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY
    12COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the integrated roadside
    13vegetation management technical advisory committee.
       14TOURIST SIGNING COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the tourist
    15signing committee.
       16ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PERINATAL GUIDELINES. The bill
    17eliminates the advisory committee for perinatal guidelines.
       18CHILD CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the
    19child care advisory committee.
       20DEPENDENT ADULT PROTECTIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL. The bill
    21eliminates the dependent adult protective advisory council and
    22transfers its duties to the department of health and human
    23services.
       24COUNTY CARE FACILITIES MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES
    25STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the county
    26care facilities mental health and disability services standards
    27advisory committee.
       28911 COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the 911
    29communications council.
       30IOWA CULTURAL TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The bill eliminates
    31the Iowa cultural trust board of trustees and transfers its
    32duties to the economic development authority.
       33IOWA GREAT PLACES BOARD. The bill eliminates the Iowa
    34great places board and transfers its duties to the economic
    35development authority.
    -46-       1FARM DEER COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the farm deer
    2council.
       3GRAIN INDUSTRY PEER REVIEW PANEL. The bill eliminates the
    4grain industry peer review panel.
       5ORGANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the organic
    6advisory council.
       7WELL CONTRACTORS’ COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the well
    8contractors’ council.
       9INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION. The bill eliminates the
    10interstate cooperation commission.
       11STATE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COUNCIL. The bill eliminates
    12the state building code advisory council and transfers
    13its duties to the department of inspections, appeals, and
    14licensing.
       15BOARD OF HEARING AID SPECIALISTS. The bill eliminates the
    16board of hearing aid specialists and transfers its duties to
    17the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
       18HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BID THRESHOLD
    19SUBCOMMITTEES. The bill eliminates the horizontal and vertical
    20infrastructure bid threshold subcommittees and transfers their
    21duties to the director of transportation, who shall consult
    22with industry and subject matter experts.
       23EARLY CHILDHOOD STAKEHOLDERS ALLIANCE. The bill eliminates
    24the early childhood stakeholders alliance and makes the early
    25childhood Iowa state board the state advisory council required
    26under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act
    27of 2007.
       28PUBLIC FUNDS INTEREST RATES COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates
    29the public funds interest rates committee and transfers its
    30duties to the treasurer of state, who may consult with subject
    31matter experts as needed.
       32BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF SHORTHAND REPORTERS. The bill
    33eliminates the board of examiners of shorthand reporters and
    34transfers its duties to the department of inspections, appeals,
    35and licensing.
    -47-       1MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES — STRIKES AND REPEALS. The bill
    2eliminates the community mental health centers mental health
    3and disability services standards advisory committee, Leopold
    4center for sustainable agriculture advisory board, public
    5policy research foundation, drug policy advisory council,
    6alternate members for the board of pharmacy, commercial
    7pesticide applicator peer review panel, private pesticide
    8applicator peer review panel, leadership council for child care
    9training and development, child support services task force on
    10liens and motor vehicle registrations, postsecondary course
    11audit committee, street construction fund distribution advisory
    12committee, commercial air service retention and expansion
    13committee, Iowa streamlined sales tax advisory council, federal
    14Clean Air Act compliance advisory panel, advisory council for
    15public outdoor recreation and resources and the associated
    16funding program, watershed planning advisory council, consumer
    17advisory panel, and interagency coordinating council. The bill
    18repeals membership provisions for the interstate compact for
    19adult offender supervision.
       20The bill eliminates the Iowa comprehensive petroleum
    21underground storage tank fund board effective December 31,
    222028, and requires the department of natural resources, in
    23consultation with the board, to submit conforming legislation.
       24The bill repeals the midwest energy compact and the
    25agreement on detainers compact.
       26TRANSITION PROVISIONS. The bill provides that a rule
    27adopted by a government body eliminated by the bill that is
    28in force and effect immediately prior to July 1, 2024, shall
    29continue in full force and effect until it expires by its
    30own terms or is repealed by the relevant government body. A
    31license or permit issued by a government body eliminated by the
    32bill that is in effect on July 1, 2024, continues in full force
    33and effect until expiration or renewal. The bill transfers
    34control of moneys and client and organizational files in the
    35possession of an entity eliminated by the bill to the control
    -48-1of the government body assuming control of the duties of the
    2former government body.
       3The bill provides that personnel in the state merit system of
    4employment who are mandatorily transferred due to the effect of
    5the bill shall be so transferred without any loss in salary,
    6benefits, or accrued years of service.
    -49-    ss/ns