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  1  1                                    HOUSE FILE 200
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO NONSUBSTANTIVE CODE CORRECTIONS.
  1  5 
  1  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  7 
  1  8    Section 1.  Section 7G.1, subsection 7, Code 1997, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    7.  FUNDS RECEIVED.  All funds received by the commission,
  1 11 including but not limited to gifts, transfers, endowments,
  1 12 application and other fees related to the issuance of
  1 13 sesquicentennial motor vehicle registration plates pursuant to
  1 14 section 321.34, subsection 14, moneys from the sale of
  1 15 mementos and products related to the purposes of the
  1 16 commission, and appropriations, shall be credited to the
  1 17 sesquicentennial fund and are appropriated to the commission
  1 18 to be invested or used to support the activities of the
  1 19 commission.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the
  1 20 fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the
  1 21 general fund of the state.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 10A.108, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1 23 paragraph 2, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 24    A lien under this section shall not attach to any amount of
  1 25 inappropriately obtained benefits or provider payments, or
  1 26 portions of the benefits or provider payments, attributable to
  1 27 errors by the department of human services.  Liens shall only
  1 28 attach to the amounts of inappropriately obtained benefits or
  1 29 provider payments or portions of the benefits or provider
  1 30 payments which were obtained due to false, misleading,
  1 31 incomplete, or inaccurate information submitted by a person in
  1 32 connection with the application for or receipt of benefits or
  1 33 provider payments.
  1 34    Sec. 3.  Section 10A.108, subsection 4, unnumbered
  1 35 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2  1    The county recorder of each county shall prepare and
  2  2 maintain in the recorder's office an index of liens of debts
  2  3 established based upon benefits or provider payments
  2  4 inappropriately obtained from and owed the department of human
  2  5 services, which provides appropriate columns for all of the
  2  6 following data, under the names of debtors, arranged
  2  7 alphabetically:
  2  8    Sec. 4.  Section 12.40, subsection 3, Code 1997, is amended
  2  9 to read as follows:
  2 10    3.  In order to qualify as an eligible borrower, the rural
  2 11 small business must be located in a city with a population of
  2 12 five thousand or less.  A business in a city located in a
  2 13 county with a population in excess of three hundred thousand,
  2 14 if the city is contiguous to another city in the county and
  2 15 that other city is contiguous to the largest city in that
  2 16 county, shall be ineligible to qualify as a borrower.
  2 17    Sec. 5.  Section 15.114, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  2 18 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 19    c.  "Microbusiness Microenterprise organization" means a
  2 20 nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 504A which is
  2 21 exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c) of the
  2 22 Internal Revenue Code and which has a principal mission of
  2 23 actively engaging in microbusiness development, training,
  2 24 technical assistance, and capital access for the start-up or
  2 25 expansion of microbusinesses.
  2 26    Sec. 6.  Section 15A.7, subsection 4, Code 1997, is amended
  2 27 to read as follows:
  2 28    4.  To provide funds for the payment of the costs of the
  2 29 additional project, a community college may borrow money,
  2 30 issue and sell certificates, and secure the payment of the
  2 31 certificates in the same manner as described in section
  2 32 260E.6, including, but not limited to, providing the
  2 33 assessment of an annual levy as described in section 260E.6,
  2 34 subsection 4.  The program and credit authorized by this
  2 35 subsection section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the
  3  1 program and credit authorized in chapter 260E.
  3  2    Sec. 7.  Section 80.16, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  3  3 follows:
  3  4    80.16  BONDS.
  3  5    All special agents appointed by the commissioner of public
  3  6 safety pursuant to section 80.7 shall furnish bond as required
  3  7 by the commissioner in the amount of five thousand dollars.
  3  8 All members of the state department of public safety excepting
  3  9 the members of the clerical force shall be bonded for the
  3 10 faithful performance of their duties, in such an amount as the
  3 11 commissioner of public safety may deem necessary, but not less
  3 12 than five thousand dollars for any one position, and clerical
  3 13 employees may be so bonded.  The director commissioner is
  3 14 authorized to purchase bond coverage with departmental funds,
  3 15 either in blanket bond form or in individual bond form or in
  3 16 any combination thereof.
  3 17    Sec. 8.  Section 84A.7, subsection 2, Code 1997, is amended
  3 18 to read as follows:
  3 19    2.  IOWA CONSERVATION CORPS ESTABLISHED.  The Iowa
  3 20 conservation corps is established in this state to provide
  3 21 meaningful and productive public service jobs for the youth,
  3 22 the unemployed persons, the disabled persons with
  3 23 disabilities, the disadvantaged persons, and the elderly
  3 24 persons, and to provide participants with an opportunity to
  3 25 explore careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the
  3 26 general welfare of their communities and the state.  The corps
  3 27 shall provide opportunities in the areas of natural resource
  3 28 and wildlife conservation, park maintenance and restoration,
  3 29 land management, energy savings, community improvement
  3 30 projects, tourism, economic development, and work benefiting
  3 31 human services programs.  The department of workforce
  3 32 development shall administer the corps and shall adopt rules
  3 33 governing its operation, eligibility for participation, cash
  3 34 contributions, and implementation of an incentive program.
  3 35    Sec. 9.  Section 97A.7, subsection 5, Code 1997, is amended
  4  1 by striking the subsection.
  4  2    Sec. 10.  Section 97B.49, subsection 17, paragraph c,
  4  3 subparagraph (1), Code 1997, is amended by striking the
  4  4 subparagraph.
  4  5    Sec. 11.  Section 97B.80, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  4  6 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  4  7    Effective July 1, 1992, a vested or retired member, who at
  4  8 any time served on active duty in the armed forces of the
  4  9 United States, upon submitting verification of the dates of
  4 10 the active duty service, may make employer and employee
  4 11 contributions to the system based upon the member's covered
  4 12 wages for the most recent full calendar year in which the
  4 13 member had reportable wages at the applicable rates in effect
  4 14 for that year under sections 97B.11 and 97B.49, for all or a
  4 15 portion of the period of time of the active duty service, in
  4 16 increments of one or more calendar quarters, and receive
  4 17 credit for membership service and prior service for the period
  4 18 of time for which the contributions are made.  If the member's
  4 19 most recent covered wages were earned prior to the most recent
  4 20 calendar year, the member's covered wages shall be adjusted by
  4 21 the department by an inflation factor to reflect changes in
  4 22 the economy.  The department shall adjust benefits for a six-
  4 23 month period prior to the date the member pays contributions
  4 24 under this section if the member is receiving a retirement
  4 25 allowance at the time the contribution payment is made.
  4 26 Verification of active duty service and payment of
  4 27 contributions shall be made to the department.  However, a
  4 28 member is not eligible to make contributions under this
  4 29 section if the member is receiving, is eligible to receive, or
  4 30 may in the future be eligible to receive retirement pay from
  4 31 the United States government for active duty in the armed
  4 32 forces, except for retirement pay granted by the United States
  4 33 government under retired pay for nonregular service (10 U.S.C.
  4 34 } 1331, et seq.) pursuant to 10 U.S.C. } 12731–12739.  A
  4 35 member receiving retired pay for nonregular service who makes
  5  1 contributions under this section shall provide information
  5  2 required by the department documenting time periods covered
  5  3 under retired pay for nonregular service.
  5  4    Sec. 12.  Section 99D.25A, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  5  5 amended to read as follows:
  5  6    2.  Phenylbutazone shall not be administered to a horse in
  5  7 dosages which would result in concentrations of more than two
  5  8 point two micrograms of the substance or its metabolites per
  5  9 millimeter milliliter of blood.
  5 10    Sec. 13.  Section 135.11, subsection 16, Code 1997, is
  5 11 amended by striking the subsection.
  5 12    Sec. 14.  Section 135.107, subsection 3, paragraph c,
  5 13 subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (a), Code 1997, is
  5 14 amended to read as follows:
  5 15    (a)  Determination of eligibility requirements and
  5 16 qualifications of an applicant to receive scholarships under
  5 17 the program, including but not limited to years of obligated
  5 18 service, clinical practice requirements, and residency
  5 19 requirements.  One year of obligated service shall be provided
  5 20 by the applicant in exchange for each year of loan repayment
  5 21 scholarship receipt, unless federal requirements otherwise
  5 22 require.
  5 23    Sec. 15.  Section 137E.1, subsection 11, Code 1997, is
  5 24 amended to read as follows:
  5 25    11.  "Potentially hazardous food" means any food that
  5 26 consists in whole or in part of milk or milk products, eggs,
  5 27 meat, poultry, fish, shell fish, edible crustacea, or other
  5 28 ingredients including synthetic ingredients, in a form capable
  5 29 of supporting rapid and progressive growth or of infectious or
  5 30 toxigenic microorganisms.  The term does not include clean,
  5 31 whole, uncracked, odor-free shell eggs or foods which have a
  5 32 pH level of 4.5 or below or a water activity (Aw) value of
  5 33 0.85 or less.
  5 34    Sec. 16.  Section 191.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997,
  5 35 is amended to read as follows:
  6  1    Every person owning or in charge of any place where food or
  6  2 drink is sold who uses or serves therein imitation cheese, as
  6  3 in this subtitle defined, shall display at all times opposite
  6  4 each table or place of service a placard for such imitation,
  6  5 with the words "Imitation ........ served here", without other
  6  6 matter, printed in black roman letters not less than three
  6  7 inches in height and two inches in width, on a white card
  6  8 twelve by twenty-two inches in dimensions.
  6  9    Sec. 17.  Section 229.33, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  6 10 follows:
  6 11    229.33  HEARING.
  6 12    If, on such report and statement, and the hearing of
  6 13 testimony if any is offered, the judge shall find that such
  6 14 person is not seriously mentally impaired, the judge shall
  6 15 order the person's discharge; if the contrary, the judge shall
  6 16 so state, and authorize the continued detention of the person,
  6 17 subject to all applicable requirements of this Act chapter
  6 18 229.
  6 19    Sec. 18.  Section 230.6, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  6 20 amended to read as follows:
  6 21    1.  If the administrator finds that the decision of the
  6 22 court as to legal settlement is correct, the administrator
  6 23 shall cause said patient either to be transferred to a state
  6 24 hospital for persons with mental illness at the expense of the
  6 25 state, or to be transferred, with approval of the court as
  6 26 required by this Act chapter 229 to the place of foreign
  6 27 settlement.
  6 28    Sec. 19.  Section 230.7, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  6 29 follows:
  6 30    230.7  TRANSFER OF NONRESIDENTS.
  6 31    Upon determining that a patient in a state hospital who has
  6 32 been involuntarily hospitalized under this Act chapter 229 or
  6 33 admitted voluntarily at public expense was not a resident of
  6 34 this state at the time of the involuntary hospitalization or
  6 35 admission, the administrator may cause that patient to be
  7  1 conveyed to the patient's place of residence.  However, a
  7  2 transfer under this section may be made only if the patient's
  7  3 condition so permits and other reasons do not render the
  7  4 transfer inadvisable. If the patient was involuntarily
  7  5 hospitalized, prior approval of the transfer must be obtained
  7  6 from the court which ordered the patient hospitalized.
  7  7    Sec. 20.  Section 231.53, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  7  8 follows:
  7  9    231.53  COORDINATION WITH JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.
  7 10    The employment and training program administered by the
  7 11 department shall be coordinated with the training program for
  7 12 older individuals administered by the department of economic
  7 13 development workforce development under the Job Training
  7 14 Partnership Act.
  7 15    A proposed annual plan for coordinating these programs
  7 16 shall be developed jointly by the department of elder affairs,
  7 17 the department of economic development, the department of
  7 18 education, and the department of workforce development for
  7 19 submittal to the state job training coordinating council.  The
  7 20 state job training coordinating council shall take the
  7 21 proposed plan under advisement in preparing a final annual
  7 22 plan for coordinating these programs which will be submitted
  7 23 to the governor.
  7 24    After the end of each annual planning period, the
  7 25 department of elder affairs, the department of economic
  7 26 development, the department of education, and the department
  7 27 of workforce development shall submit a joint report to the
  7 28 state job training coordinating council describing the
  7 29 services provided to elderly Iowans, assessing the extent to
  7 30 which coordination of programs was achieved, and making
  7 31 recommendations for improving coordination.
  7 32    Sec. 21.  Section 231C.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  7 33 follows:
  7 34    231C.4  FIRE AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
  7 35    The state fire marshal shall adopt rules, in coordination
  8  1 with the department, relating to the certification or
  8  2 voluntary accreditation and monitoring of the fire and safety
  8  3 standards of certified or voluntarily accredited assisted
  8  4 living programs.
  8  5    Sec. 22.  Section 232.89, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  8  6 amended to read as follows:
  8  7    1.  Upon the filing of a petition the parent, guardian, or
  8  8 custodian identified in the petition shall have the right to
  8  9 counsel in connection with all subsequent hearings and
  8 10 proceedings.  If that person desires but is financially unable
  8 11 to employ counsel, the court shall appoint counsel.  However,
  8 12 an incarcerated parent without legal custody shall not have
  8 13 the right to court-appointed counsel.
  8 14    Sec. 23.  Section 249F.1, subsection 2, paragraph b,
  8 15 subparagraph (6), Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  8 16    (6)  Transfers of assets that would, at the time of the
  8 17 transferor's application for medical assistance, have been
  8 18 exempt from consideration as a resource if it had been
  8 19 retained by the transferor, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. } 1382b(a),
  8 20 as implemented by regulations adopted by the secretary of the
  8 21 United States department of health and human services.
  8 22    Sec. 24.  Section 256B.2, subsection 3, unnumbered
  8 23 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  8 24    It is the policy of this state to require school districts
  8 25 and state operated educational programs to provide or make
  8 26 provision, as an integral part of public education, for a free
  8 27 and appropriate public education sufficient to meet the needs
  8 28 of all children requiring special education.  This chapter is
  8 29 not to be construed as encouraging separate facilities or
  8 30 segregated programs designed to meet the needs of children
  8 31 requiring special education when the children can benefit from
  8 32 all or part of the education program as offered by the local
  8 33 school district.  To the maximum extent possible, children
  8 34 requiring special education shall attend regular classes and
  8 35 shall be educated with children who do not require special
  9  1 education.  Whenever possible, hindrances to learning and to
  9  2 the normal functioning of children requiring special education
  9  3 within the regular school environment shall be overcome by the
  9  4 provision of special aids and services rather than by separate
  9  5 programs for those in need of special education.  Special
  9  6 classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children
  9  7 requiring special education from the regular educational
  9  8 environment, shall occur only when, and to the extent that the
  9  9 nature or severity of the educational disability is such, that
  9 10 education in regular classes, even with the use of
  9 11 supplementary aids and services, cannot be accomplished
  9 12 satisfactorily.  For those children who cannot adapt to the
  9 13 regular educational or home living conditions, and who are
  9 14 attending facilities under chapters 263, 269, and 270, upon
  9 15 the request of the board of directors of an area education
  9 16 agency, the department of human services shall provide
  9 17 residential or detention facilities and the area education
  9 18 agency shall provide special education programs and services.
  9 19 The area education agencies shall cooperate with the board of
  9 20 regents to provide the services required by this Act chapter.
  9 21    Sec. 25.  Section 257.21, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  9 22 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  9 23    The instructional support income surtax shall be imposed on
  9 24 the state individual income tax for the calendar year during
  9 25 which the school's budget year begins, or for a taxpayer's
  9 26 fiscal year ending during the second half of that calendar
  9 27 year and after the date the board adopts a resolution to
  9 28 participate in the program or the first half of the succeeding
  9 29 calendar year, and shall be imposed on all individuals
  9 30 residing in the school district on the last day of the
  9 31 applicable tax year.  As used in this section, "state
  9 32 individual income tax" means the taxes computed under section
  9 33 422.5, less the credits allowed in sections 422.11A, 422.11B,
  9 34 422.11C, 422.12, and 422.12B.
  9 35    Sec. 26.  Section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph d, Code
 10  1 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 10  2    d.  Funds transferred to the committee in accordance with
 10  3 section 321.34, subsection 12 22, are appropriated to and may
 10  4 be expended for the purposes of the committee, as described in
 10  5 this section.  However, highest priority shall be given to
 10  6 districts that meet the conditions described in this
 10  7 subsection.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code,
 10  8 unencumbered or unobligated funds transferred to the committee
 10  9 pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 12 22, remaining on
 10 10 June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds were
 10 11 transferred, shall not revert but shall be available for
 10 12 expenditure for the purposes of this subsection in subsequent
 10 13 fiscal years.
 10 14    Sec. 27.  Section 260C.39, unnumbered paragraphs 3 and 4,
 10 15 Code 1997, are amended by striking the unnumbered paragraphs.
 10 16    Sec. 28.  Section 260C.45, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
 10 17 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph.
 10 18    Sec. 29.  Section 260C.46, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 10 19 follows:
 10 20    260C.46  PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE SHARING.
 10 21    By September 1, 1990, the department shall establish
 10 22 guidelines and an approval process for program sharing
 10 23 agreements and for administrative sharing agreements entered
 10 24 into by two or more community colleges or by a community
 10 25 college and a higher education institution under the control
 10 26 of the board of regents.  Guidelines established shall be
 10 27 designed to increase student access to programs, enhance
 10 28 educational program offerings throughout the state, and
 10 29 enhance interinstitutional cooperation in program offerings.
 10 30 A community college must submit an application and obtain
 10 31 approval from the department in order to become eligible to
 10 32 receive funds from the community college excellence 2000
 10 33 account under section 260D.14A for an administrative sharing
 10 34 or program sharing agreement.  The application shall describe
 10 35 the sharing agreement, costs, and benefits associated with the
 11  1 sharing proposal.
 11  2    Sec. 30.  Section 260F.8, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
 11  3 amended to read as follows:
 11  4    1.  For each fiscal year, the department shall make funds
 11  5 available to the community colleges.  The department shall
 11  6 allocate by formula from the moneys in the fund an amount for
 11  7 each community college to be used to provide the financial
 11  8 assistance for proposals of businesses whose applications have
 11  9 been approved by the department.  The financial assistance
 11 10 shall be provided by the department from the amount set aside
 11 11 for that community college.  If any portion of the moneys set
 11 12 aside for a community college have not been used or committed
 11 13 by May 1 of the fiscal year, that portion is available for use
 11 14 by the department to provide financial assistance to
 11 15 businesses located in applying to other community colleges.
 11 16 The department shall adopt by rule a formula for this set-
 11 17 aside.
 11 18    Sec. 31.  Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 1997, is
 11 19 amended to read as follows:
 11 20    7.  A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be
 11 21 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the
 11 22 pupil's district of residence.  A pupil's residence, for
 11 23 purposes of this section, means a residence under section
 11 24 282.1.  The board of directors of the district of residence
 11 25 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil
 11 26 for the previous school year, plus any moneys received for the
 11 27 pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting under
 11 28 section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year
 11 29 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year.
 11 30 The district of residence shall also transmit the phase III
 11 31 moneys allocated to the district for the previous year for the
 11 32 full-time equivalent attendance of the pupil, who is the
 11 33 subject of the request, to the receiving district specified in
 11 34 the request for transfer.
 11 35    Sec. 32.  Section 282.18, subsection 9, unnumbered
 12  1 paragraph 2, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 12  2    If a request to transfer is due to a change in family
 12  3 residence, change in the state in which the family residence
 12  4 is located, a change in a child's parents' marital status, a
 12  5 guardianship proceeding, placement in foster care, adoption,
 12  6 participation in a foreign exchange program, or participation
 12  7 in a substance abuse or mental health treatment program, and
 12  8 the child, who is the subject of the request, is not currently
 12  9 using any provision of open enrollment, the parent or guardian
 12 10 of the child shall have the option to have the child remain in
 12 11 the child's original district of residence under open
 12 12 enrollment with no interruption in the child's educational
 12 13 program.  If a parent or guardian exercises this option, the
 12 14 child's new district of residence is not required to pay the
 12 15 lower of the two district costs per pupil or other costs to
 12 16 the receiving district amount calculated in subsection 7,
 12 17 until the start of the first full year of enrollment of the
 12 18 child.
 12 19    Sec. 33.  Section 321.210, subsection 1, unnumbered
 12 20 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 12 21    The department is authorized to establish rules providing
 12 22 for the suspension of the license of an operator upon twenty
 12 23 thirty days' notice and without preliminary hearing upon a
 12 24 showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the
 12 25 licensee:
 12 26    Sec. 34.  Section 321E.14, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 12 27 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph.
 12 28    Sec. 35.  Section 321L.1, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
 12 29 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 12 30    a.  A handicapped registration plate issued to or for a
 12 31 handicapped person under section 321.34, subsection 7 14.
 12 32    Sec. 36.  Section 331.438, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
 12 33 amended to read as follows:
 12 34    2.  Except as modified based upon the actual amount of the
 12 35 appropriation for purposes of state payment under section
 13  1 331.439, the amount of the state payment for a fiscal year
 13  2 shall be calculated by applying the inflation allowed growth
 13  3 factor adjustment established in accordance with section
 13  4 331.439, subsection 3, for that fiscal year to the amount of
 13  5 county expenditures for qualified services in the previous
 13  6 fiscal year.  A state payment is the state funding a county
 13  7 receives pursuant to section 426B.2, subsection 2.  Any state
 13  8 funding received by a county for property tax relief in
 13  9 accordance with section 426B.2, subsections 1 and 3, is not a
 13 10 state payment and shall not be included in the state payment
 13 11 calculation made pursuant to this subsection.
 13 12    Sec. 37.  Section 331.602, subsection 14, Code 1997, is
 13 13 amended by striking the subsection.
 13 14    Sec. 38.  Section 372.4, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997,
 13 15 is amended to read as follows:
 13 16    However, a city governed, on the effective date of this
 13 17 section July 1, 1975, by the mayor-council form composed of a
 13 18 mayor and a council consisting of two council members elected
 13 19 at large, and one council member from each of four wards, or a
 13 20 special charter city governed, on the effective date of this
 13 21 section July 1, 1975, by the mayor-council form composed of a
 13 22 mayor and a council consisting of two council members elected
 13 23 at large and one council member elected from each of eight
 13 24 wards, may continue until the form of government is changed as
 13 25 provided in section 372.2 or section 372.9. While a city is
 13 26 thus operating with an even number of council members, the
 13 27 mayor may vote to break a tie vote on motions not involving
 13 28 ordinances, resolutions or appointments made by the council
 13 29 alone, and in a special charter city operating with ten
 13 30 council members under this section, the mayor may vote to
 13 31 break a tie vote on all measures.
 13 32    Sec. 39.  Section 372.5, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1997,
 13 33 is amended to read as follows:
 13 34    However, a city governed, on the effective date of this
 13 35 section July 1, 1975, by the commission form and having a
 14  1 council composed of a mayor and two council members elected at
 14  2 large may continue with a council of three until the form of
 14  3 government is changed as provided in section 372.2 or section
 14  4 372.9 or without changing the form, may submit to the voters
 14  5 the question of increasing the council to five members
 14  6 assigned to the five departments as set out in this section.
 14  7    Sec. 40.  Section 372.12, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 14  8 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 14  9    A city may not adopt the special charter form but a city
 14 10 governed by a special charter on the effective date of the
 14 11 city code July 1, 1975, is considered to have the special
 14 12 charter form although it may utilize elements of the mayor-
 14 13 council form in conjunction with the provisions of its special
 14 14 charter.  In adopting and filing its charter as required in
 14 15 section 372.1, a special charter city shall include the
 14 16 provisions of its charter and any provisions of the mayor-
 14 17 council form which are followed by the city on the effective
 14 18 date of the city code July 1, 1975.
 14 19    Sec. 41.  Section 421.16, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 14 20 follows:
 14 21    421.16  EXPENSES.
 14 22    The director, deputy directors, secretary, and assistants
 14 23 department employees are entitled to receive from the state
 14 24 their actual necessary expenses while traveling on the
 14 25 business of the department.  The expenditures shall be sworn
 14 26 to by the party who incurred the expense, and approved and
 14 27 allowed by the director.  However, such expenses shall not be
 14 28 allowed residents of Polk county while in the city of Des
 14 29 Moines or traveling between their homes and the city of Des
 14 30 Moines.
 14 31    Sec. 42.  Section 422.6, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997,
 14 32 is amended to read as follows:
 14 33    The tax imposed by section 422.5 less the credits allowed
 14 34 under sections 422.10, 422.11A, and 422.11B, and 422.11C, and
 14 35 the personal exemption credit allowed under section 422.12
 15  1 apply to and are a charge against estates and trusts with
 15  2 respect to their taxable income, and the rates are the same as
 15  3 those applicable to individuals.  The fiduciary shall make the
 15  4 return of income for the estate or trust for which the
 15  5 fiduciary acts, whether the income is taxable to the estate or
 15  6 trust or to the beneficiaries.
 15  7    Sec. 43.  Section 422.10, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 15  8 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 15  9    Any credit in excess of the tax liability imposed by
 15 10 section 422.5 less the credits allowed under sections 422.11A,
 15 11 422.11C, 422.12, and 422.12B for the taxable year shall be
 15 12 refunded with interest computed under section 422.25.  In lieu
 15 13 of claiming a refund, a taxpayer may elect to have the
 15 14 overpayment shown on the taxpayer's final, completed return
 15 15 credited to the tax liability for the following taxable year.
 15 16    Sec. 44.  Section 422.12C, subsection 1, unnumbered
 15 17 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 15 18    The taxes imposed under this division, less the credits
 15 19 allowed under sections 422.11A, 422.11B, 422.11C, 422.12, and
 15 20 422.12B shall be reduced by a child and dependent care credit
 15 21 equal to the following percentages of the federal child and
 15 22 dependent care credit provided in section 21 of the Internal
 15 23 Revenue Code:
 15 24    Sec. 45.  Section 422.26, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 15 25 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 15 26    The lien shall attach at the time the tax becomes due and
 15 27 payable and shall continue for ten years from the date an
 15 28 assessment is issued unless sooner released or otherwise
 15 29 discharged.  The lien may, within ten years from the date an
 15 30 assessment is issued, be extended by filing for record a
 15 31 notice with the appropriate county official of any county and
 15 32 from the time of such filing, the lien shall be extended to
 15 33 the property in such county for ten years, unless sooner
 15 34 released or otherwise discharged, with no limit on the number
 15 35 of extensions.  Liens having attached prior to January 1,
 16  1 1969, will expire on January 1, 1979, unless extended by the
 16  2 director.  The director shall charge off any account whose
 16  3 lien is allowed to lapse and may charge off any account and
 16  4 release the corresponding lien before the lien has lapsed if
 16  5 the director determines under uniform rules prescribed by the
 16  6 director that the account is uncollectible or collection costs
 16  7 involved would not warrant collection of the amount due.
 16  8    Sec. 46.  Section 422D.2, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 16  9 follows:
 16 10    422D.2  LOCAL INCOME SURTAX.
 16 11    A county may impose by ordinance a local income surtax as
 16 12 provided in section 422D.1 at the rate set by the board of
 16 13 supervisors, of up to one percent, on the state individual
 16 14 income tax of each individual residing in the county at the
 16 15 end of the individual's applicable tax year.  However, the
 16 16 cumulative total of the percents of income surtax imposed on
 16 17 any taxpayer in the county shall not exceed twenty percent.
 16 18 The reason for imposing the surtax and the amount needed shall
 16 19 be set out in the ordinance.  The surtax rate shall be set to
 16 20 raise only the amount needed.  For purposes of this section,
 16 21 "state individual income tax" means the tax computed under
 16 22 section 422.5, less the credits allowed in sections 422.11A,
 16 23 422.11B, 422.11C, 422.12, and 422.12B.
 16 24    Sec. 47.  Section 424.18, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 16 25 follows:
 16 26    424.18  EFFECTIVE DATE.
 16 27    The environmental protection charge is imposed beginning
 16 28 July 1, 1989.  For all deposits subject to the charge made on
 16 29 or after July 1, 1989, the depositor and receiver are
 16 30 obligated to pay the charge as provided in this chapter.  The
 16 31 amount of the initial environmental protection charge as
 16 32 calculated after determination of the cost factor by the board
 16 33 and the required forms and procedures shall be published in
 16 34 the Iowa administrative bulletin prior to July 1, 1989.
 16 35    Sec. 48.  Section 425.40, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 17  1 follows:
 17  2    425.40  LOW-INCOME FUND CREATED.
 17  3    1.  A low-income tax credit and reimbursement fund is
 17  4 created.
 17  5    2.  If the amount appropriated under subsection 1 plus any
 17  6 supplemental appropriation made for purposes of this section
 17  7 for a fiscal year is insufficient to pay all claims in full,
 17  8 the director shall pay, in full, all claims to be paid during
 17  9 the fiscal year for reimbursement of rent constituting
 17 10 property taxes paid or if moneys are insufficient to pay all
 17 11 such claims on a pro rata basis.  If the amount of claims for
 17 12 credit for property taxes due to be paid during the fiscal
 17 13 year exceed the amount remaining after payment to renters, the
 17 14 director of revenue and finance shall prorate the payments to
 17 15 the counties for the property tax credit.  In order for the
 17 16 director to carry out the requirements of this subsection,
 17 17 notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this
 17 18 division, claims for reimbursement for rent constituting
 17 19 property taxes paid filed before May 1 of the fiscal year
 17 20 shall be eligible to be paid in full during the fiscal year
 17 21 and those claims filed on or after May 1 of the fiscal year
 17 22 shall be eligible to be paid during the following fiscal year
 17 23 and the director is not required to make payments to counties
 17 24 for the property tax credit before June 15 of the fiscal year.
 17 25    Sec. 49.  Section 427A.12, subsection 5, Code 1997, is
 17 26 amended to read as follows:
 17 27    5.  For each state fiscal year ending with or before the
 17 28 year in which the ninth increase in the additional personal
 17 29 property tax credit under this division becomes effective,
 17 30 each taxing district shall be reimbursed from the personal
 17 31 property tax replacement fund in an amount equal to its
 17 32 personal property tax replacement base multiplied by a
 17 33 fraction the numerator of which is the total assessed value of
 17 34 all personal property, excluding livestock, in the taxing
 17 35 district, on which taxes are not payable during the fiscal
 18  1 year because of the various tax credits granted by this
 18  2 chapter, and the denominator of which is the total assessed
 18  3 value of all personal property in the taxing district,
 18  4 excluding livestock but including other personal property
 18  5 eligible for tax credits granted by this chapter.  For the
 18  6 half year beginning January 1, 1974, and ending June 30, 1974,
 18  7 the amount of reimbursement shall be half the amount
 18  8 determined pursuant to this subsection.  The county auditor
 18  9 shall certify and forward to the director of the department of
 18 10 management and the director of revenue and finance, at the
 18 11 times and in the form directed by the director of the
 18 12 department of management, any information needed for the
 18 13 purposes of this subsection.  The director of the department
 18 14 of management shall make any necessary corrections and certify
 18 15 the appropriate information to the director of revenue and
 18 16 finance.
 18 17    Sec. 50.  Section 427A.12, subsection 6, Code 1997, is
 18 18 amended to read as follows:
 18 19    6.  The amount due each taxing district shall be paid in
 18 20 the form of warrants payable to the respective county
 18 21 treasurers by the director of revenue and finance on May 15 of
 18 22 each fiscal year, taking into consideration the relative
 18 23 budget and cash position of the state resources.  For the
 18 24 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1984 and ending June 30, 1985,
 18 25 one-half of the amount due each taxing district shall be paid
 18 26 to the respective county treasurers by the state comptroller
 18 27 on May 15, 1985.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1985
 18 28 and ending June 30, 1986, and for each succeeding fiscal year
 18 29 the amount due each taxing district shall be paid in the form
 18 30 of warrants payable to the respective county treasurers by the
 18 31 director of revenue and finance on July 15 and May 15 of that
 18 32 fiscal year, taking into consideration the relative budget and
 18 33 cash position of the state resources.  The July 15 payment
 18 34 shall be equal to the amount paid on May 15 of the preceding
 18 35 fiscal year and the payments received shall be an account
 19  1 receivable for each taxing district for the preceding fiscal
 19  2 year.  The May 15 payment is equal to one-half of the amount
 19  3 of the additional personal property tax credit payable for the
 19  4 fiscal year.  The county treasurer shall pay the proceeds to
 19  5 the various taxing districts in the county.
 19  6    Sec. 51.  Section 441.21, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
 19  7 amended by striking the subsection.
 19  8    Sec. 52.  Section 441.46, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 19  9 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 19 10    The assessment date for property taxes for the fiscal
 19 11 period beginning January 1, 1973 and ending June 30, 1974 and
 19 12 which became delinquent during the fiscal period beginning
 19 13 January 1, 1974 and ending June 30, 1975, was January 1, 1973.
 19 14 The assessment date for property taxes for the fiscal year
 19 15 beginning July 1, 1974 and ending June 30, 1975 and which
 19 16 became delinquent during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 19 17 1975 and ending June 30, 1976, was January 1, 1974.
 19 18 Thereafter, the The assessment date is January 1 for taxes for
 19 19 the fiscal year which commences six months after the
 19 20 assessment date and which become delinquent during the fiscal
 19 21 year commencing eighteen months after the assessment date.
 19 22    Sec. 53.  Section 441.73, subsections 2 and 4, Code 1997,
 19 23 are amended to read as follows:
 19 24    2.  If the director of revenue and finance determines that
 19 25 foreseeable litigation expenses will exceed the amount
 19 26 available from appropriations made to the department of
 19 27 revenue and finance, the director of revenue and finance may
 19 28 apply to the executive council for use of funds on deposit in
 19 29 the litigation defense expense fund.  The initial application
 19 30 for approval shall include an estimate of potential litigation
 19 31 expenses, allocated to each of the next four succeeding
 19 32 calendar quarters and substantiated by a breakdown of all
 19 33 anticipated costs for legal counsel, expert witnesses, and
 19 34 other applicable litigation expenses.
 19 35    4.  The executive council shall transfer for the fiscal
 20  1 year beginning July 1, 1992, and each fiscal year thereafter,
 20  2 from funds established in sections 405A.8, 425.1, and 426.1,
 20  3 an amount necessary to pay litigation expenses.  However, the
 20  4 amount of funds transferred to the litigation expense fund for
 20  5 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992, shall not exceed three
 20  6 hundred fifty thousand dollars and the The amount of the fund
 20  7 for the succeeding each fiscal years year shall not exceed
 20  8 seven hundred thousand dollars.  The executive council shall
 20  9 determine annually the proportionate amounts to be transferred
 20 10 from the three separate funds.  At any time when no litigation
 20 11 is pending or in progress the balance in the litigation
 20 12 defense expense fund shall not exceed one hundred thousand
 20 13 dollars.  Any excess moneys shall be transferred in a
 20 14 proportionate amount back to the funds from which they were
 20 15 originally transferred.
 20 16    Sec. 54.  Section 457B.1, article V, paragraph c, Code
 20 17 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 20 18    c.  If a party state's right to have waste generated within
 20 19 its borders disposed of at compact facilities, or at any
 20 20 noncompact facility made available to the region by an
 20 21 agreement entered into by the commission under article III,
 20 22 section h, subsection 6, is suspended, low-level radioactive
 20 23 waste generated within its borders by any person shall not be
 20 24 disposed of at any such facility during the period of the
 20 25 suspension.
 20 26    Sec. 55.  Section 462A.77, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
 20 27 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 20 28    b.  A person who is the owner of a vessel that is
 20 29 documented with the United States coast guard is not required
 20 30 to file an application for a certificate of title for the
 20 31 vessel and the vessel is exempt from the requirements of
 20 32 sections section 462A.82, subsections 1 and 2, and section
 20 33 462A.84.
 20 34    Sec. 56.  Section 499.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 20 35 follows:
 21  1    499.4  USE OF TERM "COOPERATIVE" RESTRICTED.
 21  2    No person or firm, and no corporation hereafter organized,
 21  3 which is not an association as defined herein in this chapter
 21  4 or a cooperative as defined in chapter 501, shall use the word
 21  5 "cooperative" or any abbreviation thereof in its name or
 21  6 advertising or in any connection with its business, except
 21  7 foreign associations admitted under section 499.54.  The
 21  8 attorney general or any association or any member thereof may
 21  9 sue and enjoin such use.
 21 10    Sec. 57.  Section 501.404, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 21 11 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 21 12    b.  The material facts of the transaction and the
 21 13 director's interest were disclosed or known to the
 21 14 shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved,
 21 15 or ratified the transaction.  For purposes of this paragraph,
 21 16 a conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved, or
 21 17 ratified if it receives a majority of the votes entitled to be
 21 18 counted under this paragraph.  Shares owned by or voted under
 21 19 the control of a director who has a direct or indirect
 21 20 interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted
 21 21 under the control of an entity described in subsection 2,
 21 22 paragraph "a", shall not be counted in a vote of members to
 21 23 determine whether to authorize, approve, or ratify a conflict
 21 24 of interest transaction under this paragraph.  The vote of
 21 25 those shares, however, is counted in determining whether the
 21 26 transaction is approved under other sections of this chapter.
 21 27 A majority of the votes, whether or not the shareholders are
 21 28 present, that are entitled to be counted in a vote on the
 21 29 transaction under this paragraph constitutes a quorum for the
 21 30 purpose of taking action under this paragraph.
 21 31    Sec. 58.  Section 501.408, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 21 32 follows:
 21 33    501.408  INDEMNIFICATION.
 21 34    A cooperative may indemnify a present or former director,
 21 35 officer, employee, or agent in the manner and in the instances
 22  1 authorized in sections 490.850 through 490.858, provided that
 22  2 where these sections provide for action by the shareholders
 22  3 these sections are applicable to actions by the members, and
 22  4 where these sections refer to the cooperative corporation
 22  5 these sections are applicable to a cooperative.
 22  6    Sec. 59.  Section 502.207B, Code 1997, is amended to read
 22  7 as follows:
 22  8    502.207B  LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT.
 22  9    The director of revenue and finance and the administrator
 22 10 of the securities bureau of the insurance division shall each
 22 11 report on an annual basis to the senate's and house of
 22 12 representatives' committees on ways and means concerning
 22 13 issuers using the seed capital tax credit, as authorized for
 22 14 personal taxpayers by section 422.11C and for corporate
 22 15 taxpayers by section 422.33, subsection 8, and the expedited
 22 16 filing by registration system provided by section 502.207A.
 22 17    Sec. 60.  Section 502.404, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 22 18 follows:
 22 19    502.404  PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS OF BROKER-DEALERS AND
 22 20 AGENTS.
 22 21    A broker-dealer or agent shall not effect a transaction in,
 22 22 or induce or attempt to induce the purchase or sale of, any
 22 23 security in this state by means of any manipulative, deceptive
 22 24 or other fraudulent scheme, device, or contrivance, fictitious
 22 25 quotation, or in violation of this Act chapter or any rule or
 22 26 order hereunder.  A broker-dealer or agent shall not recommend
 22 27 to a customer the purchase, sale or exchange of a security
 22 28 without reasonable grounds to believe that the transaction or
 22 29 recommendation is suitable for the customer based upon
 22 30 reasonable inquiry concerning the customer's investment
 22 31 objectives, financial situation and needs, and other relevant
 22 32 information known by the broker-dealer.
 22 33    Sec. 61.  Section 505.8, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
 22 34 amended to read as follows:
 22 35    2.  The commissioner shall, subject to chapter 17A,
 23  1 establish, publish, and enforce rules not inconsistent with
 23  2 law for the enforcement of this subtitle and for the
 23  3 enforcement of the laws, the administration and supervision of
 23  4 which are imposed on the division, including rules to
 23  5 establish fees sufficient to administer the laws, where
 23  6 appropriate fees are not otherwise provided for in rule or
 23  7 statute, and as necessary to obtain from persons authorized to
 23  8 do business in the state or regulated by the division that
 23  9 data required pursuant to former section 145.3 by the state
 23 10 health data commission community health management information
 23 11 system.
 23 12    Sec. 62.  Section 523A.2, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
 23 13 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 23 14    d.  A financial institution referred to in paragraph "a"
 23 15 shall file notice with the commissioner of all funds deposited
 23 16 under the trust agreement.  The notice shall be on forms
 23 17 prescribed by the commissioner and shall be filed not later
 23 18 than March 1 of each year.  Each notice shall contain the
 23 19 required information for all deposits made during the previous
 23 20 calendar year.  Forms may be obtained from the commissioner.
 23 21 The commissioner may accept annual reports notices submitted
 23 22 in an electronic format, such as computer diskettes.
 23 23    Sec. 63.  Section 523E.2, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
 23 24 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 23 25    d.  A financial institution referred to in paragraph "a"
 23 26 shall file notice with the commissioner of all funds deposited
 23 27 under the trust agreement.  The notice shall be on forms
 23 28 prescribed by the commissioner and shall be filed not later
 23 29 than March 1 of each year.  Each notice shall contain the
 23 30 required information for all deposits made during the previous
 23 31 calendar year.  Forms may be obtained from the commissioner.
 23 32 The commissioner may accept annual reports notices submitted
 23 33 in an electronic format, such as computer diskettes.
 23 34    Sec. 64.  Section 524.1802, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
 23 35 amended to read as follows:
 24  1    2.  A bank holding company shall not acquire a bank or bank
 24  2 holding company pursuant to section 524.1805 or 524.1903 if,
 24  3 following that acquisition, those state and national banks
 24  4 located in this state in which out-of-state bank holding
 24  5 companies directly or indirectly control more than twenty-five
 24  6 percent of the voting shares or have the power to control in
 24  7 any manner the election of the majority of directors would
 24  8 have, in the aggregate, more than thirty-five percent of the
 24  9 sum of the total time and demand deposits of all state and
 24 10 national banks located in this state plus the total time and
 24 11 demand deposits of all offices located in this state of
 24 12 savings and loan associations and savings banks, whether
 24 13 chartered under the law of this or another state or under
 24 14 federal law, as determined by the superintendent on the basis
 24 15 of the most recent reports of those financial institutions to
 24 16 their supervisory authorities.
 24 17    Sec. 65.  Section 542B.27, subsection 1, unnumbered
 24 18 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 24 19    In addition to any other penalties provided for in this
 24 20 section chapter, the board may by order impose a civil penalty
 24 21 upon a person who is not licensed under this chapter as a
 24 22 professional engineer or a land surveyor and who does any of
 24 23 the following:
 24 24    Sec. 66.  Section 542B.35, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
 24 25 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 24 26    c.  A person who completes the real property inspection
 24 27 report shall not represent themselves as claim to be a
 24 28 licensed land surveyor or a professional engineer for purposes
 24 29 of the report.
 24 30    Sec. 67.  Section 543B.46, subsection 3, Code 1997, is
 24 31 amended to read as follows:
 24 32    3.  Each broker shall authorize the real estate commission
 24 33 to examine each trust account and shall obtain the
 24 34 certification of the bank or savings and loan association
 24 35 attesting to each trust account and consenting to the
 25  1 examination and audit of each account by a duly authorized
 25  2 representative of the commission.  The certification and
 25  3 consent shall be furnished on forms prescribed by the
 25  4 commission.  This subsection does not apply to an individual
 25  5 farm account maintained in the name of the owner or owners for
 25  6 the purpose of conducting ongoing farm business whether it is
 25  7 conducted by the farm owner or by an agent or farm manager
 25  8 when the account is part of a farm management agreement
 25  9 between the owner and agent or manager.  This section
 25 10 subsection also does not apply to an individual property
 25 11 management account maintained in the name of the owner or
 25 12 owners for the purpose of conducting ongoing property
 25 13 management whether it is conducted by the property owner or by
 25 14 an agent or manager when the account is part of a property
 25 15 management agreement between the owner and agent or manager.
 25 16    Sec. 68.  Section 554.2512, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 25 17 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 25 18    b.  despite tender of the required documents the
 25 19 circumstances would justify injunction against honor under the
 25 20 provisions of this chapter (section 554.5109, subsection 2).
 25 21    Sec. 69.  Section 554.5116, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
 25 22 amended to read as follows:
 25 23    4.  If there is conflict between this Article and Article
 25 24 3, 4, or 9, or 12, this Article governs.
 25 25    Sec. 70.  Section 554.8111, Code 1997, is amended to read
 25 26 as follows:
 25 27    554.8111  CLEARING CORPORATION RULES.
 25 28    A rule adopted by a clearing corporation governing rights
 25 29 and obligations among the clearing corporation and its
 25 30 participants in the clearing corporation is effective even if
 25 31 the rule conflicts with this Article chapter and affects
 25 32 another party who does not consent to the rule.
 25 33    Sec. 71.  Section 554.8205, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 25 34 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 25 35    An unauthorized signature placed on a security certificate
 26  1 before or in the course of issue is ineffective, but the
 26  2 signature is effective in favor of a purchaser for value of
 26  3 the certificated security if the purchaser is without notice
 26  4 of the lack of authority and the signing has been done by:
 26  5    Sec. 72.  Section 554.8401, subsection 1, unnumbered
 26  6 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 26  7    If a certificated security in registered form is presented
 26  8 to an issuer with a request to register transfer or an
 26  9 instruction is presented to an issuer with a request to
 26 10 register transfer of an uncertificated security, the issuer
 26 11 shall register the transfer as requested if:
 26 12    Sec. 73.  Section 554.9305, Code 1997, is amended to read
 26 13 as follows:
 26 14    554.9305  WHEN POSSESSION BY SECURED PARTY PERFECTS
 26 15 SECURITY INTEREST WITHOUT FILING.
 26 16    A security interest in letters of credit (section
 26 17 554.5114), goods, instruments, money, negotiable documents, or
 26 18 chattel paper may be perfected by the secured party's taking
 26 19 possession of the collateral.  A security interest in the
 26 20 right to proceeds of a written letter of credit may be
 26 21 perfected by the secured party's taking possession of the
 26 22 letter of credit.  If such collateral other than goods covered
 26 23 by a negotiable document is held by a bailee, the secured
 26 24 party is deemed to have possession from the time the bailee
 26 25 receives notification of the secured party's interest.  A
 26 26 security interest is perfected by possession from the time
 26 27 possession is taken without a relation back and continues only
 26 28 so long as possession is retained, unless otherwise specified
 26 29 in this Article.  The security interest may be otherwise
 26 30 perfected as provided in this Article before or after the
 26 31 period of possession by the secured party.
 26 32    Sec. 74.  Section 589.6, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 26 33 follows:
 26 34    589.6  INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REAL ESTATE.
 26 35    All instruments in writing executed by a corporation before
 27  1 July 1, 1996, which are more than one year old, conveying,
 27  2 encumbering, or affecting real estate, including releases, or
 27  3 satisfactions of mortgages, judgments, or any other liens by
 27  4 entry of the release or satisfaction upon the page where the
 27  5 lien appears recorded or entered, where the corporate seal of
 27  6 the corporation has not been affixed or attached, and which
 27  7 are otherwise legally and properly executed, are legal, valid,
 27  8 and binding as though the corporate seal had been attached or
 27  9 affixed.
 27 10    Sec. 75.  Section 602.8102, subsection 32, Code 1997, is
 27 11 amended by striking the subsection.
 27 12    Sec. 76.  Section 602.8104, subsection 2, paragraph j, Code
 27 13 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph.
 27 14    Sec. 77.  Section 690.1, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 27 15 follows:
 27 16    690.1  CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION.
 27 17    The director commissioner of public safety may provide in
 27 18 the department a bureau of criminal identification.  The
 27 19 director commissioner may adopt rules for the same.  The
 27 20 sheriff of each county and the chief of police of each city
 27 21 shall furnish to the department criminal identification
 27 22 records and other information as directed by the director
 27 23 commissioner of public safety.
 27 24    Sec. 78.  Section 724.11, Code 1997, is amended to read as
 27 25 follows:
 27 26    724.11  ISSUANCE OF PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS.
 27 27    Applications for permits to carry weapons shall be made to
 27 28 the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides.
 27 29 Applications from persons who are nonresidents of the state,
 27 30 or whose need to go armed arises out of employment by the
 27 31 state, shall be made to the commissioner of public safety.  In
 27 32 either case, the issuance of the permit shall be by and at the
 27 33 discretion of the sheriff or commissioner, who shall, before
 27 34 issuing the permit, determine that the requirements of
 27 35 sections 724.6 to 724.10 have been satisfied.  However, the
 28  1 training program requirements in section 724.9 may be waived
 28  2 for renewal permits.  The issuing officer shall collect a fee
 28  3 of ten dollars, except from a duly appointed peace officer or
 28  4 correctional officer, for each permit issued.  Renewal permits
 28  5 or duplicate permits shall be issued for a fee of five
 28  6 dollars.  The issuing officer shall notify the commissioner of
 28  7 public safety of the issuance of any permit at least monthly
 28  8 and forward to the director commissioner an amount equal to
 28  9 two dollars for each permit issued and one dollar for each
 28 10 renewal or duplicate permit issued.  All such fees received by
 28 11 the commissioner shall be paid to the treasurer of state and
 28 12 deposited in the operating account of the department of public
 28 13 safety to offset the cost of administering this chapter.  Any
 28 14 unspent balance as of June 30 of each year shall revert to the
 28 15 general fund as provided by section 8.33.
 28 16    Sec. 79.  Section 901A.1, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
 28 17 amended to read as follows:
 28 18    2.  As used in this section chapter, the term "prior
 28 19 conviction" includes a plea of guilty, deferred judgment,
 28 20 deferred or suspended sentence, or adjudication of
 28 21 delinquency.  
 28 22 
 28 23 
 28 24                                                             
 28 25                               RON J. CORBETT
 28 26                               Speaker of the House
 28 27 
 28 28 
 28 29                                                             
 28 30                               MARY E. KRAMER
 28 31                               President of the Senate
 28 32 
 28 33    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 28 34 is known as House File 200, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
 28 35 
 29  1 
 29  2                                                             
 29  3                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
 29  4                               Chief Clerk of the House
 29  5 Approved                , 1997
 29  6 
 29  7 
 29  8                         
 29  9 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
 29 10 Governor
     

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