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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2                     MH/MR/DD ALLOWED GROWTH
  1  3    Section 1.  COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND
  1  4 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ALLOWED GROWTH FACTOR ADJUSTMENT
  1  5 AND ALLOCATIONS.  There is appropriated from the general fund
  1  6 of the state to the department of human services for the
  1  7 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
  1  8 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1  9 be used for the purpose designated:
  1 10    For distribution to counties of the county mental health,
  1 11 mental retardation, and developmental disabilities allowed
  1 12 growth factor adjustment, in accordance with section 331.438,
  1 13 subsection 2, and section 331.439, subsection 3, and chapter
  1 14 426B:  
  1 15 .................................................. $ 25,784,846
  1 16    The funding appropriated in this section is the allowed
  1 17 growth factor adjustment for fiscal year 2001-2002, and is
  1 18 allocated as follows:
  1 19    1.  For distribution to counties for fiscal year 2001-2002
  1 20 in accordance with the formula in section 331.438, subsection
  1 21 2, paragraph "b":  
  1 22 .................................................. $ 12,000,000
  1 23    2.  For deposit in the per capita expenditure target pool
  1 24 created in the property tax relief fund pursuant to section
  1 25 426B.5, subsection 1:  
  1 26 .................................................. $  9,784,846
  1 27    In addition to the requirement of section 426B.5,
  1 28 subsection 1, paragraph "c", limiting eligibility for moneys
  1 29 appropriated in this paragraph to counties levying the maximum
  1 30 amount allowed, both of the following eligibility requirements
  1 31 are applicable:
  1 32    a.  In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, the county's
  1 33 services fund ending balance under generally accepted
  1 34 accounting principles was equal to or less than 35 percent of
  1 35 the county's projected expenditures for that fiscal year.
  2  1    b.  The county is in compliance with the filing date
  2  2 requirements under section 331.403.
  2  3    3.  For deposit in the incentive and efficiency pool
  2  4 created in the property tax relief fund pursuant to section
  2  5 426B.5, subsection 2:  
  2  6 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  2  7    4.  For deposit in the risk pool created in the property
  2  8 tax relief fund pursuant to section 426B.5, subsection 3:  
  2  9 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  2 10                           DIVISION II
  2 11            TRANSFER OF TOBACCO FUNDS – FY 2000-2001
  2 12    Sec. 2.  TRANSFER OF FUNDS – TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.
  2 13 From moneys deposited in the tobacco settlement fund created
  2 14 in section 12.65, the sum of sixty-four million six hundred
  2 15 thousand dollars is transferred to the general fund of the
  2 16 state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending
  2 17 June 30, 2001.  
  2 18                          DIVISION III
  2 19                  REDUCTION IN PHASE III MONEYS
  2 20    Sec. 3.  Section 294A.25, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  2 21 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  2 22    1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998 2000, and
  2 23 for each succeeding year, there is appropriated from the
  2 24 general fund of the state to the department of education the
  2 25 amount of eighty-two eighty million eight hundred ninety-one
  2 26 thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars to be used to
  2 27 improve teacher salaries.  The moneys shall be distributed as
  2 28 provided in this section.  
  2 29                           DIVISION IV
  2 30                         MICROSOFT FUND
  2 31    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  12.67  MICROSOFT SETTLEMENT FUND.
  2 32    A Microsoft settlement fund is created in the office of the
  2 33 treasurer of state.  The state portion of any moneys paid to
  2 34 the state by Microsoft in settlement of its federal antitrust
  2 35 trial or the state's antitrust lawsuit shall be deposited in
  3  1 the Microsoft settlement fund.  Moneys deposited in the fund
  3  2 shall be used only as provided in appropriations made by the
  3  3 general assembly.
  3  4    Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
  3  5 earnings on moneys in the Microsoft settlement fund shall be
  3  6 credited to the Microsoft settlement fund.  
  3  7                           DIVISION V
  3  8                          MISCELLANEOUS
  3  9    Sec. 5.  Section 100B.1, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  3 10 1, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2492, section 8,
  3 11 is amended to read as follows:
  3 12    The state fire service and emergency response council is
  3 13 established in the division of fire protection of the
  3 14 department of public safety.  The council shall consist of ten
  3 15 voting members.  Members of the state fire service and
  3 16 emergency response council shall be appointed by the governor.
  3 17 Appointments are not subject to the requirements of sections
  3 18 69.16 and 69.16A.  The governor shall appoint members from the
  3 19 following organizations, chosen from a list of names submitted
  3 20 by each of the following organizations:
  3 21    Sec. 6.  Section 166D.7, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
  3 22 1999, as amended by 2000 Acts, Senate File 2312, section 10,
  3 23 is amended to read as follows:
  3 24    a.  The herd shall be certified when one hundred percent of
  3 25 breeding swine have reacted negatively to a test.  The herd
  3 26 must have been free from infection for thirty days prior to
  3 27 testing.  At least ninety percent of swine in the herd must
  3 28 have been on the premises as a part of the herd for at least
  3 29 sixty days prior to testing, or swine in the herd must have
  3 30 been directly moved or relocated from a qualified negative
  3 31 herd or qualified differentiable negative herd.  A
  3 32 differentiable vaccine must be administered at intervals in
  3 33 accordance with the package insert for that vaccine.  To
  3 34 remain certified, the herd must be retested and recertified as
  3 35 provided by the department.  The herd shall be recertified
  4  1 when each thirty days month at least twenty-five ten percent
  4  2 of the herd's breeding swine react negatively to a test.
  4  3    Sec. 7.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 6 of this division of
  4  4 this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
  4  5 upon enactment.  
  4  6                           DIVISION VI
  4  7                      CORRECTIVE AMENDMENTS
  4  8    Sec. 8.  Section 2D.3, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House
  4  9 File 2442, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
  4 10    2D.3  LEGISLATIVE BRANCH PROTOCOL OFFICER.
  4 11    The legislative service bureau shall employ a legislative
  4 12 branch protocol officer to coordinate activities related to
  4 13 state, national, and international visitors to the state
  4 14 capitol or with an interest in the general assembly, and
  4 15 related to travel of members of the general assembly abroad.
  4 16 The protocol officer shall serve in a consultative capacity
  4 17 and shall provide staff support to the international relations
  4 18 advisory council.  The protocol officer shall also work with
  4 19 the executive branch protocol officer to coordinate state,
  4 20 national, and international relations activities.  The
  4 21 legislative branch protocol officer shall submit periodic
  4 22 reports to the international relations committee of the
  4 23 legislative council regarding the visits of state, national,
  4 24 and international visitors and regarding international
  4 25 activities.
  4 26    Sec. 9.  Section 30.2, subsection 2, Code 1999, is amended
  4 27 to read as follows:
  4 28    2.  The commission is composed of twelve members appointed
  4 29 by the governor.  One member shall be appointed to represent
  4 30 the department of agriculture and land stewardship, one to
  4 31 represent the department of workforce development, one to
  4 32 represent the department of justice, one to represent the
  4 33 department of natural resources, one to represent the
  4 34 department of public defense, one to represent the Iowa
  4 35 department of public health, one to represent the department
  5  1 of public safety, one to represent the state department of
  5  2 transportation, one to represent the state fire service
  5  3 institute of the Iowa state university of science and
  5  4 technology and emergency response council, and one to
  5  5 represent the office of the governor.  Two representatives
  5  6 from private industry shall also be appointed by the governor,
  5  7 subject to confirmation by the senate.
  5  8    Sec. 10.  Section 85.3, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
  5  9 1, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2373, section 1,
  5 10 is amended to read as follows:
  5 11    Service of process or original notice upon a nonresident
  5 12 employer may be performed as provided in section 617.3 or as
  5 13 provided in the Iowa rules of civil procedure.  In addition,
  5 14 service may be made on any corporation, individual, personal
  5 15 representative, partnership, or association that has the
  5 16 necessary minimum contact with this state as provided in rule
  5 17 of civil procedure 56.1 within or without this state or if
  5 18 such service cannot be made, in any manner consistent with due
  5 19 process of law prescribed by the workers' compensation
  5 20 commission commissioner.
  5 21    Sec. 11.  Section 88.6, subsection 9, as enacted by 2000
  5 22 Iowa Acts, House File 2492, section 6, is amended to read as
  5 23 follows:
  5 24    9.  Reports of inspections and investigations involving the
  5 25 occupational safety and health for fire fighters shall be
  5 26 presented to the state fire service and emergency response
  5 27 council.
  5 28    Sec. 12.  Section 135.110, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  5 29 subparagraph (1), as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File
  5 30 2362, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
  5 31    (1)  The causes and manner of domestic abuse deaths,
  5 32 including an analysis of factual information obtained through
  5 33 review of domestic abuse death certificates and domestic abuse
  5 34 death data, including patient records and other pertinent
  5 35 confidential and public information concerning domestic abuse
  6  1 deaths.
  6  2    Sec. 13.  Section 148E.3, subsection 1, as enacted by 2000
  6  3 Iowa Acts, Senate File 182, section 7, is amended to read as
  6  4 follows:
  6  5    1.  A person otherwise licensed to practice medicine and
  6  6 surgery, osteopathy, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
  6  7 chiropractic, podiatry, or dentistry who is exclusively
  6  8 engaged in the practice of the person's professions
  6  9 profession.
  6 10    Sec. 14.  Section 152.7, unnumbered paragraph 3, as enacted
  6 11 by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2105, section 5, is amended to
  6 12 read as follows:
  6 13    For purposes of licensure pursuant to the nurse licensure
  6 14 compact contained in section 152E.1, the compact administrator
  6 15 may refuse to accept a change in the qualifications for
  6 16 licensure as a registered nurse or as a licensed practical or
  6 17 vocational nurse by a licensing authority in another state
  6 18 which is a party to the compact which substantially modifies
  6 19 that state's qualifications for licensure in effect on July 1,
  6 20 2000.  A refusal to accept a change in a party state's
  6 21 qualifications for licensure may result in submitting the
  6 22 issue to an arbitration panel or in withdrawal from the
  6 23 compact, in at the discretion of the compact administrator.
  6 24    Sec. 15.  Section 152E.1, article II, sections i, k, l, and
  6 25 n, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2105, section 8,
  6 26 are amended to read as follows:
  6 27    i.  "Nurse" means a registered nurse or licensed practical
  6 28 or vocational nurse, as those terms are defined by each
  6 29 party's state party state's practice laws.
  6 30    k.  "Remote state" means a party state, other than the home
  6 31 state, where either of the following applies:
  6 32    1.  Where the patient is located at the time nursing care
  6 33 is provided.
  6 34    2.  In the case of the practice of nursing not involving a
  6 35 patient, in such party state where the recipient of nursing
  7  1 practice care is located.
  7  2    l.  "Remote state action" means either of the following:
  7  3    1.  Any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal
  7  4 action permitted by a remote state's laws which are is imposed
  7  5 on a nurse by the remote state's licensing board or other
  7  6 authority, including actions against an individual's
  7  7 multistate licensure privilege to practice in the remote
  7  8 state.
  7  9    2.  Cease and desist and other injunctive or equitable
  7 10 orders issued by remote states or the licensing boards' boards
  7 11 of remote states.
  7 12    n.  "State practice laws" means those individual party's
  7 13 party state laws and regulations that govern the practice of
  7 14 nursing, define the scope of nursing practice, and create the
  7 15 methods and grounds for imposing discipline.  "State practice
  7 16 laws" does not include the initial qualifications for
  7 17 licensure or requirements necessary to obtain and retain a
  7 18 license, except for qualifications or requirements of the home
  7 19 state.
  7 20    Sec. 16.  Section 152E.1, article III, sections a and e, as
  7 21 enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2105, section 8, are
  7 22 amended to read as follows:
  7 23    a.  A license to practice registered nursing issued by a
  7 24 home state to a resident in that state will shall be
  7 25 recognized by each party state as authorizing a multistate
  7 26 licensure privilege to practice as a registered nurse in such
  7 27 party state.  A license to practice licensed practical or
  7 28 vocational nursing issued by a home state to a resident in
  7 29 that state will shall be recognized by each party state as
  7 30 authorized authorizing a multistate licensure privilege to
  7 31 practice as a licensed practical or vocational nurse in such
  7 32 party state.  In order to obtain or retain a license, an
  7 33 applicant must meet the home state's qualifications for
  7 34 licensure and license renewal as well as all other applicable
  7 35 state laws.
  8  1    e.  Individuals not residing in a party state shall
  8  2 continue to be able to apply for nurse licensure as provided
  8  3 for under the laws of each party state.  However, the license
  8  4 granted to these individuals will shall not be recognized as
  8  5 granting the privilege to practice nursing in any other party
  8  6 state unless explicitly agreed to by that party state.
  8  7    Sec. 17.  Section 152E.1, article IV, sections c and d, as
  8  8 enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2105, section 8, are
  8  9 amended to read as follows:
  8 10    c.  A nurse who intends to change the nurse's primary state
  8 11 of residence may apply for licensure in the new home state in
  8 12 advance of such change.  However, new licenses will shall not
  8 13 be issued by a party state until after a nurse provides
  8 14 evidence of change in the nurse's primary state of residence
  8 15 satisfactory to the new home state's licensing board.
  8 16    d.  1.  If a nurse changes the nurse's primary state of
  8 17 residence by moving between two party states, and obtains a
  8 18 license from the new home state, the license from the former
  8 19 home state is no longer valid.
  8 20    2.  If a nurse changes the nurse's primary state of
  8 21 residence by moving from a nonparty state to a party state,
  8 22 and obtains a license from the new home state, the individual
  8 23 state license issued by the nonparty state is not affected and
  8 24 will shall remain in full force if so provided by the laws of
  8 25 the nonparty state.
  8 26    3.  If a nurse changes the nurse's primary state of
  8 27 residence by moving from a party state to a nonparty state,
  8 28 the license issued by the prior home state converts to an
  8 29 individual state license, valid only in the former home state,
  8 30 without the multistate licensure privilege to practice in
  8 31 other party states.
  8 32    Sec. 18.  Section 152E.1, article VI, section c, as enacted
  8 33 by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2105, section 8, is amended to
  8 34 read as follows:
  8 35    c.  Issue cease and desist orders or to limit or revoke a
  9  1 nurse's authority to practice in the nurse's state.
  9  2    Sec. 19.  Section 152E.1, article VII, sections a and d, as
  9  3 enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2105, section 8, are
  9  4 amended to read as follows:
  9  5    a.  All party states shall participate in a cooperative
  9  6 effort to create a coordinated database of all licensed
  9  7 registered nurses and licensed practical or vocational nurses.
  9  8 This system will shall include information on the licensure
  9  9 and disciplinary history of each nurse, as contributed by
  9 10 party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure
  9 11 and enforcement efforts.
  9 12    d.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all party
  9 13 states' licensing boards contributing information to the
  9 14 coordinated licensure information system may designate
  9 15 information that may shall not be shared with nonparty states
  9 16 or disclosed to other entities or individuals without the
  9 17 express permission of the contributing state.
  9 18    Sec. 20.  Section 232.2, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
  9 19 1, Code Supplement 1999, as amended by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate
  9 20 File 2344, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
  9 21    "Case permanency plan" means the plan, mandated by Pub. L.
  9 22 No. 96-272 and Pub. L. No. 105-89, as codified in 42 U.S.C. }
  9 23 622(b)(10), 671(a)(16), and 675(1),(5), which is designed to
  9 24 achieve placement in the most appropriate, least restrictive,
  9 25 and most family-like, and most appropriate setting available
  9 26 and in close proximity to the parent's home, consistent with
  9 27 the best interests and special needs of the child, and which
  9 28 considers the placement's proximity to the school in which the
  9 29 child is enrolled at the time of placement.  The plan shall be
  9 30 developed by the department or agency involved and the child's
  9 31 parent, guardian, or custodian.  The plan shall specifically
  9 32 include all of the following:
  9 33    Sec. 21.  Section 249H.2, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b,
  9 34 as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2193, section 2, are
  9 35 amended to read as follows:
 10  1    a.  The preservation, improvement, and coordination of the
 10  2 health care infrastructure of Iowa is are critical to the
 10  3 health and safety of Iowans.
 10  4    b.  An increasing number of seniors and persons with
 10  5 disabilities in the state require requires long-term care
 10  6 services provided outside of a medical institution.
 10  7    Sec. 22.  Section 249H.3, subsection 1, as enacted by 2000
 10  8 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2193, section 3, is amended to read as
 10  9 follows:
 10 10    1.  "Affordable" means rates for payment of services which
 10 11 do not exceed the rates established for providers of medical
 10 12 and health services under the medical assistance program with
 10 13 eligibility for an individual equal to the eligibility for
 10 14 medical assistance pursuant to section 249A.3.  In relation to
 10 15 services provided by a provider of services under a home and
 10 16 community-based waiver, "affordable" means that the total
 10 17 monthly cost of the home and community-based waiver services
 10 18 provided do does not exceed the cost for that level of care as
 10 19 established by rule by the department of human services,
 10 20 pursuant to chapter 17A, in consultation with the department
 10 21 of elder affairs.
 10 22    Sec. 23.  Section 249H.6, subsection 12, as enacted by 2000
 10 23 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2193, section 6, is amended to read as
 10 24 follows:
 10 25    12.  The senior living coordinating unit shall review
 10 26 projects that receive grants under this section to ensure that
 10 27 the goal to provide alternatives to nursing facility care is
 10 28 being met and that an adequate number of nursing facility
 10 29 services remain remains to meet the needs of Iowans.
 10 30    Sec. 24.  Section 249H.8, subsection 1, as enacted by 2000
 10 31 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2193, section 8, is amended to read as
 10 32 follows:
 10 33    1.  A person operating a PACE program shall have a PACE
 10 34 program agreement with the health care financing
 10 35 administration of the United States department of health and
 11  1 human services, shall enter into a contract with the
 11  2 department of human services and shall comply with 42 U.S.C. }
 11  3 1396(u)(4) and all regulations promulgated pursuant to that
 11  4 section.
 11  5    Sec. 25.  Section 261.19B, Code 1999, as amended by 2000
 11  6 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2248, section 13, is amended to read as
 11  7 follows:
 11  8    261.19B  OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT REVOLVING FUND.
 11  9    An osteopathic physician recruitment revolving fund is
 11 10 created in the state treasury as a separate fund under the
 11 11 control of the commission.  The commission shall deposit
 11 12 payments made by osteopathic physician recruitment recipients
 11 13 and the proceeds from the sale of osteopathic loans into the
 11 14 osteopathic loan physician recruitment revolving fund.  Moneys
 11 15 credited to the fund shall be used to supplement moneys
 11 16 appropriated for the osteopathic physician recruitment
 11 17 program, for loan forgiveness to eligible physicians, and to
 11 18 pay for loan or interest repayment defaults by eligible
 11 19 physicians.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the
 11 20 fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the
 11 21 general fund of the state.
 11 22    Sec. 26.  Section 279.52, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 11 23 1999, as amended by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2435, section
 11 24 1, is amended to read as follows:
 11 25    The board of directors may pay the actual cost of an
 11 26 asbestos project from any funds in the general fund of the
 11 27 district, funds received from the physical plant and equipment
 11 28 levy, or moneys obtained through a federal asbestos loan
 11 29 program, to be repaid from any of the funds specified in this
 11 30 subsection section over a three-year period.
 11 31    Sec. 27.  Section 306.11, Code 1999, as amended by 2000
 11 32 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2194, section 1, is amended to read as
 11 33 follows:
 11 34    306.11  HEARING – PLACE – DATE.
 11 35    In proceeding to the vacation and closing of a road, part
 12  1 thereof, or railroad crossing, the agency in control of the
 12  2 road, or road system, shall fix a date for a hearing on the
 12  3 vacation and closing in the county where the road, or part
 12  4 thereof, or crossing, is located, and if located in more than
 12  5 one county, then in a county in which any part of the road or
 12  6 crossing is located.  If the road to be vacated or changed is
 12  7 a secondary road located in more than one county, the boards
 12  8 of supervisors of the counties, acting jointly, shall fix a
 12  9 date for a hearing on the vacation or change in either or any
 12 10 of the counties where the road, or part thereof, is located.
 12 11 If the proposed vacation is of part of a road right-of-way
 12 12 held by easement and will not change the existing traveled
 12 13 portion of the road or deny access to the road by adjoining
 12 14 landowners, a hearing is not required.
 12 15    Sec. 28.  Section 411.22, subsection 1, unnumbered
 12 16 paragraph 1, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2411,
 12 17 section 109, is amended to read as follows:
 12 18    If a member receives an injury or dies for which benefits
 12 19 are payable under section 411.6, subsection 3, 5, 8, or 9, or
 12 20 section 411.15, and if the injury or death is caused under
 12 21 circumstances creating a legal liability for damages against a
 12 22 third party other than the retirement system, the retirement
 12 23 system is subrogated to the rights of the member or the
 12 24 member's legal representative beneficiary entitled to receive
 12 25 a death benefit and may maintain an action for damages against
 12 26 the third party for lost earnings and lost earnings capacity.
 12 27 If the retirement system recovers damages in the action, the
 12 28 court shall enter judgment for distribution of the recovery as
 12 29 follows:
 12 30    Sec. 29.  Section 455B.171, subsection 31B, as enacted by
 12 31 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2371, section 9, is amended to
 12 32 read as follows:
 12 33    31B.  "Section 305(b) list report" means any report or list
 12 34 required under 33 U.S.C. } 1315(b).
 12 35    Sec. 30.  Section 455B.193, unnumbered paragraph 2, as
 13  1 enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2371, section 10, is
 13  2 amended to read as follows:
 13  3    The department of natural resources shall develop a
 13  4 methodology for water quality assessments as used in the
 13  5 section 303(d) listings lists and assess the validity of the
 13  6 data.
 13  7    Sec. 31.  Section 462A.14, subsection 12, paragraph d, as
 13  8 enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2331, section 2, if 2000
 13  9 Iowa Acts, House File 2511 is enacted, is amended to read as
 13 10 follows:
 13 11    d.  The court may prescribe the length of time for the
 13 12 evaluation and treatment or the court may request that the
 13 13 community college or licensed substance abuse program
 13 14 conducting the course for drinking drivers which the defendant
 13 15 is ordered to attend or the treatment program to which the
 13 16 defendant is committed immediately report to the court when
 13 17 the defendant has received maximum benefit from the course for
 13 18 drinking drivers or treatment program or has recovered from
 13 19 the defendant's addiction, dependency, or tendency to
 13 20 chronically abuse alcohol or drugs.
 13 21    Sec. 32.  Section 466.4, subsections 2 and 5, as enacted by
 13 22 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2371, section 5, are amended to
 13 23 read as follows:
 13 24    2.  The department of agriculture and land stewardship
 13 25 shall request the assistance of and consult with the United
 13 26 States department of agriculture agriculture's natural
 13 27 resources conservation service and farm service agency to
 13 28 implement the conservation reserve enhancement program.  The
 13 29 department shall also consult with county boards of
 13 30 supervisors, county conservation boards, drainage district
 13 31 representatives, department of natural resources, and soil and
 13 32 water conservation districts affected by the implementation of
 13 33 the conservation reserve enhancement program.  The department
 13 34 shall also collaborate with other public agencies and private
 13 35 organizations to develop wetland habitat and related projects
 14  1 to improve water quality.
 14  2    5.  The five-year goal of the conservation reserve enhanced
 14  3 enhancement program is the establishment of thirty-two
 14  4 thousand five hundred acres of wetlands.
 14  5    Sec. 33.  Section 481A.125, subsection 1, paragraph a, as
 14  6 enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2300, section 1, is
 14  7 amended to read as follows:
 14  8    a.  To intentionally place oneself in a location where a
 14  9 human presence may affect the behavior of a fur-bearing game
 14 10 animal, bird, or fish or the feasibility of killing or taking
 14 11 a fur-bearing game animal, bird, or fish with the intent of
 14 12 obstructing or harassing another person who is lawfully
 14 13 hunting, fishing, or fur harvesting.
 14 14    Sec. 34.  Section 481A.125, subsection 5, as enacted by
 14 15 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2300, section 1, is amended to
 14 16 read as follows:
 14 17    5.  This subsection section shall not prohibit a landowner,
 14 18 tenant, or an employee of a landowner or tenant from
 14 19 performing normal agricultural operations or a law enforcement
 14 20 officer from performing official duties.
 14 21    Sec. 35.  Section 521F.3, subsection 2, paragraph a,
 14 22 unnumbered paragraph 1, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House
 14 23 File 2316, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
 14 24    A health organization's risk-based capital shall be
 14 25 determined pursuant to the formula set forth in the risk-based
 14 26 capital instructions.  The formula shall take into account all
 14 27 of the following, and may by be adjusted, as deemed
 14 28 appropriate by the commissioner, for the covariance between
 14 29 the following:
 14 30    Sec. 36.  Section 521F.4, subsection 3, as enacted by 2000
 14 31 Iowa Acts, House File 2316, section 4, is amended to read as
 14 32 follows:
 14 33    3.  The risk-based capital plan shall be filed within
 14 34 forty-five days of the company-action-level event, or, if the
 14 35 health organization requests a hearing pursuant to section
 15  1 521F.8 for the purpose of challenging the adjusted risk-based
 15  2 capital report, within forty-five days after notification to
 15  3 the insurer health organization that the commissioner, after
 15  4 hearing, has rejected the insurer's health organization's
 15  5 challenge.
 15  6    Sec. 37.  Section 521F.8, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 15  7 subparagraph (1), as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, House File
 15  8 2316, section 8, is amended to read as follows:
 15  9    (1)  The That the health organization's risk-based capital
 15 10 plan or revised risk-based capital plan is unsatisfactory.
 15 11    Sec. 38.  Section 523C.19, subsections 2 and 3, as enacted
 15 12 by 2000 Iowa Acts, House file 2317, section 30, are amended to
 15 13 read as follows:
 15 14    2.  If a hearing is not timely requested, the summary order
 15 15 becomes final by operation of law.  The order shall remain
 15 16 effective from the date of issuance until the date the order
 15 17 becomes final by operation of law or is overturned by a
 15 18 presiding officer or court following a request for hearing.  A
 15 19 person who has been issued a summary order under this section
 15 20 may contest it by filing a request for a contested case
 15 21 proceeding as provided in chapter 17A and in accordance with
 15 22 rules adopted by the commissioner.  However, the person shall
 15 23 have at least thirty days from the date that the order is
 15 24 issued in order to file the request.  Section 17A.18A is
 15 25 inapplicable to a summary order issued under this subsection
 15 26 section.
 15 27    3.  A person violating a summary order issued under this
 15 28 subsection section shall be deemed in contempt of that order.
 15 29 The commissioner may petition the district court to enforce
 15 30 the order as certified by the commissioner.  The district
 15 31 court shall adjudge the person in contempt of the order if the
 15 32 court finds after hearing that the person is not in compliance
 15 33 with the order.  The court shall assess a civil penalty
 15 34 against the person in an amount not less than three thousand
 15 35 dollars but not greater than ten thousand dollars per
 16  1 violation, and may issue further orders as it deems
 16  2 appropriate.
 16  3    Sec. 39.  Section 600.13, subsection 1, paragraph c, as
 16  4 amended by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 421, section 17, is
 16  5 amended to read as follows:
 16  6    c.  Dismiss the adoption petition if the requirements of
 16  7 this Act chapter have not been met or if dismissal of the
 16  8 adoption petition is in the best interest of the person whose
 16  9 adoption has been petitioned.  Upon dismissal, the juvenile
 16 10 court or court shall determine who is to be guardian or
 16 11 custodian of a minor child, including the adoption petitioner
 16 12 if it is in the best interest of the minor person whose
 16 13 adoption has been petitioned.
 16 14    Sec. 40.  Section 692B.2, article XI(a)(1)(B), as enacted
 16 15 by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2145, section 2, is amended to
 16 16 read as follows:
 16 17    (B)  any rule or standard established by the council
 16 18 pursuant to Article V VI; and
 16 19    Sec. 41.  Section 714.16, subsection 2, paragraph n,
 16 20 subparagraph (3), subparagraph subdivision (a), as enacted by
 16 21 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2148, section 1, is amended to read
 16 22 as follows:
 16 23    (a)  "Local telephone directory" means a telephone
 16 24 classified advertising directory or the business section of a
 16 25 telephone directory that is distributed free of charge to some
 16 26 or all telephone subscribers in a local area directory.
 16 27    Sec. 42.  2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2193, section 23, is
 16 28 amended to read as follows:
 16 29    SEC. 23.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  The section in this
 16 30 Act that creates section 249H.6 249H.4 as it relates to
 16 31 receipt of federal funding, is retroactively applicable to
 16 32 October 1, 1999.
 16 33    Sec. 43.  2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2254, section 4, is
 16 34 amended to read as follows:
 16 35    SEC. 4.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  Section 252I.4,
 17  1 subsection 3 4, as amended in this Act, is retroactively
 17  2 applicable to January 1, 2000.
 17  3    Sec. 44.  2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2344, section 16, is
 17  4 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
 17  5 the following:
 17  6    SEC. 16.  Section 239B.24, subsection 1, unnumbered
 17  7 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as
 17  8 follows:
 17  9    The following persons are deemed to be eligible for
 17 10 benefits under the state child care assistance program
 17 11 administered by the department in accordance with section
 17 12 237A.13, notwithstanding the program's eligibility
 17 13 requirements or any waiting list:
 17 14    Sec. 45.  APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DRUG POLICY COORDINATOR.
 17 15 References in 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2533, sections 5
 17 16 through 8 and 33, to the drug enforcement and abuse prevention
 17 17 coordinator are deemed to be references to the drug policy
 17 18 coordinator if 2000 Iowa Acts, House File 2153 is enacted.
 17 19    Sec. 46.  AMENDMENTS TO DISAPPROVED BILLS VOID.  If a
 17 20 provision of a bill, which is amended in this division of this
 17 21 Act, does not become law due to the governor's disapproval of
 17 22 the provision, the amendment to that disapproved provision in
 17 23 this division of this Act is void.  
 17 24                           EXPLANATION
 17 25    Division I of this bill appropriates moneys for the 2001-
 17 26 2002 fiscal year to the department of human services for
 17 27 distribution to counties of the county mental health, mental
 17 28 retardation, and developmental disabilities (MH/MR/DD) allowed
 17 29 growth factor adjustment.  The division also provides for the
 17 30 allotment of the appropriation for various purposes for county
 17 31 relief for MH/MR/DD services provided by the county.
 17 32    The division applies additional eligibility requirements
 17 33 for allotment of funding from the per capita expenditure
 17 34 target pool involving the size of the county's MH/MR/DD
 17 35 services fund balance and compliance with a financial
 18  1 reporting deadline.
 18  2    Division II of this bill transfers from moneys deposited in
 18  3 the tobacco settlement fund, created in Code section 12.65,
 18  4 the sum of $64,600,000 to the general fund of the state for
 18  5 the 2000-2001 fiscal year.
 18  6    Division III of this bill reduces the standing limited
 18  7 appropriation for the educational excellence program by
 18  8 $2,000,000 beginning with the 2000-2001 fiscal year.
 18  9    Division IV of this bill establishes a Microsoft settlement
 18 10 fund into which are to be deposited the state's portion of any
 18 11 moneys paid as a result of the federal antitrust trial against
 18 12 Microsoft, or as a result of the state's own antitrust action.
 18 13 The moneys in the Microsoft settlement fund are only to be
 18 14 used as appropriated by the general assembly.
 18 15    Division V of this Act exempts the newly created state fire
 18 16 service and emergency response council from the requirements
 18 17 that its membership be bipartisan and gender balanced.
 18 18    The division also amends Code section 166D.7, subsection 4,
 18 19 paragraph "a", as amended during the 2000 Session, to require
 18 20 breeding herds to recertify that they are not infected with
 18 21 pseudorabies for each month when at least 10 percent of the
 18 22 herd's breeding swine, rather than 25 hogs, react negatively
 18 23 to the test.  This provision takes effect upon enactment.
 18 24    Division VI of this Act makes numerous corrective changes
 18 25 to previously passed legislation during the 2000 Session.  The
 18 26 more significant include the following:
 18 27    New Code section 2D.3 is amended to correct a reference to
 18 28 the international relations advisory council.
 18 29    Code section 30.2, subsection 2, and Code section 88.6, new
 18 30 subsection 9, are amended to correct the references to the new
 18 31 state fire service and emergency response council.
 18 32    Code section 85.3, new subsection 3, is amended to change
 18 33 reference to the workers' compensation commission to the
 18 34 workers' compensation commissioner.
 18 35    New Code section 135.110, subsection 1, paragraph "a",
 19  1 subparagraph (1) is amended to correct a reference to domestic
 19  2 abuse death certificates.
 19  3    New Code section 152E.1, articles II, III, IV, and VI are
 19  4 amended to change the improper use of the words "will" or "may
 19  5 not" to "shall" or "shall not" and to make other technical
 19  6 corrections.
 19  7    Code section 232.2, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 1,
 19  8 is amended to eliminate a redundancy.
 19  9    Code section 261.19B is amended to correct a reference to
 19 10 the osteopathic physician recruitment revolving fund.
 19 11    Code section 279.52, unnumbered paragraph 1, is amended to
 19 12 correct the reference from "this subsection" to "this section"
 19 13 as there are no subsections in Code section 279.52.
 19 14    New Code section 411.22, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
 19 15 1, is amended to change a reference from "member's legal
 19 16 representative beneficiary" to "member's beneficiary".
 19 17    Code section 455B.171, new subsection 31B, is amended to
 19 18 change a defined term and reference from "list" to "report"
 19 19 since that is what is required under 33 U.S.C. } 1315(b).
 19 20    New Code section 464.4, subsection 5, is amended to correct
 19 21 the reference to the conservation reserve enhancement program.
 19 22    Code section 462A.14, new subsection 12, paragraph "d", is
 19 23 amended to refer to licensed substance abuse programs which
 19 24 conduct courses for drinking drivers, providing House File
 19 25 2511 is enacted during the 2000 Session.
 19 26    Code section 481A.125, new subsection 5, is amended to
 19 27 correct a reference from "subsection" to "section" in order
 19 28 for the prohibition in the new subsection 5 to make sense.
 19 29    New Code section 521F.4, subsection 3, is amended to
 19 30 specify that the insurer referred to in that subsection is a
 19 31 health organization.
 19 32    Code section 600.13, subsection 1, paragraph "c", is
 19 33 amended to change the reference from "Act" to "chapter" since
 19 34 the Act referred to was the one which amended Code chapter
 19 35 600.
 20  1    New Code section 692B.2, article XI(a)(1)(b), is amended to
 20  2 correct the reference to the article of that section in which
 20  3 rules and standards are established.
 20  4    The retroactive applicability provisions in 2000 Iowa Acts,
 20  5 Senate File 2193 and Senate File 2254, are amended to correct
 20  6 internal references.
 20  7    The amendment to 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2344, section
 20  8 16, is to correct the lead-in error in reference to Code
 20  9 section 239B.24, subsection 1.
 20 10    The division deems references to the current drug
 20 11 enforcement and abuse prevention coordinator in the federal
 20 12 block grant appropriation bill as referring to the drug policy
 20 13 coordinator if House File 2153 is enacted.
 20 14    The division contains a provision that specifies that if
 20 15 the governor disapproves of any portion of a bill that is
 20 16 amended in this division, the amendment to that disapproved
 20 17 portion of the bill is void.  
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