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  1  2                                        SENATE FILE 102
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  1  4                             AN ACT
  1  5 RELATING TO NONSUBSTANTIVE CODE CORRECTIONS.
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  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  9    Section 1.  Section 12D.5, subsection 2, paragraph a,
  1 10 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 11 follows:
  1 12    Upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances,
  1 13 no refund penalty shall be levied by the trust in the event of
  1 14 termination cancellation of a participation agreement:
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 12D.6, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
  1 16 2, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 17    No right to receive investment income shall exist in cases
  1 18 of voluntary participant termination cancellation except as
  1 19 provided in section 12D.5.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 16.161, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999,
  1 21 is amended to read as follows:
  1 22    The authority shall assist the administrator, appointed
  1 23 pursuant to section 34A.2A or, as provided in chapter 34A,
  1 24 subchapter II, and the authority shall have all of the powers
  1 25 delegated to it by a joint E911 service board or the
  1 26 department of public defense in a chapter 28E agreement with
  1 27 respect to the issuance and securing of bonds or notes and the
  1 28 carrying out of the purposes of chapter 34A.
  1 29    Sec. 4.  Section 18.183, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1 30 amended to read as follows:
  1 31    2.  The division of information technology services shall
  1 32 not have authority to determine whether an individual
  1 33 government agency should automate records of which the
  1 34 individual government agency is the lawful custodian.
  1 35 However, the division may encourage governmental agencies to
  2  1 implement electronic access to government records as provided
  2  2 in section 18.182.
  2  3    Sec. 5.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph c,
  2  4 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1999, is
  2  5 amended to read as follows:
  2  6    A joint E911 service board or the department of public
  2  7 safety, to receive funds from the wireless E911 emergency
  2  8 communications fund, must submit a written request for such
  2  9 funds to the administrator in a form as approved by the
  2 10 administrator.  A request shall be for funding under an
  2 11 approved E911 service plan for equipment which is directly
  2 12 related to the reception and disposition of incoming wireless
  2 13 E911 calls.  The administrator may approve the distribution of
  2 14 funds pursuant to such request if the administrator finds that
  2 15 the requested funding is for equipment necessary for the
  2 16 reception and disposition of such calls and that sufficient
  2 17 funds are available for such distribution.
  2 18    Sec. 6.  Section 68.10, subsection 5, Code 1999, is amended
  2 19 to read as follows:
  2 20    5.  To exercise the powers and privileges conferred upon
  2 21 the senate for punishment as for contempts in the chapter
  2 22 entitled "General Assembly" 2.
  2 23    Sec. 7.  Section 85B.11, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2 24 follows:
  2 25    85B.11  PREVIOUS HEARING LOSS EXCLUDED.
  2 26    An employer is liable, as provided in this chapter and
  2 27 subject to the provisions of chapter 85, for an occupational
  2 28 hearing loss to which the employment has contributed, but if
  2 29 previous hearing loss, whether occupational or not, is
  2 30 established by an audiometric examination or other competent
  2 31 evidence, whether or not the employee was exposed subjected to
  2 32 excessive noise exposure within six months preceding the test,
  2 33 the employer is not liable for the previous loss, nor is the
  2 34 employer liable for a loss for which compensation has
  2 35 previously been paid or awarded.  The employer is liable only
  3  1 for the difference between the percent of occupational hearing
  3  2 loss determined as of the date of the audiometric examination
  3  3 used to determine occupational hearing loss and the percentage
  3  4 of loss established by the pre-employment audiometric
  3  5 examination.  An amount paid to an employee for occupational
  3  6 hearing loss by any other employer shall be credited against
  3  7 compensation payable by an employer for the hearing loss.  An
  3  8 employee shall not receive in the aggregate greater
  3  9 compensation from all employers for occupational hearing loss
  3 10 than that provided in this section for total occupational
  3 11 hearing loss.  A payment shall not be made to an employee
  3 12 unless the employee has worked in excessive noise exposure
  3 13 employment for a total period of at least ninety days for the
  3 14 employer from whom compensation is claimed.
  3 15    Sec. 8.  Section 88A.1, subsections 2 and 11, Code 1999,
  3 16 are amended to read as follows:
  3 17    2.  "Amusement ride" means any mechanized device, or
  3 18 combination of devices which carries passengers along, around,
  3 19 or over a fixed or restricted course for the purpose of giving
  3 20 its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement.
  3 21 "Amusement ride" does not include a device or structure that
  3 22 is devoted principally to exhibitions related to agriculture,
  3 23 the arts, education, industry, religion, or science.
  3 24    11.  "Rider" means a person waiting in the immediate
  3 25 vicinity of an amusement ride to get on the amusement ride,
  3 26 getting on an amusement ride, using an amusement ride, getting
  3 27 off an amusement ride, or leaving an amusement ride and still
  3 28 in the immediate vicinity of the amusement ride.  "Rider" does
  3 29 not include an employee, agent, or servant of the amusement
  3 30 ride owner while engaged in the duties of their employment.
  3 31    Sec. 9.  Section 97B.73A, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  3 32 amended to read as follows:
  3 33    1.  A part-time county attorney may elect in writing to the
  3 34 department to make contributions to the system for the county
  3 35 attorney's previous service as a county attorney and receive
  4  1 credit for membership service in the system for the applicable
  4  2 period of service as a part-time county attorney for which
  4  3 employee contributions are made.  A member making
  4  4 contributions pursuant to this section may make the
  4  5 contributions either for the entire applicable period of
  4  6 service, or for portions of the period of service, and if
  4  7 contributions are made for portions of the period of service,
  4  8 the contributions shall be in increments of one or more
  4  9 calendar quarters.
  4 10    Sec. 10.  Section 124.502, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  4 11 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  4 12    c.  A warrant issued pursuant to this section must be
  4 13 executed and returned within ten days after its date unless,
  4 14 upon a showing of a need for additional time, the court so
  4 15 instructs otherwise in the warrant.  If property is seized
  4 16 pursuant to a warrant, the person executing the warrant shall
  4 17 give to the person from whom the property is seized, or the
  4 18 person in charge of the premises from which the property is
  4 19 seized, a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property
  4 20 seized or shall leave the copy and receipt at the place from
  4 21 which the property is seized.  The return of the warrant shall
  4 22 be made promptly and shall be accompanied by a written
  4 23 inventory of any property seized.  The inventory shall be made
  4 24 in the presence of the person executing the warrant and of the
  4 25 person from whose possession or premises the property was
  4 26 seized, if they are present, or in the presence of at least
  4 27 one credible person other than the person executing the
  4 28 warrant.  A copy of the inventory shall be delivered to the
  4 29 person from whom or from whose premises the property was
  4 30 seized and to the applicant for the warrant.
  4 31    Sec. 11.  Section 135C.33, subsection 5, paragraph e,
  4 32 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  4 33 follows:
  4 34    In substantial conformance with the provisions of this
  4 35 section, prior to the employment of such an employee, the
  5  1 provider shall request the performance of the criminal and
  5  2 dependent adult abuse record checks and may request the
  5  3 performance of the child abuse record checks.  The provider
  5  4 shall inform the prospective employee and obtain the
  5  5 prospective employee's signed acknowledgment.  The department
  5  6 of human services shall perform the evaluation of any criminal
  5  7 record or founded child or dependent adult abuse record and
  5  8 shall make the determination of whether a prospective employee
  5  9 of a provider shall not be employed by the provider.
  5 10    Sec. 12.  Section 136B.5, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  5 11 follows:
  5 12    136B.5  PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
  5 13    A person who violates a provision of this division chapter
  5 14 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
  5 15    Sec. 13.  Section 144.13A, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  5 16 follows:
  5 17    144.13A  FEES – USE OF FUNDS.
  5 18    The county registrar or state registrar shall charge the
  5 19 parent a ten dollar fee for the registration of a certificate
  5 20 of birth and a separate fee established under section 144.46
  5 21 for a certified copy of the certificate except as otherwise
  5 22 provided in section 331.605, subsection 6 5.  The certified
  5 23 copy shall be mailed to the parent by the state registrar.  If
  5 24 the person responsible for the filing of the certificate of
  5 25 birth under section 144.13 is not the parent, the person is
  5 26 entitled to collect the fee from the parent.  The fee shall be
  5 27 remitted to the appropriate registrar.  If the expenses of the
  5 28 birth are reimbursed under the medical assistance program
  5 29 established by chapter 249A, or paid for under the statewide
  5 30 indigent patient care program established by chapter 255, or
  5 31 paid for under the obstetrical and newborn indigent patient
  5 32 care program established by chapter 255A, or if the parent is
  5 33 indigent and unable to pay the expenses of the birth and no
  5 34 other means of payment is available to the parent, the
  5 35 registration fee and certified copy fee are waived.  If the
  6  1 person responsible for the filing of the certificate is not
  6  2 the parent, the person is discharged from the duty to collect
  6  3 and remit the fee under this section if the person has made a
  6  4 good faith effort to collect the fee from the parent.  The
  6  5 fees collected by the county registrar and state registrar
  6  6 shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the
  6  7 general fund of the state.  It is the intent of the general
  6  8 assembly that the funds generated from the registration fees
  6  9 be appropriated and used for primary and secondary child abuse
  6 10 prevention programs.  It is the intent of the general assembly
  6 11 that the funds generated from the fees as established under
  6 12 section 144.46 for the mailing of the certified copy of the
  6 13 birth certificate be appropriated and used to support the
  6 14 distribution of the automatic birth certificate and the
  6 15 implementation of the electronic birth certificate system.
  6 16    Sec. 14.  Section 147.14, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  6 17 amended to read as follows:
  6 18    1.  For barbering, three members each, licensed to practice
  6 19 the profession for which the board conducts examinations
  6 20 barbering, and two members who are not licensed to practice
  6 21 the profession for which the board conducts examinations
  6 22 barbering and who shall represent the general public.  A
  6 23 quorum shall consist of a majority of the members of the
  6 24 board.
  6 25    Sec. 15.  Section 159.5, subsection 9, Code 1999, is
  6 26 amended to read as follows:
  6 27    9.  Inspect and supervise all cold storage plants and food
  6 28 producing or distributing establishments including the
  6 29 furniture, fixtures, utensils, machinery, and other equipment
  6 30 so as to prevent the production, preparation, packing,
  6 31 storage, or transportation of food in a manner detrimental to
  6 32 its character or quality.
  6 33    Sec. 16.  Section 161A.80, subsection 2, unnumbered
  6 34 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  6 35    A blufflands protection revolving fund is created in the
  7  1 state treasury.  All proceeds shall be divided into two equal
  7  2 accounts.  One account shall be used for the purchase of
  7  3 blufflands along the Mississippi river and its tributaries and
  7  4 the other account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands
  7  5 along the Missouri river and its tributaries.  The proceeds of
  7  6 the revolving fund are appropriated to make loans to
  7  7 conservation organizations which agree to purchase bluffland
  7  8 properties adjacent to state public lands.  The department
  7  9 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the
  7 10 disbursement of funds.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
  7 11 interest or earnings on investments made pursuant to this
  7 12 section or as provided in section 12B.10 shall be credited to
  7 13 the blufflands protection revolving fund.  Notwithstanding
  7 14 section 8.33, unobligated or unencumbered funds credited to
  7 15 the blufflands protection revolving fund shall not revert at
  7 16 the close of a fiscal year.  However, the maximum balance in
  7 17 the blufflands protection revolving fund shall not exceed two
  7 18 million five hundred thousand dollars.  Any funds in excess of
  7 19 two million five hundred thousand dollars shall be credited to
  7 20 the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
  7 21    Sec. 17.  Section 166.42, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  7 22 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  7 23    The secretary may establish a reserve supply of biological
  7 24 products of approved modified live virus hog-cholera vaccine
  7 25 and of anti-hog-cholera serum or its equivalent in antibody
  7 26 concentrate to be used as directed by the secretary in the
  7 27 event of an emergency resulting from a hog-cholera outbreak.
  7 28 Vaccine and serum or antibody concentrate from the reserve
  7 29 supply, if used for such an emergency, shall be made available
  7 30 to swine producers at a price which will not result in a
  7 31 profit.  Payment shall be made by the producer to the
  7 32 department and such vaccine shall be administered by a
  7 33 licensed practicing veterinarian.  The secretary may co-
  7 34 operate with other states in the accumulation, maintenance and
  7 35 disbursement of such reserve supply of biological products.
  8  1 The secretary, with the advice and written consent of the
  8  2 chief of the division of animal industry of the state
  8  3 veterinarian, and the advice and written consent of the
  8  4 veterinarian-in-charge in for Iowa, of the animal, plant, and
  8  5 health division inspection service-veterinary services, United
  8  6 States department of agriculture, shall determine when an
  8  7 emergency resulting from a hog-cholera outbreak exists.
  8  8    Sec. 18.  Section 173.6, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1999,
  8  9 is amended to read as follows:
  8 10    A member of the board who is a board congressional
  8 11 director, elected as provided in section 173.1, shall serve a
  8 12 term of two years.  The term of a board congressional director
  8 13 shall begin following the adjournment of the convention at
  8 14 which the board congressional director was elected and shall
  8 15 continue until a successor is elected and qualified as
  8 16 provided in this chapter.
  8 17    Sec. 19.  Section 190C.1, subsections 10, 18, and 19, Code
  8 18 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  8 19    10.  "Handler" means a person engaged in the business of
  8 20 handling agricultural products, including but not limited to
  8 21 distributors, wholesalers, brokers, and repackers.  "Handler"
  8 22 does not include a person selling agricultural products to
  8 23 consumers on a retail basis, including a food service
  8 24 establishment as defined in section 137B.2 137F.1, retail
  8 25 grocery, meat market, or bakery, if the person does not
  8 26 process the agricultural product.
  8 27    18.  "Regional organic association" means a corporation
  8 28 organized under former chapter 504 or chapter 504A which has
  8 29 certifying members, elects its own officers and directors, and
  8 30 is independent from the department.
  8 31    19.  "Retailer" means a person, other than an operator of a
  8 32 food service establishment, who is engaged in the business of
  8 33 selling food at retail to the ultimate customer.
  8 34    Sec. 20.  Section 190C.4, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
  8 35 amended to read as follows:
  9  1    3.  A violation of this chapter includes a violation of any
  9  2 rule adopted or issue ordered order issued pursuant to this
  9  3 chapter as provided in this chapter and under chapter 17A.
  9  4    Sec. 21.  Section 200A.3, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  9  5 amended to read as follows:
  9  6    2.  "Bulk dry animal nutrient product" or "bulk product"
  9  7 means an a dry animal nutrient product delivered to a
  9  8 purchaser in bulk form to which a label cannot be attached.
  9  9    Sec. 22.  Section 216A.73, subsection 4, Code 1999, is
  9 10 amended to read as follows:
  9 11    4.  The director administrator of the division of
  9 12 vocational rehabilitation of the department of education.
  9 13    Sec. 23.  Section 216B.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  9 14 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  9 15    The commission for the blind is established consisting of
  9 16 three members appointed by the governor, subject to
  9 17 confirmation by the senate.  Members of the commission shall
  9 18 serve three-year terms beginning and ending as provided in
  9 19 section 69.19.  The commission shall adopt rules concerning
  9 20 programs and services for blind persons provided under this
  9 21 subchapter chapter.
  9 22    Sec. 24.  Section 216B.6, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  9 23 follows:
  9 24    216B.6  POWERS.
  9 25    The commission shall have all powers necessary to carry out
  9 26 the functions and duties specified in this subchapter chapter,
  9 27 including, but not limited to the power to establish advisory
  9 28 committees on special studies, to solicit and accept gifts and
  9 29 grants, to adopt rules according to chapter 17A for the
  9 30 commission and department, and to contract with public and
  9 31 private groups to conduct its business.  All departments,
  9 32 divisions, agencies, and offices of the state shall make
  9 33 available upon request of the commission information which is
  9 34 pertinent to the subject matter of the study and which is not
  9 35 by law confidential.
 10  1    Sec. 25.  Section 230A.3, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
 10  2 amended to read as follows:
 10  3    3.  Continued operation of a center originally established
 10  4 prior to July 1, 1998, under subsection 2 without an agreement
 10  5 with the board or boards of supervisors which originally
 10  6 established the center, provided the center is in compliance
 10  7 with the applicable standards adopted by the mental health and
 10  8 mental retardation developmental disabilities commission.
 10  9    Sec. 26.  Section 235A.13, subsections 1 through 7, Code
 10 10 1999, are amended to read as follows:
 10 11    1.  "Assessment data" means any of the following
 10 12 information pertaining to the department's evaluation of a
 10 13 family:
 10 14    a.  Identification of the strengths and needs of the child,
 10 15 and of the child's parent, home, and family.
 10 16    b.  Identification of services available from the
 10 17 department and informal and formal services and other support
 10 18 available in the community to meet identified strengths and
 10 19 needs.
 10 20    1. 2.  "Child abuse information" means any or all of the
 10 21 following data maintained by the department in a manual or
 10 22 automated data storage system and individually identified:
 10 23    a.  Report data.
 10 24    b.  Assessment data.
 10 25    c.  Disposition data.
 10 26    2. 3.  "Confidentiality" means the withholding of
 10 27 information from any manner of communication, public or
 10 28 private.
 10 29    3. 4.  "Department" means the department of human services.
 10 30    4. 5.  "Disposition data" means information pertaining to
 10 31 an opinion or decision as to the occurrence of child abuse,
 10 32 including:
 10 33    a.  Any intermediate or ultimate opinion or decision
 10 34 reached by assessment personnel.
 10 35    b.  Any opinion or decision reached in the course of
 11  1 judicial proceedings.
 11  2    c.  The present status of any case.
 11  3    5. 6.  "Expungement" means the process of destroying child
 11  4 abuse information.
 11  5    6. 7.  "Individually identified" means any report,
 11  6 assessment, or disposition data which names the person or
 11  7 persons responsible or believed responsible for the child
 11  8 abuse.
 11  9    7.  "Assessment data" means any of the following
 11 10 information pertaining to the department's evaluation of a
 11 11 family:
 11 12    a.  Identification of the strengths and needs of the child,
 11 13 and of the child's parent, home, and family.
 11 14    b.  Identification of services available from the
 11 15 department and informal and formal services and other support
 11 16 available in the community to meet identified strengths and
 11 17 needs.
 11 18    Sec. 27.  Section 249A.4, subsection 15, Code 1999, is
 11 19 amended to read as follows:
 11 20    15.  Establish appropriate reimbursement rates for
 11 21 community mental health centers that are accredited by the
 11 22 mental health and mental retardation developmental
 11 23 disabilities commission.  The reimbursement rates shall be
 11 24 phased-in over the three-year period beginning July 1, 1998,
 11 25 and ending June 30, 2001.
 11 26    Sec. 28.  Section 280.11, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 11 27 follows:
 11 28    280.11  EAR-PROTECTIVE DEVICES.
 11 29    1.  Every student and teacher in any public or nonpublic
 11 30 school shall wear industrial quality ear-protective devices
 11 31 while the student or teacher is participating in any phase or
 11 32 activity of a course which may subject the student or teacher
 11 33 to the risk or hazard of hearing loss from noise in processes
 11 34 or procedures used in any of the following courses:
 11 35    1.  Vocational vocational or industrial arts shops or
 12  1 laboratories involving experiences with any of the following:
 12  2    a.  Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or
 12  3 stamping of any solid materials.
 12  4    b.  Kiln firing of any metal or other materials.
 12  5    c.  Electric arc welding.
 12  6    d.  Repair or servicing of any vehicle while in shop.
 12  7    e.  Static tests, maintenance or repair of internal
 12  8 combustion engines.
 12  9    f.  Letter press, paper folders, monotype.
 12 10    2.  It shall be the duty of the teacher or other person
 12 11 supervising the students in said courses to see that the above
 12 12 requirements are complied with.  Any student failing to comply
 12 13 with such requirements may be temporarily suspended from
 12 14 participation in the course and the registration of a student
 12 15 for the course may be canceled for willful, flagrant or
 12 16 repeated failure to observe the above requirements.
 12 17    3.  The board of directors of each local public school
 12 18 district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic
 12 19 school shall provide the safety devices required herein in
 12 20 this section.  Such devices may be paid for from the general
 12 21 fund, but the board may require students and teachers to pay
 12 22 for the safety devices and shall make them available to
 12 23 students and teachers at no more than the actual cost to the
 12 24 district or school.
 12 25    4.  a.  "Industrial quality ear-protective devices", as
 12 26 used in this section, means devices meeting the American
 12 27 National Standard for Measurement of the Real-Ear attenuation
 12 28 of Ear Protectors at Threshold promulgated by the American
 12 29 National Standards Institute, Inc.
 12 30    b.  "Noise" as used in this section, means a noise level
 12 31 that meets or exceeds damage-risk criteria established by the
 12 32 present federal standard for occupational noise exposure,
 12 33 Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
 12 34    Sec. 29.  Section 321.187, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 12 35 follows:
 13  1    321.187  EXAMINERS.
 13  2    1.  The department shall examine applicants for driver's
 13  3 licenses.  Examiners of the department shall wear an
 13  4 identifying badge and uniform provided by the department.
 13  5    2.  The department may by rule designate community colleges
 13  6 to administer the driving skills test required for a
 13  7 commercial driver's license provided that all of the following
 13  8 occur:
 13  9    1. a.  The driving skills test is the same as that which
 13 10 would otherwise be administered by the state.
 13 11    2. b.  The examiner contractually agrees to comply with the
 13 12 requirements of 49 C.F.R. } 383.75 as adopted as of a specific
 13 13 date by rule by the department.
 13 14    Sec. 30.  Section 321.188, subsection 1, paragraphs a and
 13 15 c, Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
 13 16    a.  Certify whether the applicant is subject to and meets
 13 17 applicable driver qualifications of 49 C.F.R. part 391 as
 13 18 adopted as of a specific date by rule by the department.
 13 19    c.  Successfully pass knowledge tests and driving skills
 13 20 tests which the department shall require by rule.  The rules
 13 21 adopted shall substantially comply with the federal minimum
 13 22 testing and licensing requirements in 49 C.F.R. part 383,
 13 23 subparts E, G, and H as adopted as of a specific date by rule
 13 24 by the department.
 13 25    Sec. 31.  Section 321.188, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 13 26 subparagraph (2), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 13 27    (2)  The applicant has not had any convictions which are
 13 28 federal commercial driver's license disqualifying offenses
 13 29 under 49 C.F.R. } 383.51 as adopted as of a specific date by
 13 30 rule by the department while operating any type of vehicle.
 13 31    Sec. 32.  Section 321.188, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
 13 32 amended to read as follows:
 13 33    3.  An applicant for a hazardous material endorsement must
 13 34 pass a knowledge test as required under 49 C.F.R. } 383.121 as
 13 35 adopted as of a specific date by rule by the department to
 14  1 obtain or retain the endorsement.  However, an applicant for
 14  2 license issuance who was previously issued a commercial
 14  3 driver's license from another state may retain the hazardous
 14  4 material endorsement from the previously issued license if the
 14  5 applicant successfully passed the endorsement test within the
 14  6 preceding twenty-four months.
 14  7    Sec. 33.  Section 321.208, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
 14  8 amended to read as follows:
 14  9    2.  A person is disqualified for life if convicted or found
 14 10 to have committed two or more of the above acts or offenses
 14 11 arising out of two or more separate incidents.  However, a
 14 12 disqualification for life is subject to a reduction to a ten-
 14 13 year disqualification as provided in 49 C.F.R. } 383.51 as
 14 14 adopted as of a specific date by rule by the department.
 14 15    Sec. 34.  Section 321.449, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 14 16 follows:
 14 17    321.449  MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY RULES.
 14 18    1.  A person shall not operate a commercial vehicle on the
 14 19 highways of this state except in compliance with rules adopted
 14 20 by the department under chapter 17A.  The rules shall be
 14 21 consistent with the federal motor carrier safety regulations
 14 22 promulgated under United States Code, Title 49, and found in
 14 23 49 C.F.R. } 390-399 and adopted under chapter 17A which rules
 14 24 shall be to a date certain.
 14 25    2.  Rules adopted under this section concerning driver
 14 26 qualifications, hours of service, and recordkeeping
 14 27 requirements do not apply to the operators of public utility
 14 28 trucks, trucks hauling gravel, construction trucks and
 14 29 equipment, trucks moving implements of husbandry, and special
 14 30 trucks, other than a truck tractor, operating intrastate.
 14 31 Trucks for hire on construction projects are not exempt from
 14 32 this section.
 14 33    3.  Rules adopted under this section concerning driver age
 14 34 qualifications do not apply to drivers for private and for-
 14 35 hire motor carriers which operate solely intrastate except
 15  1 when the vehicle being driven is transporting a hazardous
 15  2 material in a quantity which requires placarding.  The minimum
 15  3 age for the exempted intrastate operations is eighteen years
 15  4 of age.
 15  5    4.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules
 15  6 adopted under this section for drivers of commercial vehicles
 15  7 shall not apply to a driver of a commercial vehicle who is
 15  8 engaged exclusively in intrastate commerce, when the
 15  9 commercial vehicle's gross vehicle weight rating is 26,000
 15 10 pounds or less, unless the vehicle is used to transport
 15 11 hazardous materials requiring a placard or if the vehicle is
 15 12 designed to transport more than fifteen passengers, including
 15 13 the driver.  For the purpose of complying with the hours of
 15 14 service recordkeeping requirements under 49 C.F.R. }
 15 15 395.1(e)(5), a driver's report of daily beginning and ending
 15 16 on-duty time submitted to the motor carrier at the end of each
 15 17 work week shall be considered acceptable motor carrier time
 15 18 records.  In addition, rules adopted under this section shall
 15 19 not apply to a driver for a farm operation as defined in
 15 20 section 352.2, or for an agricultural interest when the
 15 21 commercial vehicle is operated between the farm as defined in
 15 22 section 352.2 and another farm, between the farm and a market
 15 23 for farm products, or between the farm and an agribusiness
 15 24 location.  A driver or a driver-salesperson for a private
 15 25 carrier, who is not for hire and who is engaged exclusively in
 15 26 intrastate commerce, may drive twelve hours, be on duty
 15 27 sixteen hours in a twenty-four hour period and be on duty
 15 28 seventy hours in seven consecutive days or eighty hours in
 15 29 eight consecutive days.  A driver-salesperson means as defined
 15 30 in 49 C.F.R. } 395.2, as adopted as of a specific date by the
 15 31 department by rule.
 15 32    5.  a.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section,
 15 33 rules adopted under this section concerning physical and
 15 34 medical qualifications for drivers of commercial vehicles
 15 35 engaged in intrastate commerce shall not be construed as
 16  1 disqualifying any individual who was employed as a driver of
 16  2 commercial vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce whose
 16  3 physical or medical condition existed prior to July 29, 1996.
 16  4    b.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules
 16  5 adopted under this section concerning physical and medical
 16  6 qualifications for a driver shall not apply to a farmer or a
 16  7 farmer's hired help when operating a vehicle owned by the
 16  8 farmer while it is being used in connection with the
 16  9 intrastate transportation of fertilizers and chemicals used in
 16 10 the farmer's crop production.
 16 11    c.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules
 16 12 adopted under this section concerning physical and medical
 16 13 qualifications for a driver shall not apply to a farmer or a
 16 14 farmer's hired help when operating a vehicle owned by the
 16 15 farmer while it is being used in connection with the
 16 16 intrastate transportation of agricultural commodities or feed.
 16 17    6.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, rules
 16 18 adopted under this section shall not impose any requirements
 16 19 which impose any restrictions upon a person operating an
 16 20 implement of husbandry or pickup to transport fertilizers and
 16 21 pesticides in that person's agricultural operations.
 16 22    7.  Rules adopted under this section concerning periodic
 16 23 inspections shall not apply to special trucks as defined in
 16 24 section 321.1, subsection 76, and registered under section
 16 25 321.121.
 16 26    8.  Rules adopted under this section shall not apply to
 16 27 vehicles used in combination provided the gross vehicle weight
 16 28 rating of the towing unit is ten thousand pounds or less and
 16 29 the gross combination weight rating is twenty-six thousand
 16 30 pounds or less.
 16 31    Sec. 35.  Section 321.491, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 16 32 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 16 33    Within ten days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail
 16 34 of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this
 16 35 chapter or other law regulating the operation of vehicles on
 17  1 highways every magistrate of the court or clerk of the
 17  2 district court of record in which the conviction occurred or
 17  3 bail was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to
 17  4 the department an abstract of the record of the case.  The
 17  5 abstract must be certified by the person preparing it to be
 17  6 true and correct.  The clerk of the district court shall
 17  7 collect a fee of fifty cents for each individual copy of any
 17  8 record of conviction or forfeiture of bail furnished to any
 17  9 requestor at the clerk's office except for the department or
 17 10 other local, state, or federal government entity.  Moneys
 17 11 collected under this section shall be transferred to the
 17 12 department as a repayment receipt, as defined in section 8.2,
 17 13 to enhance the efficiency of the department to process records
 17 14 and information between the department and the Iowa court
 17 15 information system.  Notwithstanding any other provision in
 17 16 this section or chapter 22, the judicial branch shall be the
 17 17 provider of public electronic access to the clerk's records of
 17 18 convictions and forfeitures of bail through the Iowa court
 17 19 information system and shall, if all such records are provided
 17 20 monthly to a vendor, the judicial branch shall collect a fee
 17 21 from such vendor which is the greater of three thousand
 17 22 dollars per month or the actual direct cost of providing the
 17 23 records.
 17 24    Sec. 36.  Section 321J.2, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code
 17 25 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 17 26    a.  Division I of this This section does not apply to a
 17 27 person operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of
 17 28 a drug if the substance was prescribed for the person and was
 17 29 taken under the prescription and in accordance with the
 17 30 directions of a medical practitioner as defined in chapter
 17 31 155A or if the substance was dispensed by a pharmacist without
 17 32 a prescription pursuant to the rules of the board of pharmacy
 17 33 examiners, if there is no evidence of the consumption of
 17 34 alcohol and the medical practitioner or pharmacist had not
 17 35 directed the person to refrain from operating a motor vehicle.
 18  1    Sec. 37.  Section 321M.6, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 18  2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 18  3    b.  The county examiner contractually agrees to comply with
 18  4 the requirements of 49 C.F.R. } 383.75, as adopted as of a
 18  5 specific date by rule by the department.
 18  6    Sec. 38.  Section 331.605, subsections 3 and 5, Code 1999,
 18  7 are amended to read as follows:
 18  8    3.  A state migratory game bird fee as provided in section
 18  9 484A.3 483A.1.
 18 10    5.  A county fee of four dollars for the following
 18 11 certificates, records, or services:
 18 12    a.  A a certified copy of a birth record, death record, or
 18 13 marriage certificate.
 18 14    Sec. 39.  Section 455B.110, subsection 1, paragraph c,
 18 15 subparagraph (3), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 18 16    (3)  The county board of supervisors may designate a county
 18 17 employee to accompany a departmental official during the
 18 18 investigation of the premises of a confinement feeding
 18 19 operation.  The county designee shall have the same right of
 18 20 access to the real estate of the premises as the departmental
 18 21 official conducting the inspection during the period that the
 18 22 county designee accompanies the departmental official.
 18 23    Sec. 40.  Section 501.101, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 18 24 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 18 25    b.  A person who owns at least one hundred fifty acres of
 18 26 agricultural land and receives as rent a share of the crops or
 18 27 the animals raised on the land if that person is a natural
 18 28 person or a general partnership as organized under chapter 486
 18 29 or 486A in which all partners are natural persons.
 18 30    Sec. 41.  Section 501.101, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
 18 31 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 18 32    c.  A general partnership as organized under chapter 486 or
 18 33 486A in which all the partners are natural persons actively
 18 34 engaged in farming as provided in section 9H.1.
 18 35    Sec. 42.  Section 501.701, subsection 5, paragraph g, Code
 19  1 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 19  2    g.  Its most recent biennial annual report delivered to the
 19  3 secretary of state under section 501.713.
 19  4    Sec. 43.  Section 501.702, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
 19  5 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 19  6    a.  The right of a member to obtain information under
 19  7 section 501.702 501.304 or the right of an interest holder to
 19  8 obtain information, if the interest holder is in litigation
 19  9 with the cooperative, to the same extent as any other
 19 10 litigant.
 19 11    Sec. 44.  Section 501.713, subsection 5, Code 1999, is
 19 12 amended to read as follows:
 19 13    5.  The secretary of state may provide for the change of
 19 14 registered office or registered agent on the form prescribed
 19 15 by the secretary of state for the annual report, provided that
 19 16 the form contains the information required in section 501.106.
 19 17 If the secretary of state determines that an annual report
 19 18 does not contain the information required by this section but
 19 19 otherwise meets the requirements of section 501.106 for the
 19 20 purpose of changing the registered office or registered agent,
 19 21 the secretary of state shall file the statement of change of
 19 22 registered office or registered agent, effective as provided
 19 23 in section 501.105, before returning the biennial annual
 19 24 report to the cooperative as provided in this section.  A
 19 25 statement of change of registered office or agent pursuant to
 19 26 this subsection shall be executed by a person authorized to
 19 27 execute the annual report.
 19 28    Sec. 45.  Section 504A.100, subsection 3, unnumbered
 19 29 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 19 30    Any domestic corporation organized or existing under the
 19 31 provisions of chapter 504, Code 1989, may voluntarily elect to
 19 32 adopt the provisions of this chapter and thereby become
 19 33 subject to its provisions and, during the period of two years
 19 34 from and after the effective date of this chapter, any foreign
 19 35 corporation holding a permit under the provisions of said
 20  1 chapter on said date may voluntarily elect to adopt the
 20  2 provisions of this chapter and thereby become subject to the
 20  3 provisions of this chapter.  The procedure for electing to
 20  4 adopt the provisions of this chapter shall be as follows:
 20  5    Sec. 46.  Section 504A.100, subsection 3, paragraph e,
 20  6 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as
 20  7 follows:
 20  8    The secretary of state shall not file such instrument with
 20  9 respect to a domestic corporation unless at the time thereof
 20 10 such corporation is validly existing and in good standing in
 20 11 that office under the provisions of chapter 504 of the, Code
 20 12 1989.  If the articles of incorporation of such corporation
 20 13 have not heretofore been filed in the office of the secretary
 20 14 of state, but are on file in the office of a county recorder,
 20 15 no such instrument of adoption shall be accepted by the
 20 16 secretary of state until the corporation shall have caused its
 20 17 articles of incorporation and all amendments duly certified by
 20 18 the proper county recorder to be recorded in the office of the
 20 19 secretary of state.  Upon the filing of such instrument the
 20 20 secretary of state shall issue a certificate as to the filing
 20 21 of such instrument and deliver such certificate to the
 20 22 corporation or its representative.
 20 23    Sec. 47.  Section 504A.100, subsections 5, 6, 9, and 12,
 20 24 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
 20 25    5.  The provisions of this chapter becoming applicable to
 20 26 any domestic or foreign corporation shall not affect any right
 20 27 accrued or established, or any liability or penalty incurred,
 20 28 under the provisions of chapter 504, Code 1989, prior to the
 20 29 filing by the secretary of state in the secretary of state's
 20 30 office of the instrument manifesting the election of such
 20 31 corporation to adopt the provisions of this chapter as
 20 32 provided in subsection 3 of this section.
 20 33    6.  Except for the exceptions and limitations of subsection
 20 34 1 of this section, this chapter shall apply to:  all domestic
 20 35 corporations organized after the date on which this chapter
 21  1 became effective; domestic corporations organized or existing
 21  2 under chapter 504, Code 1989, which voluntarily elect to adopt
 21  3 the provisions of this chapter and comply with the provisions
 21  4 of subsection 3 of this section; all foreign corporations
 21  5 conducting or seeking to conduct affairs within this state and
 21  6 not holding, July 4, 1965, a valid permit so to do; foreign
 21  7 corporations holding, on the date the chapter becomes
 21  8 effective, a valid permit under the provisions of chapter 504,
 21  9 Code 1989, which, during the period of two years from and
 21 10 after said date, voluntarily elect to adopt the provisions of
 21 11 this chapter and comply with the provisions of subsection 3 of
 21 12 this section; and, upon the expiration of the period of two
 21 13 years from and after July 4, 1965, all foreign corporations
 21 14 holding such a permit on July 4, 1965.
 21 15    9.  No corporation to which the provisions of this chapter
 21 16 apply shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 504, Code
 21 17 1989.
 21 18    12.  Corporations existing under chapter 504, Code 1989,
 21 19 shall be subject to this chapter on July 1, 1990, except that
 21 20 the corporations shall be subject to sections 504A.8 and
 21 21 504A.83 on January 1, 1997.  A corporate existence of a
 21 22 corporation that is not in compliance on the records of the
 21 23 secretary of state with sections 504A.8 and 504A.83 on June
 21 24 30, 1997, is terminated, effective July 1, 1997.  A
 21 25 corporation whose existence is terminated pursuant to this
 21 26 subsection may be reinstated.  When the reinstatement is
 21 27 effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the
 21 28 effective date of the termination of its corporate existence
 21 29 as if such termination had never occurred.  The secretary of
 21 30 state shall adopt rules governing the reinstatement of a
 21 31 corporation pursuant to this subsection.
 21 32    Sec. 48.  Section 523G.4, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
 21 33 1999, is amended by striking the paragraph.
 21 34    Sec. 49.  Section 602.8102, subsection 152, Code 1999, is
 21 35 amended by striking the subsection.
 22  1    Sec. 50.  Section 692A.2, subsection 4, Code 1999, is
 22  2 amended to read as follows:
 22  3    4.  A person is not required to register while
 22  4 incarcerated, in foster care, or in a residential treatment
 22  5 program.  A person who is convicted, as defined in section
 22  6 692A.1, of either a criminal offense against a minor, sexual
 22  7 exploitation, a sexually violent offense, or an other relevant
 22  8 offense as a result of adjudication of delinquency in juvenile
 22  9 court shall be required to register as required in this
 22 10 chapter unless the juvenile court finds that the person should
 22 11 not be required to register under this chapter.  If a juvenile
 22 12 is required to register and the court later modifies the order
 22 13 regarding the requirement to register, the court shall
 22 14 immediately notify the department.  Convictions of more than
 22 15 one offense which require registration under this chapter but
 22 16 which are prosecuted within a single indictment shall be
 22 17 considered as a single offense for purposes of registration.
 22 18    Sec. 51.  Section 692A.16, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
 22 19 amended to read as follows:
 22 20    1.  The registration requirements of this chapter shall
 22 21 apply to persons convicted of a criminal offense against a
 22 22 minor, sexual exploitation, an other relevant offense, or a
 22 23 sexually violent offense prior to July 1, 1995, who are
 22 24 released on or after July 1, 1995, who are participating in a
 22 25 work release or institutional work release program on or after
 22 26 July 1, 1995, or who are under parole or probation supervision
 22 27 by a judicial district department of correctional services on
 22 28 or after July 1, 1995.
 22 29    Sec. 52.  Section 915.23, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
 22 30 amended to read as follows:
 22 31    1.  An employer shall not discharge an employee from, or
 22 32 take or fail to take action, regarding an employee's promotion
 22 33 or proposed promotion, or take action to reduce an employee's
 22 34 wages or benefits, for actual time worked, due to the service
 22 35 of an employee as a witness in a criminal proceeding.
 23  1    Sec. 53.  Section 915.24, subsection 1, unnumbered
 23  2 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 23  3    If a complaint is filed alleging that a child has committed
 23  4 a delinquent act, the alleged victim, as defined in section
 23  5 915.10, has and a juvenile court officer shall notify the
 23  6 alleged victim, as defined in section 915.10, of the following
 23  7 rights:  
 23  8 
 23  9 
 23 10                                                             
 23 11                               MARY E. KRAMER
 23 12                               President of the Senate
 23 13 
 23 14 
 23 15                                                             
 23 16                               RON J. CORBETT
 23 17                               Speaker of the House
 23 18 
 23 19    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 23 20 is known as Senate File 102, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
 23 21 
 23 22 
 23 23                                                             
 23 24                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
 23 25                               Secretary of the Senate
 23 26 Approved                , 1999
 23 27 
 23 28 
 23 29                               
 23 30 THOMAS J. VILSACK
 23 31 Governor
     

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