[Dome] Session Summary in Brief -- 2000
Published by the Iowa General Assembly -- Legislative Information Office

Lawmakers tackle a host of issues in 2000    Iowa lawmakers marked the last half of the 78th Iowa General Assembly by enacting legislation in several areas during the 2000 Session.
   In House File (HF) 2565, the youth tobacco use prevention program is created. Increased penalties for underage smokers and store clerks is the subject of Senate File (SF) 2366, and tobacco fund securitization is the topic in HF 2579.
   Third-party payment of health care coverage costs for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices and services were addressed in SF 2126. Penalties for operating a motorboat or sailboat while intoxicated were enacted in HF 2331. Control of the swine disease, pseudorabies, is the focus of SF 2312. Community and in-home living assistance for senior citizens is the topic of SF 2193.
   In the tax category, the following legislation was enacted: a sales tax holiday for two-day back-to-school clothing purchases (HF 2351 ); an income tax exemption increase on pensions (HF 2560); business tax credits for research and development and for assistive devices for disabled workers (HF 2560); and sales tax exemption for electronic transactions and information services (HF 2562).
   Funding for a Vision Iowa Program and board for community and tourist attractions and for school infrastructure needs was included in SF 2447.
   Uniform electronic commerce was the topic of HF 2205. Other business legislation included in-state deposit limitation applicable to a single bank or holding company raised to 15% (SF 2158); and UCC, Article 9 revision on secured transactions (HF 2513).
   Other legislation includes violations of the sex offender registry (SF 2031); prohibiting the mistreatment of animals (HF 723); creating a Tobacco Settlement Authority Act (HF 2579); public retirement systems (SF 2411); funding of certain houshold hazardous material collection efforts; and establishment of a Water Quality Initiative Program by the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (SF 2371).
2000 Session Stats
Date Convened: January 10
Date Adjourned: April 26
Length: 108 calendar days
Bills introduced: 1,045
    Senate Files: 461
    House Files: 584
Study bills proposed: 526
    Senate Study Bills: 239
    House Study Bills: 287
Amendments drafted: 4,104
Amendments filed: 1,780
   Senate Amendments: 684
   House Amendments: 1,096
Bills passed and sent to the Governor: 240
Joint resolutions passed: 2
Bills vetoed by the Governor: 8
Bills item vetoed by the Governor: 8

Complete Listing of Bills Passed
78th Iowa General Assembly, 2000 Session
With Governor's Actions & Effective Dates

Bills are grouped by subject area. SF = Senate File, HF = House File, and HJR = House Joint Resolution. Bill titles have been edited to indicate only the general subject(s) addressed. For more specfic information on the wording of a bill, please see the complete text. Printed bill copies are available from the Legislative Information Office, State Capitol, Des Moines, IA 50319. The telephone number is (515) 281-5129. The text of bills is also available on-line at the Legislature's Internet site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov

AGRICULTURE
Remediation of agrichemical sites. SF 466
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Modifying eligibility requirements and providing for a temporary preference in executing agreements for the Traditional Livestock Producer's Linked Investment Loan Program. SF 2010
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Pseudorabies control. SF 2312
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 4/19/00
Prohibiting a processor from contracting for the care and feeding of swine in this state. SF 2349
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 4/05/00
Health certificate requirements for breeding bulls. HF 2085
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eligibility for the Beginning Farmer Loan Program. HF 2099
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 3/29/00
Eliminating regulations on hunting preserves applicable to certain animals classified as livestock. HF 2277
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eliminating the regulation of certain dairy trade practices. HF 2328
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Extending the time period to qualify for certain linked investment programs. HF 2329
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 3/30/00
Certification of persons as confinement site manure applicators. HF 2393
   Signed: 4/17/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eliminating the regulation of frozen food locker plants by the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. HF 2394
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Production of life science products. HF 2491
   Signed: 5/18/00
   Effective: 5/18/00
Application of compost material to land for use for the production of organic agricultural products. HF 2494
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
APPROPRIATIONS
Energy conservation, including making appropriations of petroleum overcharge funds. SF 2416
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 4/19/00
Appropriating funds to the Department of Economic Development, certain Board of Regents institutions, the Department of Workforce Development, and the Public Employment Relations Board. SF 2428
   Signed: 5/19/00 (Item veto: Section 1, subsection 2a, unnumbered paragraph 3; Designated portion of Section 12, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph 2; Section 19, in its entirety; Section 27, in its entirety)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations to the Department for the Blind, Iowa State Civil Rights Commission, Department of Elder Affairs, Iowa Department of Public Health, Department of Human Rights, the Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse, and the Commission of Veterans Affairs. SF 2429
   Signed: 5/08/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations involving state government, including provisions affecting agriculture and natural resources. SF 2430
   Signed: 5/11/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations to the Iowa Communications Network for the support of certain Part III users, making appropriations to varies entities for other technology-related purposes, providing for the procurement of information technology, and providing for the use of the network. SF 2433
   Signed: 5/13/00 (Item veto: Section 4, unnumbered paragraph, in its entirety; Section 5, subsection 2d, in its entirety; Sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, in their entirety)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations for the DHS and including other provisions and appropriations involving human services and health care. SF 2435
   Signed: 5/17/00 (Item veto: Section 4, subsection 1f, in its entirety; Designated portion of Section 8, subsection 11; Section 8, subsection 15, in its entirety; Section 8, subsection 17, in its entirety; Section 11, subsection 5, in its entirety; Section 16, unnumbered paragraph 3; Section 16, subsection 16, in its entirety; Section 20, subsection 7, in its entirety; Section 24, subsection 2, in its entirety; Section 29, subsection 4, in its entirety; Section 29, subsection 5, in its entirety; Section 31, subsection 2d, in its entirety; Section 36, in its entirety; Section 46, subsections 2, 3, and 8)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Compensation and benefits for public officials and employees. SF 2450
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Making appropriations from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to state departments and agencies, including the Department for the Blind, Department of Corrections, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Corrections, Department of General Services, the Judicial Branch, the Department of Public Safety, the State Board of Regents, the DOT, the office of Treasurer of State, and the Commission of Veterans Affairs, creating an Environment First Fund and making appropriations from that fund for environmental purposes, and making related Code language changes. SF 2453
   Signed: 5/11/00 (Item veto: Designated portion of Section 18; Designated portion of Section 22, subsection 2; Section 24, in its entirety; Section 25, subsection 6, in its entirety; Section 28, in its entirety; Section 33, in its entirety)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Reductions and supplementation of appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, transferring, crediting, and appropriating certain funds. HF 2039
   Signed: 1/18/00
   Effective: 1/18/00
Appropriation to the Commission of Veterans Affairs for a contribution toward the construction of a national World War II memorial. HF 2059
   Signed: 1/27/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Indigent defense costs and the appropriation of indigent defense funds. HF 2470
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than anticipated or if federal block grants are more or less than anticipated. HF 2533
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the DOT, including allocation and use of funds from the State General Fund, Road Use Tax Fund, and Primary Road Fund and including fees for certain registration plates, allowing the department to conduct a pilot project, and providing for the non-reversion of certain funds. HF 2538
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations to certain state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities, and providing for regulatory authority. HF 2545
   Signed: 5/19/00 (Item veto: Section 9, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph 2, in its entirety; Section 11, in its entirety; Section 27, unnumbered paragraph 5, in its entirety; Section 35, in its entirety; Section 38, in its entirety)
   Effective: 7/01/00
Funding, operation, and appropriation of funds to the College Student Aid Commission, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department of Education, and the State Board of Regents. HF 2549
   Signed: 5/10/00 (Item veto: Section 8, in its entirety; Section 9, in its entirety; Designated portion of Section 11, subsection 3, paragraph c, last unnumbered paragraph; Section 19, in its entirety)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations to the Justice System. HF 2552
   Signed: 5/17/00 (Item veto: Sections 6, 23, and 28, in their entirety; Designated portion of Section 21)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Appropriations to the Judicial Branch. HF 2554
   Signed: 5/16/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Fund. HF 2555
   Signed: 5/05/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Creating a Tobacco Settlement Authority Act, authorizing the issuance of bonds, and providing for a repeal. HF 2579
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 5/19/00
BUSINESS, INSURANCE, and UTILITIES
Certain franchise agreements and the rights and responsibilities of the parties under such agreements. SF 324
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Third-party payment of health care coverage costs for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and services. SF 2126
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Limiting on deposits which may be held by a depository institution or holding company and establishment of a procedure for determining compliance with such limitation. SF 2158
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 1/01/00 (retroactive)
Establishment of protected cells by domestic insurers. SF 2200
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Allow the assignment of benefits under an insurance policy or contract, or health benefit plan to the provider of health care services. SF 2203
   Vetoed: 3/30/00
Public and workplace safety and wage collection laws administered by the Labor Commissioner, including changes in the regulation of boilers in places of public assembly, elevator installers, and employers under the Wage Payment Collection Law. SF 2307
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Operation and regulation of insurance companies, mutual insurance associations, benevolent associations, health maintenance organizations, and other risk-assuming entities, including the rights and duties of such entities and the powers and authority of the Insurance Commissioner. SF 2409
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Mandating coverage for anesthesia and certain hospital charges associated with the provision of dental care services under individual and group accident and sickness insurance, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations. HF 754
   Signed: 5/17/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Prohibiting the use of a telephone listing that misrepresents the name and location of a business. HF 2148
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Determination of fair value of the shares of dissenting shareholders of a bank or bank holding company. HF 2197
   Signed: 5/26/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Establishing requirements for electronic transactions and electronic records. HF 2205
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Creating a county and state mutual insurance guaranty association. HF 2218
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Land restoration requirements for interstate natural gas pipeline construction projects. HF 2247
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Alternate methods of providing proof of motor vehicle financial responsibility. HF 2248
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 3/30/00
The regulation of health organizations for purposes of solvency and establishing a measure for the risk-based capital of a health organization. HF 2316
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Entities and subject matter under the regulatory authority of the Insurance Division, including motor vehicle service contracts, securities, business opportunities, residential service contracts, retirement care contracts, transfer on death probate provisions, and viatical settlement contracts. HF 2317
   Signed: 4/26/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Interest on delinquent assessments payable to the Iowa Egg Council. HF 2561
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE
Extending the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include adoption and termination of parental rights proceedings. SF 421
   Signed: 4/26/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Responsibilities of a guardian in procuring professional services for a ward with a physical or mental disability which do not require prior court approval. SF 2007
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The prohibition of shipping or importing into the state, or the offering for sale, selling, transporting, distributing, or possessing within the state, of cigarettes and tobacco products which were previously exported from or which are manufactured for use outside the U. S. SF 2079
   Signed: 4/17/00
   Effective: 4/17/00
Statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities. SF 2092
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
The appearance in court and the release from custody of certain criminal defendants. SF 2146
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The administration of clerk of court offices. SF 2212
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Forcible entry and detainer actions in small claims court following a default on a contract for deed. SF 2220
   Vetoed: 4/13/00
Juvenile court jurisdiction and the prosecution of juveniles in juvenile and district court. SF 2221
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Benefits applicable to Judicial Branch employees, the allocation of magistrates, the manner of making certain non-court and administrative appointments, and requesting a legislative study. SF 2303
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The sharing of juvenile court social records, child abuse records, or other information. SF 2369
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eliminating the registration requirement for physical exercise clubs, and making social referral service providers subject to provisions relating to door-to-door sales. SF 2372
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Definition of factory-built structures, the relocation of factory-built structures, and the certification of installers of manufactured homes. SF 2427 Vetoed: 5/23/00
Mediation services related to custody, visitation, and support of a child. HF 683
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Non-substantive Code corrections. HF 2136
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Drug policy coordination, including establishment of a drug policy coordinator, the Governor's Office of drug control policy, and a drug policy advisory council. HF 2153
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Exceptions to the requirement of holding a hearing in a dissolution of marriage action. HF 2168
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Application of the margin of error for chemical test evidence used in OWI prosecutions. HF 2170
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Polygraph examinations of applicants for certain law enforcement positions. HF 2172
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Inheritance by great-grandparents, great-aunts and uncles, and second cousins of intestate decedents. HF 2173
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Limited partnerships to become limited liability limited partnerships. HF 2239
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Notice and appointment of counsel in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. HF 2240
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Actions on certain older claims to real estate. HF 2254
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Operating a motorboat or sailboat while intoxicated. HF 2331
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The establishment of a domestic abuse death review team. HF 2362
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Review of deaths of children under the age of 18 by the Child Death Review Team. HF 2365
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The implementation of a pilot project pertaining to the concurrent jurisdiction of the juvenile court and the district court relating to modification of child custody and support orders. HF 2388
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Knowledge of limitations on authority of managers of limited liability companies by persons dealing with such companies. HF 2425
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Secured transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code by adopting new Article 9 and eliminating conflicting provisions. HF 2513
   Signed: 4/26/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Probate and trust law, including certain notification provisions, certain distributions to minors, the effect of dissolution of marriage on will provisions, powers of attorney, and making certain amendments to the Iowa Trust Code. HF 2518
   Signed: 4/26/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Extending the repeal of the Sixth Judicial District Pilot Project concerning probation revocation hearings and establishing the position of vice chairperson of the Board of Parole. HF 2519
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 5/09/00
Mandatory mediation of certain farm disputes prior to initiation of related litigation. HF 2521
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Addresses used by persons seeking relief from domestic abuse. HF 2522
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Limitations on recoverable non-economic damages in legal actions arising out of motor vehicle accidents. HF 2525
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
CRIME and CORRECTIONS
The enhanced criminal penalties associated with sexually predatory offenses. SF 2015
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 3/31/00
Violations of the sex offender registry requirements. SF 2031
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 4/05/00
Crime victim compensation. SF 2142
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact. SF 2145
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The consolidation of certain criminal offenses concerning computer access, damage, theft, video rental theft, election bribery, and voting duress. SF 2241
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The placement in treatment programs of offenders sentences for OWI violations. SF 2243
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The accumulation of credit upon an inmate's sentence for Iowa inmates incarcerated in another jurisdiction. SF 2246
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Additional sentence of parole or work release for certain persons who commit the crime of lascivious acts with a child. SF 2265
   Signed: 5/04/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Application of earned time credits against a criminal sentence. SF 2276
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 1/01/01
Interference with lawful hunting, fishing, or fur harvesting. SF 2300
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Domestic violence protective orders and harassment via electronic communications. SF 2308
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
DNA profiling. SF 2324
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Prohibiting the mistreatment of animals. HF 723 Signed: 4/28/00 Effective: 7/01/00
Informed consent provisions relating to an abortion and providing civil remedies and criminal penalties. HF 2229
   Vetoed: 4/07/00
State criminal jurisdiction and crimes of escape and absence from custody. HF 2253
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 3/31/00
Establishing a criminal offense relating to theft detection shielding devices and theft detection devices. HF 2391
   Signed: 4/18/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The criminal penalties relating to amphetamines or drug paraphernalia. HF 2419
   Signed: 4/25/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The statute of limitations for filing a sexual abuse or sexual exploitation criminal indictment or information. HF 2420
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The creation of a real estate improvement district. SF 2342
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The creation of a water quality district, and providing for the levy of a tax. SF 2438
   Signed: 5/11/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Public improvements and providing financial assistance to communities and school districts by creating a School Infrastructure Program and Fund, continuing the Community Attraction and Tourism Program and Fund, creating a Vision Iowa Board, Program, and Fund, providing bonding authority to the Treasurer of State, and exempting certain income from taxation. SF 2447
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Public expenditure and regulatory matters. SF 2452
   Signed: 5/23/00 (Item veto: Section 19, in its entirety; Section 30, in its entirety; Section 78, in its entirety)
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
The construction or acquisition of infrastructure by rural water districts by providing for financing and exempting certain debt instruments from taxation. HF 2027
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Certified School-to-Career Program. HF 2179
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Issuance of closing protection letters, amending provisions regarding mortgage release certificates, and providing for the allocation of the state ceiling of federally tax-exempt private activity bonds. HF 2373
   Signed: 5/04/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Funding of the local housing assistance program. HF 2422
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 4/07/00
Creating a Brownfield Redevelopment Program and Fund and a Brownfield Redevelopment Advisory Council. HF 2423
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Creating an Iowa Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission and Fund. HF 2424
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 4/20/00
Aviation transportation. HF 2458
   Signed: 5/11/00
   Effective: 5/11/00
Economic Development programs and related tax credits. HF 2540
   Signed: 5/26/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Expanding the number of counties that may designate unincorporated areas containing private lakes as rural improvement zones and setting the limits for the standby taxes imposed in those zones. HF 2541
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
EDUCATION
School districts and non-public schools to perform certain abuse record checks. SF 228
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Designation of investigative information possessed by the Board of Educational Examiners as privileged and confidential. SF 292
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Exemption from certain requirements of self-insured dental insurance plans provided by school corporations. SF 441
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the State School Foundation Program. SF 2082
   Signed: 2/09/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Certain school finance formula provisions. SF 2111
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 4/06/00
The use of School Improvement Technology Program and School Improvement Technology Block Grant Program funds by school districts and area education agencies to employ or contract with information technology specialists. SF 2238
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The College Student Aid Commission's membership, duties, and authority, and related federal employment reports. SF 2248
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eliminating the future repeal of the School Finance Formula and providing for periodic legislative review. SF 2252
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Payment of education costs for certain juvenile facilities. SF 2294
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 4/20/00
The interest a member of the board of directors of a school corporation may have in a contract with the director's school corporation. SF 2331
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
A tax credit from withholding, creating an Accelerated Career Education Grant Program and Fund, and relating to the transfer of job training withholding to the Workforce Development Fund account. SF 2439
   Signed: 5/18/00
   Effective: 5/18/00
Utilization of budget enrollment in determining gifted and talented program funding. HF 2145
   Signed: 4/27/00
   Effective: 4/27/00
The authority of the Board of Educational Examiners over certification and licensing of para-educators and practitioners. HF 2146
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Directing the Department of Education to conduct a feasibility study of reorganization and sharing incentives for school districts. HF 2198
   Signed: 4/25/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The renewal date for a license issued by the Board of Educational Examiners. HF 2279
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Developing and administering an Operation Recognition Program to award high school diplomas to World War II veterans who left high school for U.S. military service. HF 2280
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Community college governance. HF 2433
   Signed: 5/04/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Repealing a provision authorizing the raising of an additional enrichment amount to fund asbestos removal projects. HF 2435
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Disclosure by a post-secondary education institution of information to the parent of guardian of a student. HF 2437
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Providing civil and criminal immunity for a school employee related to the employee's participation in reporting and investigating violence, threats of violence, or other inappropriate activity against a school employee or student in a school building, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored function. HF 2473
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Adoption of administrative rules requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies relating to health services, media services programs, and guidance programs as part of the accreditation standards applicable to school districts. HF 2474
   Signed: 5/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Supplementary weighting for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district-to-community college sharing programs, and at-risk programs. HF 2496
   Signed: 5/18/00
   Effective: 5/18/00
The Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust. HF 2550
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 5/03/00
The authorization of the Higher Education Loan Authority to make loans and issue obligations to make loans to entities other than educational institutions, and to finance projects to be leased to educational institutions, and providing that the obligations and income from obligations are exempt from taxation. HF 2581
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
HEALTH and HUMAN RIGHTS
Changing a Code reference to the Iowa Association of Community Providers. SF 174
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 3/31/00
Licensure to practice acupuncture. SF 182
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The establishment of a Senior Living Program, including the creation of a Senior Living Trust Fund, providing for the development and provision of program information and electronic access, providing for a caregiver support and education program, an insurance policy and incentives study, and allocation of the funds in the Senior Living Trust Fund. SF 2193
   Signed: 3/01/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Immunity from liability for financial institutions relating to data matching and levies against accounts, including medical support and payment of costs to financial institutions for data matching and automation program development. SF 2254
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Programs and public health issues under the purview of the Iowa Department of Public Health and the appropriation of certain fees to the department. SF 2302
   Signed: 4/25/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Communicable and infectious diseases. SF 2314
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Child and family services administered by the DHS. SF 2344
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
State and local administrative and employment provisions involving human services. SF 2360
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
The purchase, possession, and sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. SF 2366
   Signed: 4/17/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The Family Investment Program and associated provisions. SF 2368
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Support obligations. HF 2135
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 4/20/00
Medical assistance, including eligibility categories and transfer of assets. HF 2321
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Access to certain child abuse information. HF 2377
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 4/21/00
Establishment of a statewide organ and tissue donor registry. HF 2385
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Tobacco use prevention and control. HF 2565
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 5/15/00
LABOR and EMPLOYMENT
Workers' compensation concerning service of notices on non-resident employers, the calculation of weekly earnings, and the approval of related liens. SF 2373
   Signed: 3/16/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Powers and duties of county officers with respect to county warrants. SF 2047
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Procedures for discontinuance of a city. SF 2091
   Signed: 3/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Making certain changes related to forcible entry and detainer actions within the landlord/tenant law. SF 2214
   Signed: 5/23/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Striking a mandatory leave of absence for a civil service officer or employee, or a deputy sheriff who is a candidate for partisan public office. SF 2215
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 3/31/00
Certain county officers' duties relating to property transfer instruments, records of fees paid to a county, notice of certification of utility liens, and notice of mobile homes departing and entering mobile home parks. SF 2253
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Certain procedures for the purchase or condemnation of interest in private property by a utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Iowa Utilities Board. SF 2327
   Signed: 5/10/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Limitations on investments by city hospitals. SF 2419
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The deadline for municipalities to file annual financial reports for urban renewal areas. SF 2459
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The appointment of emergency management coordinators. HF 2169
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Payment of health and medical insurance coverage costs by cities to retired employees. HF 2315
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
County levy and expenditure authority involving the risk pool and County Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Developmental Disabilities Services Fund by authorizing appropriations from the fund for capital assets used exclusively for purposes of the services fund, and authorizing associated county general fund levies and expenditures. HF 2327
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 4/13/00
Veterans' preference in public employment. HF 2376
   Signed: 4/17/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The publication and record-keeping duties of county officers by providing for the maintenance of permanent records by electronic means and the determination of publication rates. HF 2429
   Signed: 4/26/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Certain state and municipal agencies by making changes relating to the provision of and training for fire protection service and emergency medical service, and by amending the powers and duties of townships and township officers. HF 2492
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Fee-supported services provided by a county, including the payment of county law enforcement salaries and expenses. HF 2502
   Vetoed: 4/25/00
The condemnation of private property for certain public purposes. HF 2528
   Signed: 5/10/00
   Effective: 5/10/00
Services provided by county officers, including funding for emergency medical services and the disposition of lost property. HF 2531
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
NATURAL RESOURCES and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
To repeal the Upper Mississippi Riverway Compact. SF 2036
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Registration and licensing duties of the county recorder. SF 2061
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
On-site presence of a pipeline company representative during farmland improvements near pipelines. SF 2213
   Signed: 4/25/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
A state agency purchasing preference for bio-based hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants. SF 2249
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Funding of certain household hazardous material collection efforts and events. SF 2326
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Creating a Hungry Canyons Alliance, providing membership guidelines for board of directors of the Loess Hills Development and Conservation Authority and Loess Hills Alliance, and providing for the assistance of state agencies. SF 2348
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Establishment of a Water Quality Initiative Program by the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the DNR. SF 2371
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Providing residency status to certain members of the armed forces for purposes of hunting, fishing, and fur harvesting. HF 2008
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Changing the name of the Forests and Forestry Division of the DNR to the Forests and Prairies Division and expanding its responsibilities. HF 2090
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Extending a partial suspension of permitting requirements of facilities that deal with hazardous waste. HF 2438
   Signed: 4/07/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The allocation of funds within the soil and water enhancement account of the Resource Enhancement and Protection Fund. HF 2485
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Taking of fish and game by establishing residency requirements, authorizing the taking of deer and the use of certain mechanical devices for taking deer within a city, and methods of taking fish. HF 2486
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
STATE GOVERNMENT
Applying certain veterinary practice requirements to persons providing veterinary medical services, owning a veterinary clinic, or practicing veterinary medicine. SF 419
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Authority of cities and counties to adopt rent control ordinances. SF 428
   Signed: 4/13/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Appointment and length of terms for members added to a hospital board of trustees. SF 2048
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The licensing of individuals engaged in the healing art of massage therapy. SF 2113
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Creating a Merchant Marine Bonus Fund. SF 2141
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eligibility of certain school organizations to conduct games and raffles and the disposition of receipts from games and raffles. SF 2143
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Regulation and inspection of health care facilities, including the establishment of a quality-based inspections system. SF 2144
   Signed: 5/11/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Enforcement of criminal offenses and local ordinances. SF 2245
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Changing the number and qualifications of general officers in the Iowa National Guard, and increasing the membership of the Emergency Response Commission. SF 2266
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: Various (see bill)
Declaring null and void gubernatorial executive orders relating to equal opportunity and affirmative action in state employment and uniform procedures for the waiver of administrative rules. SF 2274
   Vetoed: 4/14/00
Filing of reports with the Secretary of State by corporate entities. SF 2388
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The duties and divisions within the Department of Inspections and Appeals and codifying the establishment and duties of the existing Health Facilities Division. SF 2390
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Creation of an Information Technology Department. SF 2395
   Signed: 4/25/00
   Effective: 4/25/00
Implementation, applicability, and effective dates regarding public retirement systems. SF 2411
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Compacts or agreements entered into by the Iowa Lottery Board and Commissioner of the Lottery. SF 2443
   Signed: 4/20/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Non-substantive gender-related provisions in the Code. HF 475
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Registration requirements and establishing a scope of authority for dental assistants. HF 686
   Signed: 2/23/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Adopting the Nurse Licensure Compact. HF 2105
   Signed: 3/16/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Waver or variance of administrative rules by state agencies. HF 2206
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The confidentiality of Internet protocol numbers associated with public information requests. HF 2220
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Directional signs visible from the street at polling places. HF 2330
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Authorization to provide emergency and non-emergency medical care services. HF 2333
   Signed: 3/16/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board procedures, and conflicts of interest of public officers and employees. HF 2431
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Creation of an International Relations Advisory Council and the designation of Legislative Branch and Executive Branch protocol officers. HF 2442
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Duties of the Department of Personnel, the administration of the department, and benefits provided state employees. HF 2463
   Signed: 5/08/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Distributions made to and income from missing property of certain victims of World War II and their heirs. HF 2542
   Signed: 4/14/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
The state's disposition of unclaimed property law by setting a limit on the retention of abandoned property records and requiring the filing of rules setting requirements and conditions for hiring independent auditors. HF 2557
   Signed: 5/15/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Authorizing the temporary use and consumption of wine in the State Capitol in conjunction with the awards ceremony of the World Food Prize Foundation. HJR 2014
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
TAXES
Collection of the Physical Plant and Equipment Property Tax Levy in certain urban renewal areas. SF 2089
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Certification of property taxes by townships. SF 2418
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 4/19/00
The administration and enforcement of the replacement tax imposed on the generation, transmission, delivery, consumption, and use of electricity and natural gas. SF 2420
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 4/19/00
Updating the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, amending the earned income credit, amending requirements for non-resident taxpayers, and providing tax benefits to military personnel in hazardous duty areas. SF 2424
   Signed: 4/26/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
The designation, valuation, and taxation of property in a horizontal property regime. SF 2426
   Signed: 4/25/00
   Effective: 4/25/00
The taxation of property used by the Iowa National Guard. SF 2444
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Nullifying amendments to administrative rules of the Department of Revenue and Finance concerning the classification of condominiums for property tax purposes. SJR 2005
   Signed: 5/09/00
   Effective: 5/09/00
Sales and use tax exemption for the sales of clothing and footwear for a limited time period annually. HF 2351
   Signed: 5/26/00
   Effective: 5/26/00
The administration of the tax and related laws by the Department of Revenue and Finance, including administration of state individual income, corporate income, sales and use, hotel and motel, real estate transfer, environmental protection charge on petroleum diminution, property, motor fuel, special fuel, cigarette and tobacco products, inheritance taxes, treatment of motor fuel under the local option taxes, and authorizing tax agreements with Indian tribes. HF 2548
   Vetoed: 5/19/00
Individual and corporate income tax credit for the rehabilitation of certain eligible commercial and residential property and barns, an alternative method for computing the individual and corporate income tax credit for increasing research and development, an assistive device tax credit under the individual and corporate taxes for assisting persons with a disability in the workplace, an increase in the deduction for pension and retirement income for income tax purposes, a property tax exemption for increasing the value of certain barns as a result of the rehabilitation of the barns, and a property tax exemption for increasing the value of one-room schoolhouses as a result of the rehabilitation of the one-room schoolhouses. HF 2560
   Signed: 5/16/00
   Effective: Varies (See bill)
The treatment for sales and use tax purposes of sales where the substance of the transactions is delivered by electromagnetic waves, digitally, or by way of cable or fiber optics, the exemption from the sales and use taxes of the furnishing, sale, or rental of information services, providing of refunds, and requesting a task force be established. HF 2562
   Signed: 5/16/00
   Effective: 5/16/00
Exempting from the sales and use taxes the gross receipts from all sales of goods and services used in fulfillment of a construction contract for a non-profit hospital. HF 2563
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/98 (retroactive)
Exempting the sale of livestock ear tags by certain nonprofit organizations from the sales and use taxes. HF 2569
   Signed: 5/04/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
TRANSPORTATION
Motor vehicle enforcement, titling, registration, the renewal of certain licenses related to selling vehicles, and motor carrier regulation. SF 2147
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: varies (see bill)
Use of blue lights on authorized emergency vehicles. SF 2156
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Expenditure of Primary Road Fund money for dust control on certain municipal streets. SF 2164
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The vacation of roads and road rights-of-way. SF 2194
   Signed: 4/12/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Establishing a pilot project requiring that the Iowa DOT purchase soydiesel fuel for use in some of its vehicles. SF 2256
   Signed: 3/29/00
   Effective: Contingent on appropriation
Driver licensing, the use of child restraints and safety belts for children, owner liability for damages, and the designation of vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles. SF 2313
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
The Motor Vehicle Lemon Law. SF 2315
   Signed: 4/05/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Enhancing penalties for certain vehicle violations relating to railroad crossings, modifying vehicle registration provisions, regulating the closing of railway crossings, requiring adoption of rules for hours of service for certain drivers, and modifying a definition relating to motor vehicle dealers. SF 2329
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Regulation of certain low-speed vehicles. SF 2330
   Signed: 3/09/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Eligibility for U. S. Armed Forces retired special motor vehicle license plates. SF 2455
   Signed: 5/03/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
The use of wheelchair parking cones, and providing for persons with disabilities registration plates for trailers. HF 620
   Signed: 5/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Prohibiting motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and importers from being licensed as, owning an interest in, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle dealer, and providing exceptions. HF 2106
   Signed: 2/23/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Recognition of federal rights and service, including eligibility for U. S. Armed Forces retired special motor vehicle license plates and designation of a "Bill of Rights Day." HF 2113
   Vetoed: 4/06/00
Weight restrictions on certain implements of husbandry. HF 2368
   Signed: 3/31/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Non-highway transportation, including aircraft registration and passenger rail service. HF 2477
   Signed: 5/04/00
   Effective: Varies (see bill)
Motor vehicle registration periods. HF 2480
   Signed: 3/30/00
   Effective: 7/01/01
Ignition interlock provisions for OWI offenses. HF 2510
   Signed: 4/19/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Issuance of temporary restricted permits or licenses under certain circumstances, by providing that the course for drivers convicted of OWI violations shall be taught by community colleges or licensed substance abuse programs, and by providing for parental and school notification of certain violations by persons under 18 years of age. HF 2511
   Signed: 4/21/00
   Effective: 7/01/00
Certain violations attributed to motor vehicles rented from motor vehicle rental companies. HF 2512
   Signed: 4/06/00
   Effective: 7/01/00

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