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Senate Amendment 3042

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PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend Senate File 66 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 16 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec. 100.  PILOT PROJECT FOR REFUND OF PROCESSING
  1  5 FEES.
  1  6    1.  As used in this section:
  1  7    a.  "Customer" means a person paying a fee as
  1  8 provided in paragraph "c", as part of an application
  1  9 for the issuance of a renewed license or certification
  1 10 by a participating agency.
  1 11    b.  "Participating agency" means the Iowa
  1 12 department of public health or the professional
  1 13 licensing division of the department of commerce that
  1 14 elects to participate in the pilot project as provided
  1 15 in subsection 2.
  1 16    c.  "Processing fee" means a fee that is required
  1 17 to be paid to a participating agency as follows:
  1 18    (1)  The Iowa department of public health for
  1 19 issuing a renewed emergency medical care provider
  1 20 certification pursuant to section 147A.6 for which a
  1 21 fee is required pursuant to rules adopted by the
  1 22 department under section 147A.4.
  1 23    (2)  The professional licensing division, for
  1 24 issuing any of the following:
  1 25    (a)  The renewal of a certificate of licensure as a
  1 26 professional engineer pursuant to section 542B.18 for
  1 27 which a fee is required pursuant to section 542B.30.
  1 28    (b)  The renewal of a license to practice as an
  1 29 accounting practitioner pursuant to section 542C.20
  1 30 for which a fee is required pursuant to section
  1 31 542C.15.
  1 32    (c)  The renewal of a license as a real estate
  1 33 broker or real estate salesperson pursuant to section
  1 34 543B.28 for which a fee is required pursuant to
  1 35 section 543B.27.
  1 36    (d)  The renewal of a certification as a real
  1 37 estate appraiser pursuant to section 543D.7 for which
  1 38 a fee is required pursuant to section 543D.6.
  1 39    (e)  The renewal of a certificate of registration
  1 40 as an architect pursuant to section 544A.10 for which
  1 41 a fee is required pursuant to section 544A.11.
  1 42    (f)  The renewal of a certificate of registration
  1 43 as a landscape architect pursuant to section 544B.13
  1 44 for which a fee is required pursuant to section
  1 45 544B.14.
  1 46    2.  The department of management in cooperation
  1 47 with a participating agency may establish a pilot
  1 48 project for the refund of all or a portion of
  1 49 processing fees paid by customers.  The following
  1 50 shall apply to a participating agency:
  2  1    a.  The participating agency shall refund all or a
  2  2 portion of a processing fee to a customer if the
  2  3 participating agency fails to issue a license or
  2  4 certification in a manner and within a period of time
  2  5 customary for issuing similar licenses and
  2  6 certifications.
  2  7    b.  The participating agency is not required to
  2  8 refund any amount of a processing fee if the failure
  2  9 to issue a license or certification is primarily
  2 10 caused by the customer, including the customer's
  2 11 failure to comply with legal requirements, furnish a
  2 12 completed application or document, or cooperate with
  2 13 the participating agency as required by the
  2 14 participating agency.
  2 15    3.  Each participating agency shall adopt rules
  2 16 pursuant to chapter 17A necessary in order to
  2 17 administer this section.  The participating agencies
  2 18 shall cooperate in order to develop simple common
  2 19 procedures for providing refunds, which may include a
  2 20 uniform refund form.  The agencies may cooperate with
  2 21 the general assembly's joint oversight and
  2 22 communications appropriations subcommittee or other
  2 23 appropriate committee or subcommittee in carrying out
  2 24 this section.
  2 25    4.  Each participating agency shall prepare a
  2 26 report to the department of management.  The report
  2 27 shall analyze the administration of the pilot project,
  2 28 including its effect on administrative efficiency, the
  2 29 collection of revenue, and customer reactions.  The
  2 30 reports shall be delivered to the department of
  2 31 management not later than November 1, 2002.  The
  2 32 department of management shall compile the reports and
  2 33 include any findings or recommendations by the
  2 34 department.  The department's compiled report shall be
  2 35 delivered to the governor and general assembly not
  2 36 later than January 10, 2003.
  2 37    Sec.    .  Section 100 of this Act, enacting a
  2 38 pilot project for refund of processing fees, is
  2 39 repealed January 11, 2003."
  2 40    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 41 
  2 42 
  2 43                               
  2 44 JOE BOLKCOM
  2 45 SF 66.203 79
  2 46 jp/gg
     

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