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Senate Study Bill 1274

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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2                   MH/MR/DD – ALLOWED GROWTH
  1  3    Section 1.  COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND
  1  4 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ALLOWED GROWTH FACTOR ADJUSTMENT
  1  5 AND ALLOCATIONS.  There is appropriated from the general fund
  1  6 of the state to the department of human services for the
  1  7 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003,
  1  8 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1  9 be used for the purpose designated:
  1 10    For distribution to counties of the county mental health,
  1 11 mental retardation, and developmental disabilities allowed
  1 12 growth factor adjustment, as provided in this section in lieu
  1 13 of the provisions of section 331.438, subsection 2, and
  1 14 section 331.439, subsection 3, and chapter 426B:  
  1 15 .................................................. $ 14,874,702
  1 16    The funding appropriated in this section is the allowed
  1 17 growth factor adjustment for fiscal year 2002-2003, and is
  1 18 allocated for distribution as provided by law.  
  1 19                           DIVISION II
  1 20              STANDING APPROPRIATIONS – REDUCTIONS
  1 21    Sec. 2.  GENERAL ASSEMBLY.  The appropriations made from
  1 22 the general fund of the state in section 2.12, for the fiscal
  1 23 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, for the
  1 24 expenses of the general assembly and for legislative agencies,
  1 25 are reduced by the following amount:  
  1 26 .................................................. $  1,550,324
  1 27    Sec. 3.  PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.  The appropriation made from
  1 28 the general fund of the state in section 7D.29, for the fiscal
  1 29 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, for
  1 30 performance of duty by the executive council, is reduced by
  1 31 the following amount:  
  1 32 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  1 33    Sec. 4.  STATE APPEAL BOARD CLAIMS.  Notwithstanding the
  1 34 standing appropriations in section 25.2, subsection 3, the
  1 35 amount appropriated from the general fund of the state under
  2  1 section 25.2, subsection 3, to the state appeal board to pay
  2  2 claims against the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  2  3 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, is reduced by the following
  2  4 amount:  
  2  5 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  2  6    Sec. 5.  CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND PUBLIC MEASURES.
  2  7 Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in section 49A.9,
  2  8 the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state
  2  9 under section 49A.9, to the office of the secretary of state
  2 10 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June
  2 11 30, 2002, is reduced by the following amount:  
  2 12 .................................................. $      2,565
  2 13    Sec. 6.  AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES.  Notwithstanding the
  2 14 provisions of chapter 257 that determine the funding for area
  2 15 education agencies, the state school foundation aid for these
  2 16 agencies and the portion of the combined district cost
  2 17 calculated for these agencies for the fiscal year beginning
  2 18 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, are reduced by the
  2 19 department of management by $6,500,000.  The department shall
  2 20 calculate a reduction such that each area education agency
  2 21 shall receive a reduction proportionate to the amount that it
  2 22 would have received under section 257.35 if the reduction
  2 23 imposed pursuant to this section did not apply.
  2 24 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 257.37, an area
  2 25 education agency may use the funds determined to be available
  2 26 under section 257.35 in a manner which it believes is
  2 27 appropriate to best maintain the level of required area
  2 28 education agency special education services.
  2 29    Sec. 7.  SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY.  Notwithstanding
  2 30 the standing appropriation in section 256D.5, subsection 2,
  2 31 the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state
  2 32 under section 256D.5, subsection 2, to the department of
  2 33 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
  2 34 ending June 30, 2002, is reduced by the following amount:  
  2 35 .................................................. $ 20,000,000
  3  1    Sec. 8.  AT-RISK CHILDREN PROGRAMS.  Notwithstanding the
  3  2 standing appropriation in section 279.51, subsection 1, the
  3  3 amount appropriated from the general fund of the state under
  3  4 section 279.51, subsection 1, to the department of education
  3  5 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June
  3  6 30, 2002, is reduced by the following amount:  
  3  7 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  3  8    The amount of the reduction in this section shall be
  3  9 prorated among the programs specified in section 279.51,
  3 10 subsection 1, paragraphs "a", "b", and "c".
  3 11    Sec. 9.  NONPUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.  Notwithstanding
  3 12 the standing appropriation in section 285.2, the amount
  3 13 appropriated from the general fund of the state under section
  3 14 285.2 to the department of education for the fiscal year
  3 15 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, is reduced
  3 16 by the following amount:  
  3 17 .................................................. $    505,000
  3 18    Sec. 10.  EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.  Notwithstanding section
  3 19 294A.25, subsection 1, the amount appropriated from the
  3 20 general fund of the state under section 294A.25, subsection 1,
  3 21 to the department of education for phase III moneys for the
  3 22 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
  3 23 is reduced by the following amount:  
  3 24 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  3 25    Sec. 11.  PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATION.
  3 26 Notwithstanding section 312.2, subsection 14, the amount
  3 27 appropriated from the general fund of the state under section
  3 28 312.2, subsection 14, to the state department of
  3 29 transportation for public transit assistance under chapter
  3 30 324A for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
  3 31 June 30, 2002, is reduced by the following amount:  
  3 32 .................................................. $    659,820
  3 33    Sec. 12.  INDIAN SETTLEMENT OFFICER.  Notwithstanding the
  3 34 standing appropriation in section 331.660, the amount
  3 35 appropriated from the general fund of the state under section
  4  1 331.660, to the county of Tama for the fiscal year beginning
  4  2 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, is reduced by the
  4  3 following amount:  
  4  4 .................................................. $     25,000
  4  5    Sec. 13.  COURT COSTS FOR SPECIAL STATE CASES.
  4  6 Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in section 815.1,
  4  7 the amount appropriated from the general fund of the state
  4  8 under section 815.1, to pay special court costs and attorney
  4  9 fees for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
  4 10 June 30, 2002, is reduced by the following amount:  
  4 11 .................................................. $     66,370
  4 12    Sec. 14.  Section 196.8, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  4 13 amended to read as follows:
  4 14    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, eggs gathered for sale at
  4 15 a poultry show from fowl exhibited at the show, which show has
  4 16 received financial assistance from the state in prior fiscal
  4 17 years, shall be exempt from the storage temperature and
  4 18 consumer grade quality requirements contained in subsection 1.
  4 19 If eggs are offered for sale at such an exhibit, five hundred
  4 20 dollars is appropriated to the department to reimburse the
  4 21 sponsoring agency of the exhibit for the expenses associated
  4 22 with the exhibit.  
  4 23                          DIVISION III
  4 24                 LAW ENFORCEMENT PHYSICAL EXAMS
  4 25    Sec. 15.  Section 400.8, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
  4 26 amended to read as follows:
  4 27    1.  The commission, when necessary under the rules,
  4 28 including minimum and maximum age limits, which shall be
  4 29 prescribed and published in advance by the commission and
  4 30 posted in the city hall, shall hold examinations for the
  4 31 purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants for
  4 32 positions under civil service, other than promotions, which
  4 33 examinations shall be practical in character and shall relate
  4 34 to matters which will fairly test the mental and physical
  4 35 ability of the applicant to discharge the duties of the
  5  1 position to which the applicant seeks appointment.  The
  5  2 physical examination of applicants for appointment to the
  5  3 positions of police officer, police matron, or fire fighter
  5  4 shall be held in accordance with medical protocols established
  5  5 by the board of trustees of the fire and police retirement
  5  6 system established by section 411.5 and shall be conducted by
  5  7 the medical board as established in section 411.5 in
  5  8 accordance with the directives of the board of trustees.  The
  5  9 board of trustees may change the medical protocols at any time
  5 10 the board so determines.  The physical examination of an
  5 11 applicant for the position of police officer, police matron,
  5 12 or fire fighter shall be conducted after a conditional offer
  5 13 of employment has been made to the applicant.  An applicant
  5 14 shall not be discriminated against on the basis of height,
  5 15 weight, sex, or race in determining physical or mental ability
  5 16 of the applicant.  Reasonable rules relating to strength,
  5 17 agility, and general health of applicants shall be prescribed.
  5 18 The costs of the physical examination required under this
  5 19 subsection shall be paid from the trust and agency fund of the
  5 20 city.  
  5 21                           DIVISION IV
  5 22          DEBT SERVICE AND TOBACCO FUND APPROPRIATIONS
  5 23                       TUITION REPLACEMENT
  5 24    Sec. 16.  TUITION REPLACEMENT – GENERAL FUND.  In lieu of
  5 25 the appropriation made to the state board of regents for
  5 26 tuition replacement in 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 535,
  5 27 section 8, subsection 1, paragraph "b", if enacted, there is
  5 28 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state
  5 29 board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  5 30 and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much
  5 31 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  5 32 designated:
  5 33    For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
  5 34 university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
  5 35 technology, and the university of northern Iowa to reimburse
  6  1 the institutions for deficiencies in their operating funds
  6  2 resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees and
  6  3 charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
  6  4 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
  6  5 and utility services at the institutions:  
  6  6 .................................................. $ 26,081,384
  6  7    Sec. 17.  TUITION REPLACEMENT – TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.
  6  8 In addition to the appropriation made in this division of this
  6  9 Act from the general fund of the state to the state board of
  6 10 regents for purposes of tuition replacement, there is
  6 11 appropriated from the tax-exempt bonds proceeds restricted
  6 12 capital funds account of the tobacco settlement trust fund
  6 13 created in section 12E.12, pursuant to 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
  6 14 File 532, if enacted, to the state board of regents for the
  6 15 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
  6 16 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  6 17 be used for the purpose designated:
  6 18    For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
  6 19 university of Iowa, the Iowa state university of science and
  6 20 technology, and the university of northern Iowa to reimburse
  6 21 the institutions for deficiencies in their operating funds
  6 22 resulting from the pledging of tuitions, student fees and
  6 23 charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
  6 24 providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
  6 25 and utility services at the institutions:  
  6 26 .................................................. $    600,330
  6 27                   IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
  6 28    Sec. 18.  IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK DEBT SERVICE –
  6 29 GENERAL FUND.  In lieu of the appropriation made to the
  6 30 treasurer of state for Iowa communications network debt
  6 31 service in 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 719, section 1, if
  6 32 enacted, there is appropriated from the general fund of the
  6 33 state to the treasurer of state for the fiscal year beginning
  6 34 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount,
  6 35 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  7  1 designated:
  7  2    For debt service for the Iowa communications network:  
  7  3 .................................................. $  9,939,165
  7  4    Sec. 19.  IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK DEBT SERVICE –
  7  5 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.  In addition to the appropriation
  7  6 made in this division of this Act from the general fund of the
  7  7 state to the treasurer of state for purposes of Iowa
  7  8 communications network debt service, there is appropriated
  7  9 from the tax-exempt bonds proceeds restricted capital funds
  7 10 account of the tobacco settlement trust fund created in
  7 11 section 12E.12, pursuant to 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532,
  7 12 if enacted, to the treasurer of state for the fiscal year
  7 13 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  7 14 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  7 15 used for the purpose designated:
  7 16    For debt service for the Iowa communications network:  
  7 17 .................................................. $  1,465,835
  7 18    Sec. 20.  DEBT SERVICE FUND.  Funds appropriated in this
  7 19 division of this Act for Iowa communications network debt
  7 20 service shall be deposited in a separate fund established in
  7 21 the office of the treasurer of state to be used solely for
  7 22 debt service for the Iowa communications network.  The Iowa
  7 23 telecommunications and technology commission shall certify to
  7 24 the treasurer of state when a debt service payment is due, and
  7 25 upon receipt of the certification, the treasurer shall make
  7 26 the payment.  The commission shall pay any additional amount
  7 27 due from funds deposited in the Iowa communications network
  7 28 fund.  
  7 29                       PRISON DEBT SERVICE
  7 30    Sec. 21.  There is appropriated from the tax-exempt bonds
  7 31 proceeds restricted capital funds account of the tobacco
  7 32 settlement trust fund created in section 12E.12, pursuant to
  7 33 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532, if enacted, to the treasurer
  7 34 of state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
  7 35 ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof
  8  1 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  8  2    For repayment of prison infrastructure bonds under section
  8  3 16.177:  
  8  4 .................................................. $  5,182,272
  8  5         TOBACCO MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT LITIGATION
  8  6    Sec. 22.  There is appropriated from the tax-exempt bonds
  8  7 proceeds restricted capital funds account of the tobacco
  8  8 settlement trust fund created in section 12E.12, pursuant to
  8  9 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532, if enacted, to the department
  8 10 of justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
  8 11 ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof
  8 12 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  8 13    For payment of litigation fees incurred pursuant to the
  8 14 tobacco master settlement agreement:  
  8 15 .................................................. $ 10,617,000
  8 16    Sec. 23.  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this
  8 17 Act shall take effect only if 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532
  8 18 is enacted and only if the tobacco settlement authority
  8 19 established in chapter 12E securitizes tobacco master
  8 20 settlement agreement payments sold to the authority pursuant
  8 21 to 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532.  If the contingencies of
  8 22 this section are met, the effective date of this division of
  8 23 this Act shall be the effective date of the receipt of the
  8 24 bond proceeds by the tobacco settlement authority and the
  8 25 deposit of the proceeds of the tax-exempt bonds and the
  8 26 taxable bonds in the respective accounts of the tobacco
  8 27 settlement trust fund pursuant to chapter 12E, and
  8 28 specifically pursuant to section 12E.9.  
  8 29                           DIVISION V
  8 30                          MISCELLANEOUS
  8 31    Sec. 24.  Notwithstanding section 8.55, subsection 4, and
  8 32 section 8.56, subsection 1, for the fiscal year beginning July
  8 33 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the interest and earnings
  8 34 on moneys deposited in the Iowa economic emergency fund and
  8 35 the cash reserve fund shall be credited to the general fund of
  9  1 the state.
  9  2    Sec. 25.  Section 483A.27, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  9  3 the following new subsection:
  9  4    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  A hunter safety and ethics instructor
  9  5 certified by the department shall be allowed to conduct an
  9  6 approved hunter safety and ethics education course on public
  9  7 school property with the approval of a majority of the board
  9  8 of directors of the school district.  The conduct of an
  9  9 approved hunter safety and ethics education course is not a
  9 10 violation of any public policy, rule, regulation, resolution,
  9 11 or ordinance which prohibits the possession, display, or use
  9 12 of a firearm, bow and arrow, or other hunting weapon on public
  9 13 school property or other public property in this state.  
  9 14                           DIVISION VI
  9 15                      SCHEDULED VIOLATIONS
  9 16    Sec. 26.  Section 321.17, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  9 17 follows:
  9 18    321.17  MISDEMEANOR TO VIOLATE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.
  9 19    It is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
  9 20 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 2, paragraph "b",
  9 21 for any person to drive or move or for an owner knowingly to
  9 22 permit to be driven or moved upon the highway a vehicle of a
  9 23 type required to be registered under this chapter which is not
  9 24 registered, or for which the appropriate fee has not been
  9 25 paid, except as provided in section 321.109, subsection 3.
  9 26    Sec. 27.  Section 321.98, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  9 27 follows:
  9 28    321.98  OPERATION WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
  9 29    No A person shall not operate, nor shall and an owner shall
  9 30 not knowingly permit to be operated upon any highway any
  9 31 vehicle required to be registered and titled hereunder unless
  9 32 there shall be attached thereto and displayed thereon when and
  9 33 as required by this chapter a valid registration card and
  9 34 registration plate or plates issued therefor for the current
  9 35 registration year and unless a certificate of title has been
 10  1 issued for such vehicle except as otherwise expressly
 10  2 permitted in this chapter.  Any violation of this section is a
 10  3 simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under
 10  4 section 805.8A, subsection 2, paragraph "b".
 10  5    Sec. 28.  Section 321.193, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code
 10  6 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 10  7    It is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
 10  8 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 4, paragraph "a",
 10  9 for a person to operate a motor vehicle in any manner in
 10 10 violation of the restrictions imposed on a restricted license
 10 11 issued to that person under this section.
 10 12    Sec. 29.  Section 321.216, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 10 13 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 10 14    It is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
 10 15 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 4, paragraph "b",
 10 16 for any person:
 10 17    Sec. 30.  Section 321.216B, Code 2001, is amended to read
 10 18 as follows:
 10 19    321.216B  USE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NONOPERATOR'S
 10 20 IDENTIFICATION CARD BY UNDERAGE PERSON TO OBTAIN ALCOHOL.
 10 21    A person who is under the age of twenty-one, who alters or
 10 22 displays or has in the person's possession a fictitious or
 10 23 fraudulently altered driver's license or nonoperator's
 10 24 identification card and who uses the license to violate or
 10 25 attempt to violate section 123.47, commits a simple
 10 26 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars as a
 10 27 scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 4,
 10 28 paragraph "c".  The court shall forward a copy of the
 10 29 conviction to the department.
 10 30    Sec. 31.  Section 321.216C, Code 2001, is amended to read
 10 31 as follows:
 10 32    321.216C  USE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NONOPERATOR'S
 10 33 IDENTIFICATION CARD BY UNDERAGE PERSON TO OBTAIN CIGARETTES OR
 10 34 TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
 10 35    A person who is under the age of eighteen, who alters or
 11  1 displays or has in the person's possession a fictitious or
 11  2 fraudulently altered driver's license or nonoperator's
 11  3 identification card and who uses the license or card to
 11  4 violate or attempt to violate section 453A.2, subsection 2,
 11  5 commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one
 11  6 hundred dollars as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A,
 11  7 subsection 4, paragraph "c".  The court shall forward a copy
 11  8 of the conviction to the department.
 11  9    Sec. 32.  Section 321L.3, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 11 10 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 11 11    A person who fails to return the persons with disabilities
 11 12 parking permit and subsequently misuses the permit by
 11 13 illegally parking in a persons with disabilities parking space
 11 14 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor and subject to a fine of up
 11 15 to one hundred dollars punishable as a scheduled violation
 11 16 under section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph "c".
 11 17    Sec. 33.  Section 321L.7, Code 2001, is amended to read as
 11 18 follows:
 11 19    321L.7  PENALTY FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE PERSONS WITH
 11 20 DISABILITIES PARKING SPACES AND SIGNS.
 11 21    Failure to provide proper persons with disabilities parking
 11 22 spaces as provided in section 321L.5 or to properly display
 11 23 persons with disabilities parking signs as provided in section
 11 24 321L.6 is a simple misdemeanor for which a fine of one hundred
 11 25 dollars shall be imposed for each violation punishable as a
 11 26 scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 1,
 11 27 paragraph "c".
 11 28    Sec. 34.  Section 452A.52, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 11 29 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 11 30    Any person who is unable to display either of the permits
 11 31 or the license provided in section 452A.53 and brings into the
 11 32 state in the fuel supply tanks of a commercial motor vehicle
 11 33 more than thirty gallons of motor fuel or special fuel in
 11 34 violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph is
 11 35 guilty of subsection 1 commits a simple misdemeanor punishable
 12  1 as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 13,
 12  2 paragraph "c".
 12  3    Sec. 35.  CONFLICTING LEGISLATION.  If both 2001 Iowa Acts,
 12  4 Senate File 499 and 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 561 are enacted
 12  5 by the Seventy-ninth General Assembly and if House File 561
 12  6 maintains the scheduled fine for a violation of section
 12  7 321.234A at one hundred dollars, the scheduled fine of fifty
 12  8 dollars, as enacted in Senate File 499, shall prevail and the
 12  9 schedule fine of one hundred dollars, as enacted in House File
 12 10 561, shall be void.
 12 11    Sec. 36.  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVENESS.  This division of this
 12 12 Act takes effect only if 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 499 is
 12 13 enacted.  
 12 14                          DIVISION VII
 12 15                      CORRECTIVE AMENDMENTS
 12 16    Sec. 37.  Section 103A.3, subsections 10, 11, 20, and 25,
 12 17 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
 12 18    10.  "Ground anchoring system" means any device or
 12 19 combination of devices used to securely anchor a manufactured
 12 20 or mobile home to the ground.
 12 21    11.  "Ground support system" means any device or
 12 22 combination of devices placed beneath a manufactured or mobile
 12 23 home and used to provide support.
 12 24    20.  "Permanent site" means any lot or parcel of land on
 12 25 which a manufactured or mobile home used as a dwelling or
 12 26 place of business, is located for ninety consecutive days
 12 27 except a construction site when the manufactured or mobile
 12 28 home is used by a commercial contractor as a construction
 12 29 office or storage room.
 12 30    25.  "Tiedown system" means a ground support system and a
 12 31 ground anchoring system used in concert to provide anchoring
 12 32 and support for a manufactured or mobile home.
 12 33    Sec. 38.  Section 103A.26, Code 2001, if enacted by 2001
 12 34 Iowa Acts, Senate File 185, section 4, is amended to read as
 12 35 follows:
 13  1    103A.26  MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME INSTALLERS
 13  2 CERTIFICATION – VIOLATION – CIVIL PENALTY.
 13  3    1.  a.  A person who installs a manufactured or mobile home
 13  4 for another person shall be certified in accordance with rules
 13  5 adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 17A.  The
 13  6 commissioner may assess a fee sufficient to recover the costs
 13  7 of administering the certification of manufactured or mobile
 13  8 home installers.  The commissioner may suspend or revoke the
 13  9 certification of a manufactured or mobile home installer for
 13 10 failure to perform installation of a manufactured or mobile
 13 11 home, pursuant to certification standards as provided by rules
 13 12 of the commissioner.
 13 13    b.  Notwithstanding section 103A.23, all fees collected by
 13 14 the commissioner for the administration of the manufactured or
 13 15 mobile home program shall be credited to the general fund of
 13 16 the state and are appropriated to the commissioner for the
 13 17 purpose of administering this certification program including
 13 18 the employment of personnel for the enforcement and
 13 19 administration of this program.
 13 20    2.  If a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted
 13 21 pursuant to this chapter relating to the manufacture or
 13 22 installation of a manufactured or mobile home is violated, the
 13 23 commissioner may assess a civil penalty not to exceed one
 13 24 thousand dollars for each offense.  Each violation involving a
 13 25 separate manufactured or mobile home, or a separate failure or
 13 26 refusal to allow an act to be performed or to perform an act
 13 27 as required by this chapter, or a rule adopted pursuant to
 13 28 this chapter constitutes a separate offense.  However, the
 13 29 maximum amount of civil penalties which may be assessed for
 13 30 any series of violations occurring within one year from the
 13 31 date of the first violation shall not exceed one million
 13 32 dollars.
 13 33    Sec. 39.  Section 165A.5, subsection 1, as enacted by 2001
 13 34 Iowa Acts, Senate File 209, section 5, is amended to read as
 13 35 follows:
 14  1    1.  Except as provided in this subsection, a A person
 14  2 violating a provision of this chapter or any rule adopted
 14  3 pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty
 14  4 of at least one hundred dollars but not more than one thousand
 14  5 dollars.  The proceeding to assess a civil penalty shall be
 14  6 conducted as a contested case proceeding under chapter 17A.
 14  7    Sec. 40.  Section 172E.1, subsection 3, as enacted by 2001
 14  8 Iowa Acts, Senate File 209, section 6, is amended to read as
 14  9 follows:
 14 10    3.  "Livestock market" means any place where livestock are
 14 11 assembled from two or more sources for public auction, private
 14 12 sale, or sale on a commission basis, which is under state or
 14 13 federal supervision, including a livestock auction market, if
 14 14 such livestock are kept in the place for ten days or less.
 14 15    Sec. 41.  Section 331.303, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 14 16 2001, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 453, section
 14 17 1, is amended to read as follows:
 14 18    b.  A "warrant book" which records each warrant drawn in
 14 19 the order of issuance by number, date, amount, and name of
 14 20 drawee, and refers to the order in the minute book authorizing
 14 21 its drawing.  The board may authorize the auditor to issue
 14 22 checks in lieu of warrants.  If the issuance of checks is
 14 23 authorized, the word "check" shall be substituted for the word
 14 24 "warrant" in those sections of this chapter and chapters 6B.11
 14 25 6B, 11, 35B, 336, 349, 350, 427B, and 468 in which the
 14 26 issuance of a check is authorized in lieu of a warrant.
 14 27    Sec. 42.  Section 351.39, Code 2001, as amended by 2001
 14 28 Iowa Acts, House File 179, section 1, is amended to read as
 14 29 follows:
 14 30    351.39  CONFINEMENT.
 14 31    If a local board of health receives information that an
 14 32 animal has bitten a person or that a dog or animal is
 14 33 suspected of having rabies, the board shall order the owner to
 14 34 confine such animal in the manner it directs.  If the owner
 14 35 fails to confine such animal in the manner directed, the
 15  1 animal shall be apprehended and impounded by such board, and
 15  2 after ten days the board may humanely destroy the animal.  If
 15  3 such animal is returned to its owner, the owner shall pay the
 15  4 cost of impoundment.  This section shall not apply to if a
 15  5 police service dog or a horse used by a law enforcement
 15  6 agency, that is and acting in the performance of its duties
 15  7 which has bitten a person.
 15  8    Sec. 43.  Section 466.8, unnumbered paragraph 1, as enacted
 15  9 by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 479, section 2, is amended to
 15 10 read as follows:
 15 11    The department of natural resources shall establish an on-
 15 12 site wastewater systems assistance program for the purpose of
 15 13 providing low-interest loans to homeowners residing outside
 15 14 the boundaries of a city for improving on-site wastewater
 15 15 disposal systems.
 15 16    Sec. 44.  Section 466.8, subsection 4, as enacted by 2001
 15 17 Iowa Acts, Senate File 479, section 2, is amended to read as
 15 18 follows:
 15 19    4.  The department shall report to the general assembly
 15 20 annually on the progress of the on-site wastewater systems
 15 21 assistance program.
 15 22    Sec. 45.  Section 507B.4A, subsection 2, paragraph c, as
 15 23 enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 500, section 8, is
 15 24 amended to read as follows:
 15 25    c.  The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing
 15 26 processes for timely adjudication and payment of claims by
 15 27 insurers for health care benefits.  The rules shall be
 15 28 consistent with the time frames and other procedural standards
 15 29 for claims decisions by group health plans established by the
 15 30 United States department of labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. pt.
 15 31 2560 in effect at the time of passage of this Act on January
 15 32 1, 2002.
 15 33    Sec. 46.  Section 522B.14, subsection 11, as enacted by
 15 34 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 276, section 28, is amended to
 15 35 read as follows:
 16  1    11.  An insurer, the authorized representative of the
 16  2 insurer, or an insurance producer that fails to report as
 16  3 required under this section, or that is found to have reported
 16  4 with actual malice by a court of competent jurisdiction, after
 16  5 notice and hearing, may have its license or certificate of
 16  6 authority suspended or revoked and may be fined penalized as
 16  7 provided in section 522B.17.
 16  8    Sec. 47.  Section 523A.401, subsection 5, paragraph c, if
 16  9 enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 473, section 28, is
 16 10 amended to read as follows:
 16 11    c.  The policy shall have an increasing death benefit or
 16 12 similar feature that provides some means for increasing the
 16 13 funding as the cost of cemetery merchandise, funeral
 16 14 merchandise, and cemetery goods and funeral services
 16 15 increases.
 16 16    Sec. 48.  Section 523A.405, subsection 1, if enacted by
 16 17 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 473, section 32, is amended to
 16 18 read as follows:
 16 19    1.  In lieu of trust requirements, a seller may file with
 16 20 the commissioner a surety bond issued by a surety company
 16 21 authorized to do business and doing business within this
 16 22 state.  The bond must be conditioned upon the seller's
 16 23 faithful performance of purchase agreements subject to this
 16 24 chapter.  The surety's liability extends to each such
 16 25 agreement executed while the bond is in force and until
 16 26 performance or recision of the purchase agreement.  To the
 16 27 extent expressly agreed to in writing by the surety, the
 16 28 surety's liability extends to each such agreement subject to
 16 29 this chapter executed prior to the time the bond was in force
 16 30 and until performance or recision of the agreement.  A
 16 31 purchaser aggrieved by a breach of a condition of the bond
 16 32 covering the purchaser's agreement may maintain an action
 16 33 against the bond.  If, at the time of the breach, the
 16 34 purchaser is aware of the purchaser's rights under the bond
 16 35 and how to file a claim against the bond, the surety shall not
 17  1 be liable for any breach of condition unless the surety
 17  2 receives notice of a claim within sixty days following
 17  3 discovery of the acts, omissions, or conditions constituting
 17  4 the breach of condition, except as otherwise provided in this
 17  5 section.  A surety bond shall not be canceled by a surety
 17  6 except upon a written notice of cancellation given by the
 17  7 surety to the commissioner by restricted certified mail, and
 17  8 not prior to the expiration of sixty days after receipt of the
 17  9 notice by the commissioner.  The surety's liability shall
 17 10 extend to each purchase agreement subject to this chapter
 17 11 executed prior to cancellation of the surety bond until the
 17 12 seller has complied with section subsection 3.
 17 13    Sec. 49.  Section 554.9525, subsections 3 and 4, as enacted
 17 14 by 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1149, section 96, are amended to
 17 15 read as follows:
 17 16    3. 2.  NUMBER OF NAMES.  The number of names required to be
 17 17 indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsections
 17 18 subsection 1 and 2.
 17 19    4. 3.  RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST.  A rule or
 17 20 ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must set the fee
 17 21 for responding to a request for information from the filing
 17 22 office, including for communicating whether there is on file
 17 23 any financing statement naming a particular debtor.  A fee for
 17 24 responding to a request communicated in writing must be not
 17 25 less than twice the amount of the fee for responding to a
 17 26 request communicated by another medium authorized by the
 17 27 office of secretary of state or the board of supervisors for
 17 28 the filing office where its filing office is located.
 17 29    Sec. 50.  Section 558.39, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
 17 30 2001, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 259, is amended
 17 31 to read as follows:
 17 32    The following forms of acknowledgment shall be sufficient
 17 33 in the cases to which they are respectively applicable.  In
 17 34 each case where one of these forms is used, the name of the
 17 35 state and county where the acknowledgment is taken shall
 18  1 precede the body of the certificate, and the signature and
 18  2 official title of the officer shall follow it as indicated in
 18  3 the first form and shall constitute a part of the certificate,
 18  4 and the stamp or seal of the officer shall be attached when
 18  5 necessary under the provision of this chapter and as provided
 18  6 in section 9E.6 9E.6A.  No certificate of acknowledgment shall
 18  7 be held to be defective on account of the failure to show the
 18  8 official title of the officer making the certificate if such
 18  9 title appears either in the body of such certificate or in
 18 10 connection therewith, or with the signature thereto.
 18 11    Sec. 51.  Section 633.4213, subsection 5, Code 2001, is
 18 12 amended to read as follows:
 18 13    5.  A trustee shall prepare and send to the beneficiaries
 18 14 an account of the trust property, liabilities, receipts, and
 18 15 disbursements at least annually, at the termination of the
 18 16 trust, and upon a change of a trustee.  An accounting on
 18 17 behalf of a former trustee shall be prepared by the former
 18 18 trustee, or if the trustee's appointment is terminated by
 18 19 reason of death or incapacity, by the former trustee's
 18 20 personal representative or guardian or conservator.
 18 21    Sec. 52.  Section 702.11, subsection 2, paragraph e, as
 18 22 enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 63, section 1, is
 18 23 amended to read as follows:
 18 24    e.  Child endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a
 18 25 child or a minor in violation of section 726.6, subsection 2A.
 18 26    Sec. 53.  2001 Iowa Acts, House File 656, section 15, is
 18 27 amended to read as follows:
 18 28    SEC. 15.  Sections 103A.3, 103A.30, 103A.31, 321.1, 321.47,
 18 29 321.123, 321.251, 321.284A, 321.457, 321E.28, 321E.31,
 18 30 331.429, 331.653, 422.43, 422A.1, 425.17, 426A.11, 427.11,
 18 31 435.22, 441.17, 445.1, 445.36A, 445.37, 445.38, 515C.1,
 18 32 534.605, 562B.2, 562B.13, 631.1, 631.4, and 648.3, Code 2001,
 18 33 are amended by inserting before the words "mobile home" the
 18 34 words "manufactured or".
 18 35    Sec. 54.  DIRECTION TO CODE EDITOR.  In codifying
 19  1 provisions of 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1149, in Code Supplement
 19  2 2001, the Code editor may change references from "this Act" to
 19  3 an appropriate reference, including but not limited to "this
 19  4 Article", wherever it appears in the Act, after consultation
 19  5 with the Iowa state bar association.  The Iowa state bar
 19  6 association is requested to respond to the Code editor's
 19  7 consultations by no later than July 31, 2001.  Nothing in this
 19  8 section limits the authority of the Code editor under section
 19  9 2B.13.
 19 10    Sec. 55.  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVENESS.  The sections of this
 19 11 division of this Act amending Code section 103A.3 and Code
 19 12 section 103A.26, if enacted, take effect only if 2001 Iowa
 19 13 Acts, House File 656 is enacted.  
 19 14                           EXPLANATION
 19 15    Division I of this bill appropriates for the 2002-2003
 19 16 fiscal year to the department of human services for
 19 17 distribution to counties the county mental health, mental
 19 18 retardation, and developmental disabilities (MH/MR/DD) allowed
 19 19 growth factor adjustment.
 19 20    Division II of this bill reduces standing appropriations to
 19 21 the legislative branch, the executive council for performance
 19 22 of duty, the state appeal board for claims against the state,
 19 23 the secretary of state for publication of public measures, the
 19 24 department of inspections and appeals for poultry show exhibit
 19 25 reimbursement, the area education agencies under the school
 19 26 aid formula, school improvement technology grants, the
 19 27 department of education for at-risk children programs,
 19 28 nonpublic school transportation, and educational excellence-
 19 29 phase III, the department of transportation for public transit
 19 30 assistance, the county of Tama for an Indian settlement
 19 31 officer, and for payment of special court costs and attorney
 19 32 fees.  These reductions are for the 2001-2002 fiscal year
 19 33 except for the poultry show exhibit reimbursement which is
 19 34 eliminated permanently.
 19 35    Division III of this bill amends Code section 400.8 to
 20  1 provide that the physical exam of applicants for law
 20  2 enforcement and fire fighter positions are to be conducted in
 20  3 accordance with the directives of the board of trustees of the
 20  4 fire and police retirement system rather than by the appointed
 20  5 three-member medical board.
 20  6    Division IV makes contingent appropriations for purposes of
 20  7 debt services and for costs relating to the tobacco master
 20  8 settlement agreement.  The division includes general fund
 20  9 appropriations made in lieu of appropriations made for the
 20 10 same purposes in other enacted legislation.  The division does
 20 11 not take effect unless 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532 is
 20 12 enacted and the tobacco settlement authority securitizes
 20 13 tobacco master settlement agreement payments made to the
 20 14 authority.  The effective date of the division is the
 20 15 effective date of the receipt and deposit of bond payments by
 20 16 the authority.
 20 17    Division V of this bill provides that interest and earnings
 20 18 on moneys in the Iowa economic emergency fund and cash reserve
 20 19 fund are to be deposited into the state general fund instead
 20 20 of the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the 2001-2002
 20 21 fiscal year.  The division also allows for certified hunter
 20 22 safety and ethics instructors to conduct hunter safety and
 20 23 ethics education courses on public school property.
 20 24    Division VI relates to scheduled violations.  2001 Iowa
 20 25 Acts, Senate File 499, if enacted, reorganizes the Code
 20 26 placement of scheduled fines in Code chapter 805 and changes
 20 27 some of those fines.  Currently several Code sections
 20 28 prescribe unspecified or specified simple misdemeanor
 20 29 penalties for violations of those sections but do not refer to
 20 30 the applicable scheduled fine for those simple misdemeanor
 20 31 penalties.  The following Code sections are amended to delete
 20 32 the reference to an unspecified or specified simple
 20 33 misdemeanor penalty and to instead refer to the specific
 20 34 scheduled fine provided for the violation in 2001 Iowa Acts,
 20 35 Senate File 499, if enacted:  Code sections 321.17, 321.98,
 21  1 321.193, 321.216, 321.216B, 321.216C, 321L.3, 321L.7, and
 21  2 452A.52.
 21  3    Division VII provides corrective amendments to legislation
 21  4 enacted in the 2001 legislative session.
 21  5    Code section 103A.3 is amended to refer to both
 21  6 manufactured and mobile homes in light of the enactment of
 21  7 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 656, if enacted.  2001 Iowa Acts,
 21  8 House File 656, section 15, is correspondingly amended to
 21  9 delete a reference to Code section 103A.3
 21 10    Code section 103A.26, if enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 21 11 File 185, is amended to refer to both manufactured and mobile
 21 12 homes in light of the enactment of 2001 Iowa Acts, House File
 21 13 656, if enacted.
 21 14    Code section 165A.5, as enacted in 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 21 15 File 209, relating to penalties for paratuberculosis
 21 16 enforcement, is amended to delete an erroneous reference to an
 21 17 exception.
 21 18    Code section 172E.1, as enacted in 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 21 19 File 209, relating to marketing practices for cattle, is
 21 20 amended to insert the word "sale" in a clause involving cattle
 21 21 transactions on a commission basis.
 21 22    Code section 331.303, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 21 23 File 453, relating to administrative procedures of various
 21 24 county officers, is amended to correct an internal reference
 21 25 in a listing of applicable Code chapters.
 21 26    Code section 351.39, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, House
 21 27 File 179, relating to police service dogs and horses, is
 21 28 amended to restructure a sentence.
 21 29    Code section 466.8, as enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 21 30 File 479, relating to wastewater systems, is amended to insert
 21 31 a word omitted from the name of a program established in the
 21 32 legislation.
 21 33    Code section 507B.4A, as enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 21 34 File 500, relating to various insurance provisions, is amended
 21 35 to include a date certain for the effectiveness of federal
 22  1 rules containing requirements to which state rules are to
 22  2 conform.
 22  3    Code section 522B.14, as enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 22  4 File 276, relating to the licensing of persons acting as
 22  5 insurance producers, is amended to correct a term referring to
 22  6 a penalty section.
 22  7    Code section 523A.401, as enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 22  8 File 473, if enacted, is amended to correct terminology
 22  9 related to cemetery and funeral merchandise and services.
 22 10    Code section 523A.405, as enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 22 11 File 473, if enacted, is amended to correct an internal
 22 12 reference within the section to requirements in cases of
 22 13 cancellation of a surety bond.
 22 14    Code section 554.9525, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts,
 22 15 chapter 1149, relating to a new article of the uniform
 22 16 commercial code that takes effect on July 1, 2001, is amended
 22 17 to correct numbering of subsections, an internal reference,
 22 18 and an incorrect reference to the term "ordinance".
 22 19    Code section 558.39 is amended to correct a reference to a
 22 20 new Code section created in 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 259,
 22 21 relating to notarial stamps and seals.
 22 22    Code section 633.4213, relating to the duties of a trustee
 22 23 under the Iowa trust code, is amended to insert a missing
 22 24 verb.
 22 25    Code section 702.11, subsection 2, paragraph "e", as
 22 26 enacted by 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 63, is amended to
 22 27 insert a reference to the term "minor" missing from a
 22 28 reference to another provision of the Code.
 22 29    This division includes a directive to the Code editor to
 22 30 change references from "this Act" to "this Article" in the new
 22 31 article of the uniform commercial code that takes effect on
 22 32 July 1, 2001.  The Code editor is to consult with the Iowa
 22 33 state bar association before making the changes.  
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