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House Amendment 8418

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2298, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, line 12, by striking the figure
  1  4 "4,564,351" and inserting the following:  "4,616,351".
  1  5    #2.  Page 4, line 13, by striking the figure
  1  6 "1,144,755" and inserting the following:  "1,092,755".
  1  7    #3.  Page 6, by inserting after line 10 the
  1  8 following:
  1  9    "c.  The insurance division shall allocate $10,000
  1 10 from the examination receipts for the payment of its
  1 11 fees to the national council of insurance
  1 12 legislators."
  1 13    #4.  Page 49, by inserting after line 18 the
  1 14 following:
  1 15    "Sec.    .  WHOLE-GRADE SHARING AGREEMENT DEADLINE
  1 16 WAIVER.  Notwithstanding sections 282.10 and 282.11,
  1 17 the department of education may, at the department's
  1 18 discretion, waive any of the deadline requirements of
  1 19 sections 282.10 and 282.11, relating to the signing of
  1 20 a whole-grade sharing agreement by the boards of two
  1 21 or more school districts involved in the agreement and
  1 22 the public notice and hearing requirements, if one of
  1 23 the districts involved in the agreement has an
  1 24 enrollment of less than three hundred.  This section
  1 25 is repealed July 1, 2004."
  1 26    #5.  Page 50, lines 21 and 22, by striking the
  1 27 figures "2001-2002" and inserting the following:
  1 28 "2003-2004".
  1 29    #6.  Page 65, by inserting after line 30 the
  1 30 following:
  1 31    "Sec. ___.  Section 284.10, subsection 6, Code
  1 32 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 33    6.  By July 1, 2005 2006, the director shall
  1 34 develop and implement an evaluator training
  1 35 certification renewal program for administrators and
  1 36 other practitioners who need to renew a certificate
  1 37 issued pursuant to this section.
  1 38    Sec. ___.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph
  1 39 a, Code Supplement 2003, is amended by striking the
  1 40 paragraph."
  1 41    #7.  Page 65, line 31, by inserting after the word
  1 42 "b," the following:  "c,".
  1 43    #8.  Page 65, line 35, by striking the words "one
  1 44 million seven" and inserting the following:  "seven
  1 45 one million one".
  1 46    #9.  Page 66, by inserting after line 2 the
  1 47 following:
  1 48    "c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003
  1 49 2004, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to
  1 50 four million two hundred thousand dollars for first-
  2  1 year and second-year beginning teachers, to the
  2  2 department of education for distribution to school
  2  3 districts for purposes of the beginning teacher
  2  4 mentoring and induction programs.  A school district
  2  5 shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per
  2  6 beginning teacher participating in the program.  If
  2  7 the funds appropriated for the program are
  2  8 insufficient to pay mentors and school districts as
  2  9 provided in this paragraph, the department shall
  2 10 prorate the amount distributed to school districts
  2 11 based upon the amount appropriated.  Moneys received
  2 12 by a school district pursuant to this paragraph shall
  2 13 be expended to provide each mentor with an award of
  2 14 five hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for
  2 15 participation in the school district's beginning
  2 16 teacher mentoring and induction program; to implement
  2 17 the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the
  2 18 employer's share of contributions to federal social
  2 19 security and the Iowa public employees' retirement
  2 20 system or a pension and annuity retirement system
  2 21 established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid
  2 22 by the district."
  2 23    #10.  Page 66, by striking lines 15 through 17, and
  2 24 inserting the following:  "districts for training
  2 25 costs.  A portion of the funds allocated to the
  2 26 department for purposes of this paragraph may be used
  2 27 by the department for administrative purposes."
  2 28    #11.  Page 66, line 21, by striking the words "one
  2 29 hundred fifty" and inserting the following:  "three
  2 30 hundred".
  2 31    #12.  Page 66, line 27, by striking the word "four"
  2 32 and inserting the following:  "two".
  2 33    #13.  Page 66, line 28, by inserting after the word
  2 34 "five" the following:  "fifty".
  2 35    #14.  Page 67, by inserting after line 8 the
  2 36 following:
  2 37    "Sec.    .  Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code
  2 38 Supplement 2003, is amended by adding the following
  2 39 new paragraph:
  2 40    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  For the fiscal year beginning
  2 41 July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005, moneys made
  2 42 available for the purposes of implementing paragraphs
  2 43 "d" and "e" may be allocated in the amounts, as
  2 44 determined by the department, needed to implement the
  2 45 purposes of paragraphs "d" and "e".
  2 46    Sec.    .  Section 294A.22, Code Supplement 2003,
  2 47 is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  2 48 paragraph:
  2 49    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If funds appropriated
  2 50 are insufficient to pay phase II allocations in full,
  3  1 the department of administrative services shall
  3  2 prorate payments to school districts and area
  3  3 education agencies.
  3  4    Sec. ___.  Section 284.11, Code Supplement 2003, is
  3  5 repealed."
  3  6    #15.  Page 67, by striking line 9 and inserting the
  3  7 following:
  3  8    "Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATES.
  3  9    1.  The provisions of this division".
  3 10    #16.  Page 67, by inserting after line 14 the
  3 11 following:
  3 12    "2.  The section of this division of this Act,
  3 13 relating to a waiver for whole-grade sharing agreement
  3 14 deadlines, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  3 15 effect upon enactment and applies from the date of
  3 16 enactment to June 30, 2004."
  3 17    #17.  Page 75, line 15, by striking the words
  3 18 "pursuant to section 99G.39".
  3 19    #18.  Page 76, line 8, by striking the words
  3 20 "provided otherwise in".
  3 21    #19.  Page 76, line 9, by inserting after the
  3 22 figure "2004" the following:  "otherwise provides for
  3 23 the deposit of tax revenue received by the state
  3 24 racing and gaming commission pursuant to section
  3 25 99D.15 in the gambling treatment fund".
  3 26    #20.  Page 179, by inserting after line 19 the
  3 27 following:
  3 28    "Sec. ___.  STATE APPEAL BOARD STREAMLINING.  For
  3 29 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, the state
  3 30 appeal board may pay out of any moneys in the state
  3 31 treasury not otherwise appropriated for costs
  3 32 associated with streamlining and improving the state
  3 33 appeal board process."
  3 34    #21.  Page 180, by inserting after line 5 the
  3 35 following:
  3 36    "Sec.    .  Section 8.62, Code Supplement 2003, is
  3 37 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  3 38    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  Notwithstanding any provision
  3 39 of this section and section 8.39 to the contrary, if a
  3 40 full-time equivalent position funded with an
  3 41 appropriation from the general fund of the state
  3 42 remains vacant for a period of at least forty-five
  3 43 days, the agency to which the appropriation was made
  3 44 shall revert to the general fund of the state at the
  3 45 close of the fiscal year the salary and benefits cost
  3 46 of that position for the period of the vacancy."
  3 47    #22.  Page 181, by inserting after line 15 the
  3 48 following:
  3 49    "Sec.    .  Section 35A.2, Code 2003, is amended to
  3 50 read as follows:
  4  1    35A.2  COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
  4  2    1.  A commission of veterans affairs is created
  4  3 consisting of seven nine persons who shall be
  4  4 appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by
  4  5 the senate.  Members shall be appointed to staggered
  4  6 terms of four years beginning and ending as provided
  4  7 in section 69.19.  The governor shall fill a vacancy
  4  8 for the unexpired portion of the term.
  4  9    2.  Six commissioners shall be honorably discharged
  4 10 members of the armed forces of the United States.  The
  4 11 American legion of Iowa, disabled American veterans
  4 12 department of Iowa, veterans of foreign wars
  4 13 department of Iowa, American veterans of World War II,
  4 14 Korea, and Vietnam, the Vietnam veterans of America,
  4 15 and the military order of the purple heart, through
  4 16 their department commanders, shall submit two names
  4 17 respectively from their organizations to the governor.
  4 18 The governor shall appoint from each of the
  4 19 organizations one representative to serve as a member
  4 20 of the commission, unless the appointments would
  4 21 conflict with the bipartisan and gender balance
  4 22 provisions of sections 69.16 and 69.16A.  In addition,
  4 23 the governor shall appoint one member three members of
  4 24 the public, knowledgeable in the general field of
  4 25 veterans affairs, to serve on the commission."
  4 26    #23.  Page 182, by inserting after line 2 the
  4 27 following:
  4 28    "Sec.    .  Section 35D.13, subsection 2, Code
  4 29 2003, is amended by striking the subsection and
  4 30 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  4 31    2.  The commandant shall be a licensed nursing home
  4 32 administrator."
  4 33    #24.  Page 182, by inserting after line 12 the
  4 34 following:
  4 35    "Sec.    .  Section 135C.31A, Code Supplement 2003,
  4 36 is amended to read as follows:
  4 37    135C.31A  ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTS – PROGRAM
  4 38 ELIGIBILITY.
  4 39    Beginning July 1, 2003, a health care facility
  4 40 receiving reimbursement through the medical assistance
  4 41 program under chapter 249A shall assist the Iowa
  4 42 commission of veterans affairs in identifying, upon
  4 43 admission of a resident, the resident's eligibility
  4 44 for benefits through the federal department of
  4 45 veterans affairs.  The health care facility shall also
  4 46 assist the Iowa commission of veterans affairs in
  4 47 determining such eligibility for residents residing in
  4 48 the facility on July 1, 2003.  The department of
  4 49 inspections and appeals, in cooperation with the
  4 50 department of human services, shall adopt rules to
  5  1 administer this section, including a provision that
  5  2 ensures that if a resident is eligible for benefits
  5  3 through the federal department of veterans affairs or
  5  4 other third-party payor, the payor of last resort for
  5  5 reimbursement to the health care facility is the
  5  6 medical assistance program.  This section shall not
  5  7 apply to the admission of an individual to a state
  5  8 mental health institute for acute psychiatric care or
  5  9 to the admission of an individual to the Iowa veterans
  5 10 home."
  5 11    #25.  Page 186, by striking lines 5 through 8 and
  5 12 inserting the following:  "meets at least one of the
  5 13 criteria in paragraphs "a" through "c" and all of the
  5 14 criteria in paragraphs "d" through "g":"
  5 15    #26.  Page 186, lines 9 and 10, by striking the
  5 16 words "a through" and inserting the following:  "b
  5 17 and".
  5 18    #27.  Page 186, by striking lines 12 through 15.
  5 19    #28.  Page 186, line 16, by striking the word
  5 20 "Annually" and inserting the following:  "Is
  5 21 accredited by the north central association of
  5 22 colleges and secondary schools accrediting agency
  5 23 based on their requirements, are exempt from taxation
  5 24 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
  5 25 and annually".
  5 26    #29.  By striking page 186, line 35 through page
  5 27 187, line 1 and inserting the following:
  5 28    "NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  Submit annually to the
  5 29 department of education data regarding the salaries
  5 30 and benefits of administrators and from the most
  5 31 recent".
  5 32    #30.  Page 187, by striking lines 21 and 22 and
  5 33 inserting the following:  "board shall submit annually
  5 34 to the department of education data regarding the
  5 35 salaries and benefits of administrators and from the
  5 36 most recent contract".
  5 37    #31.  Page 194, line 2, by inserting after the word
  5 38 "materials," the following:  "and after consultation
  5 39 with the public water supply and consideration of all
  5 40 applicable rules relating to remediation,".
  5 41    #32.  Page 194, lines 9 and 10, by striking the
  5 42 words "are made available" and inserting the
  5 43 following:  "do not impose a financial obligation on
  5 44 the part of the public water supply.  Funds available
  5 45 to or provided by the public water supply may be used
  5 46 for system improvements made in conjunction with
  5 47 replacement of the source".
  5 48    #33.  Page 194, by striking lines 15 through 17 and
  5 49 inserting the following:  "standards.  Nothing in this
  5 50 paragraph shall affect the public water supply's right
  6  1 to pursue recovery from a responsible party."
  6  2    #34.  Page 199, by inserting after line 27 the
  6  3 following:
  6  4    "Sec.    .  2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 178, section
  6  5 28, unnumbered paragraph 3, is amended to read as
  6  6 follows:
  6  7    Notwithstanding section 8.64, subsection 4, as
  6  8 enacted by this division of this Act, the local
  6  9 government innovation fund committee may provide up to
  6 10 20 percent of the any amount appropriated in this
  6 11 section in the form of forgivable loans or as grants
  6 12 for those projects that propose a new and innovative
  6 13 sharing initiative that would serve as an important
  6 14 model for cities and counties.
  6 15    Sec.    .  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
  6 16 appropriated in 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 178, section
  6 17 62, and 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, section 11,
  6 18 subsection 3, which remain unencumbered or unobligated
  6 19 at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  6 20 2003, shall not revert but shall remain available for
  6 21 expenditure for the purposes for which they were
  6 22 appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  6 23 2004."
  6 24    #35.  Page 199, by inserting after line 34 the
  6 25 following:
  6 26    "Sec.    .  2003 Iowa Acts, First Extraordinary
  6 27 Session, chapter 2, section 4, unnumbered paragraph 3,
  6 28 is amended to read as follows:
  6 29    Notwithstanding section 8.64, subsection 4, if
  6 30 enacted by 2003 Iowa Acts, Senate File 453, section
  6 31 27, the local government innovation fund committee may
  6 32 provide up to 20 percent of the any amount
  6 33 appropriated in this section in the form of forgivable
  6 34 loans or as grants for those projects that propose a
  6 35 new and innovative sharing initiative that would serve
  6 36 as an important model for cities and counties."
  6 37    #36.  Page 204, by inserting after line 16 the
  6 38 following:
  6 39    "Sec.    .  APPOINTMENTS.  The new appointees to
  6 40 the commission of veterans affairs, pursuant to the
  6 41 increase in the membership of the commission as
  6 42 provided in this division of this Act, shall be
  6 43 appointed by the governor, with one member being
  6 44 appointed for an initial term of two years and one
  6 45 member being appointed for an initial term of four
  6 46 years."
  6 47    #37.  Page 204, by inserting after line 34 the
  6 48 following:
  6 49    "   .  The section of this division of this Act
  6 50 relating to the nonreversion of moneys appropriated
  7  1 pursuant to 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 178, section 62,
  7  2 and 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, section 11, being
  7  3 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  7  4 enactment.
  7  5       .  The sections of this division of this Act
  7  6 relating to the increase in membership of the
  7  7 commission of veterans affairs, being deemed of
  7  8 immediate importance, take effect upon enactment."
  7  9    #38.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
  7 10 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
  7 11 
  7 12 
  7 13                               
  7 14 DIX of Butler
  7 15 SF 2298.554 80
  7 16 mg/pj
     

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