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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 29A.91A LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, 1 2 AND PERMITS LATE PENALTIES WAIVED. 1 3 A state agency may adopt rules to provide for 1 4 administrative waiver of late penalties imposed for failure to 1 5 renew a license, permit, or registration, or to perform any 1 6 other obligation subject to a late penalty, for a service 1 7 member during a period of military service. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 29A.101, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 9 amended to read as follows: 1 10 1. A landlord shall not terminate the lease or rental 1 11 agreement of a service member or the service member's 1 12 dependents for nonpayment of rent from any premises used as a 1 13 dwelling by the service member or dependents during the period 1 14 of military service if the rent on the premises occupied by 1 15 the service member or dependents is less thanonetwo thousand 1 16twofour hundred dollars per month. However, a court may 1 17 allow an eviction or the recovery of property pursuant to 1 18 chapter 646 or 648. 1 19 Sec. 3. Section 260C.14, subsection 20, paragraph a, Code 1 20 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 21 a. Withdraw from the student's entire registration and 1 22 receive a full refund of tuition and mandatory fees. If the 1 23 student chooses to withdraw, the student shall be readmitted 1 24 and reenrolled as a student at the community college, without 1 25 penalty or redetermination of admission eligibility, within 1 26 one year following release from the state or federal active 1 27 military service or duty. 1 28 Sec. 4. Section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph g, 1 29 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as 1 30 follows: 1 31 (1) Withdraw from the student's entire registration and 1 32 receive a full refund of tuition and mandatory fees. If the 1 33 student chooses to withdraw, the student shall be readmitted 1 34 and reenrolled as a student at the institution, without 1 35 penalty or redetermination of admission eligibility, within 2 1 one year following release from the state or federal active 2 2 military service or duty. 2 3 Sec. 5. Section 262.9, subsection 29, paragraph a, Code 2 4 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2 5 a. Withdraw from the student's entire registration and 2 6 receive a full refund of tuition and mandatory fees. If the 2 7 student chooses to withdraw, the student shall be readmitted 2 8 and reenrolled as a student at the institution, without 2 9 penalty or redetermination of admission eligibility, within 2 10 one year following release from the state or federal active 2 11 military service or duty. 2 12 Sec. 6. Section 272C.3, Code Supplement 2003, is amended 2 13 by adding the following new subsection: 2 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A licensing board specified in section 2 15 272C.1, or otherwise regulating a profession or occupation 2 16 requiring licensure in this state, shall not impose a penalty 2 17 for failure to remit a licensing application or renewal fee 2 18 upon a person applying for licensure or licensed to practice 2 19 the occupation or profession in this state during a period 2 20 that the person serves honorably on active duty in the 2 21 military service of this state or of the United States. 2 22 EXPLANATION 2 23 This bill allows a state agency to accept rules to provide 2 24 for administrative waiver of late penalties for failure to 2 25 renew a license, permit, or registration, or perform any other 2 26 obligation, for a service member during a period of military 2 27 service. 2 28 The bill also provides that a landlord cannot terminate the 2 29 lease or rental agreement of a service member or the service 2 30 member's family for nonpayment of rent on premises used as a 2 31 dwelling by the service member or dependents during the period 2 32 of military service if the rent on the premises is less than 2 33 $2,400 per month. Previously, this rent protection provision 2 34 only applied to rent on premises that was less than $1,200 per 2 35 month. 3 1 The bill requires accredited private and public 3 2 postsecondary institutions to provide that when a student who 3 3 is a member of the Iowa national guard or reserve forces of 3 4 the United States and who is ordered to active state service 3 5 or federal service or duty elects to withdraw from the 3 6 student's entire registration at the time of activation, the 3 7 student shall be readmitted and reenrolled as a student within 3 8 one year of release from active service or duty. 3 9 The bill provides that an individual applying for licensure 3 10 or licensed to practice a profession or occupation requiring 3 11 licensure in this state shall not be subject to a penalty 3 12 imposed by a licensing board for failure to remit a licensing 3 13 application or renewal fee during a period that the person 3 14 serves honorably on active duty in the military service of 3 15 this state or of the United States. 3 16 LSB 5097XS 80 3 17 av/gg/14.2
Text: SF02168 Text: SF02170 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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