Summary in Brief 2002

Session Summary in Brief -- 2002
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Lawmakers Tackle a Host of Issues in 2002
   During the 2002 regular session of the 79th Iowa General Assembly, lawmakers enacted legislation in several areas. In the area of education, (SF) Senate File 348 authorizes the establishment of Iowa charter schools. The utilization of school district funds for physical plant and equipment levy purposes is addressed in SF 2228. Increasing the maximum amount of a Vocational-Technical Tuition Grant is the subject of (HF) House File 2139, while HF 2454 relates to encouraging school districts to establish character education programs.
   Other education issues include: Reorganization or dissolution of area education agencies (SF 2260); school finance, including allowable growth, area education agency payments, and state foundation aid (SF 2315); allowable financial growth for schools (SF 2328); eliminating teacher licensure of community college faculty (HF 2394); school finance and weighting for limited English proficient students (HF 2404); and the establishment of an Iowa culture trust, fund, and grant account (HF 2571).
   Qualifications of therapeutically certified optometrists is the issue in SF 374. Prohibiting human cloning is the focal point of SF 2118, while SF 2155 relates to life sustaining procedures and out-of-hospital-do-not-resuscitate orders, and SF 2205 deals with the regulation of child care and child development homes and child care centers. Creation of a registered nurse recruitment program is taken up in SF 2323. Landscape architect licensure is focused upon in HF 2281.
   Animal feeding operations and environmental regulation is the topic of SF 2293. Construction standards for pollution control structures in open animal feedlots is the focus of SF 503. Regulation of beef and pork processors is covered in SF 2309. Movement of dairy cattle from livestock markets is featured in HF 2510. Pseudorabies control is addressed in HF 2530. Interests in agricultural land by qualified enterprises is dealt with in SF 2210.
   Establishing criminal offenses for acts of terrorism is dealt with in SF 2146. Prohibiting a registered sex offender from residing near a school or child care facility is the topic of SF 2197. Criminal sentencing procedures and victim impact statements is the focus of HF 2153. Requiring all felons to submit a physical specimen for DNA profiling is the focal point of HF 2201, HF 2507 deals with creating a criminal offense for possession or distribution of anthrax, and HF 2230 relates to sentences of incarceration for third OWI motor vehicle offenses.
   Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act of 2001 is the topic of SF 165. Access to the ICN by Homeland Security is the topic of SF 2203. Creating a new category of confidential public records in the custody of certain airports, municipal corporations, utilities or water districts is the intent of SF 2277. City annexation is taken up in HF 582, and requiring contract disclosure statements for certain real estate installment contracts is addressed in HF 2565.
   The conduct of elections and voter registration in Iowa is the focus of HF 2472, while campaign finance is the topic of HF 2538.
   The tax on premiums and subscriber contract payments received by insurance companies and health service corporations is incrementally reduced in SF 2318. Requiring the Department of Revenue and Finance to collect data on the extent and effect on taxes of electronic commerce in Iowa is the topic of SF 2321. Venture capital economic stimulus measures are included in HF 2078, Internal Revenue Code references and income tax provisions are dealt with in HF 2116. A tax credit for investments in qualifying businesses and community-based seed capital funds is the topic of HF 2271. Venture capital fund investment tax credits is the topic of HF 2586. Deferment of taxable income for start-up businesses is described in HF 2592.

2002 Session Stats
Date Convened: January 14
Date Adjourned: April 2
Length: 89 calendar days
Bills introduced: 954
Senate Files: 331
House Files: 623
Study bills proposed: 421
Senate Study Bills: 198
House Study Bills: 223
Amendments filed: 1,215
Senate Amendments: 517
House Amendments: 698
Bills passed and sent to the Governor: 184
Bills vetoed by the Governor: 9
Bills item vetoed by the Governor: 4

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Complete Listing of Bills Passed
79th Iowa General Assembly, 2001 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

Classifying certain species of animals as livestock, and providing exemptions from the sales and use tax for feed used to support the species. SF 335: Signed: 3/06/02 Effective: 3/06/02
Standards of construction for pollution control structures in open feedlots. SF 503: Signed: 4/30/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Creation of a state interagency Missouri River authority and specifying its powers and duties. SF 2051: Signed: 3/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Acquisition and holding of agricultural land by qualified enterprises, and providing for activities related to baby chicks and fertilized chicken eggs. SF 2210: Signed: 3/28/02 Effective: 3/28/02
Animal agriculture. SF 2293: Signed: 4/29/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Regulation of processors. SF 2309: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 4/09/02
Movement of dairy cattle from livestock markets. HF 2510: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Indemnification of owners of animals with a contagious disease under a plan of eradication. HF 2514: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Control of pseudorabies. HF 2530: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 4/08/02

APPROPRIATIONS

Energy conservation including making appropriations of petroleum overcharge funds. SF 2140: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Authorizing the Iowa Board of Regents to issue bonds to construct, improve, remodel, repair, furnish, and equip inpatient and outpatient facilities and patient care facilities at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. SF 2168: Signed: 5/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Making, reducing, and transferring appropriations for FY 2002. SF 2304: Signed: 3/01/02 Effective: 3/01/02
Sale of certain farmland by Iowa State University Science and Technology, and providing for the appropriation and use of proceeds from the sale. SF 2316: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 5/02/02
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, including tobacco product manufacturer compliance. SF 2317: Signed: 5/10/02 (Item veto: Sections 1-8) Effective: 7/01/02
Creation of a registered nurse recruitment program and fund to be administered by the College Student Aid Commission. SF 2323: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Reorganizing the duties of the Department of Inspections and Appeals, transferring the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program to the department, renaming and revising the duties of the Iowa Citizen Foster Care Review Board, reorganizing the administrative structure of the DNR, providing for legislative review of state agencies, and revising requirements for licensed birth centers. SF 2325: Signed: 5/10/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Making, reducing, and transferring appropriations for FY 2003. SF 2326: Signed: 5/10/02 (Item veto: Division I, Sections 1-33; Division II, Sections 34-45; Division III, Sections 46-75; Division V, Sections 87-98; Division VI, Sections 99-105 and Sections 107-140; Division VII, Sections 141-162; Division VIII, Sections 163-167; Section 79, subsection 15, paragraph 2; and Section 79, subsection 16, paragraph 2) Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Repayment of funds appropriated from the Endowment for Iowa’s Health Account of the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund and from the Senior Living Trust Fund. HF 2075: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Making appropriations and transfers of funds in the Medical Assistance Program. HF 2245: Signed: 2/12/02 (Item veto: Section 4, subsection 2; Section 5, subsection 2; Section 7, subsection 1; Section 7, subsection 3; and Section 9) Effective: 2/08/02
Designation of specific children’s hospitals as qualified hospitals under the Medical Assistance Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Program. HF 2487: Signed: 3/21/02 Effective: 7/01/02
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 2582: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Transportation and other infrastructure appropriations to the DOT, including allocation and use of funds from the Road Use Tax Fund, Primary Road Fund, and Iowa General Fund, and providing for the non-reversion of certain funds. HF 2612: Vetoed: 5/10/02
Appropriations from the Senior Living Trust Fund to the Department of Elder Affairs and the DHS and making appropriations from the Hospital Trust Fund to the DHS. HF 2613: Signed: 5/10/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Appropriations to state departments and agencies from the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, and Environment First Fund. HF 2614: Signed: 5/10/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Appropriations from the Healthy Iowans Tobacco Trust and the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund. HF 2615: Signed: 5/10/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Public funding provisions involving the compensation and benefits for public officials and employees, county mental health allowed growth, and regulatory and other properly related matters of the state. HF 2623: Signed: 5/10/02 (Item veto: Sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 33, 34, and 35; Section 42, subsection 1; Section 49; Section 52; Sections 57 and 59; Section 58; Section 65; and Sections 66 and 67) Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)

BUSINESS, INSURANCE, and UTILITIES

Price regulation for local exchange carriers, including the modification or adjustment of certain rates. SF 429: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 4/04/02
Prohibiting disbursements of funds from the Vision Iowa Fund to entities entering into certain labor-related agreements. SF 2048: Vetoed: 3/21/02
Business relationships between persons involved in the sale of certain vehicles, including suppliers and dealers of all-terrain vehicles. SF 2084: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Kilowatt threshold for electric transmission line franchises. SF 2086: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 4/01/02
Activities of a real estate broker, including licensure and insurance coverage. SF 2133: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Transfer of certain deposit and investment accounts upon the death of the decedent. SF 2134: Signed: 2/21/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Secured transactions regarding landlord liens. SF 2212: Signed: 3/21/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Rate adjustments for small group insurance coverage, provisions pertaining to state and county mutual insurance associations, termination dates and licensed health care providers for emergency medical malpractice insurance, suspension of an insurer’s certificate of authority for delinquency, exceptions to the right of a notice of intent not to renew, coverage requirements in a medical expense policy, tort immunity related to viatical settlement contracts, confidentiality of certain personal information in securities and insurance filings, postponement or suspension of registration under the Blue Sky Law, and reporting related to professional liability insurance, annual percentage rate used in calculations of the minimum non-forfeiture amount relating to individual deferred annuities. SF 2279: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Delinquency charges on certain pre-computed consumer credit transactions. HF 608: Vetoed: 4/11/02
Pledging of collateral in relation to the deposit of uninsured public funds. HF 681: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Economic stimulus measures for businesses by creating an Iowa capital investment board, authorizing the organization of an Iowa capital investment corporation and an Iowa fund of funds, and authorizing the issuance of contingent tax credits to investors in the fund of funds; and establishing a small business growth initiative by adjusting the allocation to Iowa of income earned by an S corporation for purposes of the state individual income tax. HF 2078: Signed: 2/28/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Use of funds in the Strategic Investment Fund. HF 2229: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Electric transmission lines. HF 2341: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Enterprise Zone Program. HF 2378: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Proposed Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. HF 2446: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Providing for the future termination of farm aid associations and election procedures to become governed under the Iowa Non-profit Corporation Act. HF 2492: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Charges imposed on unclaimed gift certificates. HF 2497: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Business corporations. HF 2509: Signed: 5/07/02 Effective: 1/01/03
Iowa Energy Center, including changes relating to salary adjustments, and promotion and administration of the Alternative Energy Revolving Loan Program. HF 2587: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02

COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE

The jurisdiction of district associate judges. SF 415: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Authorizing sheriffs to appoint civil process servers. SF 2141: Signed: 3/21/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Prohibiting a registered sex offender from residing near a school or child care facility. SF 2197: Signed: 5/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Non-substantive Code corrections. SF 2201: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
The taking of animals other than livestock, providing for their disposition, the reimbursement of dispositional expenses, and providing for the protection of animals from injury or torment. SF 2268: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Agricultural land held by individuals lawfully admitted into the U.S. for permanent residence. SF 2272: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
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 2275: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Representation of indigent persons and the duties of the State Public Defender. SF 2301: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Assessment of court fees by the clerk of district court. SF 2320: Signed: 4/23/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Jurisdictional changes to small claims court cases. HF 518: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Child custody and visitation including the requirement of a settlement conference or mediation when a custody arrangement is disputed. HF 678: Vetoed: 5/09/02
Presentation of victim impact statements at criminal sentencing hearings. HF 2153: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Notarial acts by judicial officers. HF 2191: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Requiring a person registering as a sex offender in a county where an institution of higher education is located. HF 2338: Signed: 3/18/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Filing of a supersedeas bond. HF 2339: Vetoed: 5/09/02
Authorizing the Department of Justice to administer the Violence Against Women Program. HF 2345: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Issuance of a no-contact order against a defendant convicted of a sexual offense upon the defendant’s release from jail or prison. HF 2506: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Making certain amendments to the Iowa Trust Code. HF 2531: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Trusts and estates and their relationship to medical assistance benefits, the right to disclaim on behalf of a ward, and the creation of total return unitrusts. HF 2539: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 4/05/02
Classifying the criminal offense of assault as a general intent crime. HF 2546: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Contract disclosure statements for certain residential real estate installment contracts. HF 2565: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02

CRIME and CORRECTIONS

Filing of a criminal indictment or trial information against a person who is not present in the state. SF 2034: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Criminal offenses of unauthorized computer access and criminal mischief. SF 2098: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Protection from domestic abuse and including protections for persons in an intimate relationship. SF 2100: Signed: 2/22/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Establishing criminal offenses for acts of terrorism. SF 2146: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Analyzing the confinement and detention needs of jails and other local or regional confinement facilities. SF 2278: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 4/01/02
Civil commitment of sexually violent predators. SF 2286: Signed: 4/30/02 Effective: 4/30/02
Requiring all felons to submit a physical specimen for DNA profiling. HF 2201: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02 (conditional, see bill)
Sentences of incarceration for third or subsequent OWI motor vehicle offenses. HF 2230: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Possession of firearms or offensive weapons by felons. HF 2363: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Issuance of no-contact orders against persons who are arrested for the crime of sexual abuse. HF 2495: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Creating a criminal offense for possession or distribution of anthrax. HF 2507: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02

EDUCATION

Establishment of Iowa charter schools. SF 348: Signed: 4/23/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Utilization of school district funds for physical plant and equipment levy purposes. SF 2228: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Board of Educational Examiners’ authority to determine whether an applicant for licensure or certification or for renewal of a license is qualified for the license sought. SF 2258: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Amending Code provisions administered by the Department of Education, including provisions related to participation in extracurricular activities, tuition reimbursement payment by school districts under the Post-secondary Enrollment Options Act, interscholastic activities agreements, school infrastructure program calculations, and Phase I payment calculations and the use of Phase III balances by school districts and area education agencies. SF 2259: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Reorganization or dissolution of area education agencies. SF 2260: Signed: 3/28/02 Effective: 3/28/02
Appropriating state school foundation aid and making related changes to the state percent of growth for school budgets and to the funding for area education agencies. SF 2315: Signed: 3/28/02 Effective: 3/28/02
Establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the Iowa School Foundation Program. SF 2328: Signed: 5/09/02 Effective: 1/01/03
Authorizing the College Student Aid Commission to waive or modify statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to state financial aid programs for affected students in the event of a national emergency. HF 2138: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Increase the maximum amount of a Vocational-Technical Tuition Grant. HF 2139: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Adding certain information concerning school security or emergency preparedness to the list of public records kept confidential. HF 2151: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Authority of the board of directors of a school district to change the number of directors or the method of election of directors following a federal decennial census. HF 2183: Signed: 3/21/02 Effective: 3/21/02
Eliminating teacher licensure of community college faculty; requiring community colleges to develop, approve, and implement a quality faculty plan. HF 2394: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Amount of additional weighting provided for limited English proficient students. HF 2404: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Encouraging school districts to establish character education programs, and directing the Department of Education to partner with local educational institutions and agencies and non-profit organizations in the design and implementation of character education programs. HF 2454: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Licensure sanctions against defaulters of designated loan and scholarship programs. HF 2467: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Establishment and perfection of a security interest in certain education loans. HF 2475: Signed: 3/18/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Expanding the Board of Educational Examiners’ authority with regard to license disciplinary investigations and proceedings. HF 2482: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Duties and operation of the Department of Education. HF 2515: Signed: 4/30/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Amending the Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program and language pertaining to retirement incentives. HF 2549: Signed: 5/06/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Establishment of an Iowa culture trust, fund, and grant account, and providing for the issuance of trust fund credits. HF 2571: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02

HEALTH and HUMAN RIGHTS

Child care and protection public policy provisions involving children by authorizing sanctions for a child care provider who obtains public funding by fraudulent means. SF 466: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Prohibiting human cloning. SF 2118: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Issuance of out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders. SF 2155: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
The document of gift under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, the release of identifying information, and donors other than the subject of the donation, and immunity provisions. SF 2195: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Regulation of child care and child development homes and child care centers. SF 2205: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 10/01/02
Hospital access to abuse registries for purposes of employment checks. SF 2231: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Requirements of the DHS for certain child welfare services providers. SF 2280: Signed: 4/23/02 Effective: 4/23/02
Procedural requirements for foreign and international adoption. HF 2190: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 3/29/02
Establishment of a task force top develop an interstate prescription drug purchasing cooperative. HF 2192: Signed: 5/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Informed consent to an abortion. HF 2264: Vetoed: 3/29/02
Well-being visit to be conducted on an optional basis under a family investment program limited benefit plan. HF 2340: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: 3/14/02
Provisions relating to medical support and the calculation of the child support amount relative to receipt of federal Social Security benefits. HF 2395: Signed: 3/15/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Requirements of a case permanency plan for a child in an out-of-home placement who is age 16 or older. HF 2399: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Mental health and development disability services requirements. HF 2416: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Offices of the state and county medical examiners. HF 2453: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Regarding the Department of Elder Affairs including provisions relating to the Elder Iowans Act. HF 2488: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Child foster care and adoption requirements involving licensing periods, foster parent training, and annual reports. HF 2518: Signed: 4/09/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Certain programs and public health issues under the purview of the Iowa Department of Public Health. HF 2547: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Interviews conducted in association with a child abuse assessment. HF 2552: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02

LABOR and EMPLOYMENT

Permitted and prohibited occupations for certain child laborers involving motor vehicle cleaning, washing, and polishing. SF 2121: Vetoed: 3/01/02
Workers’ Compensation. SF 2190: Vetoed: 5/09/02
Vendor contracts for the Statewide Underground Facility Notification Center. HF 2310: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Retention of unemployment benefits contested case hearing records. HF 2344: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Appointment of an acting or a temporary county attorney. SF 2288: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Division and development of land by amending provisions relating to subdivision plats and plats of survey, and relating to annexation and other boundary adjustments. HF 582: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Allowing an assessor to be a candidate for elective public office. HF 2009: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 4/08/02
Membership of the Planning and Zoning Commission in certain cities. HF 2135: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Administrative procedures of county treasurers for property taxation and vehicle registration. HF 2246: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Preparation and filing of an assessment schedule for abatement of a nuisance by a city. HF 2289: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Judgment liens attaching to city real estate. HF 2291: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Certain documents indexed and recorded with the county recorder and a method for issuing certificates of title for snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, and registration certificates for certain watercraft, for which ownership has not been conclusively established. HF 2365: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02
The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Commission to assume the duties of the State-County Management Committee and providing new rulemaking authority associated with those duties. HF 2430: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 7/01/02

NATURAL RESOURCES and ENVIRONMENT

Registration and titling of all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles, and removing the restriction on the use of an all-terrain vehicle on public land without a measurable snow cover. SF 437: Signed: 3/28/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Eliminating the requirement that a bicycle safety flag be used while operating an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile on a highway. SF 2079: Signed: 2/21/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Terminology and eligibility for assistance under the Sewage Treatment and Drinking Water Facilities Financing Program. SF 2145: Signed: 3/18/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Acquisition, enforceability, and purpose of conservation easements. SF 2207: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: 7/01/02
The certification of persons providing water pump services. HF 583: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Expanding the time periods within which watercraft must be registered after a sale or transfer and within which watercraft may be operated without an identification number. HF 2082: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Statewide standards, site-specific cleanup standards, and public participation in the Iowa Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act. HF 2417: Signed: 4/08/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Operation and regulation of personal watercraft, and to watercraft safety courses and certificates. HF 2447: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Use of funds appropriated to the DNR for purposes of tire-related initiatives, disposal fees charged by retail tire dealers, and the registration of waste tire haulers. HF 2554: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)

STATE GOVERNMENT

Enacting the Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act of 2001. SF 165: Signed: 3/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Qualifications and authorization of therapeutically certified optometrists engaged in the practice of optometry. SF 374: Signed: 3/28/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
The number of days of payment for expenses of office for members of the General Assembly for the 2002 Regular Session of the 79th General Assembly. SF 2018: Signed: 3/01/02 Effective: 3/01/02
Designation of a Dr. Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Day. SF 2057: Signed: 5/10/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Preservation and enhancement of the State Capitol. SF 2116: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Amending the Iowa Military Code and the Iowa Code of Military Justice, creating a statewide mutual aid compact, providing for the confidentiality of certain records, exempting the Department of Public Defense from certain state service contract requirements and the state competitive bidding requirements, and exempting the Iowa Technology Center from anti-competition provisions. SF 2124: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Dry Fire Hydrant and Rural Water Supply Education and Demonstration Project. SF 2160: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Establishing a health insurance administration fund relating to the payment of the administrative costs of state health insurance plans. SF 2167: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Access to the ICN by Homeland Security or defense facilities. SF 2203: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Designation of a Juneteenth National Freedom Day. SF 2273: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Creating a new category of confidential public records in the custody of certain airports, municipal corporations, utilities, or water districts, and allowing a governmental body to hold a closed session to discuss such confidential records. SF 2277: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
The regulation of games of skill or chance and raffles conducted for fundraising by charitable, religious, educational, public, civic, or patriotic organizations, or other entities, or between individuals. HF 2109: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Updating the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, repealing an adjustment to net income for capital gains from installment sales, relating to reciprocal income tax agreements with other states, providing that refunds from the federal tax rebate are not taxable, and correcting a reference in the innocent spouse statute. HF 2116: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 4/04/02
Performance of honor guard services on public property by members of a reserve officer training corps. HF 2150: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Volunteer Emergency Services Provider Death Benefit for reserve peace officers, and eliminating the prospective repeal of the death benefit. HF 2152: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 4/05/02
Designation of a Bill of Rights Day. HF 2248: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Criminal history checks of applicants for certain licenses, lottery employees, and major vendors contracting with the lottery, marketing materials, and the identification of instant lottery tickets. HF 2249: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 3/29/02
Licensure of landscape architects. HF 2281: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Election misconduct. HF 2409: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Applicability of the Thermal Efficiency Energy Conservation Standards in the Iowa Building Code. HF 2418: Signed: 4/05/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Office of Secretary of State and the conduct of elections and of voter registration in the state. HF 2472: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: 1/01/03
Public retirement systems. HF 2532: Signed: 4/26/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Advertisements for requests for bids and proposals by state government. HF 2536: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Campaign finance, including a reporting threshold for filing organizational committee statements, the filing of reports with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, providing a document retention period, and relating to certain signature requirements. HF 2538: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
An increase in the resident hunting license fee, and establishing a pheasant and quail restoration program. HF 2591: Signed: 4/30/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Time of possession of deer venison, and increasing the minimum fine for unlawful taking, possessing, injuring, or transporting protected species and game. HF 2616: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Regulation of milk and milk products. HF 2617: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 5/02/02
Regulating farmers’ markets. HF 2620: Signed: 5/02/02 Effective: 5/02/02

TAXES

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, property, motor fuel, and special fuel taxes. SF 2305: Signed: 5/06/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Tax on premiums and subscriber contract payments received by insurance companies and health service corporations by phasing in a reduction in the tax and increasing the prepayment of the tax. SF 2318: Signed: 5/09/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Requiring the Department of Revenue and Finance to collect data on the extent and the effect on taxes of electronic commerce in the state, striking the repeal of the tax treatment of sales where the substance of the transaction is delivered by electronic waves, digitally, or by way of cable or fiber optics, and establishing a committee to enter into multi-state discussions on the simplification of the sales and use taxes. SF 2321: Signed: 5/10/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
The state historic property rehabilitation tax credit. HF 2035: Signed: 2/21/02 Effective: 2/21/02
Creating a tax credit for investments in qualifying businesses and community-based seed capital funds. HF 2271: Signed: 2/28/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Diverting township taxes to a municipality providing emergency services to the township. HF 2448: Signed: 4/01/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Assessment of certain vineyards for purposes of property taxation. HF 2584: Signed: 5/06/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain mementos and other objects by the Legislative Service Bureau and its Legislative Information Office and to the abatement of state sales and use taxes and local sales and service taxes of purchasers of certain access to on-line computer services. HF 2585: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: 4/22/02
Allowing a tax credit for equity investments in venture capital funds. HF 2586: Signed: 5/08/02 Effective: 5/08/02
Deferment of taxable income for start-up businesses. HF 2592: Signed: 4/22/02 Effective: 4/22/02
Tax credits under the New Jobs and Income Program and the Enterprise Zone Program for farmers’ cooperatives. HF 2621: Vetoed: 5/07/02
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, property, motor fuel, special fuel, and inheritance taxes, and directing a study. HF 2622: Signed: 5/06/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)

TRANSPORTATION

Contracts for the construction or maintenance of highways to include certain provisions for the restoration of areas in which fill dirt or other materials are to be removed. SF 144: Signed: 4/11/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Authorizing all counties not served by a permanent state DOT facility to issue driver’s licenses, non-operator identification cards, and persons with disabilities identification devices under certain conditions. SF 2156: Signed: 3/29/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Condemnation of property by the DOT, registration, sale, and operation of certain vehicles, issuance of driver’s licenses and non-operator identification cards, regulation of oversized vehicles, and vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers. SF 2192: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: Various effective dates (see bill)
Requiring motor vehicle operators to take certain precautions when passing stationary authorized emergency, towing, recovery, and highway maintenance vehicles. HF 2112: Signed: 3/14/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Changes in transit coordination requirements, and changes in the aircraft registration process. HF 2193: Signed: 4/12/02 Effective: 7/01/02
Restrictions on advertising devices placed along interstate highways. HF 2317: Signed: 4/04/02 Effective: 7/01/04

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