House Amendment 8376 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2364, as passed by the Senate, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 10, line 13, by striking the words 1 4 <contract or> and inserting the following: 1 5 <contractor>. 1 6 #2. Page 12, by striking lines 7 through 14. 1 7 #3. Page 12, line 15, by striking the figure <16.> 1 8 and inserting the following: <15.> 1 9 #4. Page 78, by inserting after line 1, the 1 10 following: 1 11 <Sec. . Section 616.15, Code 2005, is amended 1 12 to read as follows: 1 13 616.15 SURETY COMPANIES. 1 14 1. Suit may be brought against any company or 1 15 corporation furnishing or pretending to furnish 1 16 surety, fidelity, or other bonds in this state, in any 1 17 county in which the principal place of business of 1 18 such company or corporation is maintained in this 1 19 state, or in any county wherein is maintained its 1 20 general office for the transaction of its Iowa 1 21 business, or in the county where the principal resides 1 22 at the time of bringing suit, or in the county where 1 23 the principal did reside at the time the bond or other 1 24 undertaking was executed; and in the case of bonds 1 25 furnished by any such company or corporation for any 1 26 building or improvement, either public or private, 1 27 action may be brought in the county wherein said 1 28 building or improvement, or any part thereof is 1 29 located. 1 30 2. The secretary of state shall serve as the agent 1 31 for service of process for the purposes of 31 U.S.C. } 1 32 9306, of any surety company or corporation for a 1 33 surety bond written by that surety company or 1 34 corporation for the federal government and issued in 1 35 this state as required or permitted under federal law, 1 36 if the surety company or corporation is licensed in 1 37 this state and cannot be otherwise served with 1 38 process. Notwithstanding section 507.14, upon request 1 39 of the secretary of state, the commissioner of 1 40 insurance shall provide the secretary of state with 1 41 the name and address of the person designated for 1 42 consent to service of process by the surety company or 1 43 corporation which is on file with the commissioner.> 1 44 #5. By renumbering as necessary. 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, 1 49 REGULATION AND LABOR 1 50 JENKINS of Black Hawk, Chairperson 2 1 SF 2364.702 81 2 2 av/gg/5089 -1-