House Amendment 8059


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2390 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 198, section
     1  5 11, subsections 1 and 2, are amended to read as
     1  6 follows:
     1  7    1.  Apply to a person licensed as an engineer
     1  8 pursuant to chapter 542B, licensed as a manufactured
     1  9 home retailer or certified as a manufactured home
     1 10 installer pursuant to chapter 103A, registered as an
     1 11 architect pursuant to chapter 544A, or licensed as a
     1 12 landscape architect pursuant to chapter 544B who
     1 13 provides consultations or develops plans or other work
     1 14 concerning plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic
     1 15 work who is exclusively engaged in the practice of the
     1 16 person's profession.
     1 17    2.  Require employees of municipal corporations
     1 18 utilities, electric membership or cooperative
     1 19 associations, public utility corporations, rural water
     1 20 associations or districts, railroads, or commercial
     1 21 retail or industrial companies performing
     1 22 manufacturing, installation, service, or repair work
     1 23 for such employer to hold licenses while acting within
     1 24 the scope of their employment.
     1 25    Sec.    .  2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 198, section 11,
     1 26 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
     1 27    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Apply to a person performing
     1 28 routine maintenance on a mechanical system or
     1 29 plumbing.
     1 30    Sec.    .  2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 198, section 17,
     1 31 subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
     1 32    1.  The provisions of this chapter regarding the
     1 33 licensing of plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, and
     1 34 hydronic professionals and contractors shall supersede
     1 35 and preempt all plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or
     1 36 hydronic licensing provisions of all governmental
     1 37 subdivisions.  On and after the effective date of this
     1 38 Act
     1 39    a.  A governmental subdivision that issues licenses
     1 40 on July 1, 2008, shall continue to issue licenses
     1 41 until June 30, 2009.  On July 1, 2009, all plumbing
     1 42 and mechanical licensing provisions promulgated by any
     1 43 governmental subdivision shall be null and void,
     1 44 except reciprocal licenses as provided in section
     1 45 104C.21, and of no further force and effect, and.
     1 46    b.  On and after July 1, 2008, a governmental
     1 47 subdivision may shall not prohibit a plumbing, HVAC,
     1 48 refrigeration, or hydronic professional licensed
     1 49 pursuant to this chapter from performing services for
     1 50 which that person is licensed pursuant to this chapter
     2  1 or enforce any plumbing and mechanical licensing
     2  2 provisions promulgated by the governmental subdivision
     2  3 against a person licensed pursuant to this chapter.>
     2  4 #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 16 and 17 and
     2  5 inserting the following:
     2  6    <Sec.     .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  2007 Iowa Acts,
     2  7 chapter 198, sections 5 through 27 and sections 30
     2  8 through 34, take effect July 1, 2008.
     2  9    Sec.     .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  2007 Iowa Acts,
     2 10 chapter 198, sections 28 and 29, take effect January
     2 11 1, 2009.>
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     2 15 QUIRK of Chickasaw
     2 16 HF 2390.501 82
     2 17 jr/rj/20437

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