Senate Amendment 3532
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 3, line 11, by striking the figure
1 4 <157,868,964> and inserting the following:
1 5 <131,868,964>.
1 6 #2. Page 3, line 24, by striking the figure
1 7 <2,000,000> and inserting the following:
1 8 <28,000,000>.
1 9 #3. Page 4, by striking line 1 the inserting the
1 10 following:
1 11 <.................................................. $ 99,254,781>
1 12 #4. Page 4, by striking line 10 and inserting the
1 13 following:
1 14 <.................................................. $ 23,204,000>
1 15 #5. Page 5, by inserting after line 5 the
1 16 following:
1 17 <Sec. . UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK FUND.
1 18 Notwithstanding section 455G.3, subsection 1, there is
1 19 transferred from the Iowa comprehensive petroleum
1 20 underground storage tank fund created in section
1 21 455G.3, subsection 1, to the general fund of the state
1 22 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
1 23 ending June 30, 2008, the following amount:
1 24 .................................................. $ 3,000,000>
1 25 #6. By striking page 6, line 23, through page 7,
1 26 line 10, and inserting the following:
1 27 <a. Chief justice of the supreme court:
1 28 .................................................. $ 153,109
1 29 b. Each justice of the supreme court:
1 30 .................................................. $ 146,890
1 31 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals:
1 32 .................................................. $ 141,731
1 33 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals:
1 34 .................................................. $ 136,739
1 35 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district:
1 36 .................................................. $ 133,619
1 37 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a
1 38 judicial district:
1 39 .................................................. $ 128,544
1 40 g. Each district associate judge:
1 41 .................................................. $ 113,214
1 42 h. Each associate juvenile judge:
1 43 .................................................. $ 113,214
1 44 i. Each associate probate judge:
1 45 .................................................. $ 113,214
1 46 j. Each judicial magistrate:
1 47 .................................................. $ 34,882
1 48 k. Each senior judge:
1 49 .................................................. $ 7,238>
1 50 #7. Page 10, line 31, by striking the figure
2 1 <108,598,094> and inserting the following:
2 2 <106,848,094>.
2 3 #8. Page 12, line 10, by striking the figure
2 4 <8,171,248> and inserting the following: <6,771,248>.
2 5 #9. Page 15, line 27, by striking the figure
2 6 <750,000> and inserting the following: <400,000>.
2 7 #10. Page 16, by striking lines 15 through 23.
2 8 #11. Page 19, by striking lines 4 through 12.
2 9 #12. Page 21, line 1, by striking the figure
2 10 <75,000> and inserting the following: <50,000>.
2 11 #13. Page 21, by striking lines 21 through 31.
2 12 #14. Page 22, line 10, by striking the figure
2 13 <2,000,000> and inserting the following: <500,000>.
2 14 #15. Page 23, line 9, by striking the figure
2 15 <500,000> and inserting the following: <200,000>.
2 16 #16. By striking page 25, line 29, through page
2 17 26, line 2.
2 18 #17. By striking page 26, line 35, through page
2 19 27, line 13.
2 20 #18. Page 27, by inserting after line 25 the
2 21 following:
2 22 <Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, House File 874, section
2 23 7, subsection 4, paragraph a, if enacted, is amended
2 24 to read as follows:
2 25 a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and
2 26 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
2 27 following full=time equivalent positions:
2 28 .................................................. $ 4,655,809
2 29 ............................................... FTEs 100.50
2 30 101.00
2 31 Sec. . OFFICE OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. If 2007
2 32 Iowa Acts, House File 927, is enacted and provides for
2 33 an appropriation from the general fund of the state to
2 34 the office of energy independence for the fiscal year
2 35 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007,
2 36 allocations from that appropriation for administrative
2 37 costs shall be for not more than the following
2 38 full=time equivalent positions:
2 39 ............................................... FTEs 4.00>
2 40 #19. Page 27, by inserting after line 31 the
2 41 following:
2 42 <Sec. . STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == ARTICULATION
2 43 WEBSITE. The general assembly finds that as college
2 44 costs increase, Iowa's community college students need
2 45 access to resources that allow the students to make
2 46 informed, cost=effective decisions regarding their
2 47 postsecondary education plans. It is the intent of
2 48 the general assembly to provide for a seamless
2 49 transition for students transferring from Iowa's
2 50 community colleges to Iowa's state universities.
3 1 Therefore, the state board of regents shall, in
3 2 cooperation with the department of education and the
3 3 community colleges, develop, maintain, and promote a
3 4 user=friendly credit transfer and articulation
3 5 internet website that allows Iowans to know at the
3 6 time of enrollment in a community college course
3 7 whether the credit will be accepted by the state
3 8 university of the student's choice, the category in
3 9 which the university will apply the credit, and to
3 10 which degree program or programs the university will
3 11 apply the credit. The board and the community
3 12 colleges shall continuously strive to improve upon the
3 13 coordinating efforts between the state universities
3 14 and the community colleges to map and articulate
3 15 community college courses for college credit with the
3 16 degree programs offered at the state universities.
3 17 The website shall be operational not later than July
3 18 1, 2008.>
3 19 #20. By striking page 30, line 21, through page
3 20 31, line 17.
3 21 #21. Page 33, by inserting after line 6 the
3 22 following:
3 23 <Sec. . Section 469.10, subsection 2, if
3 24 enacted by 2007 Iowa Acts, House File 927, is amended
3 25 to read as follows:
3 26 2. Of the moneys appropriated to the office and
3 27 deposited in the fund, the office shall utilize up to
3 28 one and five=tenths percent of the amount appropriated
3 29 from the fund for a fiscal year for administrative
3 30 costs. From the funds available for administrative
3 31 costs, the office shall not employ more than four
3 32 full=time equivalent positions.>
3 33 #22. Page 35, by inserting after line 11 the
3 34 following:
3 35 <DIVISION
3 36 APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS
3 37 Sec. . VETERANS HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE
3 38 PROGRAM.
3 39 1. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
3 40 infrastructure fund to the department of veterans
3 41 affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007,
3 42 and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so
3 43 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3 44 purpose designated:
3 45 For transfer to the Iowa finance authority to be
3 46 used for continuation of the home ownership assistance
3 47 program for persons who are or were eligible members
3 48 of the armed forces of the United States, in
3 49 accordance with section 35A.15, as enacted by 2007
3 50 Iowa Acts, Senate File 407, notwithstanding section
4 1 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
4 2 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
4 3 2. Of the funds transferred pursuant to this
4 4 section, the Iowa finance authority may retain not
4 5 more than $20,000 for administrative purposes.
4 6 3. Of the amount transferred to the Iowa finance
4 7 authority pursuant to this section, not more than
4 8 $50,000 shall be transferred to the department of
4 9 public defense to be used for the enduring families
4 10 program.
4 11 4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
4 12 appropriated or transferred in this section that
4 13 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the
4 14 fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
4 15 available for expenditure for the purposes designated
4 16 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
4 17 Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 562, section
4 18 3, subsection 3, paragraphs a and d, if enacted, are
4 19 amended to read as follows:
4 20 a. Community development programs
4 21 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
4 22 purposes, community economic development programs,
4 23 tourism operations, community assistance, the
4 24 mainstreet and rural mainstreet programs, the
4 25 school=to=career program, the community development
4 26 block grant, and housing and shelter=related programs
4 27 and for not more than the following full=time
4 28 equivalent positions:
4 29 .................................................. $ 6,422,654
4 30 6,322,654
4 31 ............................................... FTEs 58.26
4 32 d. From the moneys appropriated in this
4 33 subsection, the department shall use at least
4 34 $1,046,000 $946,000 for purposes of the mainstreet and
4 35 rural mainstreet programs.
4 36 Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 562, section
4 37 3, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 1, if enacted,
4 38 is amended to read as follows:
4 39 For allocating moneys for the world food prize:
4 40 .................................................. $ 650,000
4 41 450,000
4 42 Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 562, section
4 43 14, subsections 1 and 3, if enacted, are amended to
4 44 read as follows:
4 45 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of
4 46 the state to the university of northern Iowa for the
4 47 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
4 48 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as
4 49 is necessary, to be used for the metal casting
4 50 institute, for the myentrenet internet application,
5 1 and for the institute of decision making, including
5 2 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
5 3 purposes, and for not more than the following
5 4 full=time equivalent positions:
5 5 .................................................. $ 661,291
5 6 561,291
5 7 ............................................... FTEs 6.75
5 8 3. From the moneys appropriated in this section,
5 9 the university of northern Iowa shall use at least
5 10 $300,000 $200,000 for purposes of expanding the
5 11 service area of the myentrenet internet application.
5 12 Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 575, section
5 13 4, subsection 1, paragraph b, unnumbered paragraph 1,
5 14 if enacted, is amended to read as follows:
5 15 For educational programs for inmates at state penal
5 16 institutions:
5 17 .................................................. $ 2,070,358
5 18 1,570,350
5 19 Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 575, section
5 20 5, subsection 1, paragraph f, unnumbered paragraph 1,
5 21 if enacted, is amended to read as follows:
5 22 For the sixth judicial district department of
5 23 correctional services:
5 24 .................................................. $ 12,203,009
5 25 12,003,009
5 26 Sec. . 2007 Iowa Acts, House File 874, section
5 27 19, subsection 1, if enacted, is amended to read as
5 28 follows:
5 29 1. ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
5 30 For salaries, support, maintenance, and
5 31 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
5 32 following full=time equivalent positions:
5 33 .................................................. $ 1,431,015
5 34 1,331,015
5 35 ............................................... FTEs 17.00
5 36 The state department or state agency which provides
5 37 data processing services to support voter registration
5 38 file maintenance and storage shall provide those
5 39 services without charge.>
5 40 #23. By striking page 35, line 26, through page
5 41 36, line 20, and inserting the following:
5 42 <NEW SUBSECTION. 21. a. The director may
5 43 authorize the procurement of goods and services in
5 44 which a contractual limitation of vendor liability is
5 45 provided for and set forth in the documents initiating
5 46 the procurement. The director, in consultation with
5 47 the department of management, shall adopt rules
5 48 setting forth the circumstances in which such
5 49 procurement will be permitted and what types of
5 50 contractual limitations of liability are permitted.
6 1 Rules adopted by the director shall establish criteria
6 2 to be considered in making a determination of whether
6 3 to permit a contractual limitation of vendor liability
6 4 with regard to any procurement of goods and services.
6 5 The criteria, at a minimum, shall include all of the
6 6 following:
6 7 (1) Whether authorizing a contractual limitation
6 8 of vendor liability is necessary to prevent harm to
6 9 the state from a failure to obtain the goods or
6 10 services sought, or from obtaining the goods or
6 11 services at a higher price if the state refuses to
6 12 allow a contractual limitation of vendor liability.
6 13 (2) Whether the contractual limitation of vendor
6 14 liability is commercially reasonable when taking into
6 15 account any risk to the state created by the goods or
6 16 services to be procured and the purpose for which they
6 17 will be used.
6 18 b. Notwithstanding paragraph "a", a contractual
6 19 limitation of vendor liability shall not include any
6 20 limitation on the liability of any vendor for
6 21 intentional torts, criminal acts, or fraudulent
6 22 conduct.
6 23 c. The rules shall provide for the negotiation of
6 24 a contractual limitation of vendor liability
6 25 consistent with the requirements of this section and
6 26 any other requirements of the department as provided
6 27 in any related documents associated with a procurement
6 28 of goods and services.>
6 29 #24. Page 37, by inserting after line 19 the
6 30 following:
6 31 <Sec. . Section 15F.303, subsection 3,
6 32 paragraph b, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
6 33 b. The project supports or is strategically
6 34 aligned with other existing regional or statewide
6 35 cultural, recreational, entertainment, or educational
6 36 activities or with communities adjacent to cultural
6 37 and entertainment districts whose existing or planned
6 38 amenity base will augment or complement the cultural
6 39 and entertainment venues of such districts.>
6 40 #25. Page 39, by striking lines 18 through 23.
6 41 #26. Page 40, by inserting after line 3 the
6 42 following:
6 43 <Sec. . Section 135.105D, subsection 1A, as
6 44 enacted by 2007 Iowa Acts, House File 158, section 2,
6 45 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
6 46 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. Notwithstanding any other
6 47 provision to the contrary, nothing in this section
6 48 shall subject a parent, guardian, or legal custodian
6 49 of a child of compulsory attendance age to any
6 50 penalties under chapter 299.>
7 1 #27. Page 40, by striking lines 4 through 16.
7 2 #28. Page 44, by striking lines 25 and 26.
7 3 #29. By striking page 47, line 19, through page
7 4 48, line 2.
7 5 #30. Page 48, by striking lines 3 through 12.
7 6 #31. Page 52, by striking lines 5 through 12.
7 7 #32. Page 55, by inserting after line 22 the
7 8 following:
7 9 <Sec. . Section 505.8, Code 2007, is amended by
7 10 adding the following new subsection:
7 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. The commissioner may, after a
7 12 hearing conducted pursuant to chapter 17A, assess
7 13 fines or penalties, order restitution, or take other
7 14 corrective action as the commissioner deems necessary
7 15 and appropriate to accomplish compliance with the laws
7 16 of the state relating to all insurance business
7 17 transacted in the state.>
7 18 #33. Page 57, by striking lines 7 and 8.
7 19 #34. Page 57, by inserting after line 35 the
7 20 following:
7 21 <Sec. . LEGISLATIVE PROPERTY TAX STUDY
7 22 COMMITTEE.
7 23 1. A legislative property tax study committee is
7 24 established. The study committee shall conduct a
7 25 comprehensive review of property taxation in Iowa
7 26 including but not limited to the continued use of
7 27 property taxes as a major funding source for local
7 28 governments and for local school districts in Iowa,
7 29 the classification and assessment of property for
7 30 property tax purposes and the impact of the tie
7 31 between residential and agricultural property
7 32 assessments, the level of consistency employed in
7 33 classifying and assessing property for property tax
7 34 purposes, the various exemptions and credits currently
7 35 available to property taxpayers and the impact on
7 36 local government and state budgets and on other
7 37 taxpayers of providing those credits and exemptions,
7 38 and the use of property taxes as an economic
7 39 development tool and the impact on local and state
7 40 government budgets and on other taxpayers of such use.
7 41 In its study, the committee shall address the goals of
7 42 property tax simplification and equity.
7 43 2. a. The committee shall be comprised of the
7 44 following voting members:
7 45 (1) Five members who are members of the senate,
7 46 three of whom shall be appointed by the majority
7 47 leader of the senate and two of whom shall be
7 48 appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
7 49 (2) Five members who are members of the house of
7 50 representatives, three of whom shall be appointed by
8 1 the speaker of the house of representatives and two of
8 2 whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
8 3 house of representatives.
8 4 b. The committee shall be comprised of the
8 5 following nonvoting members who shall be appointed by
8 6 the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of
8 7 the house of representatives in consultation with the
8 8 minority leaders of the senate and the house of
8 9 representatives:
8 10 (1) One member from an association representing
8 11 Iowa counties.
8 12 (2) One member from an association representing
8 13 Iowa cities.
8 14 (3) One member from an association representing
8 15 Iowa school boards.
8 16 (4) One member from an association representing
8 17 agricultural property taxpayers.
8 18 (5) One member from an association representing
8 19 Iowa commercial property taxpayers.
8 20 (6) One member from an association representing
8 21 Iowa industrial taxpayers.
8 22 (7) One member representing residential taxpayers.
8 23 (8) One member from an association representing
8 24 Iowa telecommunications property taxpayers.
8 25 (9) Representatives of other interests as
8 26 designated by the legislative council.
8 27 c. The committee shall be comprised of the
8 28 following nonvoting members who shall be appointed by
8 29 the governor:
8 30 (1) A representative employed by the department of
8 31 management.
8 32 (2) A representative employed by the department of
8 33 revenue.
8 34 (3) A representative employed by the department of
8 35 economic development.
8 36 3. The property tax study committee shall meet
8 37 during the 2007 and 2008 legislative interims at the
8 38 call of the chairperson. The committee is authorized
8 39 to hold as many meetings as the committee deems
8 40 necessary.
8 41 4. The property tax study committee may contract
8 42 with one or more tax consultants or experts familiar
8 43 with the Iowa property tax system. The legislative
8 44 council, pursuant to its authority in section 2.42,
8 45 may allocate to the study committee funding from
8 46 moneys available to it in section 2.12 for the purpose
8 47 of contracting with the consultant or expert.
8 48 5. The property tax study committee shall submit a
8 49 final report to the general assembly on or before
8 50 January 5, 2009. The final report shall include but
9 1 not be limited to findings, analyses, and
9 2 recommendations by the committee.>
9 3 #35. Page 59, by striking lines 9 and 10 and
9 4 inserting the following:
9 5 <Sec. . Section 811.2A, Code 2007, is
9 6 repealed.>
9 7 #36. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
9 8 and correcting internal references as necessary.
9 9 SF 601.H
9 10 mg/jg/25
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