Amend  the amendment, S-5236, to House File 2465, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 8.
   2.  Page 2, after line 10 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE EXPENDITURES —— REPORTING.
   1.  The office of the attorney general is authorized to make expenditures of moneys received pursuant to the joint state federal mortgage servicing settlement consent decree signed in federal court on April 5, 2012. Expenditures shall be consistent with the terms of the consent decree.
   2.  The office of the attorney general shall submit a report to the general assembly detailing the expenditure of moneys for the previous calendar year and how the expenditures related to the implementation, monitoring, or enforcement of the settlement and how expenditures in the current and succeeding calendar year will be used for implementation, monitoring, or enforcement of the settlement. The initial report shall be submitted on or before January 15, 2013.>
   3.  Page 3, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  HOMESTEAD CREDIT FUND —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  There is appropriated from the taxpayers trust fund created in section 8.57E to the department of revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For deposit in the homestead credit fund created in section 425.1:
.................................................. $ 48,811,613
   2.  The appropriation made in this section is in lieu of an equal amount of the appropriation made from the general fund of the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, pursuant to section 425.1, and shall be used for reimbursement for the homestead property tax.
   Sec. ___.  AGRICULTURAL LAND CREDIT FUND —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  There is appropriated from the taxpayers trust fund created in section 8.57E to the department of revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For deposit in the agricultural land credit fund created in section 426.1:
.................................................. $  6,704,869

   2.  The appropriation made in this section is in lieu of an equal amount of the appropriation made from the general fund of the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, pursuant to section 426.1, and shall be used for reimbursement for the family farm and agricultural land tax credits under sections 425A.1 and 426.1.>
   4.  Page 3, before line 3 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  KEEP IOWA BEAUTIFUL FUND —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of transportation each fiscal year for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2012, July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, an amount equal to the excess revenues transferred from the lottery fund to the general fund after the first $64,900,000 is transferred during a fiscal year. The amount appropriated in a fiscal year shall not exceed $1,000,000. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the keep Iowa beautiful fund created in section 314.28.>
   5.  Page 3, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  PLUMBERS —— LICENSE EXTENSIONS.  Until January 1, 2013, the plumbing and mechanical systems board shall grant a one-time renewal of an expired license if the person holding the expired license demonstrates successful passage of a municipal or block examination. For any licensee receiving a renewal under this section, the board shall clearly state in any correspondence for succeeding license renewals that the provisions of Code section 105.20 shall apply.>
   6.  By striking page 3, line 42, through page 4, line 2.
   7.  Page 4, after line 4 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 16.27, subsection 6, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The authority shall cause to be delivered to the legislative fiscal committee within ninety days of the close of its fiscal year its annual report certified by an independent certified public accountant (who may be the accountant or a member of the firm of accountants who regularly audits the books and accounts of the authority) selected by the authority. In the event that the principal amount of any bonds or notes deposited in a bond reserve fund is withdrawn for payment of principal or interest thereby reducing the amount of that fund to less than the bond reserve fund requirement, the authority shall immediately notify the general assembly of this event and shall thereafter take steps to restore such bond reserve to the bond reserve fund requirement for that fund from any amounts available, other than principal of a bond issue, which are not pledged to the payment of other bonds or notes.>
   8.  Page 9, by striking lines 5 through 24.
   9.  Page 9, after line 36 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 403.19, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), if enacted by 2012 Iowa Acts, House File 2460, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  All or a portion of the taxes for the instructional support program levy of a school district shall be paid by the school district to the municipality if the auditor, pursuant to subsection 11, certifies to the school district by July 1 the amount of such levy that is necessary to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred by the municipality to finance an urban renewal project if such bonds or indebtedness were issued or incurred on or before April 24, 2012. 
 
Indebtedness incurred after April 24, 2012, to refund bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred on or before April 24, 2012, may be included in the certification. Such school district shall pay over the amount certified by November 1 and May 1 of the fiscal year following certification to the school district. 
 
The authority of a municipality to pay the amounts of principal and interest on such bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred on or before April 24, 2012, from sources other than the portion of taxes described in subsection 2, paragraph “a”, shall not exclude such amounts of principal and interest from being deemed necessary for payment from the portion of taxes described in subsection 2, paragraph “a”.>
   10.  Page 10, by striking lines 9 and 10 and inserting <income taxes directly to the individual. The amount>
   11.  Page 10, line 23, by striking <projects> and inserting <tax credits reserved for a fiscal year>
   12.  Page 12, by striking lines 20 and 21.
   13.  Page 12, after line 35 by inserting: 
   <___.  The section of this division of this Act authorizing expenditures by the attorney general’s office.>
   14.  Page 23, after line 6 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  LABOR MANAGEMENT COUNCILS.
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of workforce development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   a.  For support of a labor management council that has been in existence for at least 20 years and is located in a county with a population of more than 93,650 and less than 93,700:
.................................................. $     23,000
   b.  For support of a labor management council that has been in existence for at least 20 years and is located in a county with a population of more than 165,200 and less than 165,250:
.................................................. $     15,000
   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.>
   15.  Page 26, after line 46 by inserting: 
   <y.  One member who is an employee of the state department of transportation serving in a law enforcement capacity appointed by the director of transportation.>
   16.  Page 30, by striking lines 29 and 30 and inserting <with the local assessor by February>
   17.  Page 30, line 35, after <years> by inserting <, in which case the exemption is allowed for the total number of years in the exemption schedule>
   18.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ROBERT E. DVORSKY