Senate File 411 - Enrolled Senate File 411 AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION AND LICENSING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED FEES AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 91C.1, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3. a. The labor services division of the department of workforce development and the Iowa department of public health will work with stakeholders to develop a plan to combine the contractor registration and contractor licensing application process for contractors licensed under chapter 105 , to be implemented in time for licensing renewals due July 1, 2017. The department of public health shall transfer to the labor services division a portion of each contractor license fee equal to three times the current contractor registration fee. Effective July 1, 2017, a contractor licensed under chapter 105 shall register as a contractor under this chapter in conjunction with the contractor licensing process. At no cost to the labor services division, the department of public health shall collect both the registration and licensing applications as part of one combined application. The labor commissioner shall design the contractor registration application form to exclude from the division of labor’s contractor registration application process those contractors who are also covered by
Senate File 411, p. 2 chapter 105 . The labor commissioner is authorized to adopt rules as needed to accomplish a merger of the application systems including transitional registration periods and fees. b. Effective July 1, 2017, excluding registrations by contractors that are exempt from the registration fee pursuant to this section, the department of public health shall collect and transfer to the labor services division a portion of each contractor license fee equal to three times the contractor registration fee for each three-year license or a prorated portion thereof using a one-sixth deduction for each six-month period of the renewal cycle. Sec. 2. Section 91C.2, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 3. An out-of-state contractor shall either file a surety bond, as provided in section 91C.7 , with the division of labor services in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars for a one-year period or shall provide a statement to the division of labor services that the contractor is prequalified to bid on projects for the department of transportation pursuant to section 314.1 . Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. ______________________________ JACK WHITVER President of the Senate ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 411, Eighty-seventh General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2017 ______________________________ TERRY E. BRANSTAD Governor