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