HF 634 (LSB 2012HV (5) 90)

RELATING TO PERSONS CERTIFIED TO CONDUCT  TIME-OF-TRANSFER INSPECTIONS OF PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL  SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 455B.172, subsection 11, paragraph e, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  (1)  Pursuant to chapter 17A, the department shall adopt certification requirements for inspectors, including training, testing, and fees, and shall establish uniform statewide inspection criteria and an inspection form. The inspector certification training shall include use of the criteria and form.  Only a certified inspector may conduct a time-of-transfer inspection.
   (2)  An inspector’s certification shall be considered current if the inspector has paid initial and renewal fees required to maintain certification, is up-to-date on continuing education units, is in good standing with the department, and has not otherwise been decertified.
   (3)  The department shall maintain a publicly available list of currently certified inspectors on the department’s internet site.  The department shall maintain the list such that an inspector’s name is displayed next to the date that the inspector’s certification first became valid and the date that the inspector’s certification is set to expire.

   (4)  A certified inspector who fraudulently files a time-of-transfer report is subject to a civil penalty of five thousand dollars and the inspector’s certification shall be suspended for one year.

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 634, Ninetieth General Assembly.

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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2023

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor