Senate Study Bill 3115 SENATE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CO=CHAIRPERSON CONNOLLY) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act permitting the board of educational examiners to retain 2 and carry over a percentage of the licensing fees it collects. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5141XK 81 5 kh/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 272.10, Code Supplement 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 272.10 FEES. 1 4 1. It is the intent of the general assembly that licensing 1 5 fees established by the board of educational examiners be 1 6 sufficient to finance the activities of the board under this 1 7 chapter. 1 8 2. Licensing fees are payable to the treasurer of state 1 9 and shall be deposited with the executive director of the 1 10 board. The executive director shall deposit ten percent of 1 11 the fees collected annually with the treasurer of state and 1 12 the fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state. 1 13 The remaining licensing fees collected during the fiscal year 1 14 shall be retained by and are appropriated to the board for the 1 15 purposes related to the board's duties. Notwithstanding 1 16 section 8.33, licensing fees retained by and appropriated to 1 17 the board pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 1 18 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year in an amount of 1 19 not more than fifteen percent of the total licensing fees 1 20 collected by the board during the fiscal year shall not revert 1 21 but shall remain available for expenditure for the activities 1 22 of the board as provided in this chapter until the close of 1 23 the succeeding fiscal year. 1 24 3. The executive director shall keep an accurate and 1 25 detailed account of fees received,andincluding fees paid to 1 26 the treasurer of state and fees retained by the board. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 This bill requires that the board of educational examiners 1 29 deposit 10 percent of the fees it collects annually with the 1 30 treasurer of state, but permits the board to retain the 1 31 remaining 90 percent to finance the activities of the board. 1 32 The bill also permits the board to carry over to the 1 33 succeeding fiscal year 15 percent of the total licensing fees 1 34 collected during the fiscal year that remain unencumbered or 1 35 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year. 2 1 The Code currently requires the board to deposit all fees 2 2 collected with the treasurer, which are then credited to the 2 3 general fund of the state. In recent years the general 2 4 assembly has at times nullified this statutory provision to 2 5 permit the board to retain a percentage of the fees it 2 6 collects. 2 7 LSB 5141XK 81 2 8 kh:nh/je/5