House Study Bill 505 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED JUDICIAL
                                            BRANCH BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the regulation and certification of shorthand
  2    reporters and the appropriation of fees to offset costs.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 602.3101, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1  3 thereof the following:
  1  4    2.  The supreme court shall appoint an administrator to
  1  5 manage the functions of the board.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 602.3106, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  7 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1  8 thereof the following:
  1  9    2.  The fees collected shall be used to offset the expenses
  1 10 of the board, including the costs of administering the
  1 11 examination.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill relates to the regulation and certification of
  1 14 shorthand reporters and the appropriation of fees to offset
  1 15 costs.
  1 16    The bill authorizes the supreme court to appoint the
  1 17 administrator for the board of examiners of shorthand
  1 18 reporters.  Current law designates the state court
  1 19 administrator or a designee of the state court administrator
  1 20 to act as administrator to the board.
  1 21    The bill provides that the fees collected for shorthand
  1 22 certification examinations shall be used to offset the
  1 23 expenses of the board of examiners of shorthand reporters,
  1 24 including the costs of administering the examination.  Current
  1 25 law provides that the state court administrator collect and
  1 26 account for all the examination fees collected.
  1 27    Under current law, the fees shall be based upon the annual
  1 28 cost of administering the examinations and upon the
  1 29 administrative costs of maintaining the board.
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