HSB 516 (LSB 5267DP (5) 83)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act authorizing the continuing expenditure of repayment receipts for lead training and certification collected by the department of public health and including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135.105A, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The department shall adopt rules regarding minimum requirements for lead inspector, lead abater, and lead-safe renovator training programs, certification, work practice standards, and suspension and revocation requirements, and shall implement the training and certification programs. The department shall seek federal funding and shall establish fees in amounts sufficient to defray the cost of the programs. The fees shall be used for any of the department’s duties under this division, including but not limited to the costs of full-time equivalent positions for program services and investigations. Any such positions are in addition to other positions authorized for the department. Fees received shall be considered repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2, and notwithstanding section 8.33, any amounts of such fees that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to any fund but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT AND APPLICABILITY.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to any fees collected pursuant to section 135.105A during or after the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.
EXPLANATION
   This bill authorizes the continuing expenditure of repayment receipts for lead training and certification collected by the department of public health under Code section 135.105A and remaining unexpended or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year. The authorization extends to the subsequent fiscal year.
   The bill also requires the fees collected to be used for any of the department’s duties under division VIII of the division of Code chapter 135, pertaining to the lead abatement program, including but not limited to the costs of full-time equivalent positions for lead training and certification program services and investigations. Any such positions are in addition to other positions authorized for the department.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to any fees collected under Code section 135.105A during or after FY 2009-2010.