Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2213
BY
WARNSTADT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
and
affecting
veterans
and
military
members,
1
related
to
employment
benefits,
professional
licensing,
2
and
interest
rate
limit
enforcement,
and
making
penalties
3
applicable.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
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IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
EMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS
FOR
MILITARY
MEMBERS
2
Section
1.
Section
8A.402,
subsection
2,
paragraph
f,
Code
3
Supplement
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
f.
(1)
Develop,
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
5
veterans
affairs,
programs
to
inform
state
employees
who
are
6
members
of
the
national
guard
or
organized
reserves
of
the
7
armed
forces
of
the
United
States,
and
their
families,
of
their
8
rights
and
benefits
while
the
member
is
deployed
in
active
9
federal
service.
10
(2)
Develop,
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
11
veterans
affairs,
programs
to
inform
members
of
the
national
12
guard
or
organized
reserves
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
13
States
returning
to
Iowa
following
active
federal
service
about
14
job
opportunities
in
state
government.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
97A.10,
Code
2009,
is
amended
by
striking
16
the
section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
17
97A.10
Purchase
of
service
credit
for
military
service.
18
1.
An
active
member
of
the
system
who
has
been
a
member
of
19
the
retirement
system
five
or
more
years
may
elect
to
purchase
20
up
to
five
years
of
service
credit
for
military
service,
other
21
than
military
service
required
to
be
recognized
under
Internal
22
Revenue
Code
§
414(u)
or
under
the
federal
Uniformed
Services
23
Employment
and
Reemployment
Rights
Act,
that
will
be
recognized
24
by
the
retirement
system
for
purposes
of
calculating
a
member’s
25
benefit,
pursuant
to
Internal
Revenue
Code
§
415(n)
and
the
26
requirements
of
this
section.
27
2.
a.
A
member
seeking
to
purchase
service
credit
pursuant
28
to
this
section
shall
file
a
written
application
with
the
29
system
requesting
an
actuarial
determination
of
the
cost
of
a
30
purchase
of
service
credit.
Upon
receipt
of
the
cost
estimate
31
for
the
purchase
of
service
from
the
system,
the
member
may
32
make
contributions
to
the
system
in
an
amount
equal
to
the
33
actuarial
cost
of
the
service
credit
purchase.
34
b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
the
actuarial
cost
of
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the
service
credit
purchase
is
an
amount
determined
by
the
1
system
in
accordance
with
actuarial
tables,
as
reported
to
the
2
system
by
the
system’s
actuary,
which
reflects
the
actuarial
3
cost
necessary
to
fund
an
increased
retirement
allowance
4
resulting
from
the
purchase
of
service
credit.
5
3.
The
system
shall
ensure
that
the
member,
in
exercising
an
6
option
provided
in
this
section,
does
not
exceed
the
amount
of
7
annual
additions
to
a
member’s
account
permitted
pursuant
to
§
8
415
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code.
9
4.
The
board
of
trustees
shall
adopt
rules
providing
for
the
10
implementation
and
administration
of
this
section.
11
DIVISION
II
12
LICENSING
AND
PROFESSIONAL
LIABILITY
INSURANCE
13
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
29A.103A
Professional
liability
14
insurance.
15
An
obligation
or
liability
of
a
service
member
to
pay
a
16
premium
for
professional
liability
insurance
coverage
shall
be
17
stayed
for
the
service
member
during
military
service
and
the
18
service
member
shall
be
allowed
to
continue
coverage
and
resume
19
payment
upon
completion
of
military
service,
without
penalty.
20
Sec.
4.
MILITARY
SERVICE
LICENSING
WORKGROUP.
The
21
department
of
workforce
development
and
the
department
of
22
veterans
affairs
shall
establish
a
workgroup
to
identify
23
licensing
requirements
for
workforce
shortage
areas
and
to
24
study,
in
conjunction
with
the
relevant
licensing
entities,
25
whether
comparable
military
training
could
substitute
for
26
current
licensing
requirements.
The
workgroup
shall
submit
any
27
findings,
including
any
recommendations
for
legislative
action
28
to
allow
flexible
licensing
requirements
for
veterans,
to
the
29
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2011.
30
DIVISION
III
31
CONSUMER
CREDIT
TERMS
——
ENFORCEMENT
32
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
524.213A
Consumer
credit
terms
for
33
service
members
——
enforcement.
34
The
superintendent
shall
have
the
authority
to
enforce
the
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consumer
protection
provisions
of
10
U.S.C.
§
987
concerning
1
limitations
on
terms
of
consumer
credit
extended
to
service
2
members
and
their
dependents.
3
EXPLANATION
4
This
bill
makes
changes
concerning
and
affecting
veterans
5
and
military
members.
6
Division
I
concerns
employment
benefits
for
military
7
members.
8
Code
section
8A.402,
concerning
the
duties
of
the
department
9
of
administrative
services
relative
to
human
resource
10
management,
is
amended
to
provide
that
the
department
establish
11
programs
to
inform
state
employees
who
are
military
members,
12
and
their
families,
of
their
rights
and
benefits
while
the
13
service
member
is
deployed.
14
Code
section
97A.10
is
rewritten
to
allow
an
active
member
15
of
the
peace
officers’
retirement
system
to
purchase
service
16
credit
for
military
service
that
is
not
otherwise
required
to
17
be
recognized
by
federal
law
upon
payment
of
the
actuarial
cost
18
of
the
service
purchase.
19
Division
II
concerns
professional
liability
insurance
and
20
licensing.
21
New
Code
section
29A.103A
adds
a
provision
to
the
Iowa
22
National
Guard
Civil
Relief
Act
to
provide
that
a
service
23
member’s
obligation
or
liability
to
pay
a
premium
for
24
professional
liability
insurance
coverage
shall
be
stayed
25
during
military
service
and
that
the
service
member
shall
be
26
allowed
to
continue
coverage
and
resume
payment
upon
completion
27
of
military
service
without
penalty.
28
The
division
also
establishes
a
department
of
workforce
29
development
and
department
of
veterans
affairs
workgroup
to
30
identify
licensing
requirements
for
workforce
shortage
areas
31
and
to
study,
in
conjunction
with
the
relevant
licensing
32
entities,
whether
comparable
military
training
could
substitute
33
for
current
licensing
requirements.
This
portion
of
the
34
division
directs
the
workgroup
to
report
any
need
for
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legislative
action
to
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2011.
1
Division
III
of
the
bill
provides
that
the
superintendent
of
2
banking
shall
have
the
authority
to
enforce
the
percentage
rate
3
limitation
imposed
as
a
restriction
or
safeguard
for
military
4
personnel
under
10
U.S.C.
§
987.
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