Senate File 2021 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2021 BY CHELGREN and COSTELLO A BILL FOR An Act relating to licensing fees collected by the board of 1 educational examiners and credited to the general fund of 2 the state. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5056XS (4) 86 kh/nh
S.F. 2021 Section 1. Section 272.10, subsection 2, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Licensing fees are payable to the treasurer of state and 3 shall be deposited with the executive director of the board. 4 The executive director shall deposit twenty-five ten percent 5 of the fees collected annually with the treasurer of state and 6 the fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state. 7 The remaining licensing fees collected during the fiscal year 8 shall be retained by and are appropriated to the board for 9 the purposes related to the board’s duties. Notwithstanding 10 section 8.33 , licensing fees retained by and appropriated to 11 the board pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 12 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 13 but shall remain available for expenditure for the activities 14 of the board as provided in this chapter until the close of the 15 succeeding fiscal year. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill reduces, from 25 percent to 10 percent, the amount 20 of the licensing fees which the executive director of the 21 board of educational examiners is required to deposit with the 22 treasurer of state to be credited to the general fund of the 23 state. 24 -1- LSB 5056XS (4) 86 kh/nh 1/ 1