SSB 3047 (LSB 5246XD (3) 86)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to and appropriating licensing fees collected by the board of educational examiners and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 272.10, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Licensing fees are payable to the treasurer of state and shall be deposited with the executive director of the board. The executive director shall deposit twenty-five percent of the fees collected annually with the treasurer of state and the fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state. The remaining licensing fees collected during the fiscal year shall be retained by and are appropriated to the board for the purposes related to the board’s duties. Notwithstanding section 8.33, licensing fees retained by and appropriated to the board pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the activities of the board as provided in this chapter until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 2.  Section 272.10, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  Notwithstanding subsection 2, one hundred percent of the funds received annually resulting from a licensing fee increase adopted by rule on or after December 16, 2015, by the board of educational examiners shall be retained by the board and are appropriated to the board for the purposes related to the board’s duties.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2B.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, licensing fees retained by and appropriated to the board pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the activities of the board as provided in this chapter until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 4.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to December 16, 2015.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill authorizes the board of educational examiners to retain 100 percent of the funds received annually resulting from a licensing fee increase adopted by rule on or after December 16, 2015, and appropriates the funds to the board for the purposes related to the board’s duties.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to December 16, 2015.