HF 2462 (LSB 5719HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2462

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 645)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and provide for Code editor directives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8A.203, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Advise The commission shall advise the department and the state librarian concerning the library services duties of the department.
    Sec. 2.  Section 8A.232, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8A.232  Administrator.
   The state librarian shall be the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall receive copies of all agreements entered into by the state or its political subdivisions and other states or political subdivisions; consult with, advise, and aid such governmental units in the formulation of such agreements; make such recommendations to the governor, legislature, and governmental agencies and units as the administrator deems desirable to effectuate the purposes of this compact; and consult and cooperate with the compact administrators of other party states.
    Sec. 3.  Section 8A.311B, subsection 6, paragraph h, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   h.  The director shall require a contractor or subcontractor to file, within ten days of receipt of a request, any records enumerated in subsection 7. If the contractor or subcontractor fails to provide the requested records within ten days, the director may direct, within fifteen days after the end of the ten-day period, the fiscal or financial office charged with the custody and disbursement of funds of the public body that contracted for construction of the public improvement or undertook the public improvement, to immediately withhold from payment to the contractor or subcontractor up to twenty-five percent of the amount to be paid to the contractor or subcontractor under the terms of the contract or written instrument under which the public improvement is being performed. The amount withheld shall be immediately released upon receipt by the public body of a notice from the commissioner director indicating that the request for records as required by this section has been satisfied.
    Sec. 4.  Section 9C.3, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  If the application be is made by an agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, the application shall so state and set out the name and address of such agent, bailee, consignee, or employee, and shall also set out the name and address of the owner of the tangible personal property to be sold or offered for sale.
   3.  The application shall state whether Whether or not the applicant has an Iowa retailers sales or use tax permit and, if the applicant has such permit, shall state the number of such permit.
   4.  If the applicant be is a corporation, the application shall state whether or not the applicant is an Iowa corporation or a foreign corporation, and, if a foreign corporation, shall state whether or not such corporation is authorized to do business in Iowa.
    Sec. 5.  Section 10A.511, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  To promulgate fire safety rules in consultation with the state fire marshal. The director shall have exclusive right to promulgate fire safety rules as they apply to enforcement or inspection requirements by the department, but the rules shall be promulgated pursuant to chapter 17A. Wherever by any statute the director or the department is authorized or required to promulgate, proclaim, or amend rules and minimum standards regarding fire hazards or fire safety or protection in any establishment, building, or structure, the rules and standards shall promote and enforce fire safety, fire protection, and the elimination of fire hazards as the rules may relate to the use, occupancy, and construction of the buildings, establishments, or structures. The word “construction” shall include but is not limited to electrical wiring, plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, construction materials, entrances and exits, and all other physical conditions of the building which may affect fire hazards, safety, or protection. The rules and minimum standards shall be in substantial compliance except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter part, with the standards of the national fire protection association relating to fire safety as published in the national fire codes.
    Sec. 6.  Section 10A.514, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   10A.514  Authority for inspection —— orders.
   The chief of a fire department or an authorized subordinate who is trained in fire prevention safety standards may enter a building or premises at a reasonable hour to examine the building or premises and its contents. The examining official shall order the correction of a condition which is in violation of this chapter part, a rule adopted under this chapter part, or a city or county fire safety ordinance. The order shall be in writing or, if the danger is imminent, orally followed by a written order. The examining official shall enforce the order in accordance with the applicable law or ordinance. At the request of the examining official the director may assist in an enforcement action.
    Sec. 7.  Section 10A.515, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  If a person has violated or is violating a provision of this chapter part or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter part, the director, the chief of any fire department, or the fire prevention officer of a fire department organized under chapter 400 may issue an order directing the person to desist in the practice which constitutes the violation and to take corrective action as necessary to ensure that the violation will cease. The order shall be in writing and shall specify a reasonable time by which the person shall comply with the order. The person to whom the order is issued may appeal the order as provided in chapter 17A. On appeal, the administrative law judge may affirm, modify, or vacate the order. Judicial review may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A.
    Sec. 8.  Section 10A.516, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   10A.516  Legal proceedings —— penalties —— injunctive relief.
   At the request of the director, the county attorney shall institute any legal proceedings on behalf of the state necessary to obtain compliance or enforce the penalty provisions of this chapter part or rules or orders adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter part, including but not limited to a legal action for injunctive relief. The county attorney or any other attorney acting on behalf of the chief of a fire department or a fire prevention officer may institute legal proceedings, including but not limited to a legal action for injunctive relief, to obtain compliance or enforce the penalty provisions or orders issued pursuant to section 10A.515.
    Sec. 9.  Section 10A.713, subsection 2, paragraph g, subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  If these conditions are not met, the institutional health facility is subject to review as a “new institutional health service” or “changed institutional health service” under section 10A.711, subsection 17, paragraph “d”, and is subject to sanctions under section 10A.723. If the institutional health facility reestablishes the deleted beds at a later time, review as a “new institutional health service” or “changed institutional health service” is required pursuant to section 10A.711, subsection 17, paragraph “d”.
    Sec. 10.  Section 10A.713, subsection 2, paragraph h, subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  If these conditions are not met, the institutional health facility or health maintenance organization is subject to review as a “new institutional health service” or “changed institutional health service” under section 10A.711, subsection 17, paragraph “f”, and is subject to sanctions under section 10A.723.
    Sec. 11.  NEW SECTION.  10A.901  Definitions.
   For the purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  a.  “Child-occupied facility” means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, that is described by all of the following:
   (1)  The building is visited on a regular basis by the same child, who is less than six years of age, on at least two different days within any week. For purposes of this subsection, a week is a Sunday through Saturday period.
   (2)  Each day’s visit by the child lasts at least three hours, and the combined annual visits total at least sixty hours.
   b.  A child-occupied facility may include but is not limited to a child care center, preschool, or kindergarten classroom. A child-occupied facility also includes common areas that are routinely used by children who are less than six years of age, such as restrooms and cafeterias, and the exterior walls and adjoining space of the building that are immediately adjacent to the child-occupied facility or the common areas routinely used by children under the age of six years.
   2.  “Target housing” means housing constructed prior to 1978 with the exception of housing for the elderly or for persons with disabilities and housing that does not contain a bedroom, unless at least one child, under six years of age, resides or is expected to reside in the housing.
    Sec. 12.  Section 10A.903, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   10A.903  Renovation, remodeling, and repainting —— lead hazard notification process established.
   1.  a.  A person who performs renovation, remodeling, or repainting services for target housing or a child-occupied facility for compensation shall provide an approved lead hazard information pamphlet to the owner and occupant of the housing or facility prior to commencing the services. The department shall adopt rules to implement the renovation, remodeling, and repainting lead hazard notification process under this section.
   b.  The rules shall include but are not limited to an authorization that the lead hazard notification to parents or guardians of the children attending a child-occupied facility may be completed by posting an informational sign and a copy of the approved lead hazard information pamphlet. The rules shall also address requirements for notification of parents or guardians of the children visiting a child-occupied facility when the facility is vacant for an extended period of time.
   2.  For the purpose of this section and section 10A.902, unless the context otherwise requires:
   a.  (1)  “Child-occupied facility” means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, that is described by all of the following:
   (a)  The building is visited on a regular basis by the same child, who is less than six years of age, on at least two different days within any week. For purposes of this paragraph “a”, a week is a Sunday through Saturday period.
   (b)  Each day’s visit by the child lasts at least three hours, and the combined annual visits total at least sixty hours.
   (2)  A child-occupied facility may include but is not limited to a child care center, preschool, or kindergarten classroom. A child-occupied facility also includes common areas that are routinely used by children who are less than six years of age, such as restrooms and cafeterias, and the exterior walls and adjoining space of the building that are immediately adjacent to the child-occupied facility or the common areas routinely used by children under the age of six years.
   b.  “Target housing” means housing constructed prior to 1978 with the exception of housing for the elderly or for persons with disabilities and housing that does not contain a bedroom, unless at least one child, under six years of age, resides or is expected to reside in the housing.
   3.  2.  A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each offense.
    Sec. 13.  Section 12.31, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   12.31  Short title.
   This section and sections 12.32 through 12.43 subchapter shall be known as the “Linked Investments for Tomorrow Act”.
    Sec. 14.  Section 12.32, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   12.32  Definitions.
   As used in section 12.31, this section, and sections 12.34 through 12.43 this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  “Eligible borrower” means any person who is qualified to participate in one of the programs in this section and sections 12.34 through 12.43 subchapter. “Eligible borrower” does not include a person who has been determined to be delinquent in making child support payments or any other payments due the state.
   2.  “Eligible lending institution” means a financial institution that is empowered to make commercial loans and is eligible pursuant to chapter 12C to be a depository of state funds.
   3.  “Linked investment” means a certificate of deposit issued pursuant to this section and sections 12.34 through 12.43 subchapter to the treasurer of state by an eligible lending institution, at an interest rate not more than three percent below current market rate on the condition that the institution agrees to lend the value of the deposit, according to the investment agreement provided in section 12.35, to an eligible borrower at a rate not to exceed four percent above the rate paid on the certificate of deposit. The treasurer of state shall determine and make available the current market rate which shall be used each month.
    Sec. 15.  Section 12.34, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The treasurer of state may invest up to the lesser of one hundred eight million dollars or twenty-five percent of the balance of the state pooled money fund in certificates of deposit in eligible lending institutions as provided in section 12.32, this section, and sections 12.35 through 12.43 this subchapter. One-half of the moneys invested pursuant to this section shall be made available under the program implemented pursuant to section 12.43 to increase the availability of lower cost moneys for purposes of injecting needed capital into small businesses which are fifty-one percent or more owned, operated, and actively managed by one or more women, minority persons, or persons with disabilities. “Disability” and “minority person” mean the same as defined in section 15.102. The treasurer shall invest the remaining one-half of the moneys invested pursuant to this section to support any other eligible applicant as provided in section 12.43.
   2.  The treasurer of state shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer section 12.32, this section, and sections 12.35 through 12.43 this subchapter.
    Sec. 16.  Section 12.35, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An eligible lending institution that desires to receive a linked investment shall enter into an agreement with the treasurer of state, which shall include requirements necessary for the eligible lending institution to comply with sections 12.32 and 12.34, this section, and sections 12.36 through 12.43 this subchapter.
    Sec. 17.  Section 12.36, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Upon acceptance of the linked investment loan package or any portion of the package, the treasurer of state shall deposit funds with the eligible lending institution and the eligible lending institution shall issue to the treasurer of state one or more certificates of deposit with interest at a rate determined pursuant to section 12.32, subsection 3. The treasurer of state shall not deposit funds with an eligible lending institution pursuant to sections 12.32, 12.34, 12.35, this section, and sections 12.37 through 12.43 this subchapter, unless the certificate of deposit earns a rate of interest of at least one percent. Interest earned on the certificate of deposit and principal not renewed shall be remitted to the treasurer of state at the time the certificate of deposit matures. Interest from the linked investments for tomorrow program shall be considered earnings of the general fund of the state. Certificates of deposit issued pursuant to sections 12.32, 12.34, 12.35, this section, and sections 12.37 through 12.43 this subchapter are not subject to a penalty for early withdrawal.
    Sec. 18.  Section 15.101, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The collaboration shall involve the economic development authority and the bioscience development corporation, both of which shall work together to further economic development policy according to the provisions of this subchapter.
    Sec. 19.  Section 15.119, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  The high quality jobs program administered pursuant to sections 15.326 through 15.336 subchapter II, part 13.
    Sec. 20.  Section 15.119, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  The workforce housing tax incentives program administered pursuant to sections 15.351 through 15.356 subchapter II, part 17. In allocating tax credits pursuant to this subsection, the authority shall not allocate more than thirty-five million dollars for purposes of this paragraph. Of the moneys allocated under this paragraph, seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars shall be reserved for allocation to qualified housing projects in small cities, as defined in section 15.352, that are registered on or after July 1, 2017.
    Sec. 21.  Section 15.119, subsection 2, paragraph h, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   h.  The renewable chemical production tax credit program administered pursuant to sections 15.315 through 15.322 subchapter II, part 12. In allocating tax credits pursuant to this subsection for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and for each fiscal year beginning before July 1, 2037, the authority shall not allocate more than five million dollars for purposes of this paragraph. This paragraph is repealed July 1, 2039.
    Sec. 22.  Section 15.119, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, and in addition to amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “g”, the authority shall allocate ten million dollars to the workforce housing tax incentives program administered pursuant to sections 15.351 through 15.356 subchapter II, part 17, for qualified housing projects located in a county that has been declared a major disaster by the president of the United States on or after March 12, 2019, and that is also a county in which individuals are eligible for federal individual assistance. In allocating tax credits pursuant to this subsection for the period beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2024, the authority shall not allocate more than ten million dollars for purposes of this subsection. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2024.
    Sec. 23.  Section 15.322, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   15.322  Future repeal.
   Section Sections 15.315, 15.316, 15.317, 15.318, 15.319, 15.320, 15.321, and this section, are repealed July 1, 2039.
    Sec. 24.  Section 15.445, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  “Commission” is means the five-person body, elected by the registered voters in the historical preservation district from persons living in the district for the purpose of administering this part.
    Sec. 25.  Section 15.481, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Approve or disapprove the grants recommended for approval by the director, in consultation with the Iowa arts council and the state historical society of Iowa, in accordance with section 15.108, subsection 8, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (4). The board may remove any recommendation from the list, but shall not add to or otherwise amend the list of recommended grants.
    Sec. 26.  Section 16.1, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Child foster care facilities” means the same a facility as defined in section 237.1.
    Sec. 27.  Section 17A.2, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  “Agency” means each board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative office or unit of the state. “Agency” does not mean the general assembly or any of its components, the judicial branch or any of its components, the office of consumer advocate, the governor, or a political subdivision of the state or its offices and units. Unless provided otherwise by statute, no less than two-thirds of the members eligible to vote of a multimember agency constitute a quorum authorized to act in the name of the agency.
    Sec. 28.  Section 17A.4, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Any rule filed pursuant to this section or section 17A.5, that necessitates additional annual expenditures of at least one hundred thousand dollars or combined expenditures of at least five hundred thousand dollars within five years by all affected persons, including the agency itself, shall be accompanied by a fiscal impact statement outlining the expenditures. The agency shall promptly deliver a copy of the statement to the legislative services agency. To the extent feasible, the legislative services agency shall analyze the statement and provide a summary of that analysis to the administrative rules review committee. If the agency has made a good-faith effort to comply with the requirements of this subsection, the rule shall not be invalidated on the ground that the contents of the statement are insufficient or inaccurate.
    Sec. 29.  Section 22.7, subsection 5A, paragraphs a and b, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  A crisis intervention report generated by a law enforcement agency regarding a person experiencing a mental health crisis, substance-related substance use disorder crisis, or housing crisis, when the report is generated for the specific purpose of providing crisis intervention information to assist peace officers under any of the following circumstances:
   (1)  De-escalating conflicts.
   (2)  Referring a person experiencing a mental health crisis, substance-related substance use disorder crisis, or housing crisis to a mental health treatment provider, substance-related substance use disorder treatment provider, homeless service provider, or any other appropriate service provider.
   b.  A crisis intervention report generated for the purposes of this subsection shall be made available to the person who is the subject of the report upon the request of the person who is the subject of the report, and may be provided to a mental health treatment provider, substance-related substance use disorder treatment provider, homeless service provider, or any other appropriate service provider in connection with a referral for services.
    Sec. 30.  Section 24.48, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The city finance committee shall have officially notified any city of its approval, modification, or rejection of the city’s appeal of the decision of the director of the department of management regarding a city’s request for a suspension of the statutory property tax levy limitation prior to thirty-five days before April 30.
    Sec. 31.  Section 29C.6, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Suspend the provisions of any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for conduct of state business, or the orders or rules, of any state agency, if strict compliance with the provisions of any statute, order, or rule would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with the emergency by stating in a proclamation such reasons. Upon the request of a local governing body, the governor may also suspend statutes limiting local governments in their ability to provide services to aid disaster victims.
    Sec. 32.  Section 72.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   72.2  Executive council may authorize indebtedness.
   Nothing herein contained in this chapter shall prevent the incurring of an indebtedness on account of support funds for state institutions, upon the prior written direction of the executive council, specifying the items and amount of such indebtedness to be increased, and the necessity therefor.
    Sec. 33.  Section 72.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   72.4  Penalty.
   A violation of the provisions of section 72.3 shall, in addition to criminal liability, render the violator liable, personally and on the violator’s bond, if any, to liquidated damages in the sum of one thousand dollars for each violation, to inure to and be collected by the state, county, city, school corporation, or other municipal corporation of which the violator is an officer or deputy.
    Sec. 34.  Section 76.7, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   76.7  Particular bonds affected —— payment.
   Counties, cities, and school corporations may at any time or times extend or renew any legal indebtedness or any part thereof they may have represented by bonds or certificates where such indebtedness is payable from a limited annual tax or from a voted annual tax, and may by resolution fund or refund the same and issue bonds therefor running not more than twenty years to be known as funding or refunding bonds, and make provision for the payment of the principal and interest thereof from the proceeds of an annual tax for the period covered by such bonds similar to the tax authorized by law or by the electors for the payment of the indebtedness so extended or renewed.
    Sec. 35.  Section 76.8, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   76.8  Laws applicable.
   All laws relating to the issuance of funding or refunding bonds by counties, cities, and school corporations, as the case may be, not inconsistent with the provisions herein contained and to the extent the same may be applicable, shall govern the issuance of the funding and refunding bonds for the purpose herein authorized.
    Sec. 36.  Section 76.9, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   76.9  No limit of former power.
   Sections 76.7 and 76.8 shall be construed as granting additional power without limiting the power already existing in counties, cities, and school corporations.
    Sec. 37.  Section 84A.1A, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   An Iowa workforce development board is created, consisting of thirty-three voting members and thirteen twelve nonvoting members.
    Sec. 38.  Section 89.3, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The commissioner director may inspect boilers and tanks and other equipment stamped with the American society of mechanical engineers code symbol for other than steam pressure, manufactured in Iowa, when requested by the manufacturer.
    Sec. 39.  Section 89.14, subsection 11, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   11.  The board shall adopt rules to allow an extended internal inspection interval of up to seven years for objects that are subject to inspection pursuant to section 89.5A 89.3, subsection 6.
    Sec. 40.  Section 90A.10, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Moneys collected pursuant to  section 90A.9  from a professional boxing event are appropriated to the department of workforce development inspections, appeals, and licensing and shall be used by the commissioner to award grants to organizations that promote amateur boxing matches in this state. All other moneys collected by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter are appropriated to the department of workforce development inspections, appeals, and licensing and shall be used by the commissioner to administer this chapter. Section 8.33 applies only to moneys in excess of the first twenty thousand dollars appropriated each fiscal year.
    Sec. 41.  Section 91C.7, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The bond required by this section may be attached by the director for collection of fees and penalties due to the division department.
    Sec. 42.  Section 99B.1, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  “Bona fide social relationship” as used herein means a real, genuine, unfeigned social relationship between two or more persons wherein each person has an established knowledge of the other, which has not arisen for the purpose of gambling.
    Sec. 43.  Section 99G.3, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Director” means the director of the department of revenue or the director’s designee.
    Sec. 44.  Section 99G.12, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The authority department may operate self-service kiosks to dispense authorized lottery tickets or products in locations where lottery games and lottery products are sold, subject to the requirements of this chapter.
    Sec. 45.  Section 99G.21, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   f.  To enter into written agreements with one or more other states or territories of the United States, or one or more political subdivisions of another state or territory of the United States, or any entity lawfully operating a lottery outside the United States for the operation, marketing, and promotion of a joint lottery or joint lottery game. For the purposes of this subsection, any lottery with which the authority department reaches an agreement or compact shall meet the criteria for security, integrity, and finance set by the board.
    Sec. 46.  Section 99G.29, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   99G.29  Retailer rental calculations —— lottery ticket sales treatment.
   If a lottery retailer’s rental payments for the business premises are contractually computed, in whole or in part, on the basis of a percentage of retail sales and such computation of retail sales is not explicitly defined to include sales of tickets or shares in a state-operated or state-managed lottery, only the compensation received by the lottery retailer from the department may be considered the amount of the lottery retail sale sales for purposes of computing the rental payment.
    Sec. 47.  Section 125.1, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  To insure ensure that substance use disorder programs are being operated by individuals who are qualified in their field whether through formal education or through employment or personal experience.
    Sec. 48.  Section 125.9, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Submit to the governor a written report of the pertinent facts at any time the director concludes that any agency of this state or of any of its political subdivisions is conducting any substance use disorder prevention function, or program for the benefit of persons who are or have been involved in substance use disorder, in a manner not consistent with or which impairs achievement of the objectives of the state plan to combat substance use disorder, and has failed to effect appropriate changes in the function or program.
    Sec. 49.  Section 125.20, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   125.20  Rules.
   The department shall establish rules pursuant to chapter 17A requiring facilities to use reasonable accounting and reimbursement systems which recognize relevant cost-related factors for patients with a substance use disorder. A facility shall not be licensed nor shall any payment be made under this chapter to a facility which fails to comply with those rules or which does not permit inspection by the department or examination of all records, including financial records, methods of administration, general and special dietary programs, the disbursement of drugs and methods of supply, and any other records the department deems relevant to the establishment of such a system. However, rules issued pursuant to this paragraph section shall not apply to any facility referred to in section 125.13, subsection 2, or section 125.43.
    Sec. 50.  Section 125.33, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  If a patient leaves a facility, with or against the advice of the administrator in charge of the facility, the director may make reasonable provisions for the patient’s transportation to another facility or to the patient’s home. If the patient has no home, the patient shall be assisted in obtaining shelter. If the patient is a minor or an incompetent person, the request for discharge from an inpatient facility shall be made by a parent, legal guardian, or other legal representative, or by the minor or incompetent person if the patient was the original applicant.
    Sec. 51.  Section 125.54, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   125.54  Use of funds.
   The director is not required to distribute or guarantee funds, except as provided in section 125.59, to any of the following:
   1.  To any Any program which does not meet licensing standards,.
   2.  To any Any program providing unnecessary, duplicative, or overlapping services within the same geographical area, or.
   3.  To any Any program which has adequate resources at its disposal.
    Sec. 52.  Section 135.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   For the purposes of chapter 155 and Title IV, subtitle 2, excluding chapter 146, unless otherwise defined:
    Sec. 53.  Section 135.190, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Community-based organization” means a public or private organization that provides health or human services to meet the needs of a community including but not limited to a nonprofit organization, a social service provider, or an organization providing substance abuse use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery, or harm reduction services.
    Sec. 54.  Section 135C.30, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Jointly by the receiver and the current licensee of the health care facility which is in receivership, stating that the deficiencies in the operation, maintenance, or other circumstances which were the grounds for establishment of the receivership have been corrected and that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the facility will be operated in compliance with this chapter and the rules or minimum standards promulgated under this chapter.
    Sec. 55.  Section 135C.30, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Affect the civil or criminal liability of the licensee of the facility placed in receivership, for any acts or omissions of the licensee which occurred before the receiver was appointed.
    Sec. 56.  Section 136A.3A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed by the director of the department and shall include persons with relevant expertise and interest including parent representatives.
    Sec. 57.  Section 138.13, subsection 10, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Effective measures shall be taken to control rats, mice, flies, mosquitoes;, bedbugs, and all other insects, rodents, and parasites within the camp premises.
    Sec. 58.  Section 139A.3, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The health care provider or public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory attending a person infected with a reportable disease shall immediately report the case to the department. However, when a case occurs within the jurisdiction of a local health department, the report shall be made to the local department and to the department. A health care provider or public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory who files such a report which identifies a person infected with a reportable disease shall assist in the investigation by the department, a local board, or a local department. The department shall publish and distribute instructions concerning the method of reporting. Reports shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department and shall require inclusion of all the following information:
    Sec. 59.  Section 139A.8A, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  In the event of a shortage of a vaccine, or in the event a vaccine shortage is imminent, the department may issue an order controlling, restricting, or otherwise regulating the distribution and administration of the vaccine. The order may designate groups of persons which shall receive priority in administration of the vaccine and may prohibit vaccination of persons who are not included in a priority designation. The order shall include an effective date, which may be amended or rescinded only through a written order of the department. The order shall be applicable to health care providers, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, health care facilities, local boards of health, public health agencies, and other persons or entities that distribute or administer vaccines.
   2.  A health care provider, hospital, clinic, pharmacy, health care facility, local board of health, public health agency, or other person or entity that distributes or administers vaccines shall not be civilly liable in any action based on a failure or refusal to distribute or administer a vaccine to any person if the failure or refusal to distribute or administer the vaccine was consistent with a department order issued pursuant to this section.
    Sec. 60.  Section 139A.31, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   139A.31  Report to department.
   Immediately after the first examination or treatment of any person infected with any sexually transmitted disease or infection, the health care provider who performed the examination or treatment shall transmit to the department a report stating the name of the infected person, the address of the infected person, the infected person’s date of birth, the sex of the infected person, the race and ethnicity of the infected person, the infected person’s marital status, the infected person’s telephone number, if the infected person is female, whether the infected person is pregnant, the name and address of the laboratory that performed the test, the date the test was found to be positive and the collection date, and the name of the health care provider who performed the test. However, when a case occurs within the jurisdiction of a local health department, the report shall be made directly to the local health department which shall immediately forward the information to the department. Reports shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department. Reports shall be confidential. Any person filing a report of a sexually transmitted disease or infection who is acting reasonably and in good faith is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of such report.
    Sec. 61.  Section 141A.2, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The department, with the approval of the council on health and human services, may conduct epidemiological blinded epidemiological studies and nonblinded epidemiological studies to determine the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection. Initiation of any new blinded epidemiological studies or nonblinded epidemiological studies shall be contingent upon the receipt of funding sufficient to cover all the costs associated with the studies. The informed consent, reporting, and counseling requirements of this chapter shall not apply to blinded epidemiological studies.
    Sec. 62.  Section 147H.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and d, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Active duty military” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserves on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §1209 ch. 1209 and 10 U.S.C. §1211 ch. 1211.
   d.  “Continuing competence” and/or or “continuing education” means a requirement, as a condition of license renewal, to provide evidence of participation in, or completion of, educational and professional activities relevant to practice or area of work.
    Sec. 63.  Section 159.31A, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  A business that is awarded financial assistance under this section may apply for financial assistance under other programs administered by the authority department.
    Sec. 64.  Section 215.1, subsections 5 and 6, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Service agency” means an individual, firm, or corporation which holds itself out to the public as having servicers available to install, service, or repair a weighing or measuring device for hire.
   6.  “Servicer” means an individual employed by a service agency who installs, services, or repairs a commercial weighing or measuring device for hire, commission, or salary.
    Sec. 65.  Section 231B.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   231B.4  Zoning —— fire and safety standards.
   An elder group home shall be located in an area zoned for single-family or multiple-family housing or in an unincorporated area and shall be constructed in compliance with applicable local housing codes and the rules adopted for the special classification by the department. In the absence of local building codes, the facility shall comply with the state plumbing code established pursuant to section 135.11 105.4 and the state building code established pursuant to section 103A.7 and the rules adopted for the special classification by the department. The rules adopted for the special classification by the department regarding second floor occupancy shall take into consideration the mobility of the tenants.
    Sec. 66.  Section 232.3A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  During an action under subchapter III, child in need of assistance proceedings, or subchapter IV, termination of parent-child relationship proceedings of this chapter, the court may on its own motion or that of any party, require the child and established father of the child to submit to blood or genetic testing in accordance with the procedures and method prescribed under section 600B.41 to overcome the paternity of the established father.
    Sec. 67.  Section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph d, subparagraph (4), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  The chief juvenile court officer or the officer’s designee for placement in a program under section 232.191, subsection 4 232.192, subsection 2, paragraph “d”. The chief juvenile court officer or the officer’s designee may place a child in group foster care for failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the supervised community treatment program for up to seventy-two hours without notice to the court or for more than seventy-two hours if the court is notified of the placement within seventy-two hours of placement, subject to a hearing before the court on the placement within ten days.
    Sec. 68.  Section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph e, subparagraph (4), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  The child has previously been placed in a treatment facility outside the child’s home or in a supervised community treatment program established pursuant to section 232.191, subsection 4 232.192, subsection 2, paragraph “d”, as a result of a prior delinquency adjudication.
    Sec. 69.  Section 232.52, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  When the court orders the transfer of legal custody of a child pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “d”, “e”, or “f”, the order shall state that reasonable efforts as defined in section 232.57 have been made. If deemed appropriate by the court, the order may include a determination that continuation of the child in the child’s home is contrary to the child’s welfare. The inclusion of such a determination shall not under any circumstances be deemed a prerequisite for entering an order pursuant to this section. However, the inclusion of such a determination, supported by the record, may be used to assist the department in obtaining federal funding for the child’s placement. If such a determination is included in the order, unless the court makes a determination that further reasonable efforts are not required, reasonable efforts shall be made to prevent permanent removal of a child from the child’s home and to encourage reunification of the child with the child’s parents and family. The reasonable efforts may include but are not limited to early intervention and follow-up programs implemented pursuant to section 232.191 232.192.
    Sec. 70.  Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (7), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (7)  Each board specified under chapter 147 and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for the purpose of licensure, certification or registration, disciplinary investigation, or the renewal of licensure, certification or registration, or disciplinary proceedings of health care professionals.
    Sec. 71.  Section 237.3, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Rules governing sanitation, water, and waste disposal standards for facilities shall be promulgated by the department pursuant to section 135.11, after consultation with the director.
    Sec. 72.  Section 237C.6, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The certificate of approval shall state on its face the name of the holder of the certificate, the particular premises for which the certificate is issued, and the number of children who may be cared for by the children’s residential facility on the premises at one time under the certificate of occupancy issued by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing or the director’s designee of the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The certificate of approval shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the children’s residential facility.
    Sec. 73.  Section 239.11, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The moneys deposited in the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the state capitol maintenance public assistance modernization fund shall be credited to the fund.
    Sec. 74.  Section 256.7, subsection 23, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Adopt rules directing the community colleges to annually and uniformly submit data from the most recent fiscal year to the division of community colleges and workforce preparation community colleges bureau, using criteria determined and prescribed by the division bureau via the management information system.
    Sec. 75.  Section 256.7, subsection 23, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Community colleges shall provide data to the division community colleges bureau by a deadline set by the division bureau. The deadline shall be set for a date that permits the division bureau to include the data in a report submitted for state board approval and for review by December 15 of each year by the house and senate standing education committees and the joint subcommittee on education appropriations.
    Sec. 76.  Section 256.137, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The state board, in consultation with the division of community colleges of the department community colleges and post-secondary readiness bureau, shall adopt rules setting minimum standards for the development and implementation of career academies under this section and ensuring compliance with the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., as amended.
    Sec. 77.  Section 256.225, subsection 1, paragraph e, subparagraph (4), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  The individual is not eligible for the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program established pursuant to section 261.114, Code 2023.
    Sec. 78.  Section 256B.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   256B.5  Information available upon request by bureau division of special education.
   The department of health and human services shall furnish to the state bureau division of special education upon request information obtained from birth certificates relative to the name, address, and disability of any case of developmental disability. The state child health specialty clinics of the university of Iowa shall upon request furnish to the state bureau division of special education the name, address, and disability of all children of their register.
    Sec. 79.  Section 261A.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   261A.5  Creation as public instrumentality.
   The Iowa higher education loan authority is created as a body politic and corporate. The authority is a public instrumentality and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter is the performance of an essential public function. The authority is attached to the college student aid commission for organizational and administrative purposes.
    Sec. 80.  Section 261B.11, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   i.  Postsecondary educational institutions licensed by the state of Iowa under chapter 157 to operate as schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences in the state.
    Sec. 81.  Section 310.1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   310.1  Definitions.
   As used in this chapter, the following words, terms, or phrases shall be construed or defined as follows:
   1.  “County’s allotment of road use tax fund” or “allotment of road use tax fund” means that part of the road use tax fund allotted to any county by the treasurer of state from the portion of the state road use tax fund which the treasurer has credited to the secondary road fund of the counties.
   2.  “Department” means the state department of transportation.
   3.  “Farm-to-market road system” means the farm-to-market road system as defined in section 306.3.
   2.  4.  “Federal aid” or “federal aid secondary road fund” shall mean funds allotted to the state of Iowa by the federal government to aid in the construction of secondary roads and which funds must be matched with funds under the control of the department.
   3.  “Department” means the state department of transportation.
    Sec. 82.  Section 310.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   310.4  Use of fund.
   Said The farm-to-market road fund is hereby appropriated for and shall be used in the establishment, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of the farm-to-market road system, including the drainage, grading, surfacing, resurfacing, the construction of bridges and culverts, the elimination, protection, or improvement of railroad crossings, the acquiring acquisition of additional right-of-way, and all other expenses incurred in the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of said the farm-to-market road system under this chapter.
    Sec. 83.  Section 321.1A, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Members A member of the armed forces who are is stationed in Iowa, provided that their the member’s vehicles are properly registered in their the member’s state of residency.
    Sec. 84.  Section 321.2, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The state department of transportation and the department of public safety shall cooperate to insure ensure the proper and adequate enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
    Sec. 85.  Section 321.430, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Only such brakes on the vehicle or vehicles being towed in a driveaway-towaway operation need be operative as may be necessary to insure ensure compliance by the combination of vehicles with the performance requirements of section 321.431. The term “driveaway-towaway” operation as used in this subsection means any operation in which any motor vehicle or motor vehicles, new or used, constitute the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such motor vehicle or motor vehicles are on the roadway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such motor vehicle furnishes the motive power.
    Sec. 86.  Section 321.432, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   321.432  Horns and warning devices.
   Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than two hundred feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary to insure ensure safe operation give audible warning with the horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
    Sec. 87.  Section 321J.22, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The department of education, substance use disorder treatment programs licensed under chapter 125, and state correctional facilities shall maintain enrollment, attendance, and successful and nonsuccessful completion data for their respective courses on the persons ordered to enroll, attend, and successfully complete a course for drinking drivers. This data shall be forwarded to the court by the department of education, substance use disorder treatment programs licensed under chapter 125, and the department of corrections.
    Sec. 88.  Section 331.756, subsection 28, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   28.  Assist the department of inspections, and appeals, and licensing in the enforcement of the rules setting minimum standards to protect consumers from foodborne illness adopted pursuant to section 137F.2 and the Iowa hotel sanitation code, as provided in sections 137C.30 and 137F.19.
    Sec. 89.  Section 358C.18, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  By petitions signed by the owners of all the property to be annexed to the district. If a petition requesting annexation is presented to the trustees and approved by the trustees, the change in the boundaries to include the additional area shall be certified by the clerk of the district to the county auditor in which the greater portion of the district is located and thereafter the district shall include the area thus annexed.
    Sec. 90.  Section 384.26, subsection 2, paragraph a, as enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71, section 150, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The board council shall publish notice of the proposal to issue the bonds, including a statement of the amount and purpose of the bonds, a statement of the estimated cost of the project for which the bonds are to be issued, and an estimate of the annual increase in property taxes as the result of the bond issuance on a residential property with an actual value of one hundred thousand dollars. The notice shall be published as provided in section 362.3 with the minutes of the meeting at which the council adopts a resolution to call a special election to vote upon the question of issuing the bonds. The cost of the project, as published in the notice pursuant to this paragraph, is an estimate and is not intended to be binding on the board council in later proceedings related to the project.
    Sec. 91.  Section 423.3, subsection 104, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  “Commercial enterprise” means the same as defined in section 423.3, subsection 47, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (1), but also includes professions and occupations, and includes public utilities as defined in section 476.1, subsection 2.
    Sec. 92.  Section 425.11, subsection 1, paragraph e, subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  For the purpose of this subchapter, the word “owner” shall be construed to mean a bona fide owner and not one for the purpose only of availing the person of the benefits of this subchapter. In order to qualify for the homestead tax credit and exemption, evidence of ownership shall be on file in the office of the clerk of the district court or recorded in the office of the county recorder at the time the owner files with the assessor a verified statement of the homestead claimed by the owner as provided in section 425.2.
    Sec. 93.  Section 462A.2, subsection 22, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   22.  “Navigable waters” means all lakes, rivers, and streams, which that, during a total of six months in one out of every ten years, can support a vessel capable of carrying one or more persons during a total of six months in one out of every ten years.
    Sec. 94.  Section 476.10B, subsections 2, 3, 5, and 7, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  The department of administrative services, in consultation with the utilities board and the consumer advocate division of the department of justice, shall provide for the construction of a building to house the utilities board and the consumer advocate division of the department of justice. A building developed under this subsection shall be a model energy-efficient building that may be used as a public example for similar efforts. The building shall comply with the life cycle cost provisions developed pursuant to section 72.5. The building shall be located on the capitol complex grounds or at another convenient location in the vicinity of the capitol complex grounds.
   3.  Building project expenses shall include but are not limited to the costs associated with construction, maintenance, and operation of the building that are approved by the utilities board and shall also include principal of, premium, if any, and interest on indebtedness to finance the building.
   5.  A cost-effective approach for financing construction of the building shall be utilized, which may include but is not limited to lease, lease-purchase, bonding, or installment acquisition arrangement, or a financing arrangement under section 12.28. If financing for the building is implemented under section 12.28, the limitation on principal under that section does not apply. This subsection is not a qualification of any other powers which the utilities board and the consumer advocate division of the department of justice may possess and the authorizations and powers granted under this subsection are not subject to the terms, requirements, or limitations of any other provisions of law. The department of administrative services must comply with the provisions of section 12.28 when entering into financing agreements for the purchase of real or personal property.
   7.  The department of administrative services, in consultation with the utilities board and the consumer advocate division of the department of justice, shall secure architectural services, contract for construction, engineering, and construction oversight and management, and control the funding associated with the building construction and the building’s operation and maintenance. The department of administrative services may utilize consultants or other expert assistance to address feasibility, planning, or other considerations connected with construction of the building or decision making regarding the building. The department of administrative services, on behalf of the utilities board and the consumer advocate division of the department of justice, shall consult with the office of the governor, appropriate legislative bodies, and the capitol planning commission.
    Sec. 95.  Section 483A.9, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   483A.9  Blanks.
   The director shall provide blanks for, and determine the method, means, and requirements of issuing licenses, including the issuance of, licenses by electronic means.
    Sec. 96.  Section 507C.3, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Nonprofit health service corporations and all fraternal benefit societies and beneficial societies benevolent associations subject to chapters 512A, 512B, and 514.
    Sec. 97.  Section 509.2, subsections 9 and 10, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   9.  A provision that if the group policy terminates or is amended so as to terminate the insurance of any class of insured persons, every person insured thereunder at the date of such termination whose insurance terminates and who has been so insured for at least five years prior to such termination date shall be entitled to have issued to the person by the insurer an individual policy of life insurance, subject to the same conditions and limitations as are provided by subsection 8 above, except that the group policy may provide that the amount of such individual policy shall not exceed the smaller of the amount of the person’s life insurance protection ceasing because of the termination or amendment of the group policy, less the amount of any life insurance for which the person is or becomes eligible under any group policy issued or reinstated by the same or another insurer within thirty-one days after such termination, and two thousand dollars.
   10.  A provision that if a person insured under the group policy dies during the period within which the person would have been entitled to have an individual policy issued to the person in accordance with subsection 8 or 9 above and before such an individual policy shall have become effective, the amount of life insurance which the person would have been entitled to have issued to the person under such individual policy shall be payable as a claim under the group policy, whether or not application for the individual policy or the payment of the first premium therefor has been made.
    Sec. 98.  Section 521A.2, subsections 2 and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  Exception.  Nothing contained in subsection 1 of this section shall prohibit a domestic insurer, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more persons, from investing amounts up to a total of ten percent of surplus in one or more subsidiaries or affiliates organized to do any lawful business.
   4.  Exemption from investment restrictions.  Investments in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations or other securities of subsidiaries made pursuant to subsection 3 of this section shall not be subject to any of the otherwise applicable restrictions or prohibitions contained in the Code applicable to such investments of insurers.
    Sec. 99.  Section 521A.3, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Alternative filing materials.  If any offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition referred to in subsection 1 of this section is proposed to be made by means of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 or in circumstances requiring the disclosure of similar information under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or under a state law requiring similar registration, or disclosure, the person required to file the statement referred to in subsection 1 of this section may utilize such documents in furnishing the information called for by that statement.
    Sec. 100.  Section 521A.3, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The failure to file any statement, amendment, or other material required to be filed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of this section.
    Sec. 101.  Section 521A.4, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  Consolidated filing.  The commissioner may require or allow two or more affiliated insurers subject to registration under subsection 1 of this section to file a consolidated registration statement or consolidated reports amending their consolidated registration statement or their individual registration statements.
    Sec. 102.  Section 521A.6, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   4.  Use of consultants.  The commissioner may retain at the registered insurer’s expense such attorneys, actuaries, accountants, and other experts not otherwise a part of the commissioner’s staff as shall be reasonably necessary to assist in the conduct of the examination under subsection 1, 2, or 3 of this section. Any persons so retained shall be under the direction and control of the commissioner and shall act in a purely advisory capacity.
   5.  Expenses.  Each registered insurer producing for examination records, books, and papers pursuant to subsection 1, 2, or 3 of this section shall be liable for and shall pay the expense of such examination in accordance with section 507.7.
    Sec. 103.  Section 600.6, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A certified copy of the birth certificate showing parentage of the person to be adopted or, if such certificate is not available, a verified birth record. The department of health and human services shall provide a certified copy of a birth certificate or a verified birth record, as applicable, to the person adopting a child when the department of health and human services is the guardian of the child.
    Sec. 104.  Section 633B.120, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  If a person requests a certification, a translation, or an opinion of counsel under section 633B.199 633B.119, subsection 4, the person shall accept the power of attorney no later than five business days after receipt of the certification, translation, or opinion of counsel.
    Sec. 105.  Section 654.17C, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The department of veterans affairs and the department of commerce insurance and financial services shall coordinate to develop a procedure to inform or notify members of the national guard, reserve, or regular component of the armed forces of the United States, and financial institutions as defined in section 12C.1, of the protections referenced in subsection 1. The notification procedure shall include, at a minimum, posting the information on an official internet site maintained by each department.
    Sec. 106.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 26, section 2, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 2.  CONTINGENT IMPLEMENTATION —— UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES.  Implementation of this Act shall not require the appropriation of additional funding to the department of public health and human services, but is contingent upon the utilization of existing resources by the department.
    Sec. 107.  2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1029, section 7, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 7.  THIRD-PARTY VENDOR —— COMPREHENSIVE PRELIMINARY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PROVISIONAL EMPLOYMENT OR PROVISIONAL PARTICIPATION.  The department of inspections, and appeals, and licensing shall post on the department’s internet site a listing of third-party vendors vetted, approved, and provided to the department by statewide associations of hospitals, health care facilities, programs, and providers described in this Act from which a hospital, health care facility, program, or provider, respectively, may select a third-party vendor to conduct the comprehensive preliminary background checks for provisional employment of employees or provisional participation by students as provided in this Act.
    Sec. 108.  2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71, section 54, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 54.  IMPLEMENTATION.  Section 25B.7, subsection 1, shall not apply to the property tax exemption provided in this division of this Act.
    Sec. 109.  2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 13, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 13.  Section 602.6306, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  District associate judges also have jurisdiction in civil actions for money judgment where the amount in controversy does not exceed ten thousand dollars; jurisdiction over involuntary commitment, treatment, or hospitalization proceedings under chapters 125 and 229; jurisdiction of indictable misdemeanors, class “D” felony violations, and other felony arraignments; jurisdiction to enter a temporary or emergency order of protection under chapter 235F or 236, and to make court appointments and set hearings in criminal matters; jurisdiction to enter orders in probate which do not require notice and hearing and to set hearings in actions under chapter 633 or 633A; and the jurisdiction provided in section 232.3A, 600.41A 600B.41A, or 602.7101 when designated as a judge of the juvenile court. While presiding in these subject matters a district associate judge shall employ district judges’ practice and procedure.
    Sec. 110.  2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 1, subsection 5, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The district court shall take judicial notice of the current child in need of assistance case related to the bridge modification order, as well as any prior child in need of assistance cases relating to any prior bridge orders in any hearing related to the case. Records that are copied or transferred from the juvenile court file shall be subject to section 232.147 and other confidentiality provisions of this chapter for cases not involving juvenile delinquency. Such documents shall be disclosed, upon request, to the child support recovery unit without a court order, subject to any statutory confidentiality provisions.
    Sec. 111.  REPEAL.  Section 7E.7, Code 2024, is repealed.
    Sec. 112.  REPEAL.  Section 310.10, Code 2024, is repealed.
    Sec. 113.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor is directed to place section 10A.901 within chapter 10A, subchapter IX.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, or remove ambiguities. The Code sections amended include the following:
   Section 8A.203: Adjusts language to improve readability of and provide uniformity in the Code style of duties of the state commission of libraries.
   Section 8A.232: Adds an “and” to a series of items and a semicolon to improve punctuation and readability.
   Section 8A.311B: Changes a reference from “commissioner” to “director” to correspond to similar changes made to the Code section in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.
   Section 9C.3: Adjusts language to improve readability of and provide uniformity in the Code style in provisions governing transient merchants.
   Sections 10A.511, 10A.514, 10A.515, and 10A.516: Changes several references from “chapter” to “part” to reflect the applicable portion of the Code following enactment of new Code sections in Code chapter 10A, subchapter V, part 2, and the transfer of certain Code sections relating to duties of the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, as it relates to fire control.
   Section 10A.713: Adds the word “is” in two locations before “subject to sanctions” to improve readability of the provisions relating to institutional health facilities and health maintenance organizations.
   Sections 10A.901 and 10A.903: Strikes definitions of “child-occupied facility” and “target housing” in Code section 10A.903 and enacts similar definitions in new Code section 10A.901 at the beginning of the Code subchapter to improve organization within the subchapter. The bill directs the Code editor to place new Code section 10A.901 within Code chapter 10A, subchapter IX.
   Sections 12.31, 12.32, 12.34, 12.35, and 12.36: Replaces references to several Code sections with a reference to “subchapter” that encompasses all of the previously cited Code sections related to provisions governing activities of the treasurer of state.
   Section 15.101: Strikes the redundant phrase “both of” in a provision governing collaboration between the economic development authority and the bioscience development corporation.
   Section 15.119: Replaces references to several Code sections with a references to the applicable “subchapter” and “part” that encompasses all of the previously cited Code sections.
   Section 15.322: Replaces “section” with “sections” preceding a list of Code sections.
   Section 15.445: Replaces “is” with “means” in the definition of “commission” relating to historical preservation districts.
   Section 15.481: Adds a subparagraph reference to narrow the scope of a cross reference to the appropriate provision governing certain grant applications.
   Section 16.1: Modifies the description in the definition of “child foster care facilities” to be the specific defined term being referenced.
   Section 17A.2: Adds a comma before the last item in a series within the definition of “agency”.
   Section 17A.4: Strikes an unnecessary comma following a Code reference in the first sentence of subsection 4.
   Section 22.7: Changes several references to “substance-related” disorder to “substance use” disorder to align with updated terminology and to recent Code changes.
   Section 24.48: Adds a comma before the last item in a series within a provision governing actions of the city finance committee.
   Section 29C.6: Adds a comma before the last item in a series within a provision governing proclamation of disaster emergency by the governor.
   Section 72.2: Replaces the phrase “herein contained” with “in this chapter” to clarify the applicability of provisions governing duties relating to public contracts.
   Section 72.4: Adds a comma before the last item in a series within a provision governing penalties related to public contracts.
   Sections 76.7, 76.8, and 76.9: Adds a comma before the last item in a series within provisions governing public bonds and debt obligations.
   Section 84A.1A: Changes the specified number of nonvoting members on the Iowa workforce development board from 13 to 12 to reflect the accurate number of nonvoting members listed within the Code section.
   Section 89.3: Changes a reference from “commissioner” to “director” to correspond to similar changes made to the Code chapter in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.
   Section 89.14: Corrects a reference enacted in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 45, that was subsequently editorially renumbered in Code section 89.3.
   Section 90A.10: Changes two references from department of “workforce development” to department of “inspections, appeals, and licensing” to correspond to similar changes made to the Code chapter in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.
   Section 91C.7: Changes a reference from “division” to “department” to correspond to similar changes made to the Code chapter in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.
   Section 99B.1: Strikes the unnecessary phrase “as used herein” within the definition of “bona fide social relationship”.
   Section 99G.3: Updates description of the definition of “director” to be the correct title of the director of revenue.
   Sections 99G.12 and 99G.21: Changes references from “authority” to “department” to correspond to similar changes made to the Code chapter in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19, relating to operations of the lottery.
   Section 99G.29: Changes the word “sale” to “sales” to appropriately denote multiple sales when describing lottery retail sales.
   Section 125.1: Replaces “insure” with “ensure” to correct improper use of “insure” in a provision relating to substance use disorder policies of the state.
   Section 125.9: Adds a comma to set off a clause to enhance readability in a provision relating to substance use disorders.
   Section 125.20: Replaces a reference to “this paragraph” with “this section” because the Code section only contains one unnumbered paragraph, and adds a comma to a Code section reference.
   Section 125.33: Adds a comma to set off a qualifying clause in a provision relating to authority of the director of health and human services when a patient leaves certain facilities.
   Section 125.54: Conforms the style of this Code section relating to the use of certain funds by the director of health and human services to the style used in other similar lists.
   Section 135.1: Strikes a reference making definitions applicable to Code chapter 155 because none of the definitions appear within that Code chapter.
   Section 135.190: Changes a reference to “substance abuse” disorder to “substance use” disorder to align with updated terminology and to recent Code changes.
   Section 135C.30(3): Adds a comma before the last item in a series within a provision governing certain health care facilities.
   Section 135C.30(5): Deletes an unnecessary comma in a provision relating to the operation of certain health care facilities under receivership.
   Section 136A.3A: Specifies that the director of health and human services is responsible for appointment of members to the congenital and inherited disorders advisory committee.
   Section 138.13: Replaces a semicolon with a comma in a series of terms in a provision relating to migrant labor camps.
   Section 139A.3: Changes a reference from “local health department” to “local department” to reflect the correct defined term.
   Section 139A.8A: Changes references from “local board of health” to “local board” to reflect the correct defined term.
   Section 139A.31: Changes references from “local health department” to “local department” to reflect the correct defined term.
   Section 141A.2: Changes references to “epidemiological studies” and “nonblinded epidemiological studies” to increase readability and provide for proper use of the defined term.
   Section 147H.1: Corrects an improper reference in the definition of “active duty military” to a federal law provision relating to members of the national guard and reserves on active duty orders. The bill also replaces the term “and/or” with “or” to reflect proper use within the Code.
   Section 159.31A: Changes a reference from “authority” to “department” to correct an incorrect reference in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 101, relating to establishing a dairy innovation fund and program.
   Section 215.1: Adds a comma before the last item in a series within a provision governing the inspection of weights and measures by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
   Section 231B.4: Changes an incorrect Code section reference relating to the state plumbing code from “135.11” to “105.4” in a provision governing elder group homes.
   Section 232.3A: Strikes an unnecessary reference to “of this chapter” when describing certain actions under subchapters of Code chapter 232.
   Section 232.52: Changes Code section references from “232.191, subsection 4” to “232.192, subsection 2, paragraph “d””, to reflect the repeal of the program previously under Code section 232.191 and enactment of a new program under Code section 232.192.
   Section 235B.6: Amends the reference to “department” to be the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for the purpose of licensure, certification or registration, or disciplinary investigation, or the renewal of licensure, certification or registration, or disciplinary proceedings of health care professionals.
   Section 237.3: Adds a comma before the last item in a series in a provision relating to certain sanitation, water, and waste disposal standards.
   Section 237C.6: Amends a reference to the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing or the director’s designee to avoid ambiguity.
   Section 239.11: Corrects a reference from the “state capitol maintenance fund” to the “public assistance modernization fund” due to an incorrect reference in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 112, section 61.
   Section 256.7: Changes several references to the “division of community colleges and workforce preparation” to the “community colleges bureau” to reflect changes in the subunits of the department of education and their assigned duties.
   Section 256.137: Changes a reference from “division of community colleges of the department” to “community colleges and post-secondary readiness bureau” to reflect changes in subunits of the department of education and their assigned duties.
   Section 256.225: Modifies a reference to Code section 261.114 by adding “Code 2023” to the reference to identify the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program prior to the program’s repeal by its own terms, effective July 1, 2023.
   Section 256B.5: Changes references from the “state bureau of special education” to the “division of special education” to reflect the current name of the departmental subunit.
   Section 261A.5: Amends the provision specifying that the Iowa higher education loan authority is attached to the college student aid commission for administrative purposes by providing that the attachment is for organizational purposes as well. This change incorporates similar language in Code section 7E.7, which is repealed in the bill.
   Section 261B.11: Changes a reference to schools operated by postsecondary educational institutions licensed under Code chapter 157 to include “schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences”, as recently modified by 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 99.
   Section 310.1: Relocates and alphabetizes definitions of “department” and “farm-to-market road system” from other locations within Code chapter 310.
   Section 310.4: Amends the Code section to improve readability and to eliminate the use of the word “said” when referring to certain items.
   Section 321.1A: Amends a portion of the Code section to eliminate the use of the word “their” when referring to certain property and attributes of a member of the armed forces.
   Section 321.2: Replaces “insure” with “ensure” to correct improper use of “insure” in a provision relating to cooperation between the department of transportation and the department of public safety.
   Section 321.430: Replaces “insure” with “ensure” to correct improper use of “insure” in a provision relating to vehicle performance requirements.
   Section 321.432: Replaces “insure” with “ensure” to correct improper use of “insure” in a provision relating to motor vehicle horns and warning devices.
   Section 321J.22: Adds “and” before the last item in a series related to the types of data to be maintained for courses for drinking drivers.
   Section 331.756: Corrects the name of the department of inspections and appeals to “department of inspections, appeals, and licensing” to reflect the new name for the department established in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.
   Section 358C.18: Adds a comma to set off a qualifying clause of a sentence relating to a petition to add additional territory to a real estate improvement district.
   Section 384.26: Amends 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71, section 150, by changing incorrect references from “board” to “council” in a provision relating to the authority of a city to issue bonds that takes effect July 1, 2024.
   Section 423.3: Removes an unnecessary Code section reference to the Code section in which the reference occurs.
   Section 425.11: Updates a reference from “homestead tax credit” to “homestead tax credit and exemption” to reflect the changes to the homestead property tax provisions enacted in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71.
   Section 462A.2: Amends the definition of “navigable waters” by moving a clause to enhance readability and remove ambiguity.
   Section 476.10B: Clarifies references to the “utilities board” and to the “consumer advocate division of the department of justice” to remove ambiguity.
   Section 483A.9: Moves a comma to before “including” to correct improper comma placement.
   Section 507C.3: Changes a reference from “beneficial societies” to “benevolent associations” to reflect the proper name of such entities.
   Section 509.2: Removes unnecessary references to “above” that were part of internal subsection references.
   Sections 521A.2, 521A.3, 521A.4, and 521A.6: Removes unnecessary uses of “of this section” that were part of internal subsection references.
   Section 600.6: Removes unnecessary portions of the references to the department of health and human services due to the defined term within the Code chapter.
   Section 633B.120: Corrects a Code reference by changing “633B.199” to “633B.119”, which was incorrect when enacted in 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1078, section 22.
   Section 654.17C: Amends the reference from the “department of commerce” to the “department of insurance and financial services” to reflect the current departmental name following enactment of 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.
   2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 26, section 2: Updates a contingent implementation provision to reflect the updated departmental name of the “department of health and human services”.
   2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1029, section 7: Updates the departmental name to “department of inspections, appeals, and licensing” for a provision relating to a requirement that the department post on the department’s internet site a listing of certain third-party vendors from which certain health care facilities may select to conduct certain background checks.
   2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71, section 54: Corrects omission of “division of this” from an implementation provision relating to changes to the military service property tax exemption and credit.
   2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 13: Changes an incorrect reference from “600.41A” to “600B.41A”. The reference change has been corrected editorially in Code section 602.6306(2).
   2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 1, subsection 5: Adds the word “need” before “of assistance” to correct an omission. The omission was corrected editorially in Code section 232.103B.