HF 2574 (LSB 6326HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2574

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 710)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other entities of state government, and including transition provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION

    Section 1.  Section 2.43, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The legislative council, in cooperation with the officers of the senate and house, shall have the duty and responsibility for preparing for each session of the general assembly. Pursuant to such duty and responsibility, the legislative council shall assign the use of areas in the state capitol except for the areas used by the governor as of January 1, 1986, and, in consultation with the director of the department of administrative services and the capitol planning commission, may assign areas in other state office buildings, except for the judicial branch building, for use of the general assembly or legislative agencies. The legislative council shall provide the courts with use of space in the state capitol for ceremonial purposes. The legislative council may authorize the renovation, remodeling, and preparation of the physical facilities used or to be used by the general assembly or legislative agencies subject to the jurisdiction of the legislative council and award contracts pursuant to such authority to carry out such preparation. The legislative council may purchase supplies and equipment deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the legislative branch of government.
   2.  In carrying out its duties under this section, the legislative council shall consult with the director of the department of administrative services and the capitol planning commission, but shall not be bound by any decision of the director in respect to the responsibilities and duties provided for in this section. The legislative council may direct the director of the department of administrative services or other state employees to carry out its directives in regard to the physical facilities of the general assembly, or may employ other personnel to carry out such functions.
    Sec. 2.  Section 8A.111, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 3.  Section 8A.373, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8A.373  Duties —— report to legislature general assembly.
   1.  It shall be the duty of the commission department to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments and the placing of any additional buildings on the capitol grounds, the type of architecture and the type of construction of any new buildings to be erected on the state capitol grounds as now encompassed or as subsequently enlarged, and repairs and restoration thereof, and it shall be the duty of the officers, commissions, and councils charged by law with the duty of determining such questions to call upon the commission department for such advice.
   2.  The commission department shall, in cooperation with the director of the department of administrative services, develop and implement within the limits of its appropriation, a five-year modernization program for the capitol complex.
   3.  The commission department shall annually report to the general assembly its recommendations relating to its duties under this section. The report shall be submitted to the chief clerk of the house and the secretary of the senate during the month of January.
    Sec. 4.  Section 8A.376, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   All capital projects on the capitol complex shall be planned, approved, and funded only after considering the guiding principles enunciated in any capitol complex master plan adopted by the commission on or after January 1, 2000 department. At a minimum, the extent to which the proposed capital project does all of the following shall be considered:
    Sec. 5.  Section 8A.377, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A project described in subsection 1 may vary from the architectural or historic integrity of the capitol if such variance is necessary to comply with state or federal laws relating to building accessibility or occupational safety or health, to address life safety issues, or for other compelling reasons. However, the state agency, branch of government, or other entity responsible for a project involving a variance from the architectural or historic integrity shall submit the plans for such project to the capitol planning commission department and the capital projects committee of the legislative council for review.
    Sec. 6.  Section 414.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The city of Des Moines may, for the purpose of preserving the dominance of the dome of the state capitol building and the view of the state capitol building from prominent public viewing points, regulate and restrict the height and size of buildings and other structures in the city of Des Moines. Any regulations pertaining to such matters shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and in consultation with the capitol planning commission department of administrative services.
    Sec. 7.  Section 476.10B, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  The department of administrative services, in consultation with the board and the division, 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 board and division, shall consult with the office of the governor, and appropriate legislative bodies, and the capitol planning commission.
    Sec. 8.  REPEAL.  Sections 8A.371, 8A.372, 8A.374, and 8A.375, Code 2024, are repealed.
DIVISION II
FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM CONTRACTORS AND ALARM SYSTEMS ADVISORY BOARD

    Sec. 9.  Section 100C.1, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Automatic fire extinguishing system” means a system of devices and equipment that automatically detects a fire and discharges an approved fire extinguishing agent onto or in the area of a fire and includes automatic sprinkler systems, carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, deluge systems, automatic dry-chemical extinguishing systems, foam extinguishing systems, and halogenated extinguishing systems, or other equivalent fire extinguishing technologies recognized by the fire extinguishing system contractors advisory board department.
    Sec. 10.  Section 100C.7, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   100C.7  Administration —— rules.
   The director shall administer this chapter and, after consultation with the fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
    Sec. 11.  Section 100D.5, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  After consultation with the fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board established pursuant to section 100C.10, adopt Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
    Sec. 12.  REPEAL.  Section 100C.10, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION III
CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM BOARD

    Sec. 13.  Section 455A.19, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Upon receipt of any revenue, the director shall deposit the moneys in the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund created pursuant to section 455A.18. The first three hundred fifty thousand dollars of the funds received for deposit in the fund annually shall be allocated to the conservation education program board for the purposes specified in section 455A.21. One percent of the revenue receipts shall be deducted and transferred to the administration fund provided for in section 456A.17. All of the remaining receipts shall be allocated to the following accounts:
    Sec. 14.  Section 455A.21, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   455A.21  Conservation education program board.
   1.  A conservation education program board is created in the department. The board shall have five members appointed as follows:
   a.  One member appointed by the director of the department of education.
   b.  One member appointed by the director of the department of natural resources.
   c.  One member appointed by the president of the Iowa association of county conservation boards.
   d.  One member appointed by the president of the Iowa association of naturalists.
   e.  One member appointed by the president of the Iowa conservation education council.
   2.  Section 69.16 does not apply to appointments made pursuant to this section.
   3.  The duties of the board are to department shall revise and produce conservation education materials and to specify stipends to Iowa educators who participate in innovative conservation education programs approved by the board department. The board department shall allocate the funds provided for under section 455A.19, subsection 1, for the educational materials and stipends.
   4.  The department shall administer the funds allocated to the conservation education program as provided in this section.
DIVISION IV
PRISON INDUSTRIES ADVISORY BOARD

    Sec. 15.  Section 23A.2, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The director of the department of corrections, with the advice of the state prison industries advisory board, may, by rule, provide for exemptions from this chapter.
    Sec. 16.  Section 904.802, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 17.  Section 904.802, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  “Iowa state industries” means prison industries that are established and maintained by the Iowa department of corrections, in consultation with the industries board, at or adjacent to the state’s adult correctional institutions, except that an inmate work program established by the state director under section 904.703 is not restricted to industries at or adjacent to the institutions.
    Sec. 18.  Section 904.804, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   904.804  Duties of industries board department —— state industries.
   The industries board’s principal duties department shall be to promulgate and adopt rules and to advise the state director regarding the management of Iowa state industries so as to further the intent stated by section 904.801.
    Sec. 19.  Section 904.805, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The state director, with the advice of the industries board, shall:
    Sec. 20.  Section 904.806, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   904.806  Authority of state director not impaired.
   Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to impair the authority of the state director over the adult correctional institutions of this state, nor over the inmates thereof. It is, however, the duty of the state director to obtain the advice of the industries board to further the intent stated by section 904.801.
    Sec. 21.  Section 904.809, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The state director and the industries board shall comply with the intent of section 904.801.
    Sec. 22.  Section 904.809, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Any other provision of the Code to the contrary notwithstanding, the state director may, after obtaining the advice of the industries board, lease one or more buildings or portions thereof on the grounds of any state adult correctional institution, together with the real estate needed for reasonable access to and egress from the leased buildings, for a term not to exceed twenty years, to a private corporation for the purpose of establishing and operating a factory for the manufacture and processing of products, or any other commercial enterprise deemed by the state director to be consistent with the intent stated in section 904.801.
    Sec. 23.  Section 904.809, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Persons working in the factory or other commercial enterprise operated in the leased property, except the lessee’s supervisory employees and necessary support personnel approved by the industries board state director, shall be inmates of the institution where the leased property is located who are approved for such work by the state director and the lessee.
    Sec. 24.  Section 904.809, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The state director with the advice of the prison industries advisory board may provide an inmate workforce to private industry. Under the program inmates will be employees of a private business.
    Sec. 25.  Section 904.813, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Establishment, maintenance, transfer, or closure of industrial operations, or vocational, technical, and related training facilities and services for inmates as authorized by the state director in consultation with the industries board.
   (2)  Payment of all costs incurred by the industries board, including but not limited to per diem and expenses of its members, and of salaries, allowances, support, and maintenance of Iowa state industries.
   (3)  (2)  Direct purchases from vendors of raw materials and capital items used for the manufacturing processes of Iowa state industries, in accordance with rules which meet state bidding requirements. The rules shall be adopted by the state director in consultation with the industries board.
    Sec. 26.  Section 904.814, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   904.814  Inmate allowance supplement revolving fund.
   There is established in the treasury of the state a permanent adult correctional institutions inmate allowance supplement revolving fund, consisting solely of money paid as board and maintenance by inmates working in Iowa state industries, or working pursuant to section 904.809. The fund established by this section may be used to supplement the allowances of inmates who perform other institutional work within and about the adult correctional institutions including those who are working in Iowa state industries. Payments made from the fund shall supplement and not replace all or any part of the allowances otherwise received by, and shall be equably distributed among such inmates. The work of inmates in other institutional or industry work shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be in accord with the intent stated in section 904.801. The fund may also be used to supplement other rehabilitation activities within the adult correctional institutions. Determination of the use of the funds is the responsibility of the state director who shall first seek the advice of the prison industries advisory board.
    Sec. 27.  REPEAL.  Section 904.803, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION V
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND QUALITY FACULTY PLAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

    Sec. 28.  Section 260C.36, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The department of education shall establish the following committees:
   a.  An an ad hoc accreditation quality faculty plan protocol committee to advise the department in the development of protocols related to the quality faculty planning process to be used by the accreditation teams during site visits. The committee shall, at a minimum, determine what types of evidence need to be provided, develop interview procedures and visit goals, and propose accreditation protocol revisions.
   b.  An ongoing quality faculty plan professional development committee. The committee shall, at a minimum, do the following:
   (1)  Develop systemic, ongoing, and sustainable statewide professional development opportunities that support institutional development as well as individual development and support of the quality faculty plans. The opportunities may include internet-based systems to share promising practices.
   (2)  Determine future professional development needs.
   (3)  Develop or identify training and assistance relating to the quality faculty plan process and requirements.
   (4)  Assist the department and community colleges in developing professional development consortia.
   (5)  Review and identify best practices in each community college quality faculty plan, including best practices regarding adjunct faculty.
   c.  A community college faculty advisory committee consisting of one member and one alternate from each community college, appointed by the committee established pursuant to subsection 1. The committee membership shall be equally represented by individuals from the liberal arts and sciences faculty and the career and technical faculty. The committee shall, at a minimum, keep faculty informed of higher education issues, facilitate communication between the faculty and the department on an ongoing basis, and serve as an advisory committee to the department and community colleges on faculty issues.
DIVISION VI
COMMISSION ON EDUCATOR LEADERSHIP AND COMPENSATION

    Sec. 29.  Section 284.11, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Review the use and effectiveness of the funds distributed to school districts for supplemental assistance in high-need schools under this section, and consider the findings and recommendations of the commission on educator leadership and compensation submitted pursuant to section 284.15, subsection 13, relating to the use and effectiveness of the funds distributed to school districts under this section. The department shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 15 annually.
    Sec. 30.  Section 284.15, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A school district may apply to the department for approval to implement the career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework specified in subsection 2, or a comparable system of career paths and compensation for teachers that contains differentiated multiple leadership roles. The director shall consider the recommendations of the commission established pursuant to subsection 12 when approving or disapproving applications submitted pursuant to this section. A school district may modify an approved framework or comparable system if the director or the director’s designee approves the modification. A school district may appeal the director’s or the director’s designee’s decision to the state board and the state board’s decision is final.
    Sec. 31.  Section 284.15, subsection 12, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 32.  Section 284.15, subsection 14, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   14.  The provisions of this chapter shall be subject to legislative review at least every three years. The review shall be based upon a status report from the commission on educator leadership and compensation, which shall be prepared with the assistance of the departments department of education, in consultation with the department of management, and department of revenue. The status report shall review and report on the department’s department of education’s assignment and utilization of full-time equivalent positions, and shall include information on teacher retention, teacher compensation, academic quality of beginning teachers, teacher evaluation results, student achievement trend and comparative data, and recommendations for changes to the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid and the framework or comparable systems approved pursuant to this section. The first status report shall be submitted to the general assembly by January 15, 2017, with subsequent status reports prepared and submitted to the general assembly by January 15 at least every third year thereafter.
DIVISION VII
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

    Sec. 33.  Section 256.7, subsection 7, paragraph c, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 34.  Section 256.33, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department shall consort with school districts, area education agencies, community colleges, and colleges and universities to provide assistance to them in the use of educational technology for instruction purposes. The department shall consult with the advisory committee on telecommunications, established in section 256.7, subsection 7, and other users of educational technology on the development and operation of programs under this section.
DIVISION VIII
INTEGRATED ROADSIDE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

    Sec. 35.  Section 314.13, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 36.  Section 314.22, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Integrated roadside vegetation management technical advisory committee Report.
   a.  The director of the department shall appoint members to an integrated roadside vegetation management technical advisory committee which is created to provide advice on the development and implementation of a statewide integrated roadside vegetation management plan and program and related projects. The department shall report annually in January to the general assembly regarding its activities and those of the committee under this section. Activities of the committee may include but are not limited to providing advice and assistance in the following areas:
   (1)  Research efforts.
   (2)  Demonstration projects.
   (3)  Education and orientation efforts for property owners, public officials, and the general public.
   (4)  Activities of the integrated roadside vegetation management coordinator for integrated roadside vegetation management.
   (5)  Reviewing applications for funding assistance.
   (6)  Securing funding for research and demonstrations.
   (7)  Determining needs for revising the state weed law and other applicable Code sections.
   (8)  Liaison with the Iowa state association of counties, the Iowa league of cities, and other organizations for integrated roadside vegetation management purposes.
   b.  The director may appoint any number of persons to the committee but, at a minimum, the committee shall consist of all of the following:
   (1)  One member representing the utility industry.
   (2)  One member from the Iowa academy of sciences.
   (3)  One member representing county government.
   (4)  One member representing city government.
   (5)  Two members representing the private sector including community interest groups.
   (6)  One member representing soil conservation interests.
   (7)  One member representing the department of natural resources.
   (8)  One member representing county conservation boards.
   c.  Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for allowable expenses from the living roadway trust fund created under section 314.21. No more than a simple majority of the members of the committee shall be of the same gender as provided in section 69.16A. The director of the department shall appoint the chair of the committee and shall establish a minimum schedule of meetings for the committee.
DIVISION IX
TOURIST SIGNING COMMITTEE

    Sec. 37.  Section 321.252, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The department shall establish, by rule, in cooperation with a tourist signing committee, the standards for tourist-oriented directional signs and shall annually review the list of attractions for which signing is in place. The rules shall conform to national standards for tourist-oriented directional signs adopted under 23 U.S.C. §131(q) and to the manual of uniform traffic-control devices.
   (1)  The tourist signing committee shall be made up of the directors or the directors’ designees of the departments of agriculture and land stewardship, natural resources, and transportation, the director or the director’s designee of the economic development authority, the chairperson or the chairperson’s designee of the Iowa travel council, and a member of the outdoor advertising association of Iowa. The director or the director’s designee of the economic development authority shall be the chairperson of the committee.
   (2)  The department of transportation shall be responsible for calling and setting the date of the meetings of the committee which meetings shall be based upon the amount of activity relating to signs. However, the committee shall meet at least once a month.
DIVISION X
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PERINATAL GUIDELINES

    Sec. 38.  Section 135.11, subsection 22, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   22.  In consultation with the advisory committee for perinatal guidelines, develop Develop and maintain the statewide perinatal program based on the recommendations of the American academy of pediatrics and the American college of obstetricians and gynecologists contained in the most recent edition of the guidelines for perinatal care, and adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A to implement those recommendations. Hospitals within the state shall determine whether to participate in the statewide perinatal program, and select the hospital’s level of participation in the program. A hospital having determined to participate in the program shall comply with the guidelines appropriate to the level of participation selected by the hospital. Perinatal program surveys and reports are privileged and confidential and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to a person other than the affected hospital, and are not admissible in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding other than a proceeding involving verification of the participating hospital under this subsection.
DIVISION XI
CHILD CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

    Sec. 39.  Section 237A.1, subsection 17, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 40.  Section 237A.12, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Rules relating to fire safety for child care centers shall be adopted under this chapter by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing in consultation with the department. Rules adopted by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for a building which is owned or leased by a school district or accredited nonpublic school and used as a child care facility shall not differ from standards adopted by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for school buildings under chapter 10A, subchapter V, part 2. Rules relating to sanitation shall be adopted by the department. All rules shall be developed in consultation with the state child care advisory committee. The director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall inspect the facilities.
    Sec. 41.  Section 237A.25, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department shall develop consumer information material to assist parents in selecting a child care provider. In developing the material, the department shall consult with department staff, department of education staff, the state child care advisory committee, the early childhood Iowa state board, and child care resource and referral services. In addition, the department may consult with other entities at the local, state, and national level.
    Sec. 42.  Section 237A.30, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department shall work with the early childhood Iowa program established in section 256I.5 and the state child care advisory committee in designing and implementing a voluntary quality rating system for each provider type of child care facility.
    Sec. 43.  Section 256.9, subsection 31, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Standards and materials developed shall include materials which employ developmentally appropriate practices and incorporate substantial parental involvement. The materials and standards shall include alternative teaching approaches including collaborative teaching and alternative dispute resolution training. The department shall consult with the child development coordinating council, the state child care advisory committee established pursuant to section 135.173A, the department of health and human services, the state board of regents center for early developmental education, the area education agencies, the department of human development and family studies in the college of human sciences at Iowa state university of science and technology, the early childhood elementary division of the college of education at the university of Iowa, and the college of education at the university of northern Iowa, in developing these standards and materials.
    Sec. 44.  REPEAL.  Section 135.173A, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XII
DEPENDENT ADULT PROTECTIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL

    Sec. 45.  Section 235B.1, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 46.  Section 235B.16A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The dependent adult protective advisory council established pursuant to section 235B.1 department shall recommend adopt a uniform assessment instrument and process for adoption and use by the department and other agencies involved with assessing a dependent adult’s degree of dependency and determining whether dependent adult abuse has occurred. However, this section shall not apply to dependent adult abuse assessments and determinations made under chapter 235E.
    Sec. 47.  Section 235E.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   235E.5  Rulemaking authority.
   The department, in cooperation and consultation with the dependent adult protective advisory council established in section 235B.1, affected industry representatives, and professional and consumer groups, may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this chapter.
DIVISION XIII
COUNTY CARE FACILITIES MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

    Sec. 48.  Section 227.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   227.4  Standards for care of persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability in county care facilities.
   The department, in cooperation with the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, shall recommend and the mental health and disability services commission created in section 225C.5 shall adopt, or amend and adopt, standards for the care of and services to persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability residing in county care facilities. The standards shall be enforced by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing as a part of the licensure inspection conducted pursuant to chapter 135C. The objective of the standards is to ensure that persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability who are residents of county care facilities are not only adequately fed, clothed, and housed, but are also offered reasonable opportunities for productive work and recreational activities suited to their physical and mental abilities and offering both a constructive outlet for their energies and, if possible, therapeutic benefit. When recommending standards under this section, the department shall designate an advisory committee representing administrators of county care facilities, regional administrators, mental health and disability services region governing boards, and county care facility certified volunteer long-term care ombudsmen to assist in the establishment of standards.
DIVISION XIV
911 COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL

    Sec. 49.  Section 34A.2A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The 911 program manager shall act under the supervisory control of the director of the department of homeland security and emergency management, and in consultation with the 911 communications council, and shall perform the duties specifically set forth in this chapter and as assigned by the director.
    Sec. 50.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2024, is amended by striking the subparagraph division.
    Sec. 51.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  The program manager, in consultation with the 911 communications council, shall allocate an amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year, for development of public awareness and educational programs related to the use of 911 by the public, educational programs for personnel responsible for the maintenance, operation, and upgrading of local 911 systems, and the expenses of members of the 911 communications council for travel, monthly meetings, and training, provided, however, that the members have not received reimbursement funds for such expenses from another source.
    Sec. 52.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  The director, in consultation with the program manager and the 911 communications council, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the distribution of the surcharge collected and distributed pursuant to this subsection. The rules shall include provisions that all joint 911 service boards and the department of public safety which answer or service wireless 911 calls are eligible to receive an equitable portion of the receipts.
    Sec. 53.  Section 34A.7A, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The program manager, in consultation with the 911 communications council and the auditor of state, shall establish a methodology for determining and collecting public safety answering point cost and expense data through the county joint 911 service boards. The methodology shall include the collection of data for direct costs and expenses related to the operation of a public safety answering point and account for the extent to which identified costs and expenses are compensated for or addressed through 911 surcharges versus other sources of funding. 
    Sec. 54.  Section 34A.11, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The joint 911 service board in each 911 service area shall designate a person to serve as a single point-of-contact to facilitate the communication of needs, issues, or concerns regarding emergency communications, interoperability, and other matters applicable to emergency 911 communications and migration to the next generation 911 network. The person designated as the single point-of-contact shall be responsible for facilitating the communication of such needs, issues, or concerns between public or private safety agencies within the service area, the 911 program manager, the 911 communications council, the statewide interoperable communications system board established in section 80.28, and any other person, entity, or agency the person deems necessary or appropriate. The person designated shall also be responsible for responding to surveys or requests for information applicable to the service area received from a federal, state, or local agency, entity, or board. 
    Sec. 55.  REPEAL.  Section 34A.15, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XV
IOWA CULTURAL TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Sec. 56.  Section 15.108, subsection 8, paragraph b, subparagraphs (4) and (5), Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   (4)  Compile, in consultation with the Iowa arts council, a list of grant applications recommended for funding in accordance with the amount available for distribution as provided in section 15.481, subsection 3. The list of recommended grant applications shall be submitted to the Iowa cultural trust board of trustees for approval.
   (5)  Monitor the allocation and use of grant moneys by all qualified organizations to determine whether moneys are used in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph “b” and subchapter II, part 30. The authority shall annually submit a report with the authority’s findings and recommendations to the Iowa cultural trust board of trustees prior to final board action in approving grants for the next succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 57.  Section 15.478, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 58.  Section 15.479, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The treasurer of state shall act as custodian of the fund, shall invest moneys in the trust fund, and shall transfer the interest attributable to the investment of trust fund moneys to the grant account created in section 15.482. The trust fund’s principal shall not be used or accessed by the department or the board authority for any purpose.
    Sec. 59.  Section 15.481, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The board authority shall do any or all of the following:
    Sec. 60.  Section 15.481, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2024, are 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”. The board authority may remove any recommendation from the list, but shall not add to or otherwise amend the list of recommended grants.
   3.  Upon approving a grant, the board authority shall certify to the treasurer of state the amount of financial assistance payable from the grant account to the qualified organization whose grant application is approved.
    Sec. 61.  Section 15.482, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  An Iowa cultural trust grant account is created in the office of the treasurer of state under the control of the board authority to receive interest attributable to the investment of trust fund moneys as required by section 15.479, subsection 4. The moneys in the grant account are appropriated to the board authority for purposes of the Iowa cultural trust created in section 15.479. Moneys in the grant account shall not be subject to appropriation for any other purpose by the general assembly, but shall be used only for the purposes of the Iowa cultural trust. The treasurer of state shall act as custodian of the grant account and disburse moneys contained in the grant account as directed by the board authority. The board authority shall make expenditures from the grant account consistent with the purposes of the Iowa cultural trust.
   3.  At any time when the principal balance in the trust fund equals or exceeds three million dollars, the board authority may use moneys in the grant account for a statewide educational program to promote participation in, expanded support of, and local endowment building for, Iowa nonprofit arts, history, and sciences and humanities organizations.
    Sec. 62.  REPEAL.  Section 15.480, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XVI
IOWA GREAT PLACES BOARD

    Sec. 63.  Section 15.439, subsection 1, paragraphs a, c, d, and e, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  The authority shall establish and administer an Iowa great places program for purposes of combining resources of state government in an effort to showcase the unique and authentic qualities of communities, regions, neighborhoods, and districts that make such places exceptional places to work and live. The authority shall provide administrative assistance to the Iowa great places board. The authority shall coordinate the efforts of the Iowa great places board with the efforts of other state agencies participating in the program which shall include but not be limited to the Iowa finance authority, the department of health and human services, the department of natural resources, the state department of transportation, and the department of workforce development.
   c.  Initially, three Iowa great places projects shall be identified by the Iowa great places board. The board authority may identify additional Iowa great places for participation under the program when places develop dimensions and meet readiness criteria for participation under the program.
   d.  The authority shall work in cooperation with the enhance Iowa board for purposes of maximizing and leveraging moneys appropriated to identified Iowa great places.
   e.  d.  As a condition of receiving state funds, an identified Iowa great place shall present information to the board authority concerning the proposed activities and total financial needs of the project.
    Sec. 64.  Section 15.439, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 65.  Section 15.439, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  The board authority shall do all of the following:
   a.  Organize.
   b.  a.  Identify Iowa great places for purposes of receiving a package of resources under the program.
   c.  b.  Identify a combination of state resources which can be provided to Iowa great places.
   4.  Notwithstanding any restriction, requirement, or duty to the contrary, in considering an application for a grant, loan, or other financial or technical assistance for a project identified in an Iowa great places agreement developed pursuant to this section, a state agency shall give additional consideration or additional points in the application of rating or evaluation criteria to such applications. This subsection applies to applications filed within three years of the Iowa great places board’s authority’s identification of the project for participation in the program.
DIVISION XVII
FARM DEER COUNCIL

    Sec. 66.  Section 170.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 67.  Section 170.3B, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   170.3B  Farm deer administration fee.
   The department may establish a farm deer administration fee which shall be annually imposed on each landowner who keeps farm deer in this state. The amount of the fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars per year. The fee shall be collected by the department in a manner specified by rules adopted by the department after consulting with the farm deer council established in section 170.2. The collected fees shall be credited to the farm deer administration fund created pursuant to section 170.3C.
    Sec. 68.  REPEAL.  Section 170.2, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XVIII
GRAIN INDUSTRY PEER REVIEW PANEL

    Sec. 69.  Section 203.11A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The amount of a civil penalty shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. The amount of the civil penalty that may be assessed in a case shall not exceed the amount recommended by the grain industry peer review panel established pursuant to section 203.11B. Moneys collected in civil penalties by the department or the attorney general shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 70.  Section 203.16, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 71.  Section 203C.24, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 72.  Section 203C.36A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The amount of a civil penalty shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. The amount of the civil penalty that may be assessed in an administrative case shall not exceed the amount recommended by the grain industry peer review panel established pursuant to section 203.11B. Moneys collected in civil penalties by the department or the attorney general shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 73.  REPEAL.  Section 203.11B, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XIX
ORGANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL

    Sec. 74.  Section 190C.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 75.  Section 190C.2B, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department shall implement and administer the provisions of this chapter for agricultural products that have been produced and handled within this state using organic methods as provided in this chapter. The department may consult with the council in implementing and administering this chapter. The department may certify agricultural products that have been produced and handled outside this state using an organic method as provided in this chapter.
    Sec. 76.  Section 190C.3, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The department may request assistance from the council as provided in section 190C.2A or from one or more regional organic associations as provided in section 190C.6.
    Sec. 77.  REPEAL.  Sections 190C.2 and 190C.2A, Code 2024, are repealed.
DIVISION XX
WELL CONTRACTORS’ COUNCIL

    Sec. 78.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 79.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 2, paragraphs f and g, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   f.  The department shall develop continuing education requirements for certification of a well contractor in consultation with the well contractors’ council.
   g.  The examination shall be developed by the department in consultation with the well contractors’ council to determine the applicant’s qualifications to perform well drilling or pump services or both. The examination shall be updated as necessary to reflect current groundwater law and well construction, maintenance, pump services, and abandonment practices. The examination shall be administered by the department or by a person designated by the department.
    Sec. 80.  Section 455B.190A, subsections 3 and 6, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 81.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The department shall develop, in consultation with the well contractors’ council, a consumer information pamphlet regarding well construction, well maintenance, well plugging, pump services, and Iowa groundwater laws. The department and the council shall review and revise the consumer information pamphlet as necessary. The consumer information pamphlet shall be supplied to well contractors, at cost, and well contractors shall supply one copy at no cost to potential customers prior to initiation of well services.
    Sec. 82.  Section 455B.190A, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The department shall establish by rule and collect, in consultation with the well contractors’ council, the following fees to be used to implement and administer the provisions of this section:
DIVISION XXI
INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION

    Sec. 83.  Section 7E.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  There is a civil rights commission, a public employment relations board, an interstate cooperation commission, an Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board, an Iowa utilities board, and an Iowa law enforcement academy.
    Sec. 84.  REPEAL.  Chapter 28B, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XXII
STATE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COUNCIL

    Sec. 85.  Section 103A.3, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 86.  Section 103A.7, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The state building code commissioner with the approval of the advisory council department is hereby empowered and directed to formulate and adopt and from time to time amend or revise and to promulgate, in conformity with and subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, reasonable rules designed to establish minimum safeguards in the erection and construction of buildings and structures, to protect the human beings who live and work in them from fire and other hazards, and to establish regulations to further protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
    Sec. 87.  Section 103A.8A, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   103A.8A  Energy conservation requirements.
   The state building code commissioner shall adopt as a part of the state building code a requirement that new single-family or two-family residential construction shall comply with energy conservation requirements. The requirements adopted by the commissioner shall be based upon a nationally recognized standard or code for energy conservation. The requirements shall only apply to single-family or two-family residential construction commenced after the adoption of the requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the energy conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council department shall apply to new single-family or two-family residential construction commenced on or after July 1, 2008, and shall supersede and replace any minimum requirements for energy conservation adopted or enacted by a governmental subdivision prior to that date applicable to such construction. The state building code commissioner may provide training to builders, contractors, and other interested persons on the adopted energy conservation requirements.
    Sec. 88.  Section 103A.10, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the energy conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council department shall apply to all new construction commenced on or after July 1, 2008, and shall supersede and replace any minimum requirements for energy conservation adopted or enacted by the governmental subdivision prior to that date and applicable to such construction.
    Sec. 89.  Section 103A.11, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any rule relating solely to the internal operations of the office of the commissioner and council.
    Sec. 90.  Section 103A.15, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The board shall be composed of three the following members of the council.:
   a.  Two master electricians licensed pursuant to chapter 103, one of whom shall be a member of a union and one of whom shall not.
   b.  Two master plumbers licensed pursuant to chapter 105, one of whom shall be a member of a union and one of whom shall not.
   c.  One master mechanical professional licensed pursuant to chapter 105.
   d.  One electrical engineer.
   e.  One construction contractor registered pursuant to chapter 91C.
    Sec. 91.  Section 103A.15, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 92.  Section 103A.17, subsections 7 and 8, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   7.  The decision of the board of review may be appealed to the advisory council department by any party by filing a petition with the advisory council department at any time prior to the effective date of such decision. The advisory council department shall consider all questions of fact and law involved and issue its decision pertaining to the same not later than ten days after receipt of the appeal.
   8.  A record of all decisions of the board and advisory council department shall be properly indexed and filed in the office of the commissioner, and shall be public records as defined in chapter 22.
    Sec. 93.  Section 103A.18, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Judicial review of action of the commissioner, board of review, or council department may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the terms of said Act:
    Sec. 94.  Section 103A.22, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting any governmental subdivision from adopting or enacting any building regulations relating to any building or structure within its limits, but a governmental subdivision in which the state building code has been accepted and is applicable shall not have the power to supersede, void, or repeal or make more restrictive any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules adopted by the commissioner. This subsection shall not apply to energy conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council department pursuant to section 103A.8A or 103A.10.
    Sec. 95.  REPEAL.  Section 103A.14, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XXIII
BOARD OF HEARING AID SPECIALISTS

    Sec. 96.  Section 147.2, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A person shall not engage in the practice of medicine and surgery, podiatry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, genetic counseling, psychology, chiropractic, physical therapy, physical therapist assisting, nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, dental assisting, optometry, speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, occupational therapy assisting, orthotics, prosthetics, pedorthics, respiratory care, pharmacy, cosmetology arts and sciences, barbering, social work, dietetics, applied behavior analysis, marital and family therapy or mental health counseling, massage therapy, mortuary science, polysomnography, athletic training, acupuncture, nursing home administration, or sign language interpreting or transliterating, or shall not practice as a physician assistant or a hearing aid specialist, unless the person has obtained a license for that purpose from the board for the profession.
    Sec. 97.  Section 147.13, subsection 21, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 98.  Section 147.14, subsection 1, paragraph t, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 99.  Section 154A.1, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 100.  Section 154A.1, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  “Hearing aid specialist” means any person engaged in the fitting, dispensing, and sale of hearing aids and providing hearing aid services or maintenance, by means of procedures stipulated by this chapter or the board department.
    Sec. 101.  Section 154A.10, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Pays the necessary fees set by the board department.
    Sec. 102.  Section 154A.12, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The board department shall not require the applicant to possess the degree of professional competence normally expected of physicians.
    Sec. 103.  Section 154A.13, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   154A.13  Temporary permit.
   A person who has not been licensed as a hearing aid specialist may obtain a temporary permit from the department upon completion of the application accompanied by the written verification of employment from a licensed hearing aid specialist. The department shall issue a temporary permit for one year which shall not be renewed or reissued. The fee for issuance of the temporary permit shall be set by the board department in accordance with the provisions for establishment of fees by boards in section 147.80. The temporary permit entitles an applicant to engage in the fitting or selection and sale of hearing aids under the supervision of a person holding a valid license.
    Sec. 104.  Section 154A.19, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  This chapter shall not prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other organization maintaining an established business address from engaging in the business of selling or offering for sale hearing aids at retail without a license if it employs only licensed hearing aid specialists in the direct fitting or selection and sale of hearing aids. Such an organization shall file annually with the board department a list of all licensed hearing aid specialists and persons holding temporary permits directly or indirectly employed by it. Such an organization shall also file with the board department a statement on a form approved by the board department that the organization submits itself to the rules and regulations of the board department and the provisions of this chapter which the department deems applicable.
    Sec. 105.  Section 154A.23, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   154A.23  Disciplinary orders —— attorney general.
   The board department shall forward a copy of all final disciplinary orders, with associated complaints, to the attorney general for consideration for prosecution or enforcement when warranted. The attorney general and all county attorneys shall assist the board and the department in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
    Sec. 106.  Section 154A.24, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The board department may revoke or suspend a license or temporary permit permanently or for a fixed period for any of the following causes:
    Sec. 107.  Section 154A.24, subsection 2, paragraphs e and s, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   e.  Representing that the service or advice of a person licensed to practice medicine, or one who is certificated as a clinical audiologist by the board of speech pathology and audiology or its equivalent, will be used or made available in the fitting or selection, adjustment, maintenance, or repair of hearing aids when that is not true, or using the words “doctor”, “clinic”, “clinical audiologist”, “state approved”, or similar words, abbreviations, or symbols which tend to connote the medical or other professions, except where the title “certified hearing aid audiologist” has been granted by the national hearing aid society, or that the hearing aid specialist has been recommended by this state or the board department when such is not accurate.
   s.  Such other acts or omissions as the board department may determine to be unethical conduct.
    Sec. 108.  Section 272C.1, subsection 6, paragraph u, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 109.  REPEAL.  Section 154A.7, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XXIV
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BID THRESHOLD SUBCOMMITTEES

    Sec. 110.  Section 314.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a public improvement that involves the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, bridge, or culvert and that has a cost in excess of the applicable threshold in section 73A.18, 262.34, 297.7, 309.40, 310.14, or 313.10, as modified by the bid threshold subcommittee director pursuant to section 314.1B, shall be advertised and let for bid, except such public improvements that involve emergency work pursuant to section 309.40A, 313.10, or 384.103, subsection 2. For a city having a population of fifty thousand or less, a public improvement that involves the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, bridge, or culvert that has a cost in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, as modified by the bid threshold subcommittee director pursuant to section 314.1B, shall be advertised and let for bid, excluding emergency work. However, a public improvement that has an estimated total cost to a city in excess of a threshold of fifty thousand dollars, as modified by the bid threshold subcommittee director pursuant to section 314.1B, and that involves the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a highway, bridge, or culvert that is under the jurisdiction of a city with a population of more than fifty thousand, shall be advertised and let for bid. Cities required to competitively bid highway, bridge, or culvert work shall do so in compliance with the contract letting procedures of sections 26.3 through 26.12.
    Sec. 111.  Section 314.1B, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 112.  Section 314.1B, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The subcommittee director, in consultation with industry and subject matter experts, shall review the competitive bid thresholds applicable to city and county highway, bridge, and culvert projects. The subcommittee director shall review price adjustments for all types of city and county highway, bridge, and culvert construction, reconstruction, and improvement projects, based on changes in the construction price index from the preceding year. Upon completion of the review the subcommittee director may make adjustments in the applicable bid thresholds for types of work based on the price adjustments.
    Sec. 113.  Section 314.1B, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 114.  Section 314.1B, subsection 2, paragraphs b, c, d, and e, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   b.  The subcommittee appointed under this subsection

director, in consultation with industry and subject matter experts, shall review the competitive bid thresholds applicable to governmental entities under chapter 26. The subcommittee director shall review price adjustments for all types of construction, reconstruction, and public improvement projects based on the changes in the construction price index, building cost index, and material cost index from the preceding adjustment. Upon completion of the review the subcommittee director may make adjustments in the applicable bid thresholds for types of work based on the price adjustments.
   c.  The subcommittee shall not make an initial adjustment to the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 to be effective prior to January 1, 2012. Thereafter, the subcommittee The director shall adjust the bid threshold amount in accordance with subsection 3 but shall not adjust the bid threshold to an amount less than the bid threshold applicable to a governmental entity on January 1, 2007.
   d.  Beginning July 1, 2006 2024, the subcommittee director shall make adjustments to the competitive quotation threshold amounts in section 26.14 for vertical infrastructure in accordance with the methodology of paragraph “b”.
   e.  After 2012, the subcommittee The director shall adjust the competitive quotation threshold amounts in section 26.14 at the same time and by the same percentage as adjustments are made to the competitive bid threshold.
    Sec. 115.  Section 314.1B, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Review —— publication.  Each subcommittee The director shall meet to conduct the review and make the adjustments described in this section on or before August 1 of every other year, or of every year if determined necessary by the subcommittee director. By September 1 of each year in which a subcommittee director makes adjustments in the bid or quotation thresholds, the director shall cause an advisory notice to be published in the Iowa administrative bulletin and in a newspaper of general circulation in this state, stating the adjusted bid and quotation thresholds to be in effect on January 1 of the following year, as established by the subcommittees director under this section.
    Sec. 116.  Section 314.13, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  “Director” means the director of transportation.
DIVISION XXV
EARLY CHILDHOOD STAKEHOLDERS ALLIANCE

    Sec. 117.  Section 256I.4, subsection 19, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   19.  Serve as the state advisory council required under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-134, as designated by the governor.
    Sec. 118.  REPEAL.  Section 256I.12, Code 2024, is repealed.
DIVISION XXVI
PUBLIC FUNDS INTEREST RATES COMMITTEE

    Sec. 119.  Section 12C.6, subsection 2, paragraphs a, c, d, e, and f, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  A committee composed of the superintendent of banking, the superintendent of credit unions, the auditor of state or a designee, and the treasurer of state shall meet on or about the first of each month or at other times as the committee may prescribe and by majority action The treasurer of state, in consultation with subject matter experts as needed, shall establish a minimum rate to be earned on state funds placed in time deposits.
   c.  An interest rate established by the committee treasurer of state under this section shall be in effect commencing on the eighth calendar day following the day the rate is established and until a different rate is established and takes effect.
   d.  The committee treasurer of state shall give advisory notice of an interest rate established under this section. This notice may be given by publication in one or more newspapers, by publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin, by ordinary mail to persons directly affected, by any other method determined by the committee treasurer of state, or by a combination of these. In all cases, the notice shall be published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.
   e.  The notice shall contain the following words:
The rate of interest has been determined by a committee the treasurer of state of the state of Iowa to be the minimum interest rate that shall be paid on public funds deposited in approved financial institutions. To be eligible to accept deposits of public funds of the state of Iowa, a financial institution shall demonstrate a commitment to serve the needs of the local community in which it is chartered to do business. These needs include credit services as well as deposit services. All such financial institutions are required to provide the committee treasurer of state with a written description of their commitment to provide credit services in the community. This statement is available for examination by citizens.

   f.  The notice shall also provide the name and address of a state official to whom inquiries can be sent. Actions of the committee treasurer of state under this section and section 12C.6A are exempt from chapter 17A.
    Sec. 120.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  In addition to establishing a minimum interest rate for public funds pursuant to section 12C.6, the committee composed of the superintendent of banking, the superintendent of credit unions, the auditor of state or a designee, and the treasurer of state, in consultation with subject matter experts as needed, shall develop a list of financial institutions eligible to accept state public funds. The committee treasurer of state shall require that a financial institution seeking to qualify for the list shall annually provide the committee treasurer of state a written statement that the financial institution has complied with the requirements of this chapter and has a commitment to community reinvestment consistent with the safe and sound operation of a financial institution, unless the financial institution has received a rating of satisfactory or higher pursuant to the federal Community Reinvestment Act, 12 U.S.C. §2901 et seq., and such rating is certified to the committee treasurer of state by the superintendent of banking. To qualify for the list, a financial institution must demonstrate a continuing commitment to meet the credit needs of the local community in which it is chartered.
    Sec. 121.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The committee treasurer of state may require a financial institution to provide public notice inviting the public to submit comments to the financial institution regarding its community lending activities. Each financial institution shall maintain a file open to public inspection which contains public comments received on its community investment activities, and the financial institution’s response to those comments. The committee treasurer of state shall adopt procedures for both of the following:
    Sec. 122.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   At least once a year the committee treasurer of state shall review any challenges that have been filed pursuant to subsection 3. The committee treasurer of state may hold a public hearing to consider the challenge. In considering a challenge, the committee treasurer of state shall review documents filed with federal regulatory authorities pursuant to the Community Reinvestment Act, 12 U.S.C. §2901 et seq., and regulations adopted pursuant to the Act, as amended to January 1, 1990. In addition, consistent with the confidentiality of financial institution records the committee treasurer of state shall consider other factors including, but not limited to, the following:
    Sec. 123.  Section 12C.6A, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  a.  A person who believes a bank has failed to meet its community reinvestment responsibility may file a complaint with the committee treasurer of state detailing the basis for that belief.
   b.  If any committee member, in the member’s discretion, the treasurer of state, in the treasurer’s discretion, finds that the complaint has merit, the member treasurer of state may order the bank alleged to have failed to meet its community reinvestment responsibility to attend and participate in a meeting with the complainant. The committee member treasurer of state may specify who, at minimum, shall represent the bank at the meeting. At the meeting, or at any other time, the bank may, but is not required to, enter into an agreement with a complainant to correct alleged failings.
   c.  A majority of the committee The treasurer of state may order a bank against which a complaint has been filed pursuant to this subsection, to disclose such additional information relating to community reinvestment as required by the order of the majority of the committee treasurer of state.
   d.  This subsection does not preempt any other remedies available under statutory or common law available to the committee treasurer of state, the superintendent of banking, or aggrieved persons to cure violations of this section or chapter 524, or rules adopted pursuant to this section or chapter 524. The committee treasurer of state may conduct a public hearing as provided in subsection 4 based upon the same complaint. An order finding merit in a complaint and ordering a meeting is not an election of remedies.
    Sec. 124.  Section 524.223, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   If the state bank, director, officer, employee, or substantial shareholder fails to appear at the hearing it shall be deemed to have consented to the issuance of a cease and desist order. In the event of such consent, or if upon the record made at such hearing, the superintendent shall find that any violation or unsafe or unsound practice specified in the notice has been established, the superintendent may issue and serve upon the state bank, director, officer, employee, or substantial shareholder an order to cease and desist from any such violation or practice. Such order may require the state bank and its directors, officers, employees, and shareholders to cease and desist from any such violation or practice and, further, to take affirmative action to correct the conditions resulting from any such violation or practice. In addition, if the violation or practice involves a failure to comply with chapter 12C or any rules adopted pursuant to chapter 12C, the superintendent may recommend to the committee established under section 12C.6 treasurer of state that the bank be removed from the list of financial institutions eligible to accept public funds under section 12C.6A and may require that during the current calendar quarter and up to the next succeeding eight calendar quarters that the bank do any one or more of the following:
DIVISION XXVII
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF SHORTHAND REPORTERS

    Sec. 125.  Section 272C.1, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 126.  Section 602.1209, subsections 9 and 13, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 127.  Section 602.1513, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.1513  Per diem compensation.
   The supreme court shall set the per diem compensation under sections 602.1511 and section 602.1512 at a rate per day not exceeding the rate specified in section 7E.6.
    Sec. 128.  Section 602.3105, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.3105  Applications.
   Applications for certification shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing and the board department shall not require that the application contain a photograph of the applicant. An applicant shall not be denied certification because of age, citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status, or national origin although the application may require citizenship information. Character references may be required, but shall not be obtained from certified shorthand reporters.
    Sec. 129.  Section 602.3106, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.3106  Fees —— appropriation.
   1.  The supreme court department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall set the fee for certification examinations. The fee shall be based on the annual cost of administering the examinations and upon the administrative costs of sustaining the activities of the board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing under this article, which shall include but shall not be limited to the cost for per diem, expenses, and travel for board members employees of the department, and office facilities, supplies, and equipment.
   2.  The fees collected are appropriated to the judicial branch department and shall be used to offset the expenses of the board department, including the costs of administering the examination.
    Sec. 130.  Section 602.3107, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.3107  Examinations.
   The board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may administer as many examinations per year as necessary, but shall administer at least one examination per year. The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board department. A written examination may be conducted by representatives of the board department. Examinations in theory shall be in writing and the identity of the person taking the examination shall be concealed until after the examination papers have been graded. For examinations in practice, the identity of the person taking the examination also shall be concealed as far as possible. Applicants who fail the examination once may take the examination at the next scheduled time. Thereafter, the applicant may be allowed to take the examination at the discretion of the board department. An applicant who has failed the examination may request in writing information from the board department concerning the examination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answer correctly, and the board department shall provide the information. However, if the board department administers a uniform, standardized examination, the board department is only required to provide the examination grade and other information concerning the applicant’s examination results that is available to the board department.
    Sec. 131.  Section 602.3108, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.3108  Certification.
   The board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may issue a certificate to a person of good moral character and fitness who makes application on a form prescribed and furnished by the board department and who satisfies the education, experience, and examination requirements of this article and rules prescribed by the supreme court pursuant to this article. The board department may consider the applicant’s past record of any felony conviction and the applicant’s past record of disciplinary action with respect to certification as a shorthand reporter in any jurisdiction. The board department may deny certification if the board department finds the applicant has committed any of the acts listed in section 602.3203 or has made a false statement of material fact on the application for certification.
    Sec. 132.  Section 602.3201, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.3201  Requirement of certification —— use of title.
   A person shall not engage in the profession of shorthand reporting unless the person is certified pursuant to this chapter, or otherwise exempted pursuant to section 602.6603, subsection 4. Only a person who is certified by the board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may assume the title of certified shorthand reporter, or use the abbreviation C.S.R., or any words, letters, or figures to indicate that the person is a certified shorthand reporter.
    Sec. 133.  Section 602.3205, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  An audio or video recording of a certified shorthand reporter shall be provided to the board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing upon request by the board department if a disciplinary proceeding is pending regarding the certified shorthand reporter who is a respondent under the provisions of section 602.3203 or the rules of the board of examiners of shorthand reporters, 
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department.
   b.  The audio and video recordings provided to the board department pursuant to this subsection shall be kept confidential by the board department in a manner as provided in section 272C.6, subsection 4.
    Sec. 134.  Section 602.3206, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   602.3206  Exempt status.
   If a person’s certification as a shorthand reporter is placed in exempt status, the person may transcribe or certify a proceeding the person reported while certified as an active shorthand reporter. A person transcribing or certifying a proceeding pursuant to this section shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the board of examiners of shorthand reporters department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
    Sec. 135.  Section 602.3301, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   A member An employee of the board department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall not disclose information relating to the following:
    Sec. 136.  Section 602.3301, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A member An employee of the board department who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate information referred to in subsection 1, or a person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain information referred to in subsection 1, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
    Sec. 137.  Section 602.6603, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Except as provided in subsection 4, a person shall not be appointed to the position of court reporter of the district court unless the person has been certified as a shorthand reporter by the board of examiners department of inspections, appeals, and licensing under article 3.
    Sec. 138.  REPEAL.  Sections 602.1511, 602.3101, 602.3102, 602.3103, and 602.3104, Code 2024, are repealed.
DIVISION XXVIII
MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES —— STRIKES AND REPEALS

    Sec. 139.  Section 230A.110, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 140.  Section 266.39, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 141.  Section 455G.4, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Repeal.  This section is repealed December 31, 2028. On or before November 29, 2027, the department of natural resources, in consultation with the board, shall propose legislation to the general assembly to strike or repeal provisions referencing the board and the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund created in section 455G.3 throughout the Code. The remainder of the moneys in the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund on December 31, 2028, shall be transferred to the storage tank management account of the groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11.
    Sec. 142.  Section 602.6405, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The criminal procedure before magistrates is as provided in chapters 804, 806, 808, 811, and 820 and 821 and 
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2.2
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2.5
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2.8
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2.51 to 2.75
. The civil procedure before magistrates shall be as provided in chapters 631 and 648.
    Sec. 143.  Section 906.4, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 144.  REPEAL.  Sections 7D.15, 80E.2, 155A.2A, 206.23A, 206.23B, 237A.23, 252B.22, 256.17, 312.3D, 328.13, 423.9A, 455B.150, 455B.151, 461A.79, 461A.80, 466B.31, 475A.7, 691.6B, and 907B.3, Code 2024, are repealed.
    Sec. 145.  REPEAL.  Chapters 473A and 821, Code 2024, are repealed.
DIVISION XXIX
TRANSITION PROVISIONS

    Sec. 146.  TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
   1.  A rule adopted by a government body eliminated in this Act that is in force and effect immediately prior to the effective date of this division of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until the earlier of the following:
   a.  The rule is amended, rescinded, or supplemented by the affirmative action of the government body under which the former government body was organized or that is assuming the duties of the eliminated government body.
   b.  The rule expires by its own terms.
   2.  Any license or permit issued by a government body eliminated in this Act in effect on the effective date of this division of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until expiration or renewal.
   3.  Any moneys in any account or fund of, and all client and organizational files in the possession of, any government body eliminated in this Act shall be transferred to the control of the state agency or department under which the government body was organized or that is assuming the duties of the eliminated government body.
   4.  Any personnel in the state merit system of employment who are mandatorily transferred due to the effect of this Act shall be so transferred without any loss in salary, benefits, or accrued years of service.
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 boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other entities of state government. The bill is organized in divisions.
   CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION. The bill eliminates the capitol planning commission and transfers its duties to the department of administrative services.
   FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM CONTRACTORS AND ALARM SYSTEMS ADVISORY BOARD. The bill eliminates the fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board and transfers its duties to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
   CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM BOARD. The bill eliminates the conservation education program board and transfers its duties to the department of natural resources.
   PRISON INDUSTRIES ADVISORY BOARD. The bill eliminates the prison industries advisory board and transfers its duties to the department of corrections.
   COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND QUALITY FACULTY PLAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the community college faculty advisory committee and quality faculty plan professional development committee.
   COMMISSION ON EDUCATOR LEADERSHIP AND COMPENSATION. The bill eliminates the commission on educator leadership and compensation and transfers its duties to the department of education.
   TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the telecommunications advisory committee.
   INTEGRATED ROADSIDE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the integrated roadside vegetation management technical advisory committee.
   TOURIST SIGNING COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the tourist signing committee.
   ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PERINATAL GUIDELINES. The bill eliminates the advisory committee for perinatal guidelines.
   CHILD CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the child care advisory committee.
   DEPENDENT ADULT PROTECTIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the dependent adult protective advisory council and transfers its duties to the department of health and human services.
   COUNTY CARE FACILITIES MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the county care facilities mental health and disability services standards advisory committee.
   911 COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the 911 communications council.
   IOWA CULTURAL TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The bill eliminates the Iowa cultural trust board of trustees and transfers its duties to the economic development authority.
   IOWA GREAT PLACES BOARD. The bill eliminates the Iowa great places board and transfers its duties to the economic development authority.
   FARM DEER COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the farm deer council.
   GRAIN INDUSTRY PEER REVIEW PANEL. The bill eliminates the grain industry peer review panel.
   ORGANIC ADVISORY COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the organic advisory council.
   WELL CONTRACTORS’ COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the well contractors’ council.
   INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMISSION. The bill eliminates the interstate cooperation commission.
   STATE BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COUNCIL. The bill eliminates the state building code advisory council and transfers its duties to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
   BOARD OF HEARING AID SPECIALISTS. The bill eliminates the board of hearing aid specialists and transfers its duties to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
   HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BID THRESHOLD SUBCOMMITTEES. The bill eliminates the horizontal and vertical infrastructure bid threshold subcommittees and transfers their duties to the director of transportation, who shall consult with industry and subject matter experts.
   EARLY CHILDHOOD STAKEHOLDERS ALLIANCE. The bill eliminates the early childhood stakeholders alliance and makes the early childhood Iowa state board the state advisory council required under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007.
   PUBLIC FUNDS INTEREST RATES COMMITTEE. The bill eliminates the public funds interest rates committee and transfers its duties to the treasurer of state, who may consult with subject matter experts as needed.
   BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF SHORTHAND REPORTERS. The bill eliminates the board of examiners of shorthand reporters and transfers its duties to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
   MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES —— STRIKES AND REPEALS. The bill eliminates the community mental health centers mental health and disability services standards advisory committee, Leopold center for sustainable agriculture advisory board, public policy research foundation, drug policy advisory council, alternate members for the board of pharmacy, commercial pesticide applicator peer review panel, private pesticide applicator peer review panel, leadership council for child care training and development, child support services task force on liens and motor vehicle registrations, postsecondary course audit committee, street construction fund distribution advisory committee, commercial air service retention and expansion committee, Iowa streamlined sales tax advisory council, federal Clean Air Act compliance advisory panel, advisory council for public outdoor recreation and resources and the associated funding program, watershed planning advisory council, consumer advisory panel, and interagency coordinating council. The bill repeals membership provisions for the interstate compact for adult offender supervision.
   The bill eliminates the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund board effective December 31, 2028, and requires the department of natural resources, in consultation with the board, to submit conforming legislation.
   The bill repeals the midwest energy compact and the agreement on detainers compact.
   TRANSITION PROVISIONS. The bill provides that a rule adopted by a government body eliminated by the bill that is in force and effect immediately prior to July 1, 2024, shall continue in full force and effect until it expires by its own terms or is repealed by the relevant government body. A license or permit issued by a government body eliminated by the bill that is in effect on July 1, 2024, continues in full force and effect until expiration or renewal. The bill transfers control of moneys and client and organizational files in the possession of an entity eliminated by the bill to the control of the government body assuming control of the duties of the former government body.
   The bill provides that personnel in the state merit system of employment who are mandatorily transferred due to the effect of the bill shall be so transferred without any loss in salary, benefits, or accrued years of service.