HF 2503 (LSB 5523HV (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2503

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 586)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
GAMBLING

    Section 1.  Section 99D.5, subsection 4, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Commission members are each entitled to receive an annual salary of ten thousand dollars. Members shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to a maximum of thirty seventy thousand dollars per year for the commission. Each member shall be covered by the blanket surety bond of the state purchased pursuant to section 8A.321, subsection 12.
    Sec. 2.  Section 99F.15, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   A person commits a class “D” felony and, in addition, shall be barred for life from sports wagering, advance deposit sports wagering, as defined in section 99F.9, excursion gambling boats, and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the commission, if the person does any of the following:
    Sec. 3.  Section 99F.15, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Two convictions of the offense of unlawful betting as provided in this subsection shall result in the person being barred for life from sports wagering, advance deposit sports wagering, as defined in section 99F.9, excursion gambling boats, and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the commission.
DIVISION II
STATE BUILDING CODE

    Sec. 4.  Section 103A.8C, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The commissioner, after consulting with and receiving recommendations from the department of public defense homeland security and emergency management and the department of natural resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A specifying standards and requirements for design and construction of safe rooms and storm shelters. In developing these standards, the commissioner shall consider nationally recognized standards. The standards and requirements shall be incorporated into the state building code established in section 103A.7, but shall not be interpreted to require the inclusion of a safe room or storm shelter in a building construction project unless such inclusion is expressly required by another statute or by a federal statute or regulation. However, if a safe room or storm shelter is included in any building construction project which reaches the design development phase on or after January 1, 2011, compliance with the standards developed pursuant to this section shall be required.
    Sec. 5.  Section 103A.23, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  All fees collected by the commissioner shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund of the state licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
DIVISION III
RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES

    Sec. 6.  Section 135C.2, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   The department shall establish a special classification within the residential care facility category for residential care facilities which have the primary purpose of serving pediatric palliative care patients and that only provides respite care services and the services of a hospice program as defined in section 135J.1. A facility within the special classification established pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from section 135.62 and may serve any number of individuals, including zero. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which shall include but not be limited to all of the following:
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 matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. The bill is organized in divisions.
   DIVISION I —— GAMBLING. The bill raises the $30,000-per-year total cap on reimbursements that the state racing and gaming commission (commission) may pay to all commissioners for expenses incurred in the performance of the commissioners’ duties to $70,000 per year.
   Under current law, a person commits a class “D” felony and is barred for life from excursion gambling boats and gambling structures under the jurisdiction of the commission for committing certain acts listed in Code section 99F.15(4). The bill expands the lifetime ban to include sports wagering and advance deposit sports wagering. The bill also imposes a lifetime ban from sports wagering and advance deposit sports wagering on a person who is convicted twice of unlawful betting.
   DIVISION II —— STATE BUILDING CODE. The bill requires the state building code commissioner to consult with the department of homeland security and emergency management, instead of the department of public defense, in adopting rules relating to safe rooms and storm shelters. The bill also requires fees collected by the state building code commissioner to be deposited in the licensing and regulation fund instead of the general fund of the state.
   DIVISION III —— RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES. The bill allows a residential care facility that is a pediatric palliative care center to serve as few as zero individuals. Under current law, an entity must serve at least three individuals to be defined as a residential care facility.