Senate File 2163 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2163 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3047) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate February 25, 2016 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to licensing fees collected by the board of 1 educational examiners, nullifying related administrative 2 rules, and including effective date and retroactive 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 SF 2163 (3) 86 kh/sc/jh
S.F. 2163 Section 1. Section 272.10, subsection 2, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Licensing fees are payable to the treasurer of state and 3 shall be deposited with the executive director of the board. 4 The executive director shall deposit twenty-five percent of 5 the fees collected annually with the treasurer of state and 6 the fees shall be credited to the general fund of the state. 7 The remaining licensing fees collected during the fiscal year 8 shall be retained by and are appropriated to the board for 9 the purposes related to the board’s duties. Notwithstanding 10 section 8.33 , licensing fees retained by and appropriated to 11 the board pursuant to this section that remain unencumbered or 12 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 13 but shall remain available for expenditure for the activities 14 of the board as provided in this chapter until the close of the 15 succeeding fiscal year. However, the maximum amount that may 16 be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year in accordance 17 with this subsection shall not exceed six hundred fifty 18 thousand dollars. Any unencumbered or unobligated licensing 19 fees in excess of six hundred fifty thousand dollars at the 20 close of the fiscal year shall revert to the general fund of 21 the state. 22 Sec. 2. Section 272.10, Code 2016, is amended by adding the 23 following new subsection: 24 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. For the fiscal years beginning July 25 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, the board of educational examiners 26 shall not increase its licensing fees as they exist for the 27 fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. 28 Sec. 3. BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS —— RULE 29 NULLIFICATION. The amendments to 282 Iowa administrative code, 30 chapter 12, as appearing in ARC 2229C, as published in the 31 Iowa administrative bulletin, volume XXXVIII, number 10, dated 32 November 11, 2015, pp. 804 805, are nullified. 33 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 34 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 35 -1- SF 2163 (3) 86 kh/sc/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2163 Sec. 5. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 1 retroactively to January 1, 2016. 2 -2- SF 2163 (3) 86 kh/sc/jh 2/ 2