House File 739 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 739 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 236) (COMPANION TO LSB 2258SV BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 9, 2021 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust 1 language to reflect current practices, insert earlier 2 omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete 3 temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, 4 update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and 5 including retroactive applicability provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md
H.F. 739 DIVISION I 1 MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES 2 Section 1. Section 7C.12, subsection 2, unnumbered 3 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 4 In addition to the powers and duties specified in sections 5 7C.1 to through 7C.11 , the governor’s designee: 6 Sec. 2. Section 9G.6, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 1. No patents Patents shall not be issued for any lands 9 belonging to the state, except upon the certificate of the 10 person or officer specially charged with the custody of the 11 same patents , setting forth the appraised value per acre, the 12 name of person to whom sold, the date of sale, the price per 13 acre, the amount paid, the name of the person making final 14 payment, and the name of the person who is entitled to the 15 patent , and, if thus . If a person is entitled by to a patent 16 due to an assignment from the original purchaser, setting 17 the certificate shall set forth fully such the assignment , 18 which certificate and shall be filed and preserved in the land 19 office. 20 Sec. 3. Section 10.1, subsection 17, paragraph b, Code 2021, 21 is amended to read as follows: 22 b. As used in paragraph “a” , a type of membership interest 23 in a limited liability company includes any of the following: 24 (1) (a) A series as provided in chapter 489, article 12 . 25 (b) This subparagraph is repealed on July 1, 2021. 26 (2) A a protected series of a series limited liability 27 company as provided in chapter 489, article 14 . 28 Sec. 4. Section 10.10, subsection 1, paragraph c, 29 subparagraph (2), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 30 (2) As used in subparagraph (1), a type of membership 31 interest in a limited liability company includes any of the 32 following: 33 (a) (i) A series as provided in chapter 489, article 12 . 34 (ii) This subparagraph division is repealed on July 1, 2021. 35 -1- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 1/ 129
H.F. 739 (b) A a protected series of a series limited liability 1 company as provided in chapter 489, article 14 . 2 Sec. 5. Section 12B.14, Code 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 12B.14 False statements or reports. 5 Any officer or other person making a false statement or 6 report or in any manner violating any of the provisions 7 of sections 12B.10 to through 12B.13 shall be guilty of a 8 fraudulent practice. 9 Sec. 6. Section 15.108, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 10 2021, is amended to read as follows: 11 b. Provide staff assistance to the corporation formed under 12 authority of sections 15E.11 to through 15E.16 to receive 13 and disburse funds to further the overall development and 14 well-being of the state. 15 Sec. 7. Section 15.335, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 16 2021, is amended to read as follows: 17 a. In lieu of the credit amount computed in subsection 2 , an 18 eligible business may elect to compute the credit amount for 19 qualified research expenses incurred in this state in a manner 20 consistent with the alternative simplified credit described in 21 section 41(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. The taxpayer 22 may make this election regardless of the method used for the 23 taxpayer’s federal income tax. The election made under this 24 paragraph is for the tax year and the taxpayer may use another 25 or the same method for any subsequent tax year. 26 Sec. 8. Section 15.335, subsection 8, Code 2021, is amended 27 to read as follows: 28 8. Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable 29 year shall be refunded with interest in accordance with section 30 421.60, subsection 2 , paragraph “e” . In lieu of claiming a 31 refund, a taxpayer may elect to have the overpayment shown on 32 its final, completed return credited to the tax liability for 33 the following tax year. 34 Sec. 9. Section 15.354, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 35 -2- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 2/ 129
H.F. 739 2021, is amended to read as follows: 1 d. An applicant that does not receive a tax incentive award 2 during an application period may make additional applications 3 during subsequent application periods. Such applicant shall 4 be required to submit a new application and , which shall be 5 competitively reviewed and scored in the same manner as other 6 applicants applications in that application period. 7 Sec. 10. Section 20.10, subsection 3, paragraph f, Code 8 2021, is amended to read as follows: 9 f. Violate the provisions of sections 732.1 to through 10 732.3 , which are hereby made applicable to public employers, 11 public employees, and employee organizations. 12 Sec. 11. Section 20.19, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 1. As the first step in the performance of their duty to 15 bargain, the public employer and the employee organization 16 shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. Such 17 agreement shall provide for implementation of these impasse 18 procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to 19 the certified budget submission date of the public employer. 20 However, if public employees represented by the employee 21 organization are teachers licensed under chapter 272 , and the 22 public employer is a school district or area education agency, 23 the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse 24 procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to May 25 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is 26 to become effective. If the public employer is a community 27 college, the agreement shall provide for implementation of 28 impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior 29 to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement 30 is to become effective. If the public employer is not subject 31 to the budget certification requirements of section 24.17 and 32 other applicable sections, the agreement shall provide for 33 implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred 34 twenty days prior to the date the next fiscal or budget year of 35 -3- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 3/ 129
H.F. 739 the public employer commences. If the parties fail to agree 1 upon impasse procedures under the provisions of this section , 2 the impasse procedures provided in sections 20.20 to and 20.22 3 shall apply. 4 Sec. 12. Section 24.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, 5 is amended to read as follows: 6 No A municipality shall not certify or levy in any fiscal 7 year any tax on property subject to taxation unless and until 8 the following estimates have been made, filed, and considered, 9 as hereinafter provided in this chapter : 10 Sec. 13. Section 24.9, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 2. Budget estimates adopted and certified in accordance 13 with this chapter may be amended and increased as the need 14 arises to permit appropriation and expenditure during the 15 fiscal year covered by the budget of unexpended cash balances 16 on hand at the close of the preceding fiscal year and which 17 cash balances had not been estimated and appropriated for 18 expenditure during the fiscal year of the budget sought to 19 be amended, and also to permit appropriation and expenditure 20 during the fiscal year covered by the budget of amounts of cash 21 anticipated to be available during the year from sources other 22 than taxation and which had not been estimated and appropriated 23 for expenditure during the fiscal year of the budget sought 24 to be amended. Such amendments to budget estimates may be 25 considered and adopted at any time during the fiscal year 26 covered by the budget sought to be amended, by filing the 27 amendments and upon publishing them and giving notice of the 28 public hearing in the manner required in this section . Within 29 ten days of the decision or order of the certifying or levying 30 board, the proposed amendment of the budget is subject to 31 protest, hearing on the protest, appeal to the state appeal 32 board and review by that body, all in accordance with sections 33 24.27 to through 24.32 , so far as applicable. A local budget 34 shall be amended by May 31 of the current fiscal year to allow 35 -4- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 4/ 129
H.F. 739 time for a protest hearing to be held and a decision rendered 1 before June 30. An amendment of a budget after May 31 which 2 is properly appealed but without adequate time for hearing 3 and decision before June 30 is void. Amendments to budget 4 estimates accepted or issued under this section are not within 5 section 24.14 . 6 Sec. 14. Section 24.24, Code 2021, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 24.24 Violations. 9 Failure on the part of a public official to perform any 10 of the duties prescribed in chapter 73A , and this chapter , 11 and sections section 8.39 , and sections 11.1 to , 11.2, 11.4, 12 and 11.5, constitutes a simple misdemeanor, and is sufficient 13 ground for removal from office. 14 Sec. 15. Section 29B.1, Code 2021, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 29B.1 Persons subject to code —— definitions —— short title . 17 1. This chapter applies to all members of the state military 18 forces performing national guard duty or state active duty, 19 while not on federal active duty. In addition, this chapter 20 applies to all members of the state military forces who commit 21 an offense during travel to or from the member’s duty location 22 or during intervals between consecutive periods of duty on the 23 same day or on consecutive days in which the victim of the 24 offense is another member of the state military forces. 25 2. As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise 26 requires , “state military forces” has the same meaning as in 27 section 29A.6 , and “code” : 28 a. “Code” means this chapter , which may be cited as the 29 “Iowa Code of Military Justice” . 30 b. “State military forces” means the same as defined in 31 section 29A.6. 32 3. This chapter may be cited as the “Iowa Code of Military 33 Justice” . 34 Sec. 16. Section 34A.2, subsections 8 and 14, Code 2021, are 35 -5- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 5/ 129
H.F. 739 amended to read as follows: 1 8. “Competitive local exchange service provider” means the 2 same as defined in section 476.96 any person, including a 3 municipal utility, that provides local exchange services, other 4 than a local exchange carrier or a non-rate-regulated wireline 5 provider of local exchange services under an authorized 6 certificate of public convenience and necessity within a 7 specific geographic area described in maps filed with and 8 approved by the Iowa utilities board as of September 30, 1992 . 9 14. “Local exchange carrier” means the same as defined in 10 section 476.96 any person that was the incumbent and historical 11 rate-regulated wireline provider of local exchange services 12 or any successor to such person that provides local exchange 13 services under an authorized certificate of public convenience 14 and necessity within a specific geographic area described in 15 maps filed with and approved by the Iowa utilities board as of 16 September 30, 1992 . 17 Sec. 17. Section 35C.4, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 35C.4 Mandamus —— judicial review. 20 A refusal to allow said the preference granted under this 21 chapter , or a reduction of the salary for said a position 22 with intent to bring about the resignation or discharge of 23 the incumbent, shall entitle the applicant or incumbent, as 24 the case may be, to maintain an action of mandamus to right 25 the wrong. At their election such parties The applicant or 26 incumbent may elect , in the alternative, to maintain an action 27 for judicial review in accordance with the terms of the Iowa 28 administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A , if that is otherwise 29 applicable to their case. An action of mandamus shall be filed 30 by an applicant or incumbent within three hundred days after 31 a refusal to allow said the preference, or a reduction of the 32 salary for said a position with intent to bring about the 33 resignation or discharge of the incumbent. 34 Sec. 18. Section 37.26, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -6- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 6/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 37.26 General powers. 2 For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 3 37.22 to through 37.25 , the commission shall have authority to 4 receive and to convey title to real estate, to take mortgage or 5 other security and to release or transfer the same. 6 Sec. 19. Section 37.27, Code 2021, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 37.27 Nursing homes with memorial hospitals. 9 If a memorial building has been constructed for the purpose 10 of a hospital pursuant to this chapter , additions for hospital 11 purposes, and nursing homes to be operated in conjunction 12 with the hospital may be erected or acquired by following the 13 procedure outlined in chapter 347 and by issuing general county 14 purpose bonds in accordance with sections 331.441 to through 15 331.449 , with the commissioners acting in the same manner and 16 fashion as the hospital trustees under chapter 347 , and with 17 the procedure in all other respects to be identical. 18 Sec. 20. Section 43.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 43.3 Offices affected by primary. 21 Candidates of all political parties for all offices which 22 are filled at a regular biennial election by direct vote of the 23 people shall be nominated at a primary election at the time and 24 in the manner hereinafter directed in this chapter . 25 Sec. 21. Section 43.13, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 43.13 Failure to file nomination papers. 28 The name of a candidate for any office named in section 29 43.11 shall not be printed on the official primary ballot of 30 the candidate’s party unless nomination papers are filed as 31 therein provided in section 43.11 except as otherwise permitted 32 by section 43.23 . 33 Sec. 22. Section 43.46, Code 2021, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -7- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 7/ 129
H.F. 739 43.46 Delivering returns. 1 The precinct election officials shall deliver all election 2 supplies, by noon of the day after the close of the polls, to 3 the commissioner who shall carefully preserve them and deliver 4 the returns in the condition in which received except as is 5 otherwise required by sections 50.20 to through 50.22 , to the 6 county board of supervisors. 7 Sec. 23. Section 43.108, Code 2021, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 43.108 Organization of state convention —— proxies 10 prohibited. 11 The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson 12 of the state central committee, or that individual’s designee , 13 who shall thereupon present a list of delegates, as certified 14 by the various county conventions, and effect a temporary 15 organization. If any county shall is not be fully represented, 16 the delegates present from such that county shall cast the full 17 vote thereof of the county if the rules of the convention , or 18 party bylaws or constitution so allow, and there shall be no 19 proxies. 20 Sec. 24. Section 44.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 44.10 Effect of withdrawal. 23 No The name so of a candidate who has withdrawn the 24 candidate’s nomination as provided in section 44.9 shall not be 25 printed on the official ballot under such that nomination. 26 Sec. 25. Section 48A.5, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 27 2021, is amended to read as follows: 28 a. Comply with all applicable requirements of sections 53.37 29 to through 53.53 relating to absentee ballots for members of 30 the armed forces and other citizens living outside the United 31 States. 32 Sec. 26. Section 54.8, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 33 to read as follows: 34 2. Except as otherwise provided by law of this state outside 35 -8- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 8/ 129
H.F. 739 of this chapter , each elector shall present both completed 1 ballots to the state commissioner who shall examine the ballots 2 and accept and cast all ballots of electors whose votes are 3 consistent with their pledges executed under section 54.5 4 or 54.7 . Except as otherwise provided by law of this state 5 outside of this chapter , the state commissioner shall not 6 accept and shall not count an elector’s presidential and vice 7 presidential ballots if the elector has not marked both ballots 8 or has marked one a ballot in violation of the elector’s 9 pledge. 10 Sec. 27. Section 74.2, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 74.2 Endorsement and interest. 13 1. If a warrant other than an anticipatory warrant is 14 presented for payment, and is not paid for want of funds, or 15 is only partially paid, the treasurer shall endorse the fact 16 thereon on the warrant , with the date of presentation, and 17 sign the endorsement , and thereafter the . After the date of 18 presentation, the warrant or the balance due thereon, on the 19 warrant shall bear interest at the rate specified in section 20 74A.2 . 21 2. An anticipatory warrant issued under the authority 22 of section 74.1, subsection 1 , shall bear interest at a rate 23 determined by the issuing governmental body, but not exceeding 24 that permitted by chapter 74A . 25 Sec. 28. Section 80.4, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 26 to read as follows: 27 3. The aforesaid allocation of duties described in this 28 section shall not be interpreted to prevent flexibility in 29 interdepartmental operations or to forbid other divisional 30 allocations of duties in the discretion of the commissioner. 31 Sec. 29. Section 80.5, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 32 to read as follows: 33 1. It shall be the duty of the department to prevent crime, 34 to detect and apprehend criminals, and to enforce such other 35 -9- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 9/ 129
H.F. 739 laws as are hereinafter specified. 1 Sec. 30. Section 80.9A, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph 2 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 3 A peace officer of the department shall not exercise the 4 general powers of a peace officer within the limits of any 5 city, except as follows: 6 Sec. 31. Section 80B.13, subsections 3 and 9, Code 2021, are 7 amended to read as follows: 8 3. Issue certificates to law enforcement officers , reserve 9 peace officers, and jailers who have met the requirements of 10 this chapter and rules adopted under chapter 17A relative to 11 hiring and training standards. 12 9. In accordance with chapter 17A , conduct investigations, 13 hold hearings, appoint administrative law judges, administer 14 oaths, and issue subpoenas enforceable in district court on 15 matters relating to the revocation or suspension of a law 16 enforcement officer’s or reserve peace officer’s certification. 17 Sec. 32. Section 84A.2, subsection 5, paragraph c, Code 18 2021, is amended to read as follows: 19 c. Sections 1 to through 13 of the federal Wagner-Peyser 20 Act, as codified at 29 U.S.C. §49 et seq., relating to 21 employment services. 22 Sec. 33. Section 85.31, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 3. If the employee leaves dependents only partially 25 dependent upon the employee’s earnings for support at the time 26 of the injury, the weekly compensation to be paid as aforesaid, 27 provided in subsections 1 and 2 shall be equal to the same 28 proportion of the weekly payments for the benefit of persons 29 wholly dependent as the amount contributed by the employee to 30 such partial dependents bears to the annual earnings of the 31 deceased at the time of the injury. 32 Sec. 34. Section 85.34, subsection 2, paragraph v, Code 33 2021, is amended to read as follows: 34 v. In all cases of permanent partial disability other than 35 -10- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 10/ 129
H.F. 739 those hereinabove described or referred to in paragraphs “a” 1 through “u” hereof , the compensation shall be paid during 2 the number of weeks in relation to five hundred weeks as the 3 reduction in the employee’s earning capacity caused by the 4 disability bears in relation to the earning capacity that the 5 employee possessed when the injury occurred. A determination 6 of the reduction in the employee’s earning capacity caused 7 by the disability shall take into account the permanent 8 partial disability of the employee and the number of years in 9 the future it was reasonably anticipated that the employee 10 would work at the time of the injury. If an employee who 11 is eligible for compensation under this paragraph returns to 12 work or is offered work for which the employee receives or 13 would receive the same or greater salary, wages, or earnings 14 than the employee received at the time of the injury, the 15 employee shall be compensated based only upon the employee’s 16 functional impairment resulting from the injury, and not in 17 relation to the employee’s earning capacity. Notwithstanding 18 section 85.26, subsection 2 , if an employee who is eligible 19 for compensation under this paragraph returns to work with the 20 same employer and is compensated based only upon the employee’s 21 functional impairment resulting from the injury as provided 22 in this paragraph and is terminated from employment by that 23 employer, the award or agreement for settlement for benefits 24 under this chapter shall be reviewed upon commencement of 25 reopening proceedings by the employee for a determination of 26 any reduction in the employee’s earning capacity caused by the 27 employee’s permanent partial disability. 28 Sec. 35. Section 85.37, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 1. If an employee receives a personal injury causing 31 temporary total disability, or causing a permanent partial 32 disability for which compensation is payable during a healing 33 period, compensation for the temporary total disability or for 34 the healing period shall be upon the basis provided in this 35 -11- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 11/ 129
H.F. 739 section . The weekly benefit amount payable to any employee 1 for any one week shall be upon the basis of eighty percent of 2 the employee’s weekly spendable earnings, but shall not exceed 3 an amount, rounded to the nearest dollar, equal to sixty-six 4 and two-thirds two hundred percent of the statewide average 5 weekly wage paid employees as determined by the department 6 of workforce development under section 96.1A, subsection 35 , 7 and in effect at the time of the injury. However, as of July 8 1, 1981, the maximum weekly benefit amount rounded to the 9 nearest dollar shall be increased so that it equals two hundred 10 percent of the statewide average weekly wage as determined 11 in this section . Total weekly compensation for any employee 12 shall not exceed eighty percent per week of the employee’s 13 weekly spendable earnings. The minimum weekly benefit amount 14 shall be equal to the weekly benefit amount of a person whose 15 gross weekly earnings are thirty-five percent of the statewide 16 average weekly wage, or to the spendable weekly earnings of the 17 employee, whichever are less. 18 Sec. 36. Section 85.61, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 1. The word “court” wherever used in this chapter and 21 chapters 86 and 87 , unless the context shows otherwise, shall 22 be taken to mean means the district court. 23 Sec. 37. Section 85.61, subsection 11, paragraph b, Code 24 2021, is amended to read as follows: 25 b. The term “worker” or “employee” shall include the 26 singular and plural. Any reference to a worker or employee 27 who has been injured shall, when such worker or employee is 28 dead, include the worker’s or employee’s dependents as herein 29 defined in this chapter or the worker’s or employee’s legal 30 representatives; and where the worker or employee is a minor 31 or incompetent, it shall include the minor’s or incompetent’s 32 incompetent person’s guardian, next friend, or trustee. 33 Notwithstanding any law prohibiting the employment of minors, 34 all minor employees shall be entitled to the benefits of this 35 -12- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 12/ 129
H.F. 739 chapter and chapters 86 and 87 regardless of the age of such 1 minor employee. 2 Sec. 38. Section 85.65A, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 2. Prior to July 1 of each fiscal year commencing on or 5 after July 1, 1999 , the commissioner of insurance shall conduct 6 an examination of the outstanding liabilities of the second 7 injury fund and shall make a determination as to whether 8 sufficient funds will be available in the second injury fund 9 to pay the liabilities of the fund for each of the next two 10 fiscal years. If the commissioner of insurance determines 11 sufficient funds will be available, the commissioner shall not 12 impose a surcharge on employers during the next succeeding 13 fiscal year. If the commissioner determines sufficient funds 14 will not be available, the commissioner shall impose by rule, 15 pursuant to chapter 17A , a surcharge on employers during the 16 next succeeding fiscal year for payment to the treasurer of 17 state for the second injury fund pursuant to the requirements 18 of this section . 19 Sec. 39. Section 85A.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 85A.3 Employees covered. 22 All employees as defined by the workers’ compensation law of 23 Iowa employed in any business or industrial process hereinafter 24 designated and described in this chapter and who in the course 25 of their employment are exposed to an occupational disease as 26 herein defined in this chapter are subject to the provisions of 27 this chapter . 28 Sec. 40. Section 85A.11, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are 29 amended to read as follows: 30 1. When If any employee is clinically diagnosed as having 31 brucellosis (undulant fever) , it the employee shall not be 32 considered that the employee has to have the disease unless the 33 clinical diagnosis is confirmed by either of the following : 34 a. A positive blood culture for brucella organisms , or . 35 -13- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 13/ 129
H.F. 739 b. A positive agglutination test which must be verified 1 by not less than two successive positive agglutination tests, 2 each of which tests shall be positive in a titer of one to one 3 hundred sixty or higher. Said The subsequent agglutination 4 tests must be made of specimens taken not less than seven nor 5 more than ten days after each preceding test. 6 2. The specimens for the tests required herein by this 7 section must be taken by a licensed practicing physician or 8 osteopathic physician, and immediately delivered to the state 9 hygienic laboratory of the Iowa department of public health 10 at Iowa City , and each such . Each specimen shall be in a 11 container upon which is plainly printed the name and address 12 of the subject, the date when the specimen was taken, the name 13 and address of the subject’s employer , and a certificate by the 14 physician or osteopathic physician that the physician took the 15 specimen from the named subject on the date stated over the 16 physician’s signature and address. 17 Sec. 41. Section 85A.13, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 18 to read as follows: 19 3. Pneumoconiosis complicated with other diseases. In case 20 of disability or death from pneumoconiosis complicated with 21 tuberculosis of the lungs, compensation shall be payable as 22 for uncomplicated pneumoconiosis, provided, however, that 23 the pneumoconiosis was an essential factor in causing such 24 disability or death. In case of disability or death from 25 pneumoconiosis complicated with any other disease, or from any 26 other disease complicated with pneumoconiosis, the compensation 27 shall be reduced as herein provided in this chapter . 28 Sec. 42. Section 86.12, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 1. The workers’ compensation commissioner may require any 31 employer to supply the information required by section 86.10 32 or to file a report required by section 86.11 or 86.13 or by 33 agency rule, by written demand sent to the employer’s last 34 known address. Upon failure to supply such information or file 35 -14- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 14/ 129
H.F. 739 such report within thirty days, the employer may be ordered to 1 appear and show cause why the employer should not be subject to 2 assessment of one thousand dollars for each occurrence. Upon 3 such hearing, the workers’ compensation commissioner shall 4 enter a finding of fact and may enter an order requiring such 5 assessment to be paid into the second injury fund created by 6 sections 85.63 to through 85.69 . In the event the assessment 7 is not voluntarily paid within thirty days, the workers’ 8 compensation commissioner may file a certified copy of such 9 finding and order with the clerk of the court for the district 10 in which the employer maintains a place of business. If 11 the employer maintains no place of business in this state, 12 service shall be made as provided in chapter 85 for nonresident 13 employers. In such case the finding and order may be filed in 14 any court of competent jurisdiction within this state. 15 Sec. 43. Section 89A.2, subsection 1, paragraph f, 16 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 A conveyance An elevator installed in a building in a 19 federally designated national historic district as long as each 20 of the following conditions is met: 21 Sec. 44. Section 89A.2, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 22 to read as follows: 23 2. Provisions of this chapter supersede conflicting 24 provisions contained in building codes of this state or any 25 subdivision thereof of this state . 26 Sec. 45. Section 89A.6, subsections 4 and 6, Code 2021, are 27 amended to read as follows: 28 4. The inspections required by subsections 1 to through 29 3 shall be made only by inspectors or special inspectors. 30 An inspection by a special inspector may be accepted by the 31 commissioner in lieu of a required inspection by an inspector. 32 6. In addition to the inspections required by subsections 33 1 to through 3, the safety board may provide by rule for 34 additional inspections as the safety board deems necessary to 35 -15- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 15/ 129
H.F. 739 enforce the provisions of this chapter . 1 Sec. 46. Section 91A.12, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 1. Any employer who violates the provisions of this chapter 4 or the rules promulgated under it shall be subject to a civil 5 money penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per pay 6 period for each violation. The commissioner may recover such 7 civil money penalty according to the provisions of subsections 8 2 to through 5 . Any civil money penalty recovered shall be 9 deposited in the general fund of the state. 10 Sec. 47. Section 96.9, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2021, 11 is amended to read as follows: 12 b. Money requisitioned as provided herein in this subsection 13 for the payment of expenses of administration shall be 14 deposited in the employment security administration fund, 15 but, until expended, shall remain a part of the unemployment 16 compensation fund. The treasurer of state shall maintain a 17 separate record of the deposit, obligation, expenditure, and 18 return of funds so deposited. Any money so deposited which 19 either will not be obligated within the period specified by 20 the appropriation law or remains unobligated at the end of 21 the period, and any money which has been obligated within the 22 period but will not be expended, shall be returned promptly to 23 the account of this state in the unemployment trust fund. 24 Sec. 48. Section 96.26, Code 2021, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 96.26 Moneys received. 27 The department is authorized to accept, receive, and receipt 28 for all moneys received from the United States for the payments 29 authorized by sections section 96.25 to , this section, section 30 96.27, and section 96.28 for lands and buildings and to comply 31 with any rules made under the Social Security Act or the 32 Wagner-Peyser Act. 33 Sec. 49. Section 96.28, Code 2021, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -16- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 16/ 129
H.F. 739 96.28 Deposit of funds. 1 All moneys received from the United States for the payments 2 authorized by sections 96.25 to through 96.27 for lands 3 and buildings shall be deposited in the employment security 4 administration fund in the state treasury and are appropriated 5 therefrom for the purposes of this chapter . 6 Sec. 50. Section 97.50, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, are 7 amended to read as follows: 8 1. Any person being paid any benefits under the provisions 9 of sections 97.13 to through 97.18 , Code 1950, as amended, as 10 of June 30, 1953, shall continue to receive such benefits as 11 though that chapter had not been repealed. 12 2. Any person who became entitled to any benefits under 13 the provisions of sections 97.13 to through 97.19 , Code 1950, 14 as amended, through the retirement or death of any person 15 prior to June 30, 1953, shall be paid the same benefits upon 16 proper application, subsequent to June 30, 1953, as though that 17 chapter had not been repealed. 18 Sec. 51. Section 97.53, Code 2021, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 97.53 Rule of construction. 21 As used in sections 97.50 to through 97.52 , unless clearly 22 indicated by the context to the contrary, all references to 23 employment or service refer to employment or service in Iowa 24 public employment. 25 Sec. 52. Section 97B.1A, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 26 to read as follows: 27 1. “Abolished system” means the Iowa old-age and survivors’ 28 insurance system repealed by sections 97.50 to through 97.53 . 29 Sec. 53. Section 97B.43, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 30 to read as follows: 31 1. Each member in service on July 4, 1953, who made 32 contributions under the abolished system, and who has not 33 applied for and qualified for benefit payments under the 34 abolished system, shall receive credit for years of prior 35 -17- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 17/ 129
H.F. 739 service in the determination of retirement allowance payments 1 under this chapter , if the member elects to become a member on 2 or before October 1, 1953, the member has not made application 3 for a refund of the part of the member’s contributions under 4 the abolished system which are payable under sections 97.50 5 to through 97.53 , and the member gives written authorization 6 prior to October 1, 1953, to the commission to credit to the 7 retirement fund the amount of the member’s contribution which 8 would be subject to a claim for refund. The amount so credited 9 shall, after transfer, be considered as a contribution to the 10 retirement system made as of July 4, 1953, by the member and 11 shall be included in the determination of the amount of moneys 12 payable under this chapter . However, an employee who was under 13 a contract of employment as a teacher in the public schools of 14 the state of Iowa at the end of the school year 1952-1953, or 15 any person covered by section 97B.1A, subsection 20 , paragraph 16 “c” or “d” , shall be considered as in service as of July 4, 17 1953, if they were members of the abolished system. 18 Sec. 54. Section 97B.56, Code 2021, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 97B.56 Abolished system —— liquidation fund. 21 The assets of the old-age and survivors’ liquidation fund, 22 established by sections 97.50 to through 97.53 and any future 23 payments or assets payable to the old-age and survivors’ 24 liquidation fund, are hereby transferred to the retirement 25 fund, and all payments hereafter due in accordance with the 26 provisions of said sections shall be paid from the retirement 27 fund. 28 Sec. 55. Section 99.1A, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 99.1A Houses of prostitution or other nuisances. 31 1. Whoever shall erect, establish, continue, maintain, use, 32 own, or lease A person who erects, establishes, continues, 33 maintains, uses, owns, or leases any building, erection, or 34 place used for the purpose of prostitution or gambling, except 35 -18- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 18/ 129
H.F. 739 as authorized under the laws of this state is guilty of a 1 nuisance , and the . The building, erection, or place, or the 2 ground itself, in or upon which such prostitution or gambling 3 is conducted, permitted, or carried on, continued, or exists, 4 and the furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, and movable 5 property used in conducting or maintaining such the nuisance, 6 are also declared a nuisance and shall be enjoined and abated 7 as hereinafter provided in this chapter . 8 2. The provisions of this section do not apply to social 9 and charitable gambling conducted pursuant to chapter 99B or to 10 devices lawful under section 99B.52 or 99B.53 . 11 Sec. 56. Section 99F.7A, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 12 to read as follows: 13 3. A licensee under this section may enter into operating 14 agreements with one or two entities to have up to a total of 15 two individually branded internet sites to conduct advance 16 deposit sports wagering for the licensee, unless one additional 17 operating agreement or individually branded internet site 18 is authorized by the commission. However, a person shall 19 not sell, grant, assign, or turn over to another person the 20 operation of an individually branded internet site to conduct 21 advance deposit sports wagering for the licensee without the 22 approval of the commission. This section does not prohibit an 23 agreement entered into between a licensee under this section 24 and an advanced deposit sports wagering operator as approved 25 by the commission. 26 Sec. 57. Section 101A.11, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 27 amended to read as follows: 28 2. Black sporting powder is intended for handloading or 29 reloading ammunition for small arms with bores equivalent to 30 ten gauge or less, loading black blank ammunition, loading cap 31 and ball revolvers, loading muzzle loading arms, or loading 32 muzzle loading cannon. 33 Sec. 58. Section 123.63, Code 2021, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -19- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 19/ 129
H.F. 739 123.63 Temporary writ. 1 In such an action to enjoin a nuisance , the court shall, 2 upon the presentation of a petition therefor , allow a temporary 3 writ of injunction without bond, if it shall be made to appear 4 the petitioner provides evidence to the satisfaction of the 5 court , by evidence in the form of affidavits, depositions, 6 oral testimony , or otherwise, that the nuisance complained of 7 exists. 8 Sec. 59. Section 123.65, Code 2021, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 123.65 Scope of injunction. 11 When an injunction has been granted, it shall be binding upon 12 the defendant throughout the state and any violation of the 13 provisions of this chapter anywhere within the state shall be 14 punished as a contempt as herein provided in section 123.68 . 15 Sec. 60. Section 123.66, Code 2021, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 123.66 Trial of action. 18 Any action brought hereunder to enjoin a nuisance or to 19 establish a violation of the injunction shall be accorded 20 priority over other business pending before the district court. 21 Sec. 61. Section 124.204, subsection 4, paragraph m, Code 22 2021, is amended to read as follows: 23 m. Marijuana , except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 . 24 Sec. 62. Section 124.204, subsection 7, Code 2021, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 7. Exclusions. This section does not apply to any of the 27 following: 28 a. Hemp as defined in section 204.2 that is or was produced 29 in this state, or was produced in another state, in accordance 30 with the provisions of chapter 204 with a maximum delta-9 31 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 32 three-tenths of one percent on a dry weight basis. 33 b. A hemp product as provided in chapter 204 with a maximum 34 delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 35 -20- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 20/ 129
H.F. 739 three-tenths of one percent on a dry weight basis. 1 Sec. 63. Section 124E.12, subsection 6, Code 2021, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 6. The department , the department of transportation, 4 and any health care practitioner, including any authorized 5 agent or employee thereof, are not subject to any civil 6 or disciplinary penalties by the board of medicine or any 7 business, occupational, or professional licensing board or 8 entity, solely for activities conducted relating to a patient’s 9 possession or use of medical cannabidiol as authorized under 10 this chapter . Nothing in this section affects a professional 11 licensing board from taking action in response to violations of 12 any other section of law. 13 Sec. 64. Section 125.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 125.3 Substance abuse program established. 16 The Iowa department of public health shall develop, 17 implement, and administer a comprehensive substance abuse 18 program pursuant to sections 125.1 to and 125.2, this section, 19 and sections 125.7, 125.9, 125.10, 125.12 through 125.21, 20 125.25, 125.32 through 125.34, and 125.37 through 125.43. 21 Sec. 65. Section 125.7, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 22 to read as follows: 23 1. Approve the comprehensive substance abuse program, 24 developed by the department pursuant to sections 125.1 to 25 through 125.3, this section, and sections 125.9, 125.10, 125.12 26 through 125.21, 125.25, 125.32 through 125.34, and 125.37 27 through 125.43. 28 Sec. 66. Section 125.85, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 3. Upon the filing of an application for recommitment under 31 subsection 1 or 2 , the court shall schedule a recommitment 32 hearing for no later than ten days after the date the 33 application is filed. A copy of the application, the notice 34 of hearing, and any reports shall be served or provided in the 35 -21- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 21/ 129
H.F. 739 manner and to the persons as required by sections 125.77 to 1 through 125.80 , 125.83 , and 125.84 . 2 Sec. 67. Section 135.79, Code 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 135.79 Civil penalty. 5 Any hospital or health care facility which fails to file 6 with the department the financial reports required by sections 7 135.74 to , 135.75, 135.76, and 135.78 is subject to a civil 8 penalty of not to exceed five hundred dollars for each offense. 9 Sec. 68. Section 135B.34, subsection 7, Code 2021, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 7. For the purposes of this subsection section , 12 “comprehensive preliminary background check” means the same as 13 defined in section 135C.1 . 14 Sec. 69. Section 135C.46, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 1. A facility shall not discriminate or retaliate in any 17 way against a resident or an employee of the facility who has 18 initiated or participated in any proceeding authorized by this 19 chapter . A facility which violates this section is subject to 20 a penalty of not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five 21 thousand dollars, to be assessed and collected by the director 22 in substantially the manner prescribed by sections 135C.40 to 23 135C.43 through 135C.42 and paid into the state treasury to be 24 credited to the general fund, or to immediate revocation of the 25 facility’s license. 26 Sec. 70. Section 135P.3, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 27 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 28 If an adverse health care incident occurs in a health 29 facility, the health care provider, the health care facility, 30 or the health care provider jointly with the health facility, 31 may provide the patient with written notice of the desire of 32 the health care provider, the health care facility, or of the 33 health care provider jointly with the health facility, to enter 34 into an open discussion under this chapter . A health care 35 -22- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 22/ 129
H.F. 739 facility may designate a person or class of persons who have 1 authority to provide such notice on behalf of the facility. 2 If the health care provider or health facility provides such 3 notice, such notice must be sent within one year after the 4 date on which the health care provider knew, or through the 5 use of diligence should have known, of the adverse health care 6 incident. The notice must include all of the following: 7 Sec. 71. Section 142.13, Code 2021, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 142.13 Burial in private cemetery lot. 10 In the event such that a deceased person, whose body has been 11 used for scientific purposes as provided herein, shall own in 12 this chapter, owns or have has the right of burial in a private 13 or family cemetery lot in the state of Iowa, that such deceased 14 person’s body shall be buried in such that lot. 15 Sec. 72. Section 144.5, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 16 to read as follows: 17 1. Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules issued 18 hereunder under this chapter , and issue instructions for the 19 efficient administration of the statewide system of vital 20 statistics and the division for records and statistics. 21 Sec. 73. Section 144.20, Code 2021, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 144.20 Information. 24 Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary 25 to prepare the adoption report shall be furnished with the 26 petition for adoption by each petitioner for adoption or the 27 petitioner’s attorney. The social agency, welfare agency, 28 adoption services provider or other person concerned shall 29 supply the court with such additional information in their 30 possession as necessary to complete the certificate. The 31 provision of such information shall be submitted to the court 32 prior to the issuance of a final decree in the matter by 33 the court, unless found by the court to be unavailable after 34 diligent inquiry. 35 -23- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 23/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 74. Section 144.41, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 144.41 Amending local records. 3 When a certificate is amended under sections 144.38 to 4 through 144.40 the state registrar shall report the amendment 5 to the custodian of any permanent local records and such 6 records shall be amended accordingly. 7 Sec. 75. Section 144.50, Code 2021, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 144.50 Length of time records to be kept. 10 Records maintained under sections 144.47 to through 144.49 11 shall be retained for a period of not less than ten years and 12 shall be made available for inspection by the state registrar 13 or the state registrar’s representative upon demand. 14 Sec. 76. Section 144.56, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 2. This section does not apply to any death investigated 17 under the authority of sections 331.802 to through 331.804 . 18 Sec. 77. Section 144F.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 19 2021, is amended to read as follows: 20 b. A legal representative who is an agent under a durable 21 power of attorney for health care pursuant to chapter 144B 22 shall be given the opportunity to designate a lay caregiver 23 in lieu of the patient’s designation of a lay caregiver only 24 if, consistent with chapter 144B , in the judgment of the 25 attending physician, the patient is unable to make the health 26 care decision. A legal representative who is a guardian shall 27 be given the opportunity to designate a lay caregiver in lieu 28 of the patient’s designation of a lay caregiver to the extent 29 consistent with the powers and duties granted the guardian 30 pursuant to sections 232D.401 and 232D.402 or section 633.635 . 31 Sec. 78. Section 144F.6, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 144F.6 Construction of chapter relative to other health care 34 directives. 35 -24- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 24/ 129
H.F. 739 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with 1 the authority or responsibilities of an agent operating under 2 a valid durable power of attorney for health care pursuant to 3 chapter 144B or of the powers and duties granted to a guardian 4 pursuant to section 232D.401 , 232D.402, or 633.635 . 5 Sec. 79. Section 145A.7, Code 2021, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 145A.7 Special election. 8 When a protesting petition is received, the officials 9 receiving the petition shall call a special election of all 10 registered voters of that political subdivision upon the 11 question of approving or rejecting the order setting out the 12 proposed merger plan. The election shall be held on a date 13 specified in section 39.2, subsection 4 , paragraph “a” or “b” , 14 as applicable. The vote will be taken by ballot in the form 15 provided by sections 49.43 to through 49.47 , and the election 16 shall be initiated and held as provided in chapter 49 . A 17 majority vote of those registered voters voting at the special 18 election shall be sufficient to approve the order and thus 19 include the political subdivision within the merged area. 20 Sec. 80. Section 148C.4, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 1. A physician assistant may provide any legal medical 23 service for which the physician assistant has been prepared by 24 the physician assistant’s education, training, or experience 25 and is competent to perform. For the purposes of this section , 26 “legal medical service for which the physician assistant has 27 been prepared by the physician assistant’s education, training, 28 or experience and is competent to perform” includes but is 29 not limited to making a pronouncement of death for a patient 30 whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed 31 hospital, a licensed health care facility, a correctional 32 institution listed in section 904.102 , a Medicare-certified 33 home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice program or 34 facility. 35 -25- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 25/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 81. Section 148C.5, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 3. The board shall not amend or rescind any of the following 3 rules unless, prior to the submission of such an amendment or 4 rescission to the administrative rules coordinator, the board 5 consults with and receives approval from the board of medicine 6 to make such a submission: 7 a. 645 IAC 326.1 regarding the following terms: 8 (1) “Physician”. 9 (2) “Physician assistant”. 10 (3) “Supervising physician”. 11 (4) “Supervision”. 12 b. 645 IAC 326.2(1)(f) . 13 c. 645 IAC 326.4(6) . 14 d. 645 IAC 326.8 . 15 e. 645 IAC 326.19(3)(b)(3) . 16 f. 645 IAC 327.1(1)(s)(1) (4) . 17 g. 645 IAC 327.1(1)(u) . 18 h. e. 645 IAC 327.1(1) (z) (v) . 19 i. f. 645 IAC 327.4(1)(b)(2) (4) . 20 j. g. 645 IAC 327.4(2) . 21 k. 645 IAC 327.6(1)(d) . 22 Sec. 82. Section 152.10, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 1. Notwithstanding sections 147.87 to through 147.89 , the 25 board may restrict, suspend, or revoke a license to practice 26 nursing or place the licensee on probation. The board may also 27 prescribe by rule conditions of license reinstatement. The 28 board shall prescribe adopt rules of procedure by which to 29 restrict, suspend, or revoke a license. These procedures shall 30 conform to the provisions of chapter 17A . 31 Sec. 83. Section 153.15, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 153.15 Dental hygienists —— scope of term. 34 1. A licensed dental hygienist may perform those services 35 -26- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 26/ 129
H.F. 739 which are educational, therapeutic, and preventive in nature 1 which attain or maintain optimal oral health as determined by 2 the board and . Services may include but are not necessarily 3 limited to complete the following: 4 a. Complete oral prophylaxis , application . 5 b. Application of preventive agents to oral structures , 6 exposure . 7 c. Exposure and processing of radiographs , administration . 8 d. Administration of medicaments prescribed by a licensed 9 dentist , obtaining . 10 e. Obtaining and preparing nonsurgical, clinical and 11 oral diagnostic tests for interpretation by the dentist , and 12 preparation . 13 f. Preparation of preliminary written records of oral 14 conditions for interpretation by the dentist. 15 2. Such services, except educational services, shall be 16 performed under supervision of a licensed dentist but nothing 17 herein in this section shall be construed to authorize a dental 18 hygienist to practice dentistry. 19 3. Educational services shall be limited to assessing the 20 following: 21 a. Assessing the need for, planning, implementing, and 22 evaluating oral health education programs for individual 23 patients and community groups ; and conducting . 24 b. Conducting workshops and in-service training sessions 25 on dental health for nurses, school personnel, institutional 26 staff, community groups, and other agencies providing 27 consultation and technical assistance for promotional, 28 preventive, and educational services. 29 Sec. 84. Section 153.17, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, 30 is amended to read as follows: 31 Except as herein otherwise provided in this chapter , it 32 shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry or 33 dental surgery or dental hygiene in this state, other than: 34 Sec. 85. Section 153.33, subsection 3, paragraphs b, d, e, 35 -27- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 27/ 129
H.F. 739 and f, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 1 b. If the board shall deem finds the charges sufficient, 2 if true, to warrant suspension or revocation of license or 3 registration, it the board shall make issue an order fixing 4 the a time and place for hearing thereon and requiring the 5 licensee or registrant to appear and answer thereto, such to 6 the charges. The order, together with a copy of the charges 7 so made to , shall be served upon the accused at least twenty 8 days before the date fixed for hearing, either personally or 9 by certified or registered mail, sent to the licensee’s or 10 registrant’s last known post office address as shown by the 11 records of the board. 12 d. In all such investigations and hearings pertaining to 13 the suspension or revocation of licenses or registrations, the 14 board and any person affected thereby may have the benefit 15 of counsel , and upon . Upon the request of the licensee or 16 registrant or the licensee’s or registrant’s counsel , the board 17 shall issue subpoenas for the attendance of such witnesses in 18 behalf of the licensee or registrant , which . The subpoenas 19 when issued shall be delivered to the licensee or registrant 20 or the licensee’s or registrant’s counsel. Such subpoenas for 21 the attendance of witnesses shall be effective if served upon 22 the person named therein in the subpoena anywhere within this 23 state, provided that , at the time of such service , the fees 24 now or hereafter provided by law for attendance of witnesses 25 in civil cases in district court shall be are paid or tendered 26 to such the person. 27 e. In case of disobedience of a subpoena lawfully served 28 hereunder under this subsection , the board or any party to such 29 hearing aggrieved thereby may invoke the aid of the district 30 court in the county where such the hearing is being conducted 31 to require the attendance and testimony of such witnesses. 32 Such The district court of the county within which the hearing 33 is being conducted may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey 34 such the subpoena, issue an order requiring such the person 35 -28- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 28/ 129
H.F. 739 to appear before said the board, and , if so ordered , to give 1 evidence touching the matter involved in the hearing. Any 2 failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such 3 the court as a contempt thereof . 4 f. If the licensee or registrant pleads guilty, or after 5 hearing shall be is found guilty by the board of any of the 6 charges made, it the board may suspend for a limited period 7 or revoke the license or registration, and the last renewal 8 thereof of the license or registration , and shall enter the 9 order on its records and . The board shall notify the accused 10 of the revocation or suspension of the person’s license or 11 registration, as the case may be, who and the person shall 12 thereupon forthwith immediately surrender that license or 13 registration to the board. Any such person whose license 14 or registration has been so revoked or suspended shall not 15 thereafter and while such revocation or suspension is in force 16 and effect practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or dental 17 assisting within this state while the revocation or suspension 18 is in force and effect . 19 Sec. 86. Section 153.33, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code 20 2021, is amended to read as follows: 21 d. This section subsection shall not prohibit the board from 22 imposing discipline on a licensee, registrant, or trainee for 23 willful or repeated violations. 24 Sec. 87. Section 154.1, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 25 2021, is amended to read as follows: 26 a. An optometrist licensed under this chapter may employ 27 all diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the 28 purpose of diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the human 29 eye and adnexa pursuant to this subsection , and notwithstanding 30 section 147.107 , may without charge supply any of the above 31 pharmaceuticals diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical 32 agents to commence a course of therapy. A licensed optometrist 33 may perform minor surgical procedures and use medications 34 for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders, and 35 -29- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 29/ 129
H.F. 739 conditions of the eye and adnexa. A license to practice 1 optometry under this chapter does not authorize the performance 2 of surgical procedures which require the use of injectable 3 or general anesthesia, moderate sedation, penetration of the 4 globe, or the use of ophthalmic lasers for the purpose of 5 ophthalmic surgery within or upon the globe. The removal of 6 pterygia and Salzmann’s nodules, incisional corneal refractive 7 surgery, and strabismus surgery are prohibited. 8 Sec. 88. Section 154.2, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 9 to read as follows: 10 1. Merchants or dealers who sell glasses as merchandise in 11 an established place of business and who do not profess to be 12 optometrists or practice optometry as herein defined described 13 in this chapter . 14 Sec. 89. Section 161A.48, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 3. Upon receiving evidence of the submission of an 17 application, the commissioners shall forward to the officer or 18 agency to which the application was made a written request to 19 receive notification of the disposition of the application. 20 When notified of the approval of the application, the 21 commissioners shall issue to the same parties who received the 22 original administrative order, or their successors in interest, 23 a supplementary order, to be delivered in the same manner as 24 provided by sections 161A.43 to 161A.53 through 161A.47, this 25 section, and sections 161A.49 through 161A.51 for delivery of 26 original administrative orders. The supplementary order shall 27 state a time, not more than six months after approval of the 28 application for public cost-sharing funds, by which the work 29 needed to comply with the original administrative order shall 30 actually be commenced, and a time thereafter when the work is 31 to be satisfactorily completed. If feasible, that time shall 32 be within one year after the date of the supplementary order, 33 but the owner of land on which a soil and water conservation 34 practice is being established under this section is not 35 -30- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 30/ 129
H.F. 739 required to incur a cost for the practice in any one calendar 1 year which exceeds ten dollars per acre for each acre of land 2 belonging to that owner and located in the county containing 3 the land on which the required practice is being established or 4 in counties contiguous to that county. 5 Sec. 90. Section 177A.19, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 6 amended to read as follows: 7 4. The procedures provided in section 177A.17 and all other 8 applicable provisions of sections 177A.5 to through 177A.18 9 shall govern and apply to the enforcement of this section . 10 Sec. 91. Section 189.17, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 189.17 Confiscation or condemnation. 13 Unless a procedure or method of seizure and confiscation 14 or condemnation is otherwise provided, the secretary is 15 hereby authorized to prohibit the entrance into channels of 16 commerce or possession of any article found to be adulterated 17 or improperly labeled according to the provisions of this 18 subchapter or rules established hereunder adopted pursuant 19 to this subchapter . Any articles found in channels of 20 commerce or in possession by an inspector which are not in 21 compliance with the adulteration or labeling provisions of 22 this subchapter shall be subject to immediate seizure by the 23 department. Seized articles shall be condemned unless of 24 such character that the articles can be made to conform with 25 the provisions of this subchapter by methods approved by the 26 secretary. Condemned articles shall be effectively destroyed 27 for the purpose for which they were intended by the owner of 28 the article, or the owner’s agent, under the supervision of an 29 inspector in such manner as the secretary may prescribe. 30 Sec. 92. Section 190B.101, Code 2021, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 190B.101 Definitions. 33 As used in this chapter subchapter , unless the context 34 otherwise requires: 35 -31- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 31/ 129
H.F. 739 1. “Department” means the department of revenue. 1 2. “Tax credit” means the from farm to food donation tax 2 credit as established in this chapter subchapter . 3 Sec. 93. Section 190B.102, Code 2021, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 190B.102 Department of revenue —— cooperation with other 6 departments. 7 1. This chapter subchapter shall be administered by the 8 department of revenue. 9 2. The department shall adopt all rules necessary to 10 administer this chapter subchapter . 11 3. The department of agriculture and land stewardship, the 12 department of public health, the department of human services, 13 and the department of inspections and appeals shall cooperate 14 with the department of revenue to administer this chapter 15 subchapter . 16 Sec. 94. Section 190B.103, Code 2021, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 190B.103 From farm to food donation tax credit. 19 A from farm to food donation tax credit is allowed against 20 the taxes imposed in chapter 422, subchapters II and III , as 21 provided in this chapter subchapter . 22 Sec. 95. Section 196.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 196.10 Labeling. 25 Sections 189.9 to through 189.12 shall apply to the labeling 26 of packaged eggs which have been candled and graded if not 27 inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter . All cases 28 of loose packed eggs sold in this state shall identify the egg 29 handler’s name or license number or United States department of 30 agriculture plant number, and the grade of the eggs contained 31 in the case. Each carton containing eggs for retail sale in 32 Iowa which have been candled and graded shall be marked with 33 the grade and size of the eggs contained, the date they were 34 packed, and the name and address of the distributor or packer. 35 -32- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 32/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 96. Section 200.8, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2021, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. File not later than the last day of January and July of 3 each year, on forms furnished by the secretary, a semiannual 4 statement setting forth the number of net tons of commercial 5 fertilizer or soil conditioners distributed in this state 6 by grade for each county during the preceding six months’ 7 six-month period; and upon filing such statement shall pay 8 the inspection fee at the rate stated in subsection 1 of this 9 section . However, in lieu of the semiannual statement by grade 10 for each county, as hereinabove provided for, the registrant, 11 on individual packages of specialty fertilizer containing 12 twenty-five pounds or less, the registrant shall file not later 13 than the last day of July of each year, on forms furnished by 14 the secretary, an annual statement setting forth the number of 15 net tons of specialty fertilizer distributed in this state by 16 grade during the preceding twelve-month period. 17 Sec. 97. Section 200.16, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 200.16 “Stop sale” orders. 20 The secretary may issue and enforce a written or printed 21 “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of 22 any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner, and to 23 hold at a designated place when if the secretary finds said 24 the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is being offered 25 or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of 26 this chapter or any of the rules and regulations promulgated 27 hereunder under this chapter. The secretary may hold the 28 commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner at a designated place 29 until the law has been complied with and said the commercial 30 fertilizer or soil conditioner is released in writing by the 31 secretary , or said the violation has been otherwise legally 32 disposed of by written authority, and all costs and expenses 33 incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid. 34 Sec. 98. Section 200.18, subsections 1 and 6, Code 2021, are 35 -33- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 33/ 129
H.F. 739 amended to read as follows: 1 1. If it shall appear from the examination of any 2 commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner or any anhydrous 3 ammonia installation, equipment, or operation that any of 4 the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations 5 issued thereunder under this chapter have been violated, the 6 secretary shall cause notice of the violations to be given to 7 the registrant, distributor, or possessor from whom said sample 8 was taken; any person so notified shall be given opportunity to 9 be heard under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 10 by the secretary. If it appears after such hearing, either in 11 the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of 12 the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations issued 13 thereunder under this chapter have been violated, the secretary 14 may certify the facts to the proper prosecuting attorney. 15 6. The secretary is hereby authorized to apply for and the 16 court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining 17 any person from violating or continuing to violate any of 18 the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation 19 promulgated under the this chapter notwithstanding the 20 existence of other remedies at law, said injunction to be 21 issued without bond. 22 Sec. 99. Section 204.8, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 23 2021, is amended to read as follows: 24 c. The department shall provide the department of public 25 safety any official test results that indicate a sample exceeds 26 the has a maximum concentration of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol 27 in excess of two percent on a dry weight basis. 28 Sec. 100. Section 205.8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, 29 is amended to read as follows: 30 Nothing in sections 205.5 to through 205.7 shall apply: 31 Sec. 101. Section 208A.4, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 208A.4 Inspection by department. 34 1. Before any antifreeze shall be is sold, exposed for 35 -34- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 34/ 129
H.F. 739 sale, or held with intent to sell within this state, a sample 1 thereof of the product must be inspected by the department of 2 agriculture and land stewardship. Upon application of the 3 manufacturer, packer, seller , or distributor and the payment of 4 a fee of twenty dollars for each brand of antifreeze submitted, 5 the department shall inspect the antifreeze submitted. If the 6 antifreeze is not adulterated or misbranded, if it meets the 7 standards of the department, and is not in violation of this 8 chapter , the department shall give the applicant a written 9 permit authorizing the sale of such antifreeze in this state 10 until the formula or labeling of the antifreeze is changed in 11 any manner. 12 2. If the department shall finds at a later date find that 13 the product to be sold, exposed for sale , or held with intent 14 to sell has been materially altered or adulterated, a change 15 has been made in the name, brand , or trademark under which 16 the antifreeze is sold, or it violates the provisions of this 17 chapter , the department shall notify the applicant and the 18 permit shall be canceled forthwith. 19 Sec. 102. Section 210.8, Code 2021, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 210.8 Sales of dry commodities. 22 All dry commodities unless bought or sold in package or 23 wrapped form shall be bought or sold only by the standard 24 weight or measure herein established in this chapter , or by 25 numerical count, unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, 26 except as provided in sections 210.9 to through 210.12 . 27 Sec. 103. Section 210.18, Code 2021, is amended to read as 28 follows: 29 210.18 Sales to be by standard weight or measure —— labeling. 30 1. All commodities bought or sold by weight or measure shall 31 be bought or sold only by the standards established by this 32 chapter , unless the vendor and vendee otherwise agree. Sales 33 by weight shall be by avoirdupois weight unless troy weight is 34 agreed upon by the vendor and vendee. 35 -35- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 35/ 129
H.F. 739 2. All commodities bought or sold in package form shall be 1 labeled in compliance with the general provisions for labeling 2 provided for in sections section 189.9 to and sections 189.11 3 through 189.16, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter . 4 Sec. 104. Section 210.21, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 210.21 Violations. 7 It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, procure, 8 or keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or 9 sell bread in the form of loaves which are not of one of the 10 weights specified in section 210.19 or violate the rules of the 11 secretary of agriculture pertaining thereto. Any person who, 12 in person or by a servant, or agent, or as the servant or agent 13 of another, shall violate any of the provisions of sections 14 210.19 to , 210.20, this section, and sections 210.22 through 15 210.25, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 16 Sec. 105. Section 210.23, Code 2021, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 210.23 Exception. 19 Any person engaged in home baking is exempt from the 20 provisions of sections 210.19 to through 210.22 . 21 Sec. 106. Section 210.24, Code 2021, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 210.24 Enforcement —— rules and regulations. 24 The secretary of agriculture shall enforce the provisions of 25 sections 210.19 to through 210.23, this section, and section 26 210.25. The secretary shall make rules for the enforcement of 27 the provisions of said sections not inconsistent therewith, and 28 such rules and regulations shall include reasonable variations 29 and tolerances. 30 Sec. 107. Section 217.3, subsection 5, Code 2021, is amended 31 to read as follows: 32 5. Insure that all programs administered or services 33 rendered by the department directly to any citizen or 34 through a local board of welfare agency to any citizen are 35 -36- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 36/ 129
H.F. 739 coordinated and integrated so that any citizen does not receive 1 a duplication of services from various departments or local 2 agencies that could be rendered by one department or local 3 agency. If the council finds that such is not the case, it 4 shall hear and determine which department or local agency shall 5 provide the needed service or services and enter an order of 6 their determination by resolution of the council which must be 7 concurred in by at least a majority of the members. Thereafter 8 such order or resolution of the council shall be obeyed by all 9 state departments and local agencies to which it is directed. 10 Sec. 108. Section 218.31, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 218.31 Witnesses. 13 In aid of any investigation the administrator shall have 14 the power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses; to 15 examine the same witnesses under oath, which the administrator 16 shall have power to administer; to have access to all books, 17 papers, and property material to such investigation, and to 18 order the production of any other books or papers material 19 thereto to the investigation . Witnesses other than those in 20 the employ of the state shall be entitled to the same fees as in 21 civil cases in the district court. 22 Sec. 109. Section 218.43, Code 2021, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 218.43 Deduction to pay court costs. 25 If such wage be wages are paid to a resident pursuant 26 to section 218.42 , the administrator in control of such an 27 institution listed in section 218.1 may deduct therefrom from 28 the wages an amount sufficient to pay all or a part of the 29 costs taxed to such the resident by reason of the resident’s 30 commitment to said the institution. In such case the amount so 31 deducted shall be forwarded to the clerk of the district court 32 or proper official. 33 Sec. 110. Section 218.44, Code 2021, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -37- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 37/ 129
H.F. 739 218.44 Wages paid to dependent —— deposits. 1 If such wage be wages are paid to a resident pursuant 2 to section 218.42 , the administrator in control of such an 3 institution listed in section 218.1 may pay all or any part of 4 the same wages directly to any dependent of such the resident , 5 or . The administrator may also deposit such wage the wages to 6 the account of such resident, or may so deposit part thereof of 7 the wages and allow the resident a portion for the resident’s 8 own personal use, or may pay to the county of commitment all 9 or any part of the resident’s care, treatment , or subsistence 10 while at said institution from any credit balance accruing to 11 the account of said the resident. 12 Sec. 111. Section 218.92, Code 2021, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 218.92 Patients with dangerous mental disturbances. 15 When a patient in a state resource center for persons with an 16 intellectual disability, a state mental health institute, or 17 another institution under the administration of the department 18 of human services has become so mentally disturbed as to 19 constitute a danger to self, to other patients or staff of 20 the institution, or to the public, and the institution cannot 21 provide adequate security, the administrator in charge of 22 the institution, with the consent of the director of the 23 Iowa department of corrections, may order the patient to be 24 transferred to the Iowa medical and classification center, if 25 the superintendent of the institution from which the patient 26 is to be transferred, with the support of a majority of the 27 medical staff, recommends the transfer in the interest of 28 the patient, other patients, or the public. If the patient 29 transferred was hospitalized pursuant to sections 229.6 to 30 through 229.15 , the transfer shall be promptly reported to 31 the court that ordered the hospitalization of the patient, as 32 required by section 229.15, subsection 5 . The Iowa medical 33 and classification center has the same rights, duties, and 34 responsibilities with respect to the patient as the institution 35 -38- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 38/ 129
H.F. 739 from which the patient was transferred had while the patient 1 was hospitalized in the institution. The cost of the transfer 2 shall be paid from the funds of the institution from which the 3 transfer is made. 4 Sec. 112. Section 218.100, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 218.100 Central warehouse and supply depot. 7 The department of human services shall establish a fund for 8 maintaining and operating a central warehouse as a supply depot 9 and distribution facility for surplus government products, 10 carload canned goods, paper products, other staples, and such 11 other items as determined by the department. The fund shall be 12 permanent and shall be composed of the receipts from the sales 13 of merchandise, recovery of handling, operating and delivery 14 charges of such merchandise, and from the funds contributed by 15 the institutions now in a contingent fund being used for this 16 purpose. All claims for purchases of merchandise, operating, 17 and salary expenses shall be subject to the provisions of 18 sections 218.86 to , 218.87, and 218.88. 19 Sec. 113. Section 222.1, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 20 to read as follows: 21 3. A special intellectual disability unit may be maintained 22 at one of the state mental health institutes for the purposes 23 set forth in sections 222.88 to through 222.91 . 24 Sec. 114. Section 222.2, subsection 7, Code 2021, is amended 25 to read as follows: 26 7. “Special unit” means a special intellectual disability 27 unit established at a state mental health institute pursuant to 28 sections 222.88 to through 222.91 . 29 Sec. 115. Section 225.15, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 30 amended to read as follows: 31 1. When a respondent arrives at the state psychiatric 32 hospital, the admitting physician shall examine the respondent 33 and determine whether or not, in the physician’s judgment, the 34 respondent is a fit subject for observation, treatment, and 35 -39- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 39/ 129
H.F. 739 hospital care. If, upon examination, the physician decides 1 that the respondent should be admitted to the hospital, the 2 respondent shall be provided a proper bed in the hospital. The 3 physician who has charge of the respondent shall proceed with 4 observation, medical treatment, and hospital care as in the 5 physician’s judgment are proper and necessary, in compliance 6 with sections 229.13 to , 229.14, this section, and section 7 229.16. After the respondent’s admission, the observation, 8 medical treatment, and hospital care of the respondent may be 9 provided by a mental health professional, as defined in section 10 228.1 , who is licensed as a physician, advanced registered 11 nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. 12 Sec. 116. Section 225.17, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 2. When the respondent arrives at the hospital, the 15 respondent shall receive the same treatment as is provided for 16 committed public patients in section 225.15 , in compliance 17 with sections 229.13 to through 229.16 . However, observation, 18 treatment, and hospital care under this section of a respondent 19 whose expenses are payable in whole or in part by a county 20 shall only be provided as determined through the regional 21 administrator for the respondent’s county of residence. 22 Sec. 117. Section 227.2, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code 23 2021, is amended to read as follows: 24 g. Any failure to comply with standards adopted under 25 section 227.4 for care of persons with mental illness and 26 persons with an intellectual disability in county care 27 facilities, which is not covered in information submitted 28 pursuant to paragraphs “a” to through “f” , and any other matters 29 which the director of public health, in consultation with the 30 administrator of the division, may require. 31 Sec. 118. Section 227.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 227.10 Transfers from county or private institutions. 34 Patients who have been admitted at public expense to 35 -40- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 40/ 129
H.F. 739 any institution to which this chapter is applicable may be 1 involuntarily transferred to the proper state hospital for 2 persons with mental illness in the manner prescribed by 3 sections 229.6 to through 229.13 . The application required by 4 section 229.6 may be filed by the administrator of the division 5 or the administrator’s designee, or by the administrator of 6 the institution where the patient is then being maintained 7 or treated. If the patient was admitted to that institution 8 involuntarily, the administrator of the division may arrange 9 and complete the transfer, and shall report it as required of 10 a chief medical officer under section 229.15, subsection 5 . 11 The transfer shall be made at the mental health and disability 12 services region’s expense, and the expense recovered, as 13 provided in section 227.7 . However, transfer under this 14 section of a patient whose expenses are payable in whole or 15 in part by the mental health and disability services region 16 is subject to an authorization for the transfer through the 17 regional administrator for the patient’s county of residence. 18 Sec. 119. Section 227.15, Code 2021, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 227.15 Authority to confine in hospital. 21 No person shall be involuntarily confined and restrained 22 in any private institution or hospital or county hospital or 23 other general hospital with a psychiatric ward for the care 24 or treatment of persons with mental illness, except by the 25 procedure prescribed in sections 229.6 to through 229.15 . 26 Sec. 120. Section 229.17, Code 2021, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 229.17 Status of respondent during appeal. 29 If a respondent appeals to the supreme court from a finding 30 that the contention the respondent is seriously mentally 31 impaired has been sustained, and the respondent was previously 32 ordered taken into immediate custody under section 229.11 33 or has been hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation and 34 appropriate treatment under section 229.13 before the court 35 -41- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 41/ 129
H.F. 739 is informed of intent to appeal its finding, the respondent 1 shall remain in custody as previously ordered by the court, the 2 time limit stated in section 229.11 notwithstanding, or shall 3 remain in the hospital subject to compliance by the hospital 4 with sections 229.13 to through 229.16 , as the case may be, 5 unless the supreme court orders otherwise. If a respondent 6 appeals to the supreme court regarding a placement order, the 7 respondent shall remain in placement unless the supreme court 8 orders otherwise. 9 Sec. 121. Section 229.19, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 10 2021, is amended to read as follows: 11 c. The advocate’s responsibility with respect to any patient 12 shall begin at whatever time the attorney employed or appointed 13 to represent that patient as respondent in hospitalization 14 proceedings, conducted under sections 229.6 to through 229.13 , 15 reports to the court that the attorney’s services are no longer 16 required and requests the court’s approval to withdraw as 17 counsel for that patient. However, if the patient is found to 18 be seriously mentally impaired at the hospitalization hearing, 19 the attorney representing the patient shall automatically be 20 relieved of responsibility in the case and an advocate shall 21 be assigned to the patient at the conclusion of the hearing 22 unless the attorney indicates an intent to continue the 23 attorney’s services and the court so directs. If the court 24 directs the attorney to remain on the case, the attorney shall 25 assume all the duties of an advocate. The clerk shall furnish 26 the advocate with a copy of the court’s order approving the 27 withdrawal and shall inform the patient of the name of the 28 patient’s advocate. 29 Sec. 122. Section 229.21, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 30 amended to read as follows: 31 2. When an application for involuntary hospitalization 32 under section 229.6 or for involuntary commitment or treatment 33 of persons with substance-related disorders under section 34 125.75 is filed with the clerk of the district court in any 35 -42- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 42/ 129
H.F. 739 county for which a judicial hospitalization referee has been 1 appointed, and no district judge, district associate judge, or 2 magistrate who is admitted to the practice of law in this state 3 is accessible, the clerk shall immediately notify the referee 4 in the manner required by section 229.7 or section 125.77 . 5 The referee shall discharge all of the duties imposed upon 6 the court by sections 229.7 to through 229.19, this section, 7 and section 229.22 or sections 125.75 to through 125.94 in 8 the proceeding so initiated. Subject to the provisions of 9 subsection 4 , orders issued by a referee, in discharge of 10 duties imposed under this section , shall have the same force 11 and effect as if ordered by a district judge. However, any 12 commitment to a facility regulated and operated under chapter 13 135C shall be in accordance with section 135C.23 . 14 Sec. 123. Section 229.22, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 4. The cost of hospitalization at a public hospital of 17 a person detained temporarily by the procedure prescribed in 18 this section shall be paid in the same way as if the person had 19 been admitted to the hospital by the procedure prescribed in 20 sections 229.6 to through 229.13 . 21 Sec. 124. Section 229.24, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 22 amended to read as follows: 23 2. If authorized in writing by a person who has been the 24 subject of any proceeding or report under sections 229.6 to 25 through 229.13 or section 229.22 , or by the parent or guardian 26 of that person, information regarding that person which 27 is confidential under subsection 1 may be released to any 28 designated person. 29 Sec. 125. Section 232.9, Code 2021, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 232.9 Motion for change of judge. 32 Prior to a hearing pursuant to sections 232.44 to through 33 232.47 , 232.50 , or 232.54 , the child may file a motion with the 34 district court for the appointment of a new judge. The chief 35 -43- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 43/ 129
H.F. 739 judge of the district court for cause shown shall appoint a new 1 judge. 2 Sec. 126. Section 232.11, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. The child’s right to be represented by counsel under 5 subsection 1 , paragraphs “b” to through “f” , of this section 6 shall not be waived by a child of any age. The child’s right 7 to be represented by counsel under subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , 8 shall not be waived by a child less than sixteen years of age 9 without the written consent of the child’s parent, guardian, 10 or custodian. The waiver by a child who is at least sixteen 11 years of age is valid only if a good faith effort has been made 12 to notify the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian that the 13 child has been taken into custody and of the alleged delinquent 14 act for which the child has been taken into custody, the 15 location of the child, and the right of the parent, guardian, 16 or custodian to visit and confer with the child. 17 Sec. 127. Section 232.72, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 18 amended to read as follows: 19 3. If the child’s home is located in a county not served by 20 the office receiving the report, the department shall promptly 21 transfer the matter by transmitting a copy of the report of 22 injury and any other pertinent information to the office and 23 the county attorney serving the other county. They The office 24 and the county attorney shall promptly proceed as provided in 25 section 232.71B . 26 Sec. 128. Section 232.127, subsection 9, Code 2021, is 27 amended to read as follows: 28 9. A child found in contempt of court because of violation 29 of conditions imposed under this section shall not be 30 considered delinquent. Such a contempt may be punished by 31 imposition of a work assignment or assignments to benefit the 32 state or a governmental subdivision of the state. In addition 33 to or in lieu of such an assignment or assignments, the court 34 may impose one of the dispositions set out in sections 232.100 35 -44- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 44/ 129
H.F. 739 to through 232.102 . 1 Sec. 129. Section 232.142, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 2. For the purpose of providing and maintaining a county or 4 multicounty home, the board of supervisors of any county may 5 issue general county purpose bonds in accordance with sections 6 331.441 to through 331.449 . Expenses for providing and 7 maintaining a multicounty home shall be paid by the counties 8 participating in a manner to be determined by the boards of 9 supervisors. 10 Sec. 130. Section 233A.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 233A.11 County attorney to appear for child. 13 In case legal proceedings are necessary to enforce any 14 right conferred on any child by sections 233A.7 to through 15 233A.10 , inclusive, the county attorney of the county in which 16 such proceedings should be instituted shall, on request of the 17 superintendent, approved by the administrator, institute and 18 carry on, in the name of the superintendent, the proceedings in 19 behalf of the superintendent. 20 Sec. 131. Section 233A.15, Code 2021, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 233A.15 Transfers to work in parks. 23 1. The administrator may detail children, classed as 24 trustworthy, from the state training school, to perform 25 services for the department of natural resources within the 26 state parks, state game and forest areas , and other lands under 27 the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. The 28 department of natural resources shall provide permanent housing 29 and work guidance supervision, but the care and custody of 30 the children so detailed shall remain under employees of the 31 division of child and family services of the department of 32 human services. All such programs shall have as their primary 33 purpose and shall provide for inculcation or the activation of 34 attitudes, skills , and habit patterns which will be conducive 35 -45- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 45/ 129
H.F. 739 to the habilitation of the youths involved. 1 2. The administrator is hereby authorized to use 2 state-owned mobile housing equipment and facilities in 3 performing such services at temporary locations in the above 4 areas described in subsection 1 . 5 Sec. 132. Section 249.1, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 6 2021, is amended to read as follows: 7 b. By the state of Iowa directly pursuant to sections 249.3 8 to through 249.5 . 9 Sec. 133. Section 252B.1, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 2. “Child” includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, 12 foster child , or legally adopted child and means a child 13 actually or apparently under eighteen years of age , and or a 14 dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable 15 to maintain the person’s self and is likely to become a public 16 charge. “Child” includes “child” as defined in section 239B.1 . 17 Sec. 134. Section 256.43, subsection 1, unnumbered 18 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 19 The director , pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 55 , 20 shall establish an online learning program model that provides 21 for the following: 22 Sec. 135. Section 256.43, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 23 2021, is amended to read as follows: 24 i. Criteria for school districts or schools to use when 25 choosing providers of online learning to meet the online 26 learning program requirements specified in rules adopted 27 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 32 . 28 Sec. 136. Section 256B.6, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 29 amended to read as follows: 30 1. When the school district or area education agency 31 has provided special education services and programs as 32 provided herein in this chapter for any child requiring 33 special education, either by admission to a special class or 34 by supportive services, it shall be the duty of the parent or 35 -46- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 46/ 129
H.F. 739 guardian to enroll the child for instruction in such special 1 classes or supportive services as may be established, except in 2 the event a doctor’s certificate is filed with the secretary 3 of the school district showing that it is inadvisable for 4 medical reasons for the child requiring special education to 5 receive the special education provided; all the provisions and 6 conditions of chapter 299 shall be applicable to this section , 7 and any violations shall be punishable as provided in chapter 8 299 . 9 Sec. 137. Section 256B.9, subsection 6, Code 2021, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 6. The division may conduct an evaluation of the special 12 education instructional program or special education support 13 services being provided by an area education agency, school 14 district, or private agency, pursuant to sections 273.1 to 15 through 273.9 and this chapter , to determine if the program or 16 service is adequate and proper to meet the needs of the child; 17 if the child is benefiting from the program or service; if 18 the costs are in proportion to the educational benefits being 19 received; and if there are any improvements that can be made 20 in the program or service. A written report of the evaluation 21 shall be sent to the area education agency, school district, 22 or private agency evaluated and to the president of the senate 23 and speaker of the house of representatives of the general 24 assembly. 25 Sec. 138. Section 257.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 257.22 Statutes applicable. 28 The director of revenue shall administer the instructional 29 support income surtax imposed under this chapter , and sections 30 422.4 , 422.20 , sections 422.22 to through 422.31 , sections 31 422.68 , 422.70 , and sections 422.72 to through 422.75 shall 32 apply with respect to administration of the instructional 33 support income surtax. 34 Sec. 139. Section 257B.28, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -47- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 47/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 257B.28 Statute of limitation. 2 Lapse of time is not a bar to action to recover a part of the 3 permanent school fund, and it does not prevent the introduction 4 of evidence in an action, except as provided in sections 614.29 5 to through 614.38 . 6 Sec. 140. Section 260C.39, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2021, 7 are amended to read as follows: 8 1. Any merged area may combine with any adjacent merged area 9 after a favorable vote by the electors of each of the areas 10 involved. If the boards of directors of two or more merged 11 areas agree to a combination, the question shall be submitted 12 to the electors of each area at an election held on a date 13 specified in section 39.2, subsection 4 , paragraph “c” , and held 14 on the same day in each area. Prior to the election, the board 15 of each merged area shall notify the county commissioner of 16 elections of the county in which the greatest proportion of the 17 merged area’s taxable base is located, who shall publish notice 18 of the election according to section 49.53 . The two respective 19 county commissioners of elections shall conduct the election 20 pursuant to the provisions of chapters 39 to through 53 . The 21 votes cast in the election shall be canvassed by the county 22 board of supervisors, and the county commissioner of elections 23 of each county in the merged areas shall certify the results to 24 the board of directors of each merged area. 25 3. The terms of employment of personnel, for the academic 26 year following the effective date of the agreement to combine 27 the merged areas shall not be affected by the combination of 28 the merged areas, except in accordance with the procedures 29 under sections 279.15 to , 279.16, 279.18 and section 279.24, 30 to the extent those procedures are applicable, or under the 31 terms of the base bargaining agreement. The authority and 32 responsibility to offer new contracts or to continue, modify, 33 or terminate existing contracts pursuant to any applicable 34 procedures under chapter 279 , shall be transferred to the 35 -48- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 48/ 129
H.F. 739 acting, and then to the new, board of the combined merged area 1 upon certification of a favorable vote to each of the merged 2 areas affected by the agreement. The collective bargaining 3 agreement of the merged area receiving the greatest amount of 4 general state aid shall serve as the base agreement for the 5 combined merged area and the employees of the merged areas 6 which combined to form the new combined merged area shall 7 automatically be accreted to the bargaining unit from that 8 former merged area for purposes of negotiating the contracts 9 for the following years without further action by the public 10 employment relations board. If only one collective bargaining 11 agreement is in effect among the merged areas which are 12 combining under this section , then that agreement shall serve 13 as the base agreement, and the employees of the merged areas 14 which are combining to form the new combined merged area shall 15 automatically be accreted to the bargaining unit of that former 16 merged area for purposes of negotiating the contracts for the 17 following years without further action by the public employment 18 relations board. The board of the combined merged area, using 19 the base agreement as its existing contract, shall bargain with 20 the combined employees of the merged areas that have agreed 21 to combine for the academic year beginning with the effective 22 date of the agreement to combine merged areas. The bargaining 23 shall be completed by March 15 prior to the academic year in 24 which the agreement to combine merged areas becomes effective 25 or within one hundred eighty days after the organization of 26 the acting board of the new combined merged area, whichever 27 is later. If a bargaining agreement was already concluded in 28 the former merged area which has the collective bargaining 29 agreement that is serving as the base agreement for the new 30 combined merged area, between the former merged area board 31 and the employees of the former merged area, that agreement 32 is void, unless the agreement contained multiyear provisions 33 affecting academic years subsequent to the effective date of 34 the agreement to form a combined merged area. If the base 35 -49- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 49/ 129
H.F. 739 collective bargaining agreement contains multiyear provisions, 1 the duration and effect of the agreement shall be controlled 2 by the terms of the agreement. The provisions of the base 3 agreement shall apply to the offering of new contracts, or 4 the continuation, modification, or termination of existing 5 contracts between the acting or new board of the combined 6 merged area and the combined employees of the new combined 7 merged area. 8 Sec. 141. Section 260C.48, subsection 1, unnumbered 9 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 10 The state board shall develop standards and rules for 11 the accreditation of community college programs. Except 12 as provided in this subsection and subsection 4 , standards 13 developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more 14 than one specific program of instruction. With regard to 15 community college-employed instructors, the standards adopted 16 shall at a minimum require that community college instructors 17 who are under contract for at least half-time or more, and by 18 July 1, 2011, all instructors, meet the following requirements: 19 Sec. 142. Section 261A.24, Code 2021, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 261A.24 Chapter as alternative method —— powers not subject 22 to supervision or regulation. 23 Sections 261A.1 through 261A.23 provide a complete, 24 additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things 25 authorized by the this chapter and the limitations imposed by 26 this chapter do not affect powers or rights conferred by other 27 laws, and the issuance of obligations and refunding obligations 28 under this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any 29 other law applicable to the issuance of obligations. Except 30 as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter , the powers 31 granted to the authority under this chapter are not subject to 32 the supervision or regulation and do not require the approval 33 or consent of a city or political subdivision or department, 34 division, commission, board, body, bureau, official, or agency 35 -50- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 50/ 129
H.F. 739 of a political subdivision or of the state. 1 Sec. 143. Section 261E.11, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 2. The programming in this chapter may be delivered via 4 internet-based technologies including but not limited to the 5 Iowa learning online program . An internet-based course may 6 qualify for additional supplemental weighting if it meets the 7 requirements of section 261E.8 or section 261E.10 . 8 Sec. 144. Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph a, Code 9 2021, is amended to read as follows: 10 a. The board may deny a license to or revoke the license 11 of a person upon the board’s finding by a preponderance of 12 evidence that either the person has been convicted of an 13 offense and the offense directly relates to the duties and 14 responsibilities of the profession or that there has been 15 a founded report of child abuse against the person. Rules 16 adopted in accordance with this paragraph shall provide that 17 in determining whether a person should be denied a license or 18 that a practitioner’s license should be revoked, the board 19 shall consider the nature and seriousness of the founded abuse 20 or crime offense in relation to the position sought, the time 21 elapsed since the crime offense was committed, the degree of 22 rehabilitation which has taken place since the incidence of 23 founded abuse or the commission of the crime offense , the 24 likelihood that the person will commit the same abuse or crime 25 offense again, and the number of founded abuses committed by or 26 criminal convictions of the person involved. 27 Sec. 145. Section 275.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 28 follows: 29 275.11 Proposals involving two or more districts. 30 Subject to the approval of the area education agency board, 31 contiguous or marginally adjacent territory located in two or 32 more school districts may be united into a single district 33 in the manner provided in sections 275.12 to through 275.18, 34 275.20, and 275.22. 35 -51- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 51/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 146. Section 275.23, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 275.23 Frequency of change. 3 A school district which is enlarged, reorganized, or 4 changes its boundaries under sections 275.12 to through 5 275.18, 275.20, and 275.22, shall not file a petition under 6 section 275.12 for the purpose of reducing the area served or 7 changing the boundaries to exclude areas encompassed by the 8 enlargement, reorganization, or boundary changes for a period 9 of five years following the effective date of the enlargement, 10 reorganization, or boundary change unless the action is 11 approved by the director of the department of education. 12 Sec. 147. Section 275.24, Code 2021, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 275.24 Effective date of change. 15 When a school district is enlarged, reorganized, or changes 16 its boundary pursuant to sections 275.12 to through 275.18, 17 275.20, and 275.22, the change shall take effect on July 1 18 following the date of the reorganization election held pursuant 19 to section 275.18 . 20 Sec. 148. Section 276.1, Code 2021, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 276.1 Title. 23 Sections 276.1 to This section, sections 276.2 through 24 276.5, and sections 276.8 through 276.11 of this chapter shall 25 be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Community Education Act” . 26 Sec. 149. Section 276.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, 27 is amended to read as follows: 28 As used in sections 276.1 to , 276.2, this section, sections 29 276.4, 276.5, and sections 276.8 through 276.11 unless the 30 context otherwise requires: 31 Sec. 150. Section 279.9, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 279.9 Use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, or controlled 34 substances. 35 -52- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 52/ 129
H.F. 739 The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall prohibit include 1 rules prohibiting the use of tobacco and the use or possession 2 of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance 3 as defined in section 124.101, subsection 5 , by any student of 4 the schools and the . The board may suspend or expel a student 5 for a violation of a rule described under this section . 6 Sec. 151. Section 280.3, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 2. The minimum educational program shall be the curriculum 9 set forth in subsection 3 of this section and section 256.11 , 10 except as otherwise provided by law. The board of directors of 11 a public school district shall not allow discrimination in any 12 educational program on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, 13 marital status, or place of national origin. 14 Sec. 152. Section 280.19A, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, 15 are amended to read as follows: 16 1. By January 15, 1995, each Each school district shall 17 adopt a plan to provide alternative options education programs 18 to students who are either at risk of dropping out or have 19 dropped out. An alternative options education program may be 20 provided in a district, through a sharing agreement with a 21 school in a contiguous district, or through an areawide program 22 available at the community college serving the merged area in 23 which the school district is located. Each area education 24 agency shall provide assistance in establishing a plan to 25 provide alternative education options to students attending a 26 public school in a district served by the agency. 27 2. If a district has not adopted a plan as required in this 28 section and implemented the plan by January 15, 1996, the area 29 education agency serving the district shall assist the district 30 with developing a plan and an alternative options education 31 program for the pupil. When a plan is developed, the district 32 shall be responsible for the operation of the program and 33 shall reimburse the area education agency for the actual costs 34 incurred by the area education agency under this section . 35 -53- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 53/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 153. Section 285.1, subsection 16, paragraph c, Code 1 2021, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. If the nonpublic school designated for attendance of 3 a pupil is located outside the boundary line of the school 4 district of the pupil’s residence and the district of residence 5 meets the requirements of subsections 14 to 16 of this section , 6 15, and this subsection by using subsection 17 , paragraph 7 “c” , of this section and the district in which the nonpublic 8 school is located is contiguous to the district of the pupil’s 9 residence and is willing to provide transportation under 10 subsection 17 , paragraph “a” or “b” , of this section , the 11 district in which the nonpublic school is located may provide 12 transportation services, subject to section 285.9, subsection 13 3 , and may make the claim for reimbursement under section 14 285.2 . The district in which the nonpublic school is located 15 shall notify the district of the pupil’s residence that it 16 is making the claim for reimbursement, and the district of 17 the pupil’s residence shall be relieved of the requirement 18 for providing transportation and shall not make a claim for 19 reimbursement for those nonpublic school pupils for which a 20 claim is filed by the district in which the nonpublic school 21 is located. 22 Sec. 154. Section 285.1, subsection 17, unnumbered 23 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 24 The public school district may meet the requirements of 25 subsections 14 to through 16 by any of the following: 26 Sec. 155. Section 294.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 294.11 Termination resolution adopted. 29 Any The board of directors of any school district which has 30 in operation the pension and annuity retirement system created 31 pursuant to sections 294.8 to through 294.10 may terminate such 32 the system by the adoption by the board of directors of such 33 district, of adopting a resolution declaring such the system 34 terminated as of a date specified therein in the resolution . 35 -54- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 54/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 156. Section 296.4, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 296.4 Notice —— ballots. 3 Notice of the election shall be given by the county 4 commissioner of elections by publication in accordance with 5 section 49.53 . The county commissioner of elections shall 6 conduct the election pursuant to the provisions of chapters 7 39 to through 53 and certify the results to the board of 8 directors. 9 Sec. 157. Section 306.19, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 4. Proceedings for the condemnation of land for any 12 highway shall be under the provisions of chapter 6A and 13 chapter 6B . Provided that, in the condemnation of right-of-way 14 for secondary roads that is contiguous to existing road 15 right-of-way for the maintenance, safety improvement, 16 or upgrade of the existing secondary road, the board of 17 supervisors may proceed as provided in sections 306.28 to 18 through 306.37 . 19 Sec. 158. Section 306.22, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 20 2021, is amended to read as follows: 21 g. Any tract of land sold on contract shall be listed on the 22 tax rolls by and taxed to the contract purchaser, as provided 23 in chapters 428 and 443 ; assessed and valued as provided 24 in chapter 441 ; taxes levied as provided in chapter 444 ; 25 collected as provided in chapter 445 ; and subject to tax sale, 26 redemption, and apportionment of taxes as provided in chapters 27 446 to through 449 . The contract purchaser shall discharge and 28 pay all taxes. 29 Sec. 159. Section 306.27, Code 2021, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 306.27 Changes for safety, economy, and utility. 32 The state department of transportation as to primary roads 33 and the boards of supervisors as to secondary roads on their 34 own motion may change the course of any part of any road or 35 -55- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 55/ 129
H.F. 739 stream, watercourse, or dry run and may pond water in order 1 to avoid the construction and maintenance of bridges, or to 2 avoid grades, or railroad crossings, or to straighten a road, 3 or to cut off dangerous corners, turns , or intersections on 4 the highway, or to widen a road above statutory width, or 5 for the purpose of preventing the encroachment of a stream, 6 watercourse, or dry run upon the highway. The department and 7 the board of supervisors shall conduct their proceedings in 8 the manner and form prescribed in chapter 6B , except that the 9 board of supervisors may use the form prescribed in sections 10 306.28 to through 306.37 for the condemnation of right-of-way 11 that is contiguous to existing road right-of-way and necessary 12 for the maintenance, safety improvement, or upgrade of the 13 existing secondary road. Changes are subject to chapter 455B 14 and chapter 459, subchapters II and III . 15 Sec. 160. Section 309.25, Code 2021, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 309.25 Material considerations for farm-to-market roads. 18 In planning and in adopting said the secondary road program 19 or project by the board of supervisors, said the board and 20 the county engineer shall give due and careful consideration, 21 to the location of primary roads, and of roads heretofore 22 previously improved as county roads, to the market centers 23 and main roads leading thereto, and to rural mail and school 24 bus routes , it being . It is the intent of this chapter that 25 said the secondary road program or project will, when finally 26 executed, afford the highest possible systematic, intracounty 27 and intercounty connections of all roads of the county. 28 Sec. 161. Section 309.26, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 309.26 Provisional selection of roads. 31 The board after due consultation with the county engineer, 32 shall first select in a provisional way the roads which they 33 then consider advisable to embrace in said the secondary road 34 program , and . The board shall direct said the county engineer 35 -56- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 56/ 129
H.F. 739 to make a reconnaissance survey and estimate of all said of the 1 roads selected , or of such part thereof of the roads as, in 2 view of the public necessity and convenience, present the most 3 urgent need and necessity for early construction. 4 Sec. 162. Section 311.9, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 311.9 Publicly owned real estate. 7 In making said the apportionment under section 311.8 , 8 real estate owned by the state, county , or any city, shall 9 be treated as other real estate, but no other publicly owned 10 real estate shall be included. In apportioning benefits to 11 real estate owned by a city, the county , or the state, no 12 consideration shall not be given to the buildings thereon 13 located on that real estate . 14 Sec. 163. Section 311.15, Code 2021, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 311.15 Hearing —— adjournment —— order. 17 1. Hearings on the proposed establishment of said a 18 secondary road assessment district may be adjourned from time 19 to time without loss of jurisdiction by the board. On final 20 hearing the board shall proceed to a determination of said 21 the matters raised in the proposal . It The board may reject, 22 approve, or modify and approve said proposal. The board may 23 exclude lands from the district or may add lands thereto or 24 otherwise modify the proposal. 25 2. Should If the proposal be is approved in whole or in 26 part, the board shall establish such the district. The order 27 of the board establishing such the district shall state the 28 road or roads to be improved, the type of improvement, and the 29 lands included in said the district. Said The order shall 30 be final . No and lands shall thereafter not be added to or 31 excluded from said the district after the order is entered by 32 the board . 33 Sec. 164. Section 311.17, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 34 amended to read as follows: 35 -57- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 57/ 129
H.F. 739 1. If an owner , other than the state or a county or city, 1 of any tracts of land on which the assessment is more than 2 five hundred dollars , shall, files a written agreement in 3 the office of the county auditor within twenty days from the 4 date of the assessment, agree in writing filed in the office 5 of the county auditor, that , in consideration of the owner 6 having the right to pay the assessment in installments, the 7 owner will not make any objection of illegality or irregularity 8 as to the assessment upon the real estate , and will pay the 9 assessment plus interest, the assessment shall be payable in 10 ten equal installments. The first installment shall be payable 11 on the date of the agreement. The other installments shall be 12 paid annually at the same time and in the same manner as the 13 September semiannual payment of ordinary taxes with interest 14 accruing as provided in section 384.65, subsection 3 . The 15 rate of interest shall be as established by the board, but not 16 exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A . 17 Sec. 165. Section 320.6, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 320.6 Conditions —— damages. 20 1. Such mains Mains , pipes, and cattleways shall be so 21 erected and maintained as under this chapter shall not to 22 interfere with public travel or with the future improvement 23 of the highway. The owner of such the mains, pipes, and 24 cattleways shall be responsible for all damages arising from 25 the laying, maintenance maintaining , or erection of erecting 26 the same mains, pipes, or cattleways or from the same mains, 27 pipes, or cattleways not being kept in a proper state of 28 repair. 29 2. The location of such mains or pipes shall may be changed, 30 on reasonable notice, when such change shall be is necessary in 31 due to the improvement or maintenance of the highway. 32 Sec. 166. Section 321.57, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 33 amended to read as follows: 34 4. The provisions of this section and sections 321.58 35 -58- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 58/ 129
H.F. 739 to through 321.62 shall not apply to any vehicles offered 1 for hire, work or service vehicles owned by a transporter or 2 dealer. 3 Sec. 167. Section 321.236, subsection 1, paragraphs c and d, 4 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 5 c. (1) If the local authority regulating the standing 6 or parking of vehicles under this subsection is located in a 7 county where the renewal of registration of a vehicle shall be 8 refused for unpaid restitution under section 321.40 , the simple 9 notice of fine under paragraph “b” shall contain the following 10 statement: 11 Failure to pay restitution owed by you can be grounds for 12 refusing to renew your motor vehicle’s registration. 13 (2) This paragraph “c” does not invalidate forms for notice 14 of parking violations in existence prior to July 1, 1980. 15 Existing forms may be used until supplies are exhausted. 16 d. (1) If the local authority regulating the standing or 17 parking of vehicles under this subsection is a county or is a 18 city which has an agreement with a county treasurer by which 19 the renewal of registration of a vehicle shall be refused for 20 uncontested and unpaid parking fines under section 321.40 , the 21 simple notice of a fine under paragraph “b” shall contain the 22 following statement: 23 Failure to pay parking fines owed by you can be grounds for 24 refusing to renew your motor vehicle’s registration. 25 (2) This paragraph “d” does not invalidate forms for notice 26 of parking violations in existence prior to July 1, 2007. 27 Existing forms may be used until supplies are exhausted. 28 Sec. 168. Section 321.236, subsection 8, Code 2021, is 29 amended to read as follows: 30 8. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in sections 31 321.471 to through 321.473 . 32 Sec. 169. Section 321.266, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 33 amended to read as follows: 34 3. Every law enforcement officer who, in the regular course 35 -59- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 59/ 129
H.F. 739 of duty, investigates a motor vehicle accident of which report 1 must be made as required in subsections 1 to 3 of this section 2 and 2 , either at the time of and at the scene of the accident 3 or thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses shall, 4 within twenty-four hours after completing such investigation, 5 forward a written report of such accident to the department. 6 Sec. 170. Section 321.291, Code 2021, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 321.291 Information or notice. 9 In every charge of violation of section 321.285 the 10 information citation or complaint , and also the notice to 11 appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is 12 alleged to have driven and the speed limit applicable within 13 the district or at the location. 14 Sec. 171. Section 321.314, Code 2021, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 321.314 When signal required. 17 No person shall turn a vehicle from a direct course upon 18 a highway unless and until such movement can be made with 19 reasonable safety and then only after giving a clearly audible 20 signal by sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected 21 by such movement or after giving an appropriate signal in 22 the manner hereinafter provided in sections 321.315 through 23 321.318 in the event any other vehicle may be affected by such 24 movement. 25 Sec. 172. Section 321.316, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 321.316 Stopping. 28 No A person shall not stop or suddenly decrease the speed 29 of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the 30 manner provided herein in sections 321.314, 321.315, 321.317, 31 and 321.318 to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the 32 rear when there is opportunity to give such signal. 33 Sec. 173. Section 321.318, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 34 2021, is amended to read as follows: 35 -60- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 60/ 129
H.F. 739 All signals herein required under this chapter which may be 1 given by hand and arm shall when so given be given from the left 2 side of the vehicle and the following manner and interpretation 3 thereof is suggested: 4 Sec. 174. Section 321.359, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 321.359 Moving other vehicle. 7 No A person shall not move a vehicle not owned by such that 8 person into any such prohibited area described in section 9 321.358 or away to a place that is an unlawful distance from a 10 curb such distance as is unlawful . 11 Sec. 175. Section 321.398, Code 2021, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 321.398 Lamps on other vehicles and equipment. 14 All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles and including 15 those referred to in section 321.383 not hereinbefore 16 specifically required to be equipped with lamps, shall at the 17 times specified in section 321.384 be equipped with at least 18 one lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light visible 19 from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such 20 vehicle and, except for animal-drawn vehicles, with a lamp 21 or lantern exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of 22 five hundred feet to the rear. Animal-drawn vehicles shall be 23 equipped with a flashing amber light visible from a distance 24 of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle during the time 25 specified in section 321.384 . 26 Sec. 176. Section 321.409, subsection 1, unnumbered 27 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 28 Except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this chapter , 29 the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary 30 passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles other 31 than motorcycles or motorized bicycles shall be so arranged 32 that the driver may select at will between distributions 33 of light projected to different elevations and the lamps 34 may, in addition, be so arranged that selection can be made 35 -61- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 61/ 129
H.F. 739 automatically, subject to the following limitations: 1 Sec. 177. Section 321.420, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 321.420 Number of lamps lighted. 4 Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlamps as herein 5 required in this chapter is also equipped with any auxiliary 6 lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof 7 projecting a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred 8 candlepower, not more than a total of four of any such lamps on 9 the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when 10 upon a highway. 11 Sec. 178. Section 321.501, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 12 2021, is amended to read as follows: 13 Plaintiff The plaintiff in any such action against a 14 nonresident shall cause the original notice of suit to be 15 served as follows: 16 Sec. 179. Section 321.507, Code 2021, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 321.507 Venue of actions. 19 Actions against nonresidents as contemplated by this law 20 sections 321.498, 321.500 through 321.502, 321.504 through 21 321.506, and 321.508 through 321.512 may be brought in the 22 county of which plaintiff is a resident, or in the county in 23 which the injury was received, or damage done. 24 Sec. 180. Section 321A.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 25 2021, is amended to read as follows: 26 a. The department shall administer and enforce the 27 provisions of this chapter and may make rules necessary for its 28 administration and shall provide for hearings upon request of 29 persons aggrieved by orders or acts of the department under the 30 provisions of sections 321A.4 to through 321A.11 . 31 Sec. 181. Section 321A.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 321A.10 Custody, disposition, and return of security. 34 1. Security deposited in compliance with the requirements 35 -62- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 62/ 129
H.F. 739 of sections 321A.4 through 321A.9 , this section , and section 1 321A.11 shall be placed by the department in the custody of the 2 state treasurer and shall be applicable only to the payment of 3 a judgment or judgments rendered against the person or persons 4 on whose behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising 5 out of the accident in question in an action at law, begun 6 not later than one year after the date of such accident, or 7 within one year after the date of deposit of any security under 8 section 321A.7, subsection 3 , and such . 9 2. The deposit or any balance thereof of the deposit shall 10 be returned to the depositor or the depositor’s personal 11 representative when evidence satisfactory to the department has 12 been filed with the department that there one of the following 13 has occurred: 14 a. There has been a release from liability, or a final 15 adjudication of nonliability, or a warrant for confession of 16 judgment, or a duly acknowledged agreement, in accordance with 17 section 321A.6, subsection 4 , or whenever, . 18 b. Whenever, after the expiration of one year from the 19 date of the accident, or within one year after the date of 20 deposit of any security under section 321A.7, subsection 3 , the 21 department shall be is given reasonable evidence that there is 22 no such action for damages arising out of the accident pending 23 and no judgment rendered in any such action has been left 24 unpaid. 25 Sec. 182. Section 321A.23, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 26 amended to read as follows: 27 1. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect 28 policies of automobile insurance against liability which 29 may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this 30 state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are 31 endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter , may 32 be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this 33 chapter . 34 Sec. 183. Section 321A.30, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -63- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 63/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 321A.30 Rights not affected. 2 This chapter shall not prevent the owner of a motor vehicle, 3 the registration of which has been suspended hereunder under 4 this chapter , from effecting a bona fide sale of such motor 5 vehicle to another person whose rights or privileges are not 6 suspended under this chapter nor prevent the registration of 7 such motor vehicle by such transferee. This chapter shall not 8 in any way affect the rights of any secured party or lessor of 9 a motor vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who 10 becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter . 11 Sec. 184. Section 321J.10, subsection 8, Code 2021, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 8. Subsections 1 to through 7 of this section do not apply 14 where a test may be administered under section 321J.7 . 15 Sec. 185. Section 321J.12, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 16 amended to read as follows: 17 2. The department shall require the defendant to install 18 an ignition interlock device of a type approved by the 19 commissioner of public safety on all vehicles owned or operated 20 by the defendant if the defendant seeks a temporary restricted 21 license. A temporary restricted license shall not be granted 22 by the department until the defendant installs the ignition 23 interlock device. 24 Sec. 186. Section 321J.20, subsection 5, Code 2021, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 5. A person holding a temporary restricted license issued 27 by the department under this chapter shall be prohibited from 28 operating a school bus. 29 Sec. 187. Section 323A.2, subsection 1, unnumbered 30 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 31 The orderly flow of an adequate supply of motor fuel is 32 declared to be essential to the economy and to the welfare of 33 the people of this state. Therefore, in the public interest 34 and notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of 35 -64- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 64/ 129
H.F. 739 any franchise, a franchisee unable to obtain motor fuel from 1 the franchisor may purchase the fuel from another available 2 source, subject to subsections 2 to through 5 and provided the 3 franchisee has done all of the following: 4 Sec. 188. Section 327C.21, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 327C.21 Costs —— attorney’s fees. 7 When a decree shall be is entered against a railroad 8 corporation or person under sections 327C.16 to through 9 327C.20 , the court shall render judgment for costs, and 10 attorney’s fees for counsel representing the state. 11 Sec. 189. Section 327D.40, Code 2021, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 327D.40 Authorization. 14 Sections 327D.1 to through 327D.29 of this chapter shall 15 not be construed to prohibit the making of rates by two or 16 more railway companies for the transportation of property over 17 two or more of their respective lines within the state; and a 18 less lower charge by each of said companies for its portion 19 of such joint shipment than it charges for a shipment for the 20 same distance wholly over its own line within the state shall 21 not be considered a violation of said this chapter, and shall 22 not render such company liable subject to any of the penalties 23 thereof of this chapter . 24 Sec. 190. Section 327D.131, Code 2021, is amended to read 25 as follows: 26 327D.131 Prima facie evidence. 27 Certificates mentioned in sections 327D.127 to through 28 327D.130, this section, and section 327D.132 shall be prima 29 facie evidence of the facts therein recited in the certificates 30 in any action arising between consignors and consignees and 31 common carriers. 32 Sec. 191. Section 327D.132, Code 2021, is amended to read 33 as follows: 34 327D.132 Violation —— penalty. 35 -65- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 65/ 129
H.F. 739 Any common carrier operating in this state violating any 1 of the provisions of sections 327D.127 to through 327D.131 by 2 neglecting or refusing to weigh cars or to furnish certificates 3 of weights as therein provided in those sections shall, upon 4 conviction, be subject to a schedule “one” penalty. 5 Sec. 192. Section 327D.190, Code 2021, is amended to read 6 as follows: 7 327D.190 Damages by fire. 8 Any corporation operating a railway shall be liable for 9 all damages sustained by any person on account of loss of or 10 injury to the person’s property occasioned by fire set out or 11 caused by the operation of such railway. Such damages may 12 be recovered by the party injured in the manner set out in 13 sections 327G.6 to through 327G.8 and to the same extent, save 14 as to double damages. 15 Sec. 193. Section 327G.68, Code 2021, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 327G.68 Failure of company to act. 18 In case of failure, neglect, or refusal of any railroad 19 company to comply with any of the provisions of sections 20 327G.65 to through 327G.67 , the person, firm, corporation, or 21 association primarily to be served thereby may file a complaint 22 with the department setting forth the facts upon which such 23 grievance is based. The said department after reasonable 24 notice to the railroad company shall investigate and determine 25 all matters in controversy and make such order as the facts 26 in relation thereto will warrant. Any such order shall have 27 the same force and effect as other orders made by said the 28 department in other proceedings within its jurisdiction and 29 shall be enforced in the same manner. 30 Sec. 194. Section 329.6, Code 2021, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 329.6 Zoning powers. 33 1. If any municipality owning or controlling an airport 34 adjacent to which there is an airport hazard area shall fail 35 -66- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 66/ 129
H.F. 739 or refuse, within sixty days after demand made upon it by 1 the department, to adopt reasonably adequate airport zoning 2 regulations under section 329.3 , or to proceed as provided in 3 section 329.4 , the department may petition the district court 4 of the county in which such airport hazard area, or any part 5 thereof, is located, in the name of the state, praying that 6 zoning regulations be established for the airport hazard area 7 in question, and the provisions of section 329.4, subsections 3 8 to through 9 , shall apply to such actions provided, however, 9 that such municipality shall be joined as a party defendant in 10 any such action. 11 2. The department may maintain actions in equity to restrain 12 and abate as nuisances the creation or establishment of airport 13 hazards appertaining to any airport within the state, in 14 violation of any zoning regulations adopted or established 15 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter . 16 Sec. 195. Section 331.303, subsection 6, Code 2021, is 17 amended to read as follows: 18 6. Adopt rules relating to the labor of prisoners in the 19 county jail in accordance with sections 356.16 to through 20 356.19 , and may establish the cost of board and provide for the 21 transportation of certain prisoners in accordance with section 22 356.30 . 23 Sec. 196. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraphs i and r, 24 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 25 i. One or more county engineers in accordance with sections 26 309.17 to through 309.19 . 27 r. A county zoning commission, an administrative officer, 28 and a board of adjustment in accordance with sections 335.8 to 29 through 335.11 , if the board adopts county zoning under chapter 30 335 . 31 Sec. 197. Section 331.323, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 32 2021, is amended to read as follows: 33 a. Require additional security on an officer’s bond, in 34 accordance with sections 65.2 and 65.3 , or hear a petition of 35 -67- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 67/ 129
H.F. 739 the surety for release and require a new bond, in accordance 1 with sections 65.4 to through 65.8 . 2 Sec. 198. Section 331.324, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 3 2021, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. Grant claims for mileage and expenses of officers and 5 employees in accordance with sections 70A.9 to through 70A.13 6 and section 331.215, subsection 2 . 7 Sec. 199. Section 331.341, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 3. Contracts for improvements which may be paid for from 10 the secondary road fund shall be awarded in accordance with 11 sections 309.40 to through 309.41, 309.43 , 310.14 , 314.1 , 12 314.2 , and other applicable state law. 13 Sec. 200. Section 331.362, subsections 8 and 9, Code 2021, 14 are amended to read as follows: 15 8. The board shall proceed upon a petition to construct a 16 sidewalk in accordance with sections 320.1 to through 320.3 . 17 The board may grant permission to lay gas and water mains, 18 construct and maintain cattleways, or construct sidewalks 19 in connection with the secondary roads, in accordance with 20 sections 320.4 to through 320.8 . 21 9. A county may regulate traffic on and use of the secondary 22 roads, in accordance with sections 321.236 to through 321.239, 23 321.241, 321.247 through 321.250, 321.254 , 321.255 , 321.285, 24 subsection 4 , sections 321.352 , 321.471 to through 321.473 , and 25 other applicable provisions of chapter 321 , chapter 321E , and 26 sections 321G.9 , 321I.10 , and 327G.15 . 27 Sec. 201. Section 331.381, subsections 4 and 14, Code 2021, 28 are amended to read as follows: 29 4. Comply with chapter 222 , including but not limited to 30 sections 222.13 , 222.14 , and 222.59 to through 222.70, 222.73 31 through 222.75, and 222.77 through 222.82, in regard to the 32 care of persons with an intellectual disability. 33 14. Proceed in response to a petition to establish a county 34 library district in accordance with sections 336.2 to through 35 -68- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 68/ 129
H.F. 739 336.5 , or a petition to provide library service by contract or 1 to terminate the service under section 336.18 . 2 Sec. 202. Section 331.382, subsection 1, paragraphs b and i, 3 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 4 b. Establishment of a water recreational area as provided in 5 sections 461A.59 to through 461A.78 . 6 i. Establishment of an airport commission as provided in 7 sections 330.17 to through 330.20 . 8 Sec. 203. Section 331.401, subsection 1, paragraphs b, k, 9 and m, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 10 b. Establish budgets for the farm-to-market road fund and 11 the secondary road fund in accordance with sections 309.10 and 12 309.93 to through 309.97 . 13 k. Levy taxes as certified to it by tax-certifying bodies 14 in the county, in accordance with the statutes authorizing the 15 levies and in accordance with chapter 24 , and sections 444.1 to 16 through 444.4, and sections 444.6 through 444.8, and levy taxes 17 as required in chapters 433 , 434 , 437 , and 438 . 18 m. Apportion taxes upon receipt of a petition, in accordance 19 with sections 449.1A to through 449.3 . 20 Sec. 204. Section 331.402, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 21 amended to read as follows: 22 1. The payment of county obligations by anticipatory 23 warrants is subject to chapters 74 and 74A and other applicable 24 state law. Anticipatory warrants drawn on the secondary road 25 fund are also subject to sections 309.46 to through 309.55 . 26 Sec. 205. Section 331.502, subsections 10, 19, and 28, Code 27 2021, are amended to read as follows: 28 10. Carry out duties relating to the determination of 29 residency, collection of funds due the county, and support of 30 persons with an intellectual disability as provided in sections 31 222.13 , 222.50 , 222.61 to through 222.66 , 222.69 , and 222.74 . 32 19. Carry out duties relating to the establishment, 33 alteration, and vacation of public highways as provided in 34 sections 306.21 , 306.25 , 306.29 to 306.31 , 306.30 , 306.37 , and 35 -69- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 69/ 129
H.F. 739 306.40 . 1 28. Carry out duties relating to the establishment and 2 management of levee and drainage districts as provided in 3 chapter 468, subchapter I, parts 1 to through 5 , chapter 468, 4 subchapter II, parts 1, 3, and 6 , and chapter 468, subchapters 5 III and V . 6 Sec. 206. Section 331.512, subsections 2, 6, 7, and 10, Code 7 2021, are amended to read as follows: 8 2. Carry out duties relating to tax sales of property within 9 special charter cities as provided in sections 420.220 to 10 through 420.229 . 11 6. Carry out duties relating to the preparation of the tax 12 list as provided in sections 428.4 , 441.17 , 441.21 , 443.2 to 13 through 443.4, 443.6 through 443.9, and 443.21 . 14 7. Carry out duties relating to the valuation and taxation 15 of telegraph and telephone companies as provided in sections 16 433.8 to through 433.10 including mapping requirements as 17 provided in sections 433.14 and 433.15 . 18 10. Carry out duties relating to the valuation and taxation 19 of pipeline companies as provided in sections 438.14 to through 20 438.16 . 21 Sec. 207. Section 331.552, subsections 5, 13, 19, and 25, 22 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 23 5. Account for, report, and pay into the state treasury any 24 money, property, or securities received on behalf of the state 25 as provided in sections 8A.506 to through 8A.508 . 26 13. Make transfer payments to the state for school expenses 27 for blind and deaf and hard-of-hearing children and support of 28 persons with mental illness as provided in sections 230.21 , and 29 269.2 , and 270.7 . 30 19. Carry out duties relating to the sale and redemption of 31 anticipatory certificates for secondary road construction as 32 provided in sections 309.50 to through 309.55 . 33 25. Carry out duties relating to the funding of drainage 34 districts as provided in chapter 468, subchapter I, parts 1 35 -70- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 70/ 129
H.F. 739 to through 5 , chapter 468, subchapter II, parts 1, 5, and 6 , 1 chapter 468, subchapter III , and chapter 468, subchapter IV, 2 parts 1 and 2 . 3 Sec. 208. Section 331.554, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 4 2021, is amended to read as follows: 5 b. In lieu of the requirements and procedures specified 6 in sections 74.1 , 74.2 , and 74.3 , when warrants other than 7 anticipatory warrants are presented for payment and not paid 8 for want of funds or are only partially paid, the treasurer 9 may issue a warrant order for an amount equal to the unpaid 10 warrants drawn on a fund. The warrant order shall be dated 11 and include the fund name, amount, and the rate of interest 12 established under section 74A.6 . The warrant order shall be 13 endorsed by the treasurer, “not paid for want of funds”, and 14 include the treasurer’s signature. The treasurer shall keep 15 a list of all warrants comprising a warrant order and shall 16 submit a duplicate copy of the warrant order to the auditor. 17 The procedures of sections 74.4 to through 74.7 apply to 18 warrant orders. 19 Sec. 209. Section 331.557, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, 20 are amended to read as follows: 21 1. Issue, renew, and replace lost or damaged vehicle 22 registration cards or plates and issue and transfer 23 certificates of title for vehicles as provided in sections 24 321.17 to through 321.20B, 321.22 through 321.26, 321.28 25 through 321.32, 321.34, 321.35, and 321.37 through 321.52. 26 2. Collect, pay to the state, or refund registration fees 27 as provided in sections 321.105 to through 321.106, 321.109 28 through 321.113, 321.115 through 321.117, 321.119 through 29 321.135, 321.145, and 321.148 through 321.156. 30 Sec. 210. Section 331.559, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 31 amended to read as follows: 32 1. Determine and collect taxes on mobile homes and 33 manufactured homes as provided in sections 435.22 to through 34 435.26 . 35 -71- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 71/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 211. Section 331.602, subsection 29, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 29. Record the name and description of a farm as provided in 3 sections 557.22 to through 557.26 . 4 Sec. 212. Section 331.653, subsections 30 and 32, Code 2021, 5 are amended to read as follows: 6 30. Collect unpaid motor vehicle fees and penalties as 7 provided in sections 321.133 to through 321.135 . 8 32. Enforce sections 321.372 to through 321.379 relating to 9 school buses. 10 Sec. 213. Section 335.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 335.12 Rules. 13 The board of adjustment shall adopt rules in accordance with 14 the provisions of any regulation or ordinance adopted pursuant 15 to this chapter . Meetings of the board of adjustment shall be 16 held at the call of the chairperson and at such other times 17 as the board may determine. Such The chairperson, or in the 18 chairperson’s absence, the acting chairperson, may administer 19 oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of 20 the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep 21 minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member 22 upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating 23 such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other 24 official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in 25 the office of the board and shall be a public record. 26 Sec. 214. Section 335.16, Code 2021, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 335.16 Decision. 29 In exercising the above mentioned powers such in section 30 335.15, the board of adjustment may, in conformity with 31 the provisions of this chapter , reverse or affirm, wholly 32 or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, 33 or determination appealed from and may make such order, 34 requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, 35 -72- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 72/ 129
H.F. 739 and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from 1 whom the appeal is taken. 2 Sec. 215. Section 335.17, Code 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 335.17 Vote required. 5 The concurring vote of three members of the board 6 of adjustment shall be necessary to reverse any order, 7 requirement, decision, or determination of any such an 8 administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant 9 on any matter upon which it the board is required to pass under 10 any such an ordinance or to effect any variation in such an 11 ordinance. 12 Sec. 216. Section 335.19, Code 2021, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 335.19 Review by court. 15 Upon the presentation of such petition, the court may allow 16 a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to 17 review such the decision of the board of adjustment and shall 18 prescribe therein within the writ the time within which a 19 return thereto must be made and served upon the relator’s 20 attorney, which shall not be less than ten days and may be 21 extended by the court. The allowance of the writ shall not 22 stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court 23 may, on application, on notice to the board and on due cause 24 shown, grant a restraining order. 25 Sec. 217. Section 335.20, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 335.20 Record advanced. 28 The board of adjustment shall not be required to return the 29 original papers acted upon by it the board , but it shall be 30 sufficient to return certified or sworn copies thereof of the 31 originals or of such portions hereof of the originals as may be 32 called for by such the writ under section 335.19 . The return 33 shall concisely set forth such other facts as may be pertinent 34 and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from 35 -73- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 73/ 129
H.F. 739 and shall be verified. 1 Sec. 218. Section 335.21, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 2. Costs shall not be allowed against the board of 4 adjustment unless it shall appear appears to the court that 5 the board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with 6 malice in making the decision appealed from. 7 Sec. 219. Section 335.27, Code 2021, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 335.27 Agricultural land preservation ordinance. 10 If a county adopts an agricultural land preservation 11 ordinance under this chapter which subjects farmland to 12 the same use restrictions provided in section 352.6 for 13 agricultural areas, then section 6B.3, subsection 1 , paragraph 14 “f” , and sections 352.10 to through 352.12 shall apply to farms 15 and farm operations which are subject to the agricultural land 16 preservation ordinance. 17 Sec. 220. Section 335.30, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 18 amended to read as follows: 19 1. A county shall not adopt or enforce zoning regulations or 20 other ordinances which disallow the plans and specifications of 21 a proposed residential structure solely because the proposed 22 structure is a manufactured home. However, a zoning ordinance 23 or regulation shall require that a manufactured home be located 24 and installed according to the same standards, including but 25 not limited to , a permanent foundation system, set-back, and 26 minimum square footage , which would apply to a site-built, 27 single family dwelling on the same lot, and shall require 28 that the home is assessed and taxed as a site-built dwelling. 29 A zoning ordinance or other regulation shall not require a 30 perimeter foundation system for a manufactured home which is 31 incompatible with the structural design of the manufactured 32 home structure. A county shall not require more than one 33 permanent foundation system for a manufactured home. For 34 purposes of this section , a permanent foundation may be a 35 -74- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 74/ 129
H.F. 739 pier footing foundation system designed and constructed to be 1 compatible with the structure and the conditions of the site. 2 When units are located outside a manufactured home community 3 or mobile home park, requirements may be imposed which ensure 4 visual compatibility of the permanent foundation system 5 with surrounding residential structures. As used in this 6 section , “manufactured home” means a factory-built structure, 7 which is manufactured or constructed under the authority of 42 8 U.S.C. §5403 and is to be used as a place for human habitation, 9 but which is not constructed or equipped with a permanent hitch 10 or other device allowing it to be moved other than for the 11 purpose of moving to a permanent site, and which does not have 12 permanently attached to its body or frame any wheels or axles. 13 This section shall not be construed as abrogating a recorded 14 restrictive covenant. 15 Sec. 221. Section 349.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 349.10 New date fixed if all rejected. 18 If all certified statements are rejected under the 19 provisions of section 349.9 , the board shall fix a new date 20 for the selection of official newspapers and nothing herein in 21 this chapter shall be construed to prevent the applicants so 22 rejected from filing new certified statements. 23 Sec. 222. Section 356.15, subsection 1, unnumbered 24 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 25 All charges and expenses for the safekeeping and maintenance 26 of prisoners shall be allowed by the board of supervisors, 27 with the exception of charges and expenses for the following 28 prisoners: 29 Sec. 223. Section 356.28, Code 2021, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 356.28 Employment. 32 The sheriff or any suitable person or agency designated by 33 the court may endeavor to secure employment for unemployed 34 prisoners granted privileges under sections 356.26 to through 35 -75- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 75/ 129
H.F. 739 356.35 . 1 Sec. 224. Section 356.30, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 356.30 Prisoner to pay for board —— limitations. 4 Every prisoner of a county jail under a sentence to 5 accommodate the person’s work schedule in accordance with 6 section 356.26 is liable for the cost of the prisoner’s board 7 in the jail as fixed by the county board of supervisors. The 8 sheriff shall charge the prisoner’s account for the board and 9 any meals provided in section 356.31 . If the prisoner is 10 gainfully self-employed the prisoner shall pay the sheriff for 11 the board, in default of which the prisoner’s privilege under 12 this chapter is automatically forfeited. If necessarily absent 13 from jail at a meal time, the prisoner shall at the prisoner’s 14 request be furnished with a lunch to carry to work. If the 15 jail food is furnished directly, by the county, the sheriff 16 shall account for and pay over the meal payments to the county 17 treasurer. The county board of supervisors may by resolution 18 provide that the county furnish or pay for the transportation 19 of prisoners employed under sections 356.26 to through 356.35 20 to and from the place of employment. However, the charges 21 for board and meals under this section shall not exceed 22 fifty percent of the wages or salaries of the prisoner, after 23 deductions required by law, including deductions to satisfy 24 any court-ordered child support obligations, earned during the 25 period of time for which the charges are made. 26 Sec. 225. Section 356.33, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 27 amended to read as follows: 28 1. District judges, district associate judges, and judicial 29 magistrates, within their respective jurisdictional authority, 30 may make all determinations and orders under sections 356.26 31 to through 356.35 . 32 Sec. 226. Section 356A.4, Code 2021, is amended to read as 33 follows: 34 356A.4 Work release. 35 -76- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 76/ 129
H.F. 739 A person detained, committed, or transferred to a facility 1 established and maintained pursuant to section 356A.1 or 2 356A.2 , may further be released from such facility during 3 necessary and reasonable hours, by court order, for the 4 purposes stated in section 356.26 . Such release and any wages 5 earned shall be governed by the provisions of sections 356.27 6 to through 356.35 except that during such time the released 7 person shall not be in the legal custody of the sheriff; any 8 wages earned shall be collected, managed, and dispensed by the 9 person in charge of the facility and not the sheriff; and any 10 wages earned shall first be applied to the reasonable cost of 11 housing such person in the facility. 12 Sec. 227. Section 357.5, Code 2021, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 357.5 Decision at hearing. 15 On the day fixed for such hearing under section 357.4 , 16 the board of supervisors shall by resolution establish the 17 benefited water district or disallow the petition. For 18 adequate reasons , the board of supervisors may defer action 19 on such the petition for not to exceed ten days after the day 20 first set for a hearing. 21 Sec. 228. Section 357.8, Code 2021, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 357.8 Plat. 24 The said engineer appointed under section 357.6 shall 25 prepare a preliminary plat showing the proper design in general 26 outline, the size and location of the water mains, the general 27 location of hydrants, if such hydrants are included in said the 28 petition, valves , and other appurtenances, and shall show the 29 lots and parcels of land within the proposed district as they 30 appear on the county auditor’s plat books, together with the 31 names of the owners and the amount which it is estimated that 32 such each lot or parcel will be assessed. 33 Sec. 229. Section 357.14, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 34 amended to read as follows: 35 -77- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 77/ 129
H.F. 739 1. If the result of said majority of votes cast at the 1 election be are in favor of said the improvement, the board of 2 supervisors shall instruct the engineer to complete the plans 3 and specifications, ready for receiving bids for construction 4 of the project , which the . The engineer shall do complete the 5 plans and specifications within thirty days of receiving notice 6 to do so, unless for adequate reason the board shall extend 7 extends the time. 8 Sec. 230. Section 357.24, Code 2021, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 357.24 Fee of engineer. 11 The fee for engineering services shall be fixed by the board 12 of supervisors and the engineer may be paid either a percentage 13 or a per diem , from proceeds of the bond sale or by cash from 14 the contractor, if the contractor takes bonds in settlement for 15 the contractor’s work under the contract. 16 Sec. 231. Section 357.26, Code 2021, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 357.26 Duties of trustees. 19 It is anticipated that this chapter will usually be utilized 20 to finance a distribution system where the source of supply 21 is without the district, and not under its control, and that 22 individuals within the district will pay water rent to a 23 municipality or corporation without the district. It is 24 intended that the trustees may so operate the utility as will 25 best serve the users, and they are expressly authorized to buy 26 and sell water, to fix the rates to consumers and make all 27 contracts reasonable or necessary to accomplish the purpose of 28 this chapter and to carry on all the operations incident to 29 maintaining and operating said utility and to the procuring and 30 furnishing of water to the consumers therein in the district . 31 If the development of a source of supply is within the means of 32 the district, the trustees may install wells, tanks, meters , 33 and any other equipment properly pertaining to operate it the 34 utility . 35 -78- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 78/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 232. Section 359.31, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 359.31 Power and control. 3 Township trustees shall control any such cemeteries, or 4 appoint trustees for the same cemeteries , or sell the same 5 property to any private corporation for cemetery purposes. 6 Sec. 233. Section 359.45, Code 2021, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 359.45 Anticipatory bonds. 9 Townships may anticipate the collection of taxes authorized 10 by section 359.43 and for such purposes may direct the county 11 board of supervisors to issue bonds under sections 331.441 to 12 through 331.449 relating to essential county purpose bonds 13 except that the bonds are payable only from tax levies on 14 property subject to the levy under section 359.43 . 15 Sec. 234. Section 360.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 16 to read as follows: 17 1. The trustees, on a petition of a majority of the 18 resident freeholders of any civil township, shall request the 19 county commissioner of elections to submit the question of 20 building or acquiring by purchase, or acquiring by a lease with 21 purchase option, a public hall to the electors thereof. The 22 county commissioner shall conduct the election pursuant to the 23 applicable provisions of chapters 39 to through 53 and certify 24 the result to the trustees. 25 Sec. 235. Section 364.17, subsection 3, paragraph a, 26 subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 27 (3) Authority for the issuance of citations pursuant 28 to sections 805.1 to through 805.5 upon a failure to 29 satisfactorily remedy a violation. 30 Sec. 236. Section 372.2, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 31 2021, is amended to read as follows: 32 b. The council shall notify the county commissioner of 33 elections to publish notice of the election and conduct the 34 election pursuant to chapters 39 to through 53 . The county 35 -79- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 79/ 129
H.F. 739 commissioner of elections shall certify the results of the 1 election to the council. 2 Sec. 237. Section 384.54, subsection 13, Code 2021, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 13. Corrections of assessments or valuations made by order 5 of the district court are conclusive and not subject to review 6 on appeal, or otherwise, except as provided in subsections 10 7 to through 12 of this section . When court confirmation is 8 obtained there is no right of appeal under the provisions of 9 section 384.66 . 10 Sec. 238. Section 384.75, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 11 amended to read as follows: 12 1. Any provision of law, resolution, or ordinance 13 specifying a time when or the order in which acts must be done 14 in a proceeding which may result in a special assessment, is 15 subject to the qualifications of sections 384.72 to through 16 384.74 . 17 Sec. 239. Section 384.76, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 384.76 Application to joint undertakings. 20 The provisions of this subchapter apply to any public 21 improvement undertaken jointly by the city and another city or 22 by the city and the state or any other political subdivision 23 of the state, and a city may enter into an agreement for such 24 purpose under the provisions of chapter 28E and may assess and 25 pay its portion of the cost of a public improvement as provided 26 in this subchapter , but any requirement of this subchapter 27 in respect to approval of detailed plans and specifications, 28 calling for construction bids, awarding construction contracts 29 and acceptance of the completed improvement may be carried 30 out by each city with other cities, the state or any other 31 political subdivision of the state, as provided in an 32 agreement entered into as permitted by chapter 28E . However, 33 an agreement between the city and the state department of 34 transportation is also governed by the provisions of sections 35 -80- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 80/ 129
H.F. 739 313.21 to through 313.23 . 1 Sec. 240. Section 386.7, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 1. Section 386.6, subsections 1 to through 5 , are applicable 4 to a self-liquidating improvement to the same extent as they 5 are applicable to an improvement and the proceedings initiating 6 a self-liquidating improvement shall be governed thereby. 7 Sec. 241. Section 390.3, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 8 to read as follows: 9 2. However, in the performance of a joint agreement, 10 the governing body is not subject to statutes generally 11 applicable to public contracts, including hearings on 12 plans, specifications, form of contracts, costs, notice , and 13 competitive bidding required under chapter 26 and section 14 384.103 , unless all parties to the joint agreement are cities 15 located within the state of Iowa. 16 Sec. 242. Section 403.15, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 17 amended to read as follows: 18 1. There is hereby created in each municipality a public 19 body corporate and politic to be known as the “urban renewal 20 agency” of the municipality. An urban renewal agency shall not 21 transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder under 22 this chapter until or unless the local governing body has made 23 the finding prescribed in section 403.4 , and has elected to 24 have the urban renewal project powers exercised by an urban 25 renewal agency as provided in section 403.14 . 26 Sec. 243. Section 403.16, Code 2021, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 403.16 Personal interest prohibited. 29 1. For purposes of this section: 30 a. “Action” does not include resolutions advisory to the 31 local governing body or agency by any citizens group, board, 32 body, or commission designated to serve a purely advisory 33 approving or recommending function under this chapter. 34 b. “Action affecting such property” includes only that 35 -81- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 81/ 129
H.F. 739 action directly and specifically affecting such property as 1 a separate property but shall not include any action, any 2 benefits of which accrue to the public generally, or which 3 affects all or a substantial portion of the properties included 4 or planned to be included in such a project. 5 c. “Participation” does not include discussion or debate 6 preliminary to a vote of a local governing body or agency upon 7 proposed ordinances or resolutions relating to such a project 8 or any abstention from such a vote. 9 2. No A public official or employee of a municipality, 10 or board or commission thereof of a municipality , and no a 11 commissioner or employee of an urban renewal agency, which 12 has been vested by a municipality with urban renewal project 13 powers under section 403.14 , shall not voluntarily acquire any 14 personal interest , as described in this section , whether direct 15 or indirect, in any urban renewal project, or in any property 16 included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project 17 of such municipality, or in any contract or proposed contract 18 in connection with such urban renewal project. Where such 19 an acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired shall 20 be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing 21 body, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of 22 the governing body. If any such official, commissioner, or 23 employee presently owns or controls, or has owned or controlled 24 within the preceding two years, any interest , as described 25 proscribed in this section , whether direct or indirect, in any 26 property which the official, commissioner, or employee knows is 27 included or planned to be included in an urban renewal project, 28 the official, commissioner, or employee shall immediately 29 disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body, 30 and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the 31 governing body ; and any . Any such official, commissioner, or 32 employee with an interest proscribed in this section shall not 33 participate in any action by the municipality, or board or 34 commission thereof of the municipality , or urban renewal agency 35 -82- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 82/ 129
H.F. 739 affecting such property, which is proscribed in this section . 1 For the purposes of this section the following definitions and 2 standards of construction shall apply: 3 1. “Action affecting such property” shall include only 4 that action directly and specifically affecting such property 5 as a separate property but shall not include any action, any 6 benefits of which accrue to the public generally, or which 7 affects all or a substantial portion of the properties included 8 or planned to be included in such a project. 9 2. 3. Employment by a public body, its agencies, or 10 institutions or by any other person having such an interest 11 proscribed in this section shall not be deemed an interest 12 by such the employee or of any ownership or control by such 13 the employee of interests of the employee’s employer. Such 14 an employee may participate in an urban renewal project 15 so long as any benefits of such participation accrue to 16 the public generally, such participation affects all or a 17 substantial portion of the properties included or planned to 18 be included in such a project, or such participation promotes 19 the public purposes of such project, and shall limit only that 20 participation by an employee which directly or specifically 21 affects property in which an employer of an employee has an 22 interest. 23 3. The word “participation” shall be deemed not to include 24 discussion or debate preliminary to a vote of a local governing 25 body or agency upon proposed ordinances or resolutions relating 26 to such a project or any abstention from such a vote. 27 4. The designation of a bank or trust company as depository, 28 paying agent, or agent for investment of funds shall not be 29 deemed a matter of interest or personal interest proscribed by 30 this section . 31 5. Stock ownership in a corporation having such an interest 32 shall not be deemed an indicia of an interest , or of ownership 33 or control by the person owning such stocks , proscribed by this 34 section when less than five percent of the outstanding stock of 35 -83- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 83/ 129
H.F. 739 the corporation is owned or controlled directly or indirectly 1 by such person. 2 6. The word “action” shall not be deemed to include 3 resolutions advisory to the local governing body or agency by 4 any citizens group, board, body, or commission designated to 5 serve a purely advisory approving or recommending function 6 under this chapter . 7 7. 6. The limitations of this section shall be construed to 8 permit action by a public official, commissioner, or employee 9 where any benefits of such an action accrue to the public 10 generally, such the action affects all or a substantial portion 11 of the properties included or planned to be included in such 12 a project, or such the action promotes the public purposes 13 of such project , and . The limitations of this section shall 14 be construed to limit only that action by a public official, 15 commissioner, or employee which directly or specifically 16 affects property in which such official, commissioner, or 17 employee has an interest or in which an employer of such 18 official, commissioner, or employee has an interest. Any 19 disclosure required to be made by this section to the local 20 governing body shall concurrently be made to an urban renewal 21 agency which has been vested with urban renewal project 22 powers by the municipality pursuant to the provisions of 23 section 403.14 . No A commissioner or other officer of any 24 urban renewal agency, board , or commission exercising powers 25 pursuant to this chapter shall not hold any other public office 26 under the municipality, other than the commissionership or 27 office with respect to such urban renewal agency, board , or 28 commission. Any violation of the provisions of this section 29 shall constitute misconduct in office, but no ordinance or 30 resolution of a municipality or agency shall not be invalid by 31 reason of a vote or votes cast in violation of the standards of 32 this section unless such the vote or votes were decisive in the 33 passage of such the ordinance or resolution. 34 Sec. 244. Section 414.2, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -84- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 84/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 414.2 Districts. 2 For any or all of said the purposes of this chapter, the 3 local legislative body, hereinafter referred to as the council, 4 may divide the city into districts, including historical 5 preservation districts but only as provided in section 6 303.34 , of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best 7 suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter ; and within 8 such districts it the council may regulate and restrict the 9 erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or 10 use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations 11 and restrictions shall be uniform for each class or kind of 12 buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one 13 district may differ from those in other districts. 14 Sec. 245. Section 414.7, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 1. The council shall provide for the appointment of a board 17 of adjustment. In the regulations and restrictions adopted 18 pursuant to the authority of this chapter , the council shall 19 provide that the board of adjustment may in appropriate cases 20 and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards make 21 special exceptions to the terms of the ordinances in harmony 22 with its the general purpose and intent of the ordinances and 23 in accordance with general or specific rules contained in 24 the ordinance ordinances and provide that any property owner 25 aggrieved by the action of the council in the adoption of such 26 regulations and restrictions may directly petition the board 27 of adjustment direct to modify regulations and restrictions as 28 applied to such property owners. 29 Sec. 246. Section 419.13, Code 2021, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 419.13 Exception to budget law and certain bond provisions. 32 The provisions of sections 73A.12 to through 73A.16 shall 33 not apply to bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter . 34 Sec. 247. Section 419.17, subsection 1, unnumbered 35 -85- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 85/ 129
H.F. 739 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 1 Cities may also issue revenue bonds for projects located 2 within a qualified urban renewal area or an area designated 3 a revitalization area pursuant to sections 404.1 to through 4 404.7 . The revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to the 5 provisions of this chapter and all provisions of this chapter 6 shall apply, except that: 7 Sec. 248. Section 420.41, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code 8 2021, is amended to read as follows: 9 g. In respect of the power to enact, make, adopt, amend 10 and repeal ordinances necessary or proper in connection with 11 any provisions referred to in paragraphs “a” to through “f” 12 inclusive , of this subsection . 13 Sec. 249. Section 420.229, Code 2021, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 420.229 Delinquent city taxes —— exclusive collection 16 procedure. 17 All general city taxes and special assessments which, 18 under the provisions of sections 420.220 to 420.229 shall 19 through 420.228, are not be collectible by sale or shall be 20 are collectible by sale only in events or in a manner hereby 21 prescribed in this chapter shall respectively be deemed barred 22 or barred as to collection thereof in any other event or any 23 other manner than so prescribed. 24 Sec. 250. Section 420.240, Code 2021, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 420.240 Redemption statutes applicable. 27 The provisions of sections 447.7 to through 447.13 shall, 28 so far as the same those sections shall be applicable, and 29 are not herein changed or modified in this chapter , apply to 30 sales of real estate for delinquent taxes herein contemplated 31 in this chapter ; but where the words “auditor of the county” 32 or “treasurer” are used in said those sections the words “city 33 clerk”, “recorder”, “auditor”, or “person authorized to make 34 out the tax list” and “city collector” or “city treasurer or 35 -86- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 86/ 129
H.F. 739 officer authorized to receive same” shall be substituted. 1 Sec. 251. Section 420.244, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 420.244 Force and effect. 4 All deeds and conveyances hereafter made and executed on 5 account of any general or special tax sale shall be of the 6 same force and effect as deeds made by the county treasurer 7 as provided in sections 448.3 to through 448.5 for delinquent 8 county taxes. 9 Sec. 252. Section 420.245, Code 2021, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 420.245 Rights and remedies. 12 The purchaser as well as the owner of any real property 13 sold on account of such general or special delinquent taxes or 14 assessments shall be entitled to all the rights and remedies 15 which are granted and prescribed by sections 446.35 , 446.36 , 16 and 448.6 to through 448.14 , but wherever the words “county 17 and county treasurer and auditor” are used, the words “city, 18 city treasurer, city clerk, recorder, auditor, or collector or 19 officer authorized to act as collector,” collector”, shall be 20 substituted. 21 Sec. 253. Section 420.246, Code 2021, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 420.246 Tax and deed statutes applicable. 24 Sections 446.16 , 446.32 , and 448.10 to through 448.12 are 25 applicable to cities acting under special charters, except 26 that, where the word “treasurer” is used, there shall be 27 substituted the words “city collector or treasurer or deputy 28 treasurer or deputy or officer authorized to collect city 29 taxes”; and where the word “auditor” is used, there shall be 30 substituted the words “city clerk or recorder”. 31 Sec. 254. Section 420.247, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 420.247 Failure to obtain deed —— cancellation of sale. 34 After July 4, 1942, section 446.37 shall apply to cities 35 -87- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 87/ 129
H.F. 739 acting under special charter which collect their own taxes, 1 except that the terms “county auditor” and “county treasurer” 2 in said section to section 446.37 shall be taken, for the 3 purposes of this section , to refer to the persons performing 4 their respective functions in relation to tax sales by such 5 cities. 6 Sec. 255. Section 421.17, subsection 19, paragraph b, Code 7 2021, is amended to read as follows: 8 b. (1) The provisions of sections 17A.10 to through 17A.18A 9 relating to contested cases shall not apply to any matters 10 involving the equalization of valuations of classes of property 11 as authorized by this chapter and chapter 441 . 12 (2) This exemption from the provisions of sections 17A.10 13 to through 17A.18A shall not apply to a hearing before the 14 director as provided in section 441.49, subsection 5 . 15 Sec. 256. Section 421.27, subsection 9, paragraph a, 16 subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 17 (3) In this the case of all other entities, including 18 corporations described in section 422.36, subsection 5 , and all 19 other entities required to file an information return under 20 section 422.15, subsection 2 , the entity’s Iowa net income 21 after the application of the Iowa business activity ratio, if 22 applicable, multiplied by the top income tax rate imposed under 23 section 422.5A for the tax year. 24 Sec. 257. Section 422.5, subsection 1, paragraph b, 25 subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 26 (1) The tax imposed upon the taxable income of a nonresident 27 shall be computed by reducing the amount determined pursuant 28 to paragraph “a” by the amounts of nonrefundable credits under 29 this subchapter and by multiplying this resulting amount by a 30 fraction of which the nonresident’s net income allocated to 31 Iowa, as determined in section 422.8, subsection 2 , paragraph 32 “a” , is the numerator and the nonresident’s total net income 33 computed under section 422.7 is the denominator. This 34 provision subparagraph also applies to individuals who are 35 -88- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 88/ 129
H.F. 739 residents of Iowa for less than the entire tax year. 1 Sec. 258. Section 422.5, subsection 4, Code 2021, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 4. The tax herein levied under this section shall be 4 computed and collected as hereinafter provided in this 5 subchapter . 6 Sec. 259. Section 422.7, subsection 12, paragraph a, 7 subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 8 (3) An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state 9 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and to 10 whom the interstate probation and parole compact under section 11 907A.1 , Code 2001, applies, or to whom the interstate compact 12 for adult offender supervision under chapter 907B applies. 13 Sec. 260. Section 422.7, subsection 12A, paragraph a, 14 subparagraph (2), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 15 (2) An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state 16 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and to 17 whom the interstate probation and parole compact under section 18 907A.1, Code 2001 , applies, or to whom the interstate compact 19 for adult offender supervision under chapter 907B applies. 20 Sec. 261. Section 422.7, subsection 32, paragraph c, 21 subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (b), Code 2021, is 22 amended to read as follows: 23 (b) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph subdivision 24 (ii), “elementary “Elementary or secondary school” means an all 25 of the following: 26 (i) An elementary or secondary school in this state which is 27 accredited under section 256.11 , and adheres to the provisions 28 of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 216 . 29 (ii) “Elementary or secondary school” includes an An 30 elementary or secondary school located out of state that 31 educates a beneficiary who meets the definition of “children 32 requiring special education” in section 256B.2 , if the 33 elementary or secondary school is accredited under the laws of 34 the state in which it is located and adheres to the federal 35 -89- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 89/ 129
H.F. 739 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable state law analogous to 1 chapter 216 . 2 Sec. 262. Section 422.12, subsection 2, unnumbered 3 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 4 There shall be deducted from but not to exceed the tax, after 5 the same shall have been tax is computed as provided in this 6 subchapter , the following: 7 Sec. 263. Section 422.35, subsection 6, paragraph a, 8 subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 9 (3) An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state 10 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and to 11 whom the interstate probation and parole compact under section 12 907A.1 , Code 2001, applies, or to whom the interstate compact 13 for adult offender supervision under chapter 907B applies. 14 Sec. 264. Section 422.35, subsection 6A, paragraph a, 15 subparagraph (2), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 16 (2) An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state 17 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and to 18 whom the interstate probation and parole compact under section 19 907A.1 , Code 2001, applies, or to whom the interstate compact 20 for adult offender supervision under chapter 907B applies. 21 Sec. 265. Section 422.89, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 22 2021, is amended to read as follows: 23 The penalty for underpayment of any installment of estimated 24 tax imposed under section 422.88 shall not be imposed if the 25 total amount of all payments of estimated tax made on or before 26 the last date prescribed for the payment of such installment 27 equals or exceeds the amount which would have been required 28 to be paid on or before such date if the estimated tax amount 29 amounts at least to one of the following: 30 Sec. 266. Section 426A.15, Code 2021, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 426A.15 Penalty. 33 Any person making a false affidavit for the purpose of 34 obtaining the exemption provided for in sections 426A.11 to 35 -90- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 90/ 129
H.F. 739 through 426A.14 or who knowingly receives such exemption 1 without being legally entitled thereto, or who makes claim for 2 exemption in more than one county in the state shall be guilty 3 of a fraudulent practice. 4 Sec. 267. Section 427.1, subsection 8, paragraph b, Code 5 2021, is amended to read as follows: 6 b. All deeds or leases by which such property is held shall 7 be filed for record before the property herein described in 8 this subsection shall be omitted from the assessment. All such 9 property shall be listed upon the tax rolls of the district or 10 districts in which it is located and shall have ascribed to it 11 an actual fair market value and an assessed or taxable value, 12 as contemplated by section 441.21 , whether such property be 13 is subject to a levy or be is exempted as herein provided in 14 this subsection and such information shall be open to public 15 inspection. 16 Sec. 268. Section 427A.1, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code 17 2021, is amended to read as follows: 18 h. Property assessed by the department of revenue pursuant 19 to sections 428.24 to through 428.26, 428.28, and 428.29, or 20 chapters 433 , 434 , 437 , 437A , 437B , and 438 . 21 Sec. 269. Section 427B.26, subsection 2, unnumbered 22 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 23 In lieu of the valuation and assessment provisions in 24 section 441.21, subsection 8 , paragraphs “b” , “c” , and “d” , and 25 sections 428.24 to through 428.26, 428.28, and 428.29, wind 26 energy conversion property which is first assessed for property 27 taxation on or after January 1, 1994, and on or after the 28 effective date of the ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection 29 1 , shall be valued by the local assessor for property tax 30 purposes as follows: 31 Sec. 270. Section 427B.26, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 32 amended to read as follows: 33 3. The taxpayer shall file with the local assessor by 34 February 1 of the assessment year in which the wind energy 35 -91- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 91/ 129
H.F. 739 conversion property is first assessed for property tax 1 purposes, a declaration of intent to have the property 2 assessed at the value determined under this section in lieu 3 of the valuation and assessment provisions in section 441.21, 4 subsection 8 , paragraphs “b” , “c” , and “d” , and sections 428.24 5 to through 428.26, 428.28, and 428.29. 6 Sec. 271. Section 428A.1, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2021, 7 are amended to read as follows: 8 2. When each deed, instrument, or writing by which any real 9 property in this state is granted, assigned, transferred, or 10 otherwise conveyed is presented for recording to the county 11 recorder, a declaration of value signed by at least one of the 12 sellers or one of the buyers or their agents shall be submitted 13 to the county recorder. However, if the deed, instrument, or 14 writing contains multiple parcels some of which are located in 15 more than one county, separate declarations of value shall be 16 submitted on the parcels located in each county and submitted 17 to the county recorder of that county when paying the tax as 18 provided in section 428A.5 . A declaration of value is not 19 required for those instruments described in section 428A.2, 20 subsections 2 to through 5, 7 to through 13, and 16 to through 21 21, or described in section 428A.2, subsection 6 , except in the 22 case of a federal agency or instrumentality, or if a transfer 23 is the result of acquisition of lands, whether by contract or 24 condemnation, for public purposes through an exercise of the 25 power of eminent domain. 26 3. The declaration of value shall state the full 27 consideration paid for the real property transferred. If 28 agricultural land, as defined in section 9H.1 , is purchased by 29 a corporation, limited partnership, trust, alien or nonresident 30 alien, the declaration of value shall include the name and 31 address of the buyer, the name and address of the seller, a 32 legal description of the agricultural land, and identify the 33 buyer as a corporation, limited partnership, trust, alien, or 34 nonresident alien. The county recorder shall not record the 35 -92- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 92/ 129
H.F. 739 declaration of value, but shall enter on the declaration of 1 value the information the director of revenue requires for the 2 production of the sales/assessment ratio study and transmit 3 all declarations of value to the city or county assessor in 4 whose jurisdiction the property is located. The city or county 5 assessor shall provide the information the director of revenue 6 requires for the production of the sales/assessment ratio study 7 at times as directed by the director of revenue. The assessor 8 shall retain for three years from December 31 of the year in 9 which the transfer of realty for which the declaration was 10 filed took place. The director of revenue shall, upon receipt 11 of the information required to be filed under this chapter 12 by the city or county assessor, send to the office of the 13 secretary of state that part of the declaration of value which 14 identifies a corporation, limited partnership, trust, alien, 15 or nonresident alien as a purchaser of agricultural land as 16 defined in section 9H.1 . 17 Sec. 272. Section 437.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 437.11 Rate —— purposes. 20 Such portions of the transmission line or lines within the 21 state referred to in section 437.2 , as are located outside 22 cities, shall be taxable upon said assessment provided for by 23 sections 437.6 to through 437.9 at the same rate, by the same 24 officers and for the same purposes as property of individuals 25 within such counties, townships , or lesser taxing districts, 26 outside cities, and the county treasurer shall collect said 27 taxes at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes, 28 and the same penalties shall be due and collectible as for the 29 nonpayment of individual taxes. 30 Sec. 273. Section 437.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 437.12 Assessment exclusive. 33 Every transmission line or part of a transmission line, of 34 which the department of revenue is required by this chapter 35 -93- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 93/ 129
H.F. 739 to find the value, shall be exempt from other assessment or 1 taxation either under sections 428.24 to through 428.26 , or 2 under any other law of this state except as provided in this 3 chapter . 4 Sec. 274. Section 437B.2, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 1. “Centrally assessed property tax” means property tax 7 imposed with respect to the value of property determined by the 8 director pursuant to sections 428.24 to through 428.26, 428.28, 9 and 428.29 , Code 2013, and allocated to water service. 10 Sec. 275. Section 438.7, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 438.7 Consolidated list of real estate. 13 The department of revenue shall, by some convenient method 14 of binding, arrange the statements required to be made by 15 sections 438.4 to through 438.6 so as to form a consolidated 16 list of all real estate reported to the department as being 17 owned or used for pipeline purposes within the state of Iowa. 18 Sec. 276. Section 441.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 441.22 Forest and fruit-tree reservations. 21 Forest and fruit-tree reservations fulfilling the conditions 22 of sections 427C.1 to 427C.13 chapter 427C shall be exempt from 23 taxation. In all other cases where trees are planted upon 24 any tract of land, without regard to area, for forest, fruit, 25 shade, or ornamental purposes, or for windbreaks, the assessor 26 shall not increase the valuation of the property because of 27 such improvements. 28 Sec. 277. Section 441.47, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 29 2021, is amended to read as follows: 30 The department of revenue on or about August 15, 1977, and 31 every two years thereafter shall order the equalization of the 32 levels of assessment of each class of property in the several 33 assessing jurisdictions by adding to or deducting from the 34 valuation of each class of property such percentage in each 35 -94- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 94/ 129
H.F. 739 case as may be necessary to bring the same to its taxable value 1 as fixed in this chapter , and chapters 427 to through 440, and 2 chapter 443. The department shall adjust to actual value the 3 valuation of any class of property as set out in the abstract 4 of assessment when the valuation is at least five percent above 5 or below actual value as determined by the department. For 6 purposes of such value adjustments and before such equalization 7 the director shall adopt, in the manner prescribed by chapter 8 17A , such rules as may be necessary to determine the level of 9 assessment for each class of property in each county. The 10 rules shall cover: 11 Sec. 278. Section 441.56, Code 2021, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 441.56 Assessor’s duties —— combined appointment. 14 When the duties of the county assessor are combined with the 15 duties of another officer or employee as provided in section 16 331.323, subsection 1 , the person named to perform the combined 17 duties shall be appointed as provided in sections 441.5 to 18 through 441.8 . 19 Sec. 279. Section 443.2, Code 2021, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 443.2 Tax list. 22 1. Before the first day of July in each year, the county 23 auditor shall transcribe the assessments of the townships and 24 cities into a book or record, to be known as the tax list, 25 properly ruled and headed, with separate columns, in which 26 shall be entered the names of the taxpayers, descriptions of 27 lands, number of acres and value, numbers of city lots and 28 value, and each description of tax, with a column for polls and 29 one for payments, and shall complete it by entering the amount 30 due on each installment, separately, and carrying out the total 31 of both installments. The total of all columns of each page of 32 each book or other record shall balance with the tax totals. 33 After computing the amount of tax due and payable on each 34 property, the county auditor shall round the total amount of 35 -95- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 95/ 129
H.F. 739 tax due and payable on the property to the nearest even whole 1 dollar. 2 2. The county auditor shall list the aggregate actual 3 value and the aggregate taxable value of all taxable property 4 within the county and each political subdivision including 5 property subject to the statewide property tax imposed under 6 section 437A.18 or 437B.14 on the tax list in order that the 7 actual value of the taxable property within the county or a 8 political subdivision may be ascertained and shown by the tax 9 list for the purpose of computing the debt-incurring capacity 10 of the county or political subdivision. As used in this 11 section , “actual value” is the value determined under section 12 441.21, subsections 1 to through 3 , prior to the reduction to 13 a percentage of actual value as otherwise provided in section 14 441.21 . “Actual value” of property subject to statewide 15 property tax is the assessed value under section 437A.18 or 16 437B.14 . 17 Sec. 280. Section 444.8, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 444.8 Mandatory provisions. 20 The provisions of sections 444.1 to through 444.4, 444.6, 21 and 444.7, and the methods of computation, certification, and 22 levy therein provided in those sections shall be obligatory 23 on all officers within the several counties of the state upon 24 whom devolves the duty of determining, certifying, and levying 25 taxes. 26 Sec. 281. Section 455B.137, Code 2021, is amended to read 27 as follows: 28 455B.137 Privileged information. 29 Information received by the department or any employees 30 of the department through filed reports, inspections, or as 31 otherwise authorized in this division II or chapter 459, 32 subchapter II , concerning trade secrets, secret industrial 33 processes, or other privileged communications, except emission 34 data, shall not be disclosed or opened to public inspection, 35 -96- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 96/ 129
H.F. 739 except as may be necessary in a proceeding concerning a 1 violation of said this division II or chapter 459, subchapter 2 II, or of any rules promulgated thereunder under this division 3 II or chapter 459, subchapter II , or as otherwise authorized or 4 ordered by appropriate court action or proceedings. Nothing 5 in this section shall be construed to prevent the director 6 from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to 7 the general condition of the atmosphere; provided that such 8 analyses or summaries do not reveal any information otherwise 9 confidential under this section . 10 Sec. 282. Section 455B.183, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 11 amended to read as follows: 12 4. Plans and specifications for all other waste disposal 13 systems and public water supply systems, including sewer 14 extensions and water supply distribution system extensions not 15 reviewed by a city or county public works department under 16 this section , shall be submitted to the department before a 17 written permit may be issued. Plans and specifications for 18 public water supply systems and water supply distribution 19 system extensions must be certified by a licensed engineer as 20 provided in subsection 1 , paragraph “a” . The construction of 21 any such waste disposal system or public water supply system 22 shall be in accordance with standards formulated and adopted 23 by the department commission pursuant to section 455B.173, 24 subsections 5 to through 8. If it is necessary or desirable to 25 make material changes in the plans or specifications, revised 26 plans or specifications together with reasons for the proposed 27 changes must be submitted to the department for a supplemental 28 written permit. The revised plans and specifications for a 29 public water supply system must be certified by a licensed 30 engineer as provided in subsection 1 , paragraph “a” . 31 Sec. 283. Section 455B.223, Code 2021, is amended to read 32 as follows: 33 455B.223 Competent operator required. 34 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, 35 -97- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 97/ 129
H.F. 739 municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision or 1 agency, operating a water treatment plant, water distribution 2 system , or wastewater treatment plant to operate same unless 3 the competency of the operator to operate such plant or system 4 is duly certified to by the director under the provisions of 5 this part 2 of division III. It shall also be unlawful for any 6 person to perform the duties of an operator, as defined herein 7 in this part , without being duly certified under the provisions 8 of said this part. 9 Sec. 284. Section 455B.224, Code 2021, is amended to read 10 as follows: 11 455B.224 Simple misdemeanor. 12 Any person, including any firm, corporation, municipal 13 corporation, or other governmental subdivision or agency, 14 violating any provisions of this part 2 of division III or the 15 rules adopted thereunder under this part after written notice 16 thereof of the violation by the executive director is guilty of 17 a simple misdemeanor. Each day of operation in such violation 18 of said this part or any rules adopted thereunder under this 19 part shall constitute a separate offense. It shall be the duty 20 of the appropriate county attorney to secure injunctions of 21 continuing violations of any provisions of said this part or 22 the rules adopted thereunder under this part . 23 Sec. 285. Section 455B.307, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 24 amended to read as follows: 25 2. The director may issue any order necessary to secure 26 compliance with or prevent a violation of the provisions of 27 this part 1 of division IV or the rules adopted pursuant to 28 the this part. The attorney general shall, on request of 29 the department, institute any legal proceedings necessary in 30 obtaining compliance with an order of the commission or the 31 director or prosecuting any person for a violation of the 32 provisions of the this part or rules issued pursuant to the 33 this part. 34 Sec. 286. Section 455B.473, subsection 6, Code 2021, is 35 -98- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 98/ 129
H.F. 739 amended to read as follows: 1 6. Subsections 1 to through 3 do not apply to an underground 2 storage tank for which notice was given pursuant to section 3 103, subsection c, of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 4 Compensation , and Liabilities Act of 1980. 5 Sec. 287. Section 455B.803, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 6 2021, is amended to read as follows: 7 e. On July 1, 2020, the commission shall cease enforcement 8 of the removal, collection, and recovery plans under this 9 section . On or before July 1, 2020, the commission shall 10 review the mercury-added switch removal, collection, and 11 recovery portion of this division and submit a recommendation 12 to the general assembly regarding the necessity of continuing 13 the enforcement of the removal, collection, and recovery plans 14 under this section . 15 Sec. 288. Section 456A.24, subsection 2, unnumbered 16 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 17 Acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, agreement, 18 gift, and devise lands or waters suitable for the purposes 19 hereinafter enumerated in this subsection , and rights-of-way 20 thereto to those lands and waters , and to maintain the same 21 lands and waters for the following purposes, to wit: 22 Sec. 289. Section 456A.24, subsections 3 and 7, Code 2021, 23 are amended to read as follows: 24 3. Extend and consolidate lands or waters suitable for the 25 above purposes enumerated in subsection 2 by exchange for other 26 lands or waters and to purchase, erect, and maintain buildings 27 necessary to the work of the department. 28 7. Pay the salaries, wages, compensation, traveling, 29 and other necessary expenses of the commissioners, director, 30 officers, and other employees of the department , and to ; expend 31 money for necessary supplies and equipment , ; and to make such 32 other expenditures as may be necessary for the carrying into 33 effect the purposes of this chapter . 34 Sec. 290. Section 458A.2, subsections 7 and 19, Code 2021, 35 -99- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 99/ 129
H.F. 739 are amended to read as follows: 1 7. “Gas” means and includes all natural gas and all other 2 fluid hydrocarbons which are produced at the wellhead and not 3 hereinabove defined in this section as oil. 4 19. “Waste” means and includes all of the following : 5 a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in 6 the oil and gas industry , . 7 b. The inefficient, excessive, or improper use of, or the 8 unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy , . 9 c. The location, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, 10 or producing of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which 11 causes, or tends to cause, reduction in the quantity of oil or 12 gas ultimately recoverable from a pool under prudent and proper 13 operations, or which causes or tends to cause unnecessary or 14 excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas , . 15 d. The inefficient storing of oil , and . 16 e. The production of oil or gas in excess of transportation 17 or marketing facilities or in excess of reasonable market 18 demand. 19 Sec. 291. Section 458A.16, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 20 amended to read as follows: 21 2. If any A person is guilty of a fraudulent practice if the 22 person, for the purpose of evading this chapter , or any rule or 23 order of the department, makes does any of the following: 24 a. Makes or causes to be made any false entry or statement 25 in a report required by this chapter or by any rule or order , or 26 makes . 27 b. Makes or causes to be made any false entry in any record, 28 account, or memorandum required by this chapter , or by any rule 29 or order , or omits . 30 c. Omits , or causes to be omitted, from any record, account, 31 or memorandum, full, true, and correct entries as required by 32 this chapter , or by any rule or order , or removes . 33 d. Removes from this state or destroys, mutilates, alters, 34 or falsifies any such record, account, or memorandum , the 35 -100- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 100/ 129
H.F. 739 person is guilty of a fraudulent practice required by this 1 chapter, or by any rule or order . 2 Sec. 292. Section 459.501, subsection 3, paragraph a, 3 subparagraph (3), subparagraph division (a), subparagraph 4 subdivision (i), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 5 (i) Providing for seizure of animals pursuant to sections 6 169.3D 163.3D and 169.3E 163.3E . 7 Sec. 293. Section 460.302, subsection 3, paragraph a, 8 subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 9 (1) On July 1, 1987 , initiate a pilot demonstration 10 and research project concerning elimination of groundwater 11 contamination attributed to the use of agricultural chemicals 12 and agricultural drainage wells. The project shall be 13 established in a location in north central Iowa determined by 14 the department to be the most appropriate. A demonstration 15 project shall also be established in northeast Iowa to study 16 techniques for the cleanup of sinkholes. 17 Sec. 294. Section 461A.34, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 461A.34 Powers in municipalities. 20 Municipalities, or individuals, or corporations organized 21 only for that the purpose only of establishing a park , acting 22 separately or in conjunction with each other, may establish 23 like parks outside the limits of cities , and when . If a park is 24 established without the support of the public state parks fund, 25 the municipalities, corporations, or persons establishing the 26 same park , as the case may be, shall have control thereof of 27 the park independently of the executive council ; but . However, 28 none of the said municipalities, individuals, or corporations, 29 acting under the provisions of this section shall establish, 30 maintain , or operate any such park as herein contemplated in 31 this section for pecuniary profit. 32 Sec. 295. Section 461A.44, Code 2021, is amended to read as 33 follows: 34 461A.44 Prohibited areas. 35 -101- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 101/ 129
H.F. 739 No person shall enter upon portions of any state park 1 or preserve in disregard of official signs forbidding same 2 entrance upon park or preserve property , except by permission 3 of the director or the director’s representative. 4 Sec. 296. Section 461A.59, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 461A.59 Powers in municipalities. 7 Municipalities or corporations organized only for that 8 the purpose only of establishing a water recreational area , 9 acting separately or in conjunction with each other in counties 10 not having a county conservation board, may establish water 11 recreational areas and when . If a water recreational area is 12 established without the support of public funds of the state 13 of Iowa, the municipalities or corporations establishing the 14 same water recreational area , as the case may be, shall have 15 control thereof of the water recreational area independently of 16 the executive council. 17 Sec. 297. Section 461A.61, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 18 2021, is amended to read as follows: 19 Said A petition filed under section 461A.60 shall state: 20 Sec. 298. Section 462A.14D, subsection 8, Code 2021, is 21 amended to read as follows: 22 8. Subsections 3 to through 7 of this section do not apply 23 where a test may be administered under section 462A.14A, 24 subsection 4 , paragraph “f” . 25 Sec. 299. Section 462A.29, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 462A.29 Official duty exempted. 28 Peace officers, members of the commission, its and the 29 commission’s deputies, agents, and employees are not violating 30 the provisions of this chapter while acting within the scope 31 of their employment in search and rescue operations, law 32 enforcement duty, emergency duty, and other resource management 33 activities as determined by rules of the commission. 34 Sec. 300. Section 468.37, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -102- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 102/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 468.37 Contracts. 2 All agreements and contracts for work or materials in 3 constructing the improvements of such a district shall be in 4 writing , and be signed by the chairperson of the board of 5 supervisors for and on behalf of the district and the parties 6 who are to perform the work or furnish the materials specified 7 in such the contract. Such The contract shall specify the 8 particular work to be done or materials to be furnished, the 9 time when it shall begin and when it shall be completed, the 10 amount to be paid and the times of payment, with and contain 11 such other terms and conditions as to details as are necessary 12 to a clear understanding of the terms thereof of the contract . 13 Sec. 301. Section 468.71, Code 2021, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 468.71 Form, negotiability, and effect. 16 Each of such certificates improvement certificate shall 17 state the amount of one or more drainage assessments or part 18 thereof made against the property, designating it the property 19 and the owner thereof liable for the payment of such the 20 assessments. Said The certificates shall be negotiable and 21 transfer to the bearer all right and interest in and to the 22 tax in every such assessment or part thereof described in such 23 the certificates, and shall authorize such bearer to collect 24 and receive every assessment embraced in said certificate 25 the certificates by or through any of the methods provided 26 by law for their collection of the assessments as the same 27 certificates mature. 28 Sec. 302. Section 468.72, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 468.72 Interest —— place of payment. 31 Such Improvement certificates issued under section 468.70 32 shall bear interest at a rate determined by the board, payable 33 annually, and shall be paid by the taxpayer to the county 34 treasurer, who shall receipt for the same interest payment and 35 -103- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 103/ 129
H.F. 739 cause the amount to be credited on the certificates issued 1 therefor for the drainage assessments . 2 Sec. 303. Section 468.214, Code 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 468.214 Applicable statutes. 5 Except as otherwise provided herein in this part, all 6 provisions of this chapter relative to assessment of damages, 7 appointment of an engineer, employment of counsel, payment for 8 work, levy and collection of drainage and levee assessments 9 and taxes, the issue of improvement certificates and drainage 10 or levee bonds, the taking of appeals and the manner of trial 11 thereof and all other proceedings relating thereto shall apply. 12 Sec. 304. Section 468.259, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 13 2021, is amended to read as follows: 14 In lieu of the hearings provided for in section 468.258 , the 15 board of either district may call an election for the purpose 16 of determining the dissolution of the contained district or the 17 acceptance of that district’s improvements and rights-of-way 18 by the overlying district. The questions may be submitted at 19 a regular election of the district or at a special election 20 called for that purpose. It is not mandatory for the county 21 commissioner of elections to conduct the elections, however 22 the provisions of sections 49.43 to through 49.47 , and of 23 subchapter III of this chapter , as they are applicable, shall 24 govern the elections, and the question to be submitted shall be 25 set forth in the notice of election. 26 Sec. 305. Section 468.274, Code 2021, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 468.274 Notice. 29 Immediately upon the filing of the report of the 30 commissioners and the engineer, if the same report recommends 31 the establishment of such district, notice shall be given 32 by the auditor of each county to the owners of all the lots 33 and tracts of land in the auditor’s own county respectively 34 embraced within such district as recommended by the 35 -104- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 104/ 129
H.F. 739 commissioners as shown by the transfer books in the office of 1 the auditor of each of said counties, and also to the persons 2 in actual occupancy of all the lots or tracts of land in such 3 district, and also to each lienholder or encumbrancer of any of 4 such lots or tracts as shown by the records of the respective 5 counties. 6 Sec. 306. Section 468.371, Code 2021, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 468.371 Registration. 9 When bonds have been executed as aforesaid provided in this 10 part they shall be delivered to the county treasurer and the 11 treasurer’s receipt taken therefor for each bond . The county 12 treasurer shall register the same each bond in a book provided 13 for that purpose, which shall show the number of each bond, its 14 date, date of sale, amount, date of maturity, and the name and 15 address of the purchaser, and if exchanged what evidences of 16 debt were received therefor, which for each bond. The record 17 shall at all times be open to the inspection of the owners of 18 property within the district. The treasurer shall thereupon 19 certify on the back of each bond as follows: 20 This bond duly and properly registered in my office this .... 21 day of ...... (month), ... (year). 22 ........... 23 Treasurer of the County of 24 ........... 25 Sec. 307. Section 468.553, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 468.553 Record of bonds. 28 When the bonds have been executed as aforesaid provided 29 in this part they shall be delivered to the county treasurer 30 and the treasurer’s receipt taken therefor for each of the 31 bonds . The treasurer shall register said each of the bonds in 32 a book provided for that purpose which shall show the number of 33 each bond, its date, date of sale, amount, date of maturity, 34 and the name and address of the purchaser, and if exchanged 35 -105- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 105/ 129
H.F. 739 what evidences of indebtedness were received therefor, which 1 for each bond. The record shall at all times be open to the 2 inspection of the owners of property within said the drainage 3 district. The treasurer shall thereupon certify on the back 4 of each bond as follows: 5 This bond duly and properly registered in my office this .... 6 day of ...... (month), ... (year). 7 ........... 8 Treasurer of the County of 9 ........... 10 Sec. 308. Section 476.4, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 3. Every rate, charge, rule, and regulation contained in 13 any filing made with the commission on or prior to July 4, 14 1963, shall be effective as of such date, subject, however, to 15 investigation as provided in this chapter . If any such filing 16 is made prior to the time the commission prescribes rules as 17 aforesaid , and if such filing does not comply as to form or 18 substance with such rules, then the public utility which filed 19 the same shall within a reasonable time after the adoption of 20 such rules make a new filing or filings complying with such 21 rules, which new filing or filings shall be deemed effective 22 as of July 4, 1963. 23 Sec. 309. Section 476.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as 24 follows: 25 476.22 Definition. 26 As used in sections 476.23 to 476.26 this subchapter , unless 27 the context otherwise requires, “electric utility” includes a 28 public utility furnishing electricity as defined in section 29 476.1 and a city utility as defined in section 390.1 . 30 Sec. 310. Section 476.49, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 31 2021, is amended to read as follows: 32 c. “Distributed generation facility” means the same as 33 defined in section 476.58, subsection 1 , paragraph “b” , 34 subparagraph (2) or (3) an alternative energy production 35 -106- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 106/ 129
H.F. 739 facility or a small hydro facility as defined in section 1 476.42 . 2 Sec. 311. Section 478.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 478.10 Franchise transferable —— notice. 5 When any such electric transmission line or lines are sold 6 and transferred either by voluntary or judicial sale, such the 7 transfer shall carry with it the franchise under which the said 8 improvement is owned, maintained, or operated. If a transfer 9 of such franchise is made before the improvement for which 10 it was issued is constructed, in whole or in part, such the 11 transfer shall not be effective till until the person, company, 12 or corporation to whom it was issued shall file files in the 13 office of the utilities board granting the franchise a notice 14 in writing stating the date of such the transfer and the name 15 and address of the transferee. 16 Sec. 312. Section 481A.33, Code 2021, is amended to read as 17 follows: 18 481A.33 Violations relating to dams. 19 1. Whoever shall erect A person who erects any dam or other 20 obstruction prohibited by this chapter or at a place or in a 21 manner prohibited shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor , or 22 shall injure or destroy . 23 2. A person who injures or destroys any dam lawfully 24 erected , shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 25 Sec. 313. Section 491.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 491.10 Interpretative clause. 28 Nothing in sections 491.5 to through 491.9 shall be 29 construed as repealing or modifying any statute now in force in 30 respect to the approval of articles of incorporation relating 31 to insurance companies or investment companies. 32 Sec. 314. Section 491.107, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 33 amended to read as follows: 34 2. The procedure set forth in sections 491.6 to through 35 -107- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 107/ 129
H.F. 739 491.9 of this chapter shall be applicable to the filing of 1 articles of consolidation or merger. 2 Sec. 315. Section 492.4, Code 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 492.4 Certain corporations excepted. 5 Sections 492.1 to through 492.3 shall not apply to railway or 6 quasi-public corporations organized before October 1, 1897. 7 Sec. 316. Section 492.10, Code 2021, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 492.10 Cancellation of stock —— reimbursement. 10 The capital stock of any corporation issued in violation of 11 the terms and provisions of sections 492.5 to through 492.8 12 shall be void, and in a suit brought by the attorney general on 13 behalf of the state in any court having jurisdiction, a decree 14 of cancellation shall be entered; and if the corporation has 15 received any money or thing of value for the said stock, such 16 money or thing of value shall be returned to the individual, 17 firm, company, or corporation from whom it was received, and if 18 represented by labor or other service of intangible nature, the 19 value thereof shall constitute a claim against the corporation 20 issuing stock in exchange therefor. 21 Sec. 317. Section 492.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 492.11 Dissolution —— distribution of assets. 24 Any corporation violating the provisions of sections 492.5 25 to through 492.8 shall, upon the application of the attorney 26 general, in behalf of the state, made to any court of competent 27 jurisdiction, be dissolved, its affairs wound up, and its 28 assets distributed among the stockholders other than those who 29 have received the stock so unlawfully issued. 30 Sec. 318. Section 492.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 492.12 Violation. 33 Any officer, agent , or representative of a corporation who 34 violates any of the provisions of sections 492.5 to through 35 -108- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 108/ 129
H.F. 739 492.8 shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 1 Sec. 319. Section 495.1, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 495.1 Capital stock and permit. 4 Sections 492.5 to through 492.9 are applicable to any 5 foreign corporation which directly or indirectly owns, uses, 6 operates, controls, or is concerned in the operation of 7 any public gasworks, electric light plant, heating plant, 8 waterworks, interurban or street railway located within the 9 state, or the carrying on of any gas, electric light, electric 10 power, heating business, waterworks, interurban or street 11 railway business within the state, or that owns or controls, 12 directly or indirectly, any of the capital stock of any 13 corporation which owns, uses, operates or is concerned in 14 the operation of any public gasworks, electric light plant, 15 electric power plant, heating plant, waterworks, interurban 16 or street railway located within the state, or any foreign 17 corporation that exercises any control in any way or in any 18 manner over any of such works, plants, interurban or street 19 railways or the business carried on by such works, plants, 20 interurban or street railways by or through the ownership of 21 the capital stock of any corporation or corporations or in any 22 other manner whatsoever , and the . The ownership, operation, 23 or control of any such works, plants, interurban or street 24 railways or the business carried on by any of such works or 25 plants or the ownership or control of the capital stock in any 26 corporation owning or operating any of such works, plants, 27 interurban or street railways by any foreign corporation in 28 violation of this chapter is unlawful. 29 Sec. 320. Section 508.32, Code 2021, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 508.32 Proceeds of policy held in trust. 32 1. As used in this section: 33 a. “Annuity contracts” and “life insurance policies” include 34 accident and health insurance policies and contracts, and 35 -109- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 109/ 129
H.F. 739 include undertakings, duties, and obligations incidental to or 1 in furtherance of any such policies or contracts. 2 b. “Proceeds” includes additions and contributions. 3 c. “Trust” includes but is not limited to settlement options 4 and contracts issued pursuant to policies or contracts, and 5 funds held in a separate or segregated account in connection 6 with pension or profit-sharing plans pursuant to agreements 7 with the policyholders. 8 1. 2. Any life insurance company organized under the 9 provisions of this chapter and doing business in this 10 state, shall have the power to hold in trust the premiums 11 or consideration paid for, or the proceeds of any life 12 insurance policy or annuity contract, either individual or 13 group, issued by it, upon such terms and subject to such 14 limitations as to revocation or control by the policyholder 15 or beneficiary thereunder, as shall have been agreed to in 16 writing by such company and the policyholder; provided that 17 the trust provisions contemplated in this section shall in no 18 manner subject the corporation to any of the provisions of 19 the laws of Iowa relating to banks or trust companies; and 20 provided further, that the trust or trusts for premiums or 21 considerations may be invested by such company in the manner 22 specified in the trust instruments or agreements and held in 23 a separate or segregated account; and provided further, that 24 the forms of such trust agreements for beneficiaries shall 25 be first submitted to and approved by the commissioner of 26 insurance. The word trust shall include, but not be limited 27 to settlement options and contracts issued pursuant to policies 28 or contracts, and funds held in a separate or segregated 29 account in connection with pension or profit-sharing plans 30 pursuant to agreements with the policyholders. 31 2. 3. As used in this section , life insurance policies 32 and annuity contracts include accident and health insurance 33 policies and contracts, and include undertakings, duties, 34 and obligations incidental to or in furtherance of any such 35 -110- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 110/ 129
H.F. 739 policies or contracts. As used in this section , proceeds 1 include additions and contributions. Funds held by an 2 insurance company as authorized by this section may be 3 held in a separate account established pursuant to section 4 508A.1 , except that section 508A.1, subsection 5 , shall not 5 be applicable to such account. However, funds held by an 6 insurance company as authorized in this section shall not be 7 chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business 8 the company may conduct. 9 3. 4. An instrument or agreement issued or used by an 10 insurance company as authorized by this section does not 11 constitute a security as defined in section 502.102 . 12 Sec. 321. Section 511.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 511.12 Officers not to profit by investments. 15 No such An officer or director of a life insurance company or 16 association shall gain through not profit from the investment 17 of funds of any such the company. 18 Sec. 322. Section 514D.3, subsection 1, unnumbered 19 paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 20 The commissioner shall issue rules to establish specific 21 standards, including standards of full and fair disclosure, 22 that set forth the manner, content, and required disclosure 23 for the sale of policies of individual accident and sickness 24 insurance and individual subscriber contracts which shall be 25 in addition to and in accordance with applicable laws of this 26 state, including but not limited to sections 514A.1 to through 27 514A.8 and sections 514A.10 through 514A.12. These rules may 28 include, but shall not be limited to, any of the following 29 subjects: 30 Sec. 323. Section 514D.4, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 31 amended to read as follows: 32 2. This section does not prohibit the issuance of a policy 33 which combines two or more of the categories of coverage 34 enumerated in paragraphs “a” to through “f” of subsection 35 -111- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 111/ 129
H.F. 739 1 . A category of coverage referred to in paragraph “g” , “h” , 1 or “i” of subsection 1 shall not be combined in a policy or 2 contract either with another category of coverage referred to 3 in paragraph “g” , “h” , or “i” of subsection 1 or with a category 4 of coverage referred to in any of paragraphs “a” to through 5 “f” of subsection 1 unless a rule issued by the commissioner 6 specifically authorizes that combination of coverages. 7 Sec. 324. Section 514D.7, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 2. A policy of accident and sickness insurance which is 10 exempt from the provisions of sections 514A.1 to through 514A.8 11 and sections 514A.10 through 514A.12 by virtue of an exemption 12 set forth in section 514A.1 or 514A.8 . 13 Sec. 325. Section 515.41, Code 2021, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 515.41 Certificate of authority. 16 The certificate and statements above contemplated in 17 sections 515.38 through 515.40 shall be filed in the division 18 and the commissioner of insurance shall deliver to the company 19 a copy of the report of the examination, in the event one 20 is made, together with the commissioner’s written permission 21 for it the company to commence the business proposed in its 22 articles of incorporation, which permission shall be its the 23 company’s authority to commence business and issue policies. 24 Sec. 326. Section 515.48, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 25 2021, is amended to read as follows: 26 b. Loss by depreciation as herein referred to in this 27 subsection may include the cost of repair and replacement. 28 Sec. 327. Section 515.48, subsection 10, Code 2021, is 29 amended to read as follows: 30 10. Insure any additional risk not specifically included 31 within any of the foregoing classes enumerated in this section , 32 which is a proper subject for insurance, is not prohibited 33 by law or contrary to sound public policy, and which, after 34 public notice and hearing, is specifically approved by 35 -112- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 112/ 129
H.F. 739 the commissioner of insurance, except title insurance or 1 insurance against loss or damage by reason of defective title, 2 encumbrances or otherwise. When such additional kind of 3 insurance is approved by the commissioner, the commissioner 4 shall designate within which classification of risks provided 5 for in section 515.49 it shall fall. 6 Sec. 328. Section 515.109, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 7 2021, is amended to read as follows: 8 c. The standard policy provided for herein in this section 9 need not be used for effecting reinsurance between insurers. 10 Sec. 329. Section 515.111, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 515.111 Nuclear loss or damage excluded. 13 Insurers issuing the standard policy pursuant to section 14 515.109 are authorized to affix thereto to or include therein 15 within a policy a written statement that the policy does not 16 cover loss or damage caused by nuclear reaction or nuclear 17 radiation or radioactive contamination, all whether directly or 18 indirectly resulting from an insured peril under the policy. 19 However, that nothing contained in this section shall be 20 construed to prohibit the attachment to any such policy of an 21 endorsement or endorsements specifically assuming coverage for 22 loss or damage caused by nuclear reaction or nuclear radiation 23 or radioactive contamination. 24 Sec. 330. Section 515A.11, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 1. Every group, association or other organization of 27 insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint 28 reinsurance, shall be subject to regulation with respect 29 thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to 30 joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter 31 and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections 515A.12 and 32 515A.16 to through 515A.19 . 33 Sec. 331. Section 518B.2, Code 2021, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -113- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 113/ 129
H.F. 739 518B.2 Reimbursement fund created. 1 There is hereby created the federal riot reinsurance 2 reimbursement fund in the office of the treasurer of state 3 which shall be operated under the joint control of the 4 director of the department of administrative services and the 5 commissioner. The fund shall consist of all payments made by 6 insurers in accordance with the provisions of this chapter . 7 The director of the department of administrative services 8 shall have the same power to enforce the collection of the 9 assessments provided hereunder under this chapter as any other 10 obligation due the state. 11 Sec. 332. Section 520.2, Code 2021, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 520.2 Execution of contract. 14 Such Reciprocal or interinsurance contracts may be executed 15 by an attorney, agent, or other representative herein 16 designated as the attorney in fact , duly authorized and acting 17 for such subscribers under powers of attorney , and such . The 18 attorney may be a corporation. Such The attorney shall have 19 the power and authority to execute any and all instruments, 20 papers, and documents incident to and a part of the business 21 of the reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, including deeds 22 for the conveyance of real estate, and acquisition and sale 23 of securities. Such The attorney shall have the power and 24 authority to do all things necessary and incident to the 25 management and operation of such business. The certificate 26 of the commissioner of insurance certifying the name of the 27 attorney for any reciprocal or interinsurance exchange shall be 28 sufficient proof of the authority of any such attorney. 29 Sec. 333. Section 520.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 520.11 Implied powers of corporations. 32 Any corporation now or hereafter organized under the laws 33 of this state shall, in addition to the rights, powers, and 34 franchises specified in its articles of incorporation, have 35 -114- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 114/ 129
H.F. 739 full power and authority to exchange insurance contracts of the 1 kind and character herein mentioned in this chapter . The right 2 to exchange such contracts is hereby declared to be incidental 3 to the purposes for which such corporations are organized and 4 as fully granted as the rights and powers expressly conferred. 5 Sec. 334. Section 523.11, Code 2021, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 523.11 Arbitrage transactions excepted. 8 The provisions of sections 523.7 , 523.8 , and 523.9 shall 9 not apply to foreign or domestic arbitrage transactions unless 10 made in contravention of such rules and regulations as the 11 commissioner may adopt in order to carry out the purposes of 12 sections 523.7 to through 523.10, this section, and sections 13 523.12 through 523.14. 14 Sec. 335. Section 523.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 523.12 Equity security defined. 17 The term “equity security” when used in sections 523.7 18 to through 523.11, this section, and sections 523.13 and 19 523.14 means any stock or similar security; or any security 20 convertible, with or without consideration, into such a 21 security, or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or 22 purchase such a security; or any such warrant or right; or 23 any other security which the commissioner shall deem to be of 24 similar nature and consider necessary or appropriate, by such 25 rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe in the 26 public interest or for the protection of investors, to treat 27 as an equity security. 28 Sec. 336. Section 523.14, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 523.14 Rules. 31 The commissioner shall have the power to make such rules 32 and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of the 33 functions vested in the commissioner by sections 523.7 to 34 through 523.13 , and may for such purpose classify domestic 35 -115- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 115/ 129
H.F. 739 stock insurance companies, securities, and other persons or 1 matters, within the commissioner’s jurisdiction. No provisions 2 of sections 523.7 , 523.8 , and 523.9 imposing any liability 3 shall apply to any act done or omitted in good faith in 4 conformity with any rule or regulation of the commissioner, 5 notwithstanding that such rule or regulation may, after such 6 act or omission, be amended or rescinded or determined by 7 judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason. 8 Sec. 337. Section 524.1305, subsection 6, Code 2021, is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 6. Safe-deposit boxes, the contents of which have not been 11 removed by the owners after the date specified in the notice 12 given under paragraph “b” of subsection 3 of this section , 13 shall be opened under the supervision of the superintendent 14 and the contents placed in sealed packages which, together 15 with unclaimed property held by the state bank in safekeeping, 16 shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state. Amounts due to 17 depositors who are unknown, or who are under a disability and 18 there is no person legally competent to receive the amount, or 19 who cannot be found after the exercise of reasonable diligence, 20 shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state, together with a 21 statement giving the name of the person, if known, entitled to 22 the amount, the person’s last known address, the amount due the 23 person, and other information about the person as the treasurer 24 of state may reasonably require. All property transmitted 25 to the treasurer of state pursuant to this subsection shall 26 be treated as abandoned, retained by the treasurer of state, 27 and subject to claim, in the manner provided for in sections 28 556.14 to through 556.21 . All amounts due creditors described 29 in section 490.1440 shall be deposited with the treasurer of 30 state in accordance with that section. Such amounts shall be 31 retained by the treasurer of state and are subject to claim in 32 the manner provided for in section 490.1440 . 33 Sec. 338. Section 524.1602, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 34 amended to read as follows: 35 -116- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 116/ 129
H.F. 739 3. On which it has money loaned, credit extended , or holds 1 discounted or purchased evidences of indebtedness or agreements 2 for the payment of money, in violation of sections 524.904 3 through , 524.905, and 524.907. 4 Sec. 339. Section 524.1807, Code 2021, is amended to read 5 as follows: 6 524.1807 Penalties. 7 Any bank holding company which willfully violates any 8 provision of sections 524.1801 524.1802 through 524.1806 shall, 9 upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor 10 more than one thousand dollars for each day during which the 11 violation continues. Any individual who willfully participates 12 in a violation of any provisions of sections 524.1801 524.1802 13 through 524.1806 shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. 14 Sec. 340. Section 535.11, subsection 3, Code 2021, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 3. With respect to an account other than an open account, 17 the creditor may impose a finance charge not exceeding that 18 permitted by section 537.2201, subsections 2 to through 5 . 19 Sec. 341. Section 536.21, Code 2021, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 536.21 Rules. 22 The superintendent is hereby authorized and empowered to 23 make adopt such reasonable and relevant rules pursuant to 24 chapter 17A as may be necessary for the execution and the 25 enforcement of the provisions of this chapter , in addition 26 hereto and not inconsistent herewith. All rules shall be filed 27 and entered by the superintendent in the banking division of 28 the department of commerce in an indexed, permanent book or 29 record, with the effective date thereof suitably indicated, and 30 such book or record shall be a public document. 31 Sec. 342. Section 537.5110, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 32 2021, is amended to read as follows: 33 a. A creditor who believes in good faith that a consumer is 34 in default may give the consumer written notice of the alleged 35 -117- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 117/ 129
H.F. 739 default, and, if the consumer has a right to cure the default, 1 shall give the consumer the notice of right to cure provided 2 in section 537.5111 before commencing any legal action in any 3 court on an obligation of the consumer and before repossessing 4 collateral. However, this subsection and subsection 4 do not 5 require a creditor to give notice of right to cure prior to 6 the filing of a petition by a creditor seeking to enforce the 7 consumer’s obligation in which attachment under chapter 639 8 is sought upon any of the grounds specified in section 639.3, 9 subsections 3 to through 12 . 10 Sec. 343. Section 543C.2, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 11 2021, is amended to read as follows: 12 a. The names, addresses, and business background of 13 the subdivider as required in subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” 14 to through “d” . If such subdivider is a partnership or 15 corporation, the names, addresses, and business background of 16 each of the partners, officers, and principal stockholders, the 17 nature of their fiduciary relationship and their past, present, 18 or anticipated financial relationship to the subdivider. 19 Sec. 344. Section 543D.23, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e, 20 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows: 21 d. Rulemaking under chapter 17A , including orders on 22 petitions for rulemaking. 23 e. Orders on petitions for declaratory orders or waivers or 24 variances . 25 Sec. 345. Section 557A.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 557A.3 Applicability to time-share programs located 28 out-of-state. 29 1. Sections 557A.4 to through 557A.10 apply only to 30 time-share programs located in Iowa. 31 2. Sections 557A.1 , 557A.2 , and 557A.11 to through 557A.20 32 apply to any time-share program, wherever located, which is 33 marketed in Iowa. 34 Sec. 346. Section 561.7, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -118- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 118/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 561.7 Changes —— nonconsenting spouse. 2 1. The owner may, from time to time, change the limits of 3 the homestead by changing the metes and bounds, as well as the 4 record of the plat and description, or vacate it. 5 2. Such The changes described in subsection 1 shall not 6 prejudice conveyances or liens made or created previously 7 thereto prior to the changes . 8 3. No such change of the entire homestead, made without the 9 concurrence of the other spouse, shall affect that spouse’s 10 rights, or those of the children. 11 Sec. 347. Section 573.14, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 1. The fund provided for in section 573.13 shall be retained 14 by the public corporation for a period of thirty days after the 15 completion and final acceptance of the improvement. If at the 16 end of the thirty-day period claims are on file , as provided 17 the public corporation shall continue to retain from the unpaid 18 funds a sum equal to double the total amount of all claims 19 on file. The remaining balance of the unpaid fund, or if no 20 claims are on file, the entire unpaid fund, shall be released 21 and paid to the contractor. 22 Sec. 348. Section 573.23, Code 2021, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 573.23 Abandonment of public work —— effect. 25 When a contractor abandons the work on a public improvement 26 or is legally excluded therefrom from work on a public 27 improvement , the improvement shall be deemed completed for the 28 purpose of filing claims as herein provided in this chapter , 29 from the date of the official cancellation of the contract. 30 The only fund available for the payment of the claims of 31 persons for labor performed or material furnished shall be 32 the amount then due the contractor, if any, and if said that 33 amount be is insufficient to satisfy said the claims, the 34 claimants shall have a right of action on the bond given for 35 -119- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 119/ 129
H.F. 739 the performance of the contract. 1 Sec. 349. Section 591.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 591.12 Effect of foregoing statutes. 4 Sections 591.1 to through 591.11 hereof shall not affect 5 pending litigation and shall not operate to revive rights or 6 claims previously barred, and shall not permit an action to be 7 brought or maintained upon any claim or cause of action which 8 was barred by any statute which was in force prior to July 4, 9 1955. 10 Sec. 350. Section 600.5, subsection 11, Code 2021, is 11 amended to read as follows: 12 11. A description of the facilities and resources, 13 including those provided under a subsidy agreement pursuant 14 to sections 600.17 to through 600.22 , that the petitioner is 15 willing and able to supply for the nurture and care of any 16 minor person to be adopted. 17 Sec. 351. Section 600.18, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 18 amended to read as follows: 19 1. Any prospective adoptive parent desiring financial 20 assistance shall state this fact in the petition for adoption. 21 The department of human services shall investigate the person 22 petitioning for adoption and the child and shall file with the 23 juvenile court or court a statement of whether the department 24 will provide assistance as provided in sections section 600.17 25 to , this section, and sections 600.19 through 600.22, the 26 estimated amount, extent, and duration of assistance, and any 27 other information the juvenile court or court may order. 28 Sec. 352. Section 600.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 600.22 Rules. 31 The department of human services shall adopt rules in 32 accordance with the provisions of chapter 17A , which are 33 necessary for the administration of sections 600.17 to through 34 600.21 and 600.23 . 35 -120- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 120/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 353. Section 600A.7, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The hearing on termination of parental rights shall be 3 conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 232.91 4 to through 232.96 and otherwise in accordance with the rules of 5 civil procedure. Such hearing shall be held no earlier than 6 one week after the child is born. 7 Sec. 354. Section 602.10122, subsection 5, Code 2021, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 5. Soliciting legal business for the attorney or office, 10 either by the attorney or representative. Nothing herein 11 contained in this section shall be construed to prevent or 12 prohibit listing in legal or other directories, law lists and 13 other similar publications, or the publication of professional 14 cards in any such lists, directories, newspapers or other 15 publication. 16 Sec. 355. Section 614.17, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 17 amended to read as follows: 18 2. For the purposes of this section , section 614.17A , and 19 sections 614.18 to through 614.20 , a person who holds title 20 to real estate by will or descent from a person who held the 21 title of record to the real estate at the date of that person’s 22 death or who holds title by decree or order of a court, or 23 under a tax deed, trustee’s, referee’s, guardian’s, executor’s, 24 administrator’s, receiver’s, assignee’s, master’s in chancery, 25 or sheriff’s deed, holds chain of title the same as though 26 holding by direct conveyance. 27 Sec. 356. Section 624.28, Code 2021, is amended to read as 28 follows: 29 624.28 Priority. 30 Said The lien under section 624.27 shall be prior and 31 superior to the lien of any mortgage or trust deed executed 32 since July 4, 1862, by any railway corporation or partnership, 33 and prior and superior to the lien of any mortgage or trust 34 deed executed after August 9, 1897, by any interurban railway 35 -121- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 121/ 129
H.F. 739 or street railway corporation or partnership. 1 Sec. 357. Section 626.83, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 626.83 Deficiency —— additional execution. 4 If the property levied on sells for less than sufficient 5 to satisfy the execution, the judgment holder may order 6 out another, which shall be credited with the amount of the 7 previous sale. The proceedings under the second execution 8 shall conform to those hereinbefore prescribed in this chapter 9 for the first execution . 10 Sec. 358. Section 626.98, Code 2021, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 626.98 Deed. 13 If the debtor or the debtor’s assignee fails to redeem, 14 the sheriff then in office must, at the end of the period for 15 redemption provided by law for the particular action, execute 16 a deed to the person who is entitled to the certificate as 17 hereinbefore provided in section 626.95 , or to that person’s 18 assignee. If the person entitled is dead, the deed shall be 19 made to the person’s heirs. 20 Sec. 359. Section 631.3, subsection 4, Code 2021, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 4. Upon the request of a party to the action, the clerk or 23 a judicial officer shall issue subpoenas for the attendance of 24 witnesses at a hearing. Sections 622.63 to through 622.67 , 25 622.69 , 622.76 , and 622.77 apply to subpoenas issued pursuant 26 to this chapter . 27 Sec. 360. Section 633.126, subsection 2, Code 2021, is 28 amended to read as follows: 29 2. “Fiduciary” , for the purposes of this section and 30 sections 633.127 to through 633.129 , means acting in any 31 of the following capacities, namely: testamentary trustee 32 appointed by any court, trustee under any written agreement, 33 declaration or instrument of trust, executor, administrator, 34 guardian, or conservator, custodian under chapter 565B , or 35 -122- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 122/ 129
H.F. 739 other capacity permitted under any state or federal law or 1 regulation governing collective investment funds maintained by 2 a bank or trust company. 3 Sec. 361. Section 633.198, Code 2021, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 633.198 Attorney fee. 6 There shall also be allowed and taxed as part of the costs of 7 administration of estates as an attorney fee for the personal 8 representative’s attorney, such reasonable fee as may be 9 determined by the court, for services rendered, but not in 10 excess of the schedule of fees herein provided in this part for 11 personal representatives. 12 Sec. 362. Section 633.210, Code 2021, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 633.210 Rules of descent. 15 The estate of a person dying intestate shall descend as 16 provided in sections 633.211 to through 633.226 . 17 Sec. 363. Section 633.523, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 633.523 No sufficient evidence of survivorship. 20 Where the title to property or the devolution thereof 21 depends upon priority of death, and there is no sufficient 22 evidence that the persons have died otherwise than 23 simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed 24 of as if the person had survived, except as provided otherwise 25 in sections 633.524 to through 633.527 . 26 Sec. 364. Section 636.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 636.3 Defects rectified. 29 No A defective bond or other security or affidavit in any 30 case shall not prejudice the party giving or making it the 31 bond, security, or affidavit , provided it be so that the defect 32 is rectified, within a reasonable time after the defect is 33 discovered, so as not to cause essential injury to the other 34 party. 35 -123- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 123/ 129
H.F. 739 Sec. 365. Section 636.6, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 636.6 New bond required. 3 Whenever the board of supervisors of any county shall have 4 knowledge that any attorney at law is surety upon any official 5 bond, above referred to as prohibited under section 636.5 , it 6 shall require said the officer to forthwith file a new bond. 7 Sec. 366. Section 636.9, Code 2021, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 636.9 Effect of affidavit. 10 The taking of such an affidavit under section 636.8 shall 11 not exempt the officer from any liability to which the officer 12 might otherwise be subject for taking insufficient security. 13 Sec. 367. Section 636.12, Code 2021, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 636.12 Certificate revoked —— notice. 16 Should said the certificate of authority for a corporate 17 surety be withdrawn at any time, the commissioner of insurance 18 shall at once notify the clerk of each district court to that 19 effect. 20 Sec. 368. Section 636.32, Code 2021, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 636.32 Receipt taken. 23 If said a fiduciary not governed by the probate code shall 24 otherwise discharge all the duties imposed upon that fiduciary 25 by such appointment, the fiduciary may take the receipt of 26 the clerk of the district court for such funds, moneys, or 27 securities so deposited, which receipt shall specifically 28 set forth from whom said funds, moneys, or securities, were 29 derived, the amount thereof, and the name of the person to whom 30 due or to become due, if known. 31 Sec. 369. Section 636.33, Code 2021, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 636.33 Final discharge. 34 Said A fiduciary not governed by the probate code may file 35 -124- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 124/ 129
H.F. 739 the receipt described in section 636.32 with the fiduciary’s 1 final report, and if it shall be made to appear to the 2 satisfaction of the court that the fiduciary has in all other 3 respects complied with the law governing the fiduciary’s 4 appointment and duties, the court may approve such final report 5 and enter the fiduciary’s discharge. 6 Sec. 370. Section 641.5, Code 2021, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 641.5 Sheriff indemnified. 9 In case If any sheriff shall be is held liable to pay any 10 damages by reason of the wrongful execution of any writ of 11 attachment issued under sections 641.2 to through 641.4 and if 12 a judgment is rendered therefor for those damages , the amount 13 thereof of the judgment , when paid by such sheriff, shall 14 become a claim against the state in the sheriff’s favor, and a 15 warrant therefor for that amount shall be drawn by the director 16 of the department of administrative services upon proper proof. 17 Sec. 371. Section 657.2, subsection 8, Code 2021, is amended 18 to read as follows: 19 8. Any object or structure hereafter erected within one 20 thousand feet of the limits of any municipal or regularly 21 established airport or landing place, which may endanger or 22 obstruct aerial navigation, including take-off and landing, 23 unless such object or structure constitutes a proper use or 24 enjoyment of the land on which the same is located. 25 Sec. 372. Section 657.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 26 follows: 27 657.3 Penalty —— abatement. 28 Whoever A person who is convicted of erecting, causing, or 29 continuing a public or common nuisance as provided in this 30 chapter , or at common law when the same common law has not been 31 modified or repealed by statute, where if no other punishment 32 therefor for the offense is specially provided, shall be guilty 33 of an aggravated misdemeanor and the . The court may order such 34 the nuisance abated , and issue a warrant as provided in this 35 -125- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 125/ 129
H.F. 739 chapter . 1 Sec. 373. Section 679A.9, Code 2021, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 679A.9 Change of award by arbitrators. 4 On application of a party or, if an application to the 5 district court is pending under sections 679A.11 to through 6 679A.13 , on submission to the arbitrators by the district court 7 under the conditions the district court orders, the arbitrators 8 may modify or correct the award upon the grounds stated in 9 section 679A.13, subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” and “c” , or for 10 the purpose of clarifying the award. The application shall 11 be made within twenty days after delivery of the award to the 12 applicant. Written notice of the application shall be given to 13 the opposing party, stating that the opposing party must serve 14 any objections to the application within ten days from the 15 notice. The modified or corrected award is subject to sections 16 679A.11 to through 679A.13 . 17 Sec. 374. Section 709.13, Code 2021, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 709.13 Child in need of assistance complaints. 20 During or following an investigation into allegations of 21 violations of this chapter or of chapter 726 or 728 involving 22 an alleged victim under the age of eighteen and an alleged 23 offender who is not a person responsible for the care of the 24 child alleged victim , anyone with knowledge of the alleged 25 offense may file a complaint pursuant to section 232.83 26 alleging the child alleged victim to be a child in need of 27 assistance as defined under section 232.2 . In all cases, the 28 complaint shall be filed by any peace officer with knowledge of 29 the investigation when the peace officer has reason to believe 30 that the alleged victim may require treatment as a result of 31 the alleged offense and that the child’s alleged victim’s 32 parent, guardian, or custodian will be unwilling or unable to 33 provide the treatment. 34 Sec. 375. Section 901.1, Code 2021, is amended to read as 35 -126- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 126/ 129
H.F. 739 follows: 1 901.1 Short title. 2 Chapters 901 to through 909 shall be known and may be cited 3 as the “Iowa Corrections Code” . 4 Sec. 376. Section 903.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 903.3 Work release. 7 The court may direct that a prisoner sentenced to 8 confinement in a county jail, alternate jail facility, or 9 community correctional residential treatment facility, be 10 released from custody during specified hours, as provided by 11 sections 356.26 to through 356.35 . 12 Sec. 377. Section 910.3, subsections 7 and 8, Code 2021, are 13 amended to read as follows: 14 7. If the defendant has any mental or physical impairment 15 which would limit or prohibit the performance of a public 16 community service, the defendant shall so state. The court 17 may order a mental or physical examination, or both, of the 18 defendant to determine a proper course of action. 19 8. The court shall enter a permanent restitution order 20 setting out the amount of restitution including the amount of 21 public community service to be performed as restitution and 22 the persons to whom restitution must be paid. A permanent 23 restitution order entered at the time of sentencing is part of 24 the final judgment of sentence as defined in section 814.6 and 25 shall be considered in a properly perfected appeal. 26 Sec. 378. Section 915.36, subsections 1 and 5, Code 2021, 27 are amended to read as follows: 28 1. Prior to an arrest or the filing of an information or 29 indictment, whichever occurs first, against a person charged 30 with a violation of chapter 709 , section 726.2 , or section 31 728.12 , committed with or on a child, as defined in section 32 232.2 , the identity of the child or any information reasonably 33 likely to disclose the identity of the child shall not be 34 released to the public by any public employee except as 35 -127- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 127/ 129
H.F. 739 authorized by the court of having jurisdiction. 1 5. This section also applies to a child an alleged victim of 2 a violation of chapter 709 , section 726.2 , or section 728.12 , 3 after attaining who has attained the age of eighteen but who 4 was a child, as defined in section 232.2, at the time the 5 violation occurred . 6 Sec. 379. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 89, section 22, subsection 7 1, is amended to read as follows: 8 1. The section of this division of this Act amending section 9 29C.20 29C.20C . 10 Sec. 380. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 89, section 24, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 SEC. 24. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies 13 retroactively to the effective date of 2019 Iowa Acts, Senate 14 File 570 , if enacted: 15 The section of this division of this Act amending section 16 29C.20 29C.20C . 17 Sec. 381. Section 910.2B, subsection 1, unnumbered 18 paragraph 1, as enacted by 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1074, 19 section 73, is amended to read as follows: 20 All of the following, if entered by a district court prior 21 to the effective date of this division of this Act, shall be 22 converted to permanent restitution orders: 23 Sec. 382. 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1118, section 80, is 24 amended to read as follows: 25 SEC. 80. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 26 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 27 Sec. 383. REPEAL. Sections 100B.8, 100B.9, and 256.85, Code 28 2021, are repealed. 29 DIVISION II 30 APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS 31 Sec. 384. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following apply 32 retroactively to May 10, 2019: 33 1. The section of this Act amending 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 34 89, section 22. 35 -128- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 128/ 129
H.F. 739 2. The section of this Act amending 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 1 89, section 24. 2 Sec. 385. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies 3 retroactively to June 25, 2020: 4 The section of this Act amending section 910.2B, as enacted 5 by 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1074, section 73. 6 Sec. 386. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies 7 retroactively to June 29, 2020: 8 The section of this Act amending 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 9 1118, section 80. 10 -129- HF 739 (3) 89 lh/ns/md 129/ 129