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House File 634 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to persons certified to conduct
time-of-transfer inspections of private sewage disposal
systems, and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 455B.172, subsection 11, paragraph e,
Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
e. (1) Pursuant to chapter 17A, the department shall
adopt certification requirements for inspectors, including
training, testing, and fees, and shall establish uniform
statewide inspection criteria and an inspection form. The
inspector certification training shall include use of the
criteria and form. Only a certified inspector may conduct a
time-of-transfer inspection.
(2) An inspector’s certification shall be considered
current if the inspector has paid initial and renewal fees
required to maintain certification, is up-to-date on continuing
education units, is in good standing with the department, and
has not otherwise been decertified.
(3) The department shall maintain a publicly available
list of currently certified inspectors on the department’s
internet site. The department shall maintain the list such
that an inspector’s name is displayed next to the date that the
inspector’s certification first became valid and the date that
the inspector’s certification is set to expire.
(4) A certified inspector who fraudulently files a
time-of-transfer report is subject to a civil penalty of five
thousand dollars and the inspector’s certification shall be
suspended for one year.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 634, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/ns/md
time-of-transfer inspections of private sewage disposal
systems, and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 455B.172, subsection 11, paragraph e,
Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
e. (1) Pursuant to chapter 17A, the department shall
adopt certification requirements for inspectors, including
training, testing, and fees, and shall establish uniform
statewide inspection criteria and an inspection form. The
inspector certification training shall include use of the
criteria and form. Only a certified inspector may conduct a
time-of-transfer inspection.
(2) An inspector’s certification shall be considered
current if the inspector has paid initial and renewal fees
required to maintain certification, is up-to-date on continuing
education units, is in good standing with the department, and
has not otherwise been decertified.
(3) The department shall maintain a publicly available
list of currently certified inspectors on the department’s
internet site. The department shall maintain the list such
that an inspector’s name is displayed next to the date that the
inspector’s certification first became valid and the date that
the inspector’s certification is set to expire.
(4) A certified inspector who fraudulently files a
time-of-transfer report is subject to a civil penalty of five
thousand dollars and the inspector’s certification shall be
suspended for one year.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 634, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorjs/ns/md