Bill Text: IA HF2686 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the organization, structure, and functions of state and local governments, providing for salaries of certain state officers, making statutory corrections, resolving inconsistencies, removing ambiguities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2550, HSB 664.) Effective date: 06/21/2024, 07/01/2024

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-30 - Fiscal note. [HF2686 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2686-Enrolled.html

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House File 2686 - Enrolled
House File 2686
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTIONS OF STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, PROVIDING FOR SALARIES OF CERTAIN
STATE OFFICERS, MAKING STATUTORY CORRECTIONS, RESOLVING
INCONSISTENCIES, REMOVING AMBIGUITIES, AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
NATURAL RESOURCES
Section 1. Section 233A.15, Code 2024, is amended to read
as follows:
233A.15 Transfers Assignments to work in parks.
1. The director may assign children from the state training
school deemed trustworthy, to perform services for the
department of natural resources within the state parks, state
game and forest areas, and other lands under the jurisdiction
of the department of natural resources. The department of
natural resources shall provide permanent housing and work
guidance supervision, but the care and custody of the children
assigned shall remain with the department. All programs shall
have as their primary purpose and shall provide for inculcation

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or the activation of attitudes, skills, and habit patterns
which will be conducive to the habilitation of the children
involved.
2. The director may use state-owned mobile housing
equipment and facilities in performing services at temporary
locations in the areas described in subsection 1 .
DIVISION II
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING
Sec. 2. Section 10A.309, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
10A.309 Interest in affected business.
It shall be unlawful for the The commissioner to shall not
be financially interested in any business enterprise coming
under or affected by this subchapter during the commissioner’s
term of while in office, and if the commissioner violates
this statute, it shall be sufficient grounds for removal from
office, and in such case the governor shall at once declare the
office vacant and appoint another to fill the vacancy.
Sec. 3. Section 10A.310, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Subject to the approval of the director of the department
of workforce development , the commissioner may enter into
contracts with any state agency, with or without reimbursement,
for the purpose of obtaining the services, facilities, and
personnel of the agency and with the consent of any state
agency or political subdivision of the state, accept and use
the services, facilities, and personnel of the agency or
political subdivision, and employ experts and consultants or
organizations in order to expeditiously, efficiently, and
economically effectuate the purposes of this chapter . The
agreements under this subsection are subject to approval by the
executive council if approval is required by law.
Sec. 4. Section 10A.504, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The director shall appoint and supervise a full-time an
executive director for each of the following boards:
Sec. 5. Section 10A.507, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:

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2. The fund shall consist of moneys and fees collected by
the department for deposit in the fund and other moneys as
provided by law .
Sec. 6. Section 91C.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
91C.4 Fees.
The director shall prescribe the fee for registration,
which fee shall not exceed fifty dollars every per year. All
fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 7. Section 135C.9, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. The facility has been inspected by the director , who may
be a member of a municipal fire department, or the director’s
designee and the department has received either a certificate
of compliance or a provisional certificate of compliance by
the facility with the fire hazard and fire safety rules and
standards of the department as promulgated by the director
and, where applicable, the fire safety standards required for
participation in programs authorized by either Tit. XVIII or
Tit. XIX of the United States Social Security Act, codified at
42 U.S.C. §1395 – 1395ll and 1396 – 1396g. The certificate or
provisional certificate shall be signed by the director or the
director’s designee who made the inspection. If the director
or director’s designee finds a deficiency upon inspection, the
notice to the facility shall be provided in a timely manner
and shall specifically describe the nature of the deficiency,
identifying the Code section or subsection provision or the
rule or standard violated. The notice shall also specify the
time allowed for correction of the deficiency, at the end of
which time the director or director’s designee shall perform
a follow-up inspection.
Sec. 8. Section 147.80, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
147.80 Establishment of fees —— administrative costs.
1. Each board , following approval by the department, may , or
at the direction of the department, shall by rule establish or
revise fees for the following based on the costs of sustaining
the board and the actual costs of the service :

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a. Examinations.
b. Licensure, certification, or registration.
c. Renewal of licensure, certification, or registration.
d. Renewal of licensure, certification, or registration
during the grace period.
e. Reinstatement or reactivation of licensure,
certification, or registration.
f. Issuance of a certified statement that a person is
licensed, registered, or has been issued a certificate to
practice in this state.
g. Issuance of a duplicate license, registration, or
certificate, which shall be so designated on its face. A board
may require satisfactory proof that the original license,
registration, or certificate issued by the board has been lost
or destroyed.
h. Issuance of a renewal card.
i. Verification of licensure, registration, or
certification.
j. Returned checks.
k. Inspections.
2. Each board The department shall annually prepare
estimates of projected revenues to be generated by the all
fees received by the board collected as well as a projection
of the fairly apportioned aggregate administrative costs and
rental expenses attributable to the board all boards and the
division of the department responsible for licensing related to
such boards . Each board The department shall annually review
and , if necessary, direct the boards to adjust its the schedule
of fees to cover aggregate projected expenses and ensure fees
imposed in this state are not greater than similar fees imposed
by similar boards or agencies in other states . The department
shall annually provide to each appropriate board a comparison
of the amount of the board’s fees as compared to similar fees
imposed by similar boards or agencies in other states.
3. a. The board of medicine, the board of pharmacy, the
dental board, and the board of nursing shall retain individual
an executive officers director pursuant to section 10A.504 , but
to the extent possible shall share administrative, clerical,
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b. An individual executive director may be appointed and
serve as the executive director of one or more of the boards
specified under paragraph “a” .
Sec. 9. Section 152.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
152.2 Executive director.
The board shall retain a full-time an executive director,
who shall be appointed pursuant to section 10A.504 . The
executive director shall be a registered nurse. The governor,
with the approval of the executive council pursuant to section
8A.413, subsection 3 , under the pay plan for exempt positions
in the executive branch of government, shall set the salary of
the executive director.
Sec. 10. Section 153.33B, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
A full-time An executive director shall be appointed as
provided under section 10A.504 . The executive director shall
not be a member of the board. The duties of the executive
director shall be the following:
Sec. 11. Section 231B.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
231B.4 Zoning —— fire and safety standards.
An elder group home shall be located in an area zoned
for single-family or multiple-family housing or in an
unincorporated area and shall be constructed in compliance with
applicable local housing codes and the rules adopted for the
special classification by the department. In the absence of
local building codes, the facility shall comply with the state
plumbing code established pursuant to section 135.11 105.4 and
the state building code established pursuant to section 103A.7
and the rules adopted for the special classification by the
department. The rules adopted for the special classification
by the department regarding second floor occupancy shall take
into consideration the mobility of the tenants.
Sec. 12. Section 272C.1, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . ag. The real estate appraiser examining
board, created pursuant to chapter 543D.
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by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . h. Allow a licensee to apply continuing
education credit obtained in excess of the requirements for a
renewal period to the continuing education requirements for
the following renewal period in an amount not to exceed fifty
percent of the continuing education credits required for a
renewal period. A licensing board may adopt rules specifying
types of continuing education credits earned in a renewal
period that cannot be applied to the continuing education
requirements for the following renewal period.
Sec. 14. REPEAL. Section 91C.9, Code 2024, is repealed.
Sec. 15. TRANSFER. Moneys remaining in the contractor
registration revolving fund at the end of the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, shall be transferred to the licensing
and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
DIVISION III
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 16. Section 321.383, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
1. This chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles does
not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, or bulk
spreaders and other fertilizer and chemical equipment defined
as special mobile equipment, except as made applicable in this
section . However, the movement of implements of husbandry on a
roadway is subject to safety rules adopted by the department of
public safety . The safety rules shall prohibit the movement
of any power unit towing more than one implement of husbandry,
except implements of husbandry that are not self-propelled and
are capable of being towed in tandem, from the manufacturer
to the retail seller, from the retail seller to the farm
purchaser, or from the manufacturer to the farm purchaser.
2. When operated on a highway in this state at a speed
of thirty-five miles per hour or less, every farm tractor,
or tractor with towed equipment, self-propelled implement of
husbandry, road construction or maintenance vehicle, road
grader, horse-drawn vehicle, or any other vehicle principally
designed for use off the highway and any such tractor,
implement, vehicle, or grader when manufactured for sale or
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with a reflective device in accordance with the standards of
the American society of agricultural engineers; however, this
provision shall not apply to such vehicles when traveling in
an escorted parade. If a person operating a vehicle drawn
by a horse or mule objects to using a reflective device
that complies with the standards of the American society of
agricultural engineers for religious reasons, the vehicle may
be identified by an alternative reflective device that is in
compliance with rules adopted by the department of public
safety . The reflective device or alternative reflective device
shall be visible from the rear. A vehicle other than those
specified in this section shall not display a reflective device
or an alternative reflective device. On vehicles operating at
speeds above thirty-five miles per hour, the reflective device
or alternative reflective device shall be removed or hidden
from view.
Sec. 17. Section 307.12, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
f. Present the department’s proposed budget to the
commission prior to December March 31 of each immediately
preceding the applicable fiscal year.
Sec. 18. Section 307.12, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . 0l. Establish divisions within the
department as necessary or desirable in addition to any
departmental division required or established by law.
Sec. 19. Section 307.12, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. If in the interest of the state, the director may allow
a subsistence expense to an employee under the supervision
of the department’s administrator responsible for highway
programs and activities for continuous stay in one location
while on duty away from established headquarters and place
of domicile for a period not to exceed forty-five days; and
allow automobile expenses in accordance with section 8A.363 ,
for moving an employee and the employee’s family from place of
present domicile to new domicile, and actual transportation
expense for moving of household goods. The household goods for
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or animals.
Sec. 20. Section 307.21, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The department’s administrator responsible for the
operations and finances of the department shall:
a. Provide for the proper maintenance and protection of
the grounds, buildings, and equipment of the department, in
cooperation with the department of administrative services.
b. Establish, supervise, and maintain a system of
centralized electronic data processing for the department, in
cooperation with the department of administrative services
management .
c. Assist the director in preparing Prepare the departmental
budget.
d. Provide centralized purchasing services for the
department, if authorized by the department of administrative
services. The administrator department shall, when the price
is reasonably competitive and the quality as intended, purchase
soybean-based inks and plastic products with recycled content,
including but not limited to plastic garbage can liners, and
shall purchase these items in accordance with the schedule
established in section 8A.315 . However, the administrator
department need not purchase garbage can liners in accordance
with the schedule if the liners are utilized by a facility
approved by the environmental protection commission created
under section 455A.6 , for purposes of recycling. For purposes
of this section , “recycled content” means that the content of
the product contains a minimum of thirty percent postconsumer
material.
e. Assist the director in employing Employ the professional,
technical, clerical, and secretarial staff for the department
and maintain employee records, in cooperation with the
department of administrative services and provide personnel
services, including but not limited to training, safety
education, and employee counseling.
f. Assist the director in coordinating Coordinate the
responsibilities and duties of the various divisions within the
department.
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department.
h. Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned by the director.
Sec. 21. Section 307.21, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
When performing the duty of providing centralized purchasing
services under subsection 1 , the administrator department shall
do all of the following:
Sec. 22. Section 307.21, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
4. The administrator department shall provide for the
purchase of qualified renewable fuels to power internal
combustion engines that are used to operate motor vehicles and
for the purchase of motor vehicles operating using engines
powered by qualified renewable fuels in the same manner
required for the director of the department of administrative
services pursuant to section 8A.368 . The department of
transportation shall compile information regarding compliance
with the provisions of this subsection in the same manner as
the department of administrative services pursuant to section
8A.369 . The department of transportation shall cooperate
with the department of administrative services in preparing
the annual state fleet qualified renewable fuels compliance
report regarding compliance with this subsection as provided
in section 8A.369 .
Sec. 23. Section 307.21, subsection 5, paragraph a,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks
purchased by the administrator department , a minimum of ten
percent of all such vehicles and trucks purchased shall be
equipped with engines which utilize alternative methods of
propulsion, including but not limited to any of the following:
Sec. 24. Section 307.21, subsections 6 and 7, Code 2024, are
amended to read as follows:
6. The administrator department shall, whenever technically
feasible, purchase and use degradable loose foam packing
material manufactured from grain starches or other renewable
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ten percent greater than the cost of packing material made from
nonrenewable resources. For the purposes of this subsection ,
“packing material” means material, other than an exterior
packing shell, that is used to stabilize, protect, cushion, or
brace the contents of a package.
7. The administrator department may purchase items from
the department of administrative services and may cooperate
with the director of the department of administrative services
by providing purchasing services for the department of
administrative services.
Sec. 25. Section 307.22, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
307.22 Planning and programming activities.
1. The department’s administrator responsible for
transportation planning and infrastructure program development
department shall:
a. 1. Assist the director in planning Plan all modes of
transportation in order to develop an integrated transportation
system providing adequate transportation services for all
citizens of the state.
b. 2. Develop and maintain transportation statistical data
for the department.
c.
3. Assist the director in establishing, analyzing,
and evaluating Establish, analyze, and evaluate alternative
transportation policies for the state.
d. 4. Coordinate planning duties and responsibilities with
the planning functions carried on by other administrators among
the divisions of the department.
e. (1) 5. a. Annually report by July 1 of each year,
for both secondary and farm-to-market systems, miles of earth,
granular, and paved surface roads; the daily vehicle miles of
travel; and lineal feet of bridge deck under the jurisdiction
of each county’s secondary road department, as of the preceding
January 1, taking into account roads whose jurisdiction has
been transferred from the department to a county or from a
county to the department during the previous year. The annual
report shall include those roads transferred to a county
pursuant to section 306.8A .
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not include those miles of farm-to-market extensions within
cities under five hundred population that are placed under
county secondary road jurisdiction pursuant to section 306.4 .
(3) c. The annual report of updated road and bridge data of
both the secondary and farm-to-market roads shall be submitted
to the Iowa county engineers association service bureau.
f. 6. Advise and assist the director to study Study and
develop highway transport economics to assure availability and
productivity of highway transport services.
g. Perform such other planning functions as may be assigned
by the director.
2. The function of planning does not include the detailed
design of highways or other modal transportation facilities,
but is restricted to the needs of this state for multimodal
transportation systems.
Sec. 26. Section 307.23, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. Provide all legal services for the department.
Sec. 27. Section 307.24, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
The department’s administrator department shall be
responsible for highway programs and activities , shall plan,
design, construct, and maintain the state primary highways ,
and shall administer chapters 306 through 306C , chapters
309 through 314 , chapters 316 through 318 , and chapter 320
and perform other duties as assigned by the director . The
department shall:
Sec. 28. Section 307.26, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
307.26 Administration of modal Modal programs and activities.
The department’s administrator responsible for modal
programs and activities department shall:
1. Advise and assist the director in the development of
Develop aeronautics, including but not limited to the location
of air terminals; accessibility of air terminals by other
modes of public transportation; protective zoning provisions
considering safety factors, noise, and air pollution;
facilities for private and commercial aircraft; air freight
facilities; and such other physical and technical aspects as

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may be necessary to meet present and future needs.
2. Advise and assist the director in the study of Study
local and regional transportation of goods and people including
intracity and intercity bus systems, dial-a-bus facilities,
rural and urban bus and taxi systems, the collection of data
from these systems, the study of the feasibility of increased
government subsidy assistance and the allocation of such
subsidies to each mass transportation system, the study of such
other physical and technical aspects which may be necessary
to meet present and future needs, and the application for,
acceptance of, and expending of federal, state, or private
funds for the improvement of mass transit.
3. Advise and assist the director in the development of
Develop transportation systems and programs for improving
passenger and freight services.
4. Advise and assist the director in developing Develop
programs in anticipation of railroad abandonment, including:
a. Development and evaluation of Developing and evaluating
programs which will encourage improvement of rail freight
and the upgrading of rail lines in order to improve freight
service.
b. Advising the director Determining when it may appear in
the best interest of the state to assume the role of advocate
in railroad abandonments and railroad rate schedules.
5. Develop and maintain a federal-state relationship
of programs relating to railroad safety enforcement, track
standards, rail equipment, operating rules, and transportation
of hazardous materials.
6. Make surveys, plans, and estimates of cost for the
elimination of danger at railroad crossings on highways and
confer with local and railroad officials with reference to
elimination of the danger.
7. Advise and assist the director in the conduct of Conduct
research on railroad-highway grade crossings and encourage
and develop a safety program in order to reduce injuries or
fatalities including but not limited to the following:
a. The establishment of Establishing standards for warning
devices for particularly hazardous crossings or for classes
of crossings on highways, which standards shall be designed

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to reduce injuries, fatalities, and property damage. Such
standards shall regulate the use of warning devices and
signs, which shall be in addition to the requirements of
section 327G.2 . Implementation of such standards shall be
the responsibility of the government agency or department
or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control of
the highway and such implementation shall be deemed adequate
for the purposes of railroad grade crossing protection. The
department, or the political subdivision having jurisdiction,
may direct the installation of temporary protection while
awaiting installation of permanent protection. A railroad
crossing shall not be found to be particularly hazardous for
any purpose unless the department has determined it to be
particularly hazardous.
b. The development and adoption of Developing and adopting
classifications of crossings on public highways based upon
their characteristics, conditions, and hazards, and standards
for warning devices, signals, and signs of each crossing
classification. The department shall recommend a schedule
for implementation of the standards to the government agency,
department, or political subdivision having jurisdiction of
the highway and shall provide an annual report to the general
assembly on the development and adoption of classifications
and standards under this paragraph and their implementation,
including information about financing installation of warning
devices, signals, and signs. The department shall not be
liable for the development or adoption of the classifications
or standards. A government agency, department, or political
subdivision shall not be liable for failure to implement the
standards. A crossing warning or improvement installed or
maintained pursuant to standards adopted by the department
under this paragraph shall be deemed an adequate and
appropriate warning for the crossing.
8. Advise and assist the director to assure Assure
availability, efficiency, and productivity of freight and
passenger services and to promote the coordination of service
between all transportation modes.
9. Advise and assist the director with studies of Study
regulatory changes deemed necessary to effectuate economical

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and efficient railroad service.
10. Advise and assist the director regarding Enter into
agreements with railroad corporations for the restoration,
conservation, or improvement of railroad as defined in section
327D.2, subsection 3 , on such terms, conditions, rates,
rentals, or subsidy levels as may be in the best interest
of the state. The commission may enter into contracts
and agreements which are binding only to the extent that
appropriations have been or may subsequently be made by the
legislature to effectuate the purposes of this subsection .
11. Administer chapters 324A , 327C through 327H , 327J , 328 ,
329 , and 330 .
12. Administer programs and activities in chapters 306D ,
307C , 308A , and 315 .
13. Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned by the director.
14. 13. Promote river transportation and coordinate river
programs with other transportation modes.
15. 14. Advise and assist the director in the development
of Develop river transportation and port facilities in the
state.
Sec. 29. Section 307.27, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
The department’s administrator department shall be
responsible for the enforcement and regulation of motor
carriers, registration of motor vehicles, and licensing of
drivers , and shall:
Sec. 30. Section 307.47, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The highway materials and equipment revolving fund
is created from moneys appropriated out of the primary road
fund. From this fund shall be paid all costs for materials
and supplies, inventoried stock supplies, maintenance and
operational costs of equipment, and equipment replacements
incurred in the operation of centralized purchasing under
the supervision of the administrator responsible for highway
programs and activities . Direct salaries and expenses properly
chargeable to direct salaries shall be paid from the fund. For
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and finances of the department shall render a statement
to each highway unit for the actual cost of materials and
supplies, operational and maintenance costs of equipment, and
equipment depreciation used. The expense shall be paid by the
administrator responsible for the operations and finances of
the department in the same manner as other interdepartmental
billings are paid. The sum paid shall be credited to the
highway materials and equipment revolving fund.
Sec. 31. Section 307.48, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. An employee under the supervision of the department’s
administrator of highways who became an employee of the state
department of transportation on July 1, 1974, retains all
rights to longevity pay so long as the employee continues
employment with the department.
Sec. 32. Section 327D.192, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
327D.192 Spot checks for hazardous cargo.
An employee under the supervision of the department’s
administrator for rail and water designated by the director of
the department may conduct spot inspections of vehicles subject
to registration which are owned or operated by a railroad
corporation to determine whether a vehicle is used to transport
products or property which may be a safety hazard for the
operator of the vehicle subject to registration or any other
employee of the railroad corporation who is transported in the
vehicle.
Sec. 33. Section 327F.39, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. “Administrator” means the department’s administrator
for rail and water modal programs , or the administrator’s
director’s designee.
DIVISION IV
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Sec. 34. Section 256.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024,
is amended to read as follows:
Except for the higher education division; the bureaus,
boards, and commissions within the higher education division;
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shall:
Sec. 35. Section 256.9, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2024, are
amended to read as follows:
3. Establish divisions of the department and assign
subject matter duties to divisions of the department in a
manner determined by the director as necessary or desirable in
addition to divisions required by law , unless a provision of
law requires a particular departmental unit or subject matter
to be assigned to a specific division of the department . The
organization of the department shall promote coordination of
functions and services relating to administration, supervision,
and improvement of instruction. The director may also reassign
within the department the boards, commissions, bureaus, and
duties specified in sections 256.111 and 256.121.
4. Employ personnel and assign duties and responsibilities
of the department. The director shall appoint a deputy
director and division administrators deemed necessary.
They shall be appointed on the basis of their professional
qualifications, experience in administration, and background.
Members of the professional staff are not subject to the merit
system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV , and are subject
to section 256.10 .
Sec. 36. Section 256.10, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
256.10 Director salary —— employment of professional staff.
1. The salary of the director shall be fixed by the
governor.
2. Appointments to the professional staff of the department
shall be without reference to political party affiliation,
religious affiliation, sex, or marital status, but shall be
based solely upon fitness, ability, and proper qualifications
for the particular position. The professional staff shall
serve at the discretion of the director. A member of the
professional staff shall not be dismissed for cause without
appropriate due process procedures including a hearing.
3. The director may employ full-time professional salaried
staff for less than twelve months each year, but such staff
shall be employed by the director for at least nine months of
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employed as provided in this subsection shall be comparable to
other professional salaried staff, adjusting for time worked.
Salaries for professional salaried staff employed for periods
of less than twelve months shall be paid during each month of
the year in which they are employed on the same schedule as all
other full-time permanent professional salaried staff. Such
staff shall have their salaries paid over twelve months. The
director shall provide for and the department shall pay for
the employer share of health and dental insurance benefits for
twelve months each year for the full-time professional staff
employed as provided in this subsection , and the health and
dental insurance benefits provided shall be comparable to the
benefits provided to all other professional staff employed by
the director .
4. The director may employ hourly staff for less than
twelve months each year, but such staff shall be employed by
the director for at least nine months of each year. Wages for
staff employed as provided in this subsection shall be paid
during the months the employee is scheduled to work on the same
schedule as other employees of the state. The director shall
provide for and the department shall pay for the employer share
of health and dental insurance benefits for twelve months each
year for hourly staff employed as provided in this subsection.
Sec. 37. Section 256.103, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
256.103 Employees —— contracts —— termination and discharge
procedures.
Sections 279.12 through 279.19 279.19B and section 279.27
apply to employees of the Iowa educational services for the
blind and visually impaired program and employees of the Iowa
school for the deaf, who are licensed pursuant to subchapter
VII, part 3 . In following those sections in chapter 279 , the
references to boards of directors of school districts shall be
interpreted to apply to the department.
Sec. 38. NEW SECTION . 256.103A Iowa educational services
for the blind and visually impaired and Iowa school for the deaf
—— leave.
Salaried employees of the Iowa educational services for the
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school for the deaf who are employed on a school year basis
for less than twelve months per year shall be exempt from the
provisions of chapter 70A relating to vacation leave. In lieu
of vacation leave, such employees shall accrue two personal
leave days per school year and may carry over up to one unused
personal day into a subsequent school year. Such employees
shall not accrue more than three personal leave days at any one
time. Such leave shall not be paid out to the employee upon
separation from employment.
Sec. 39. Section 256.111, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The innovation division of the department of education is
created. The chief administrative officer head of the division
is the administrator who shall be a highly qualified science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics advocate and shall be
appointed by the director.
Sec. 40. Section 256.111, subsection 2, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The administrator shall do all of the following , subject to
supervision of the director :
Sec. 41. Section 256.111, subsection 2, paragraphs a and c,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. Direct and organize
the activities of the division,
including the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
collaborative initiative created in subsection 3 .
c. Perform other duties imposed by law or assigned by the
director .
Sec. 42. Section 256.121, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The higher education division of the department of
education is created. The chief administrative officer head
of the division is the administrator who shall be appointed by
the director.
Sec. 43. Section 256.121, subsection 2, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The administrator shall do all of the following , subject to
supervision of the director :
Sec. 44. Section 256.121, subsection 2, paragraphs b, d, and
e, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:

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b. Direct and organize the activities of the division.
d. Hire and control Supervise the personnel employed by the
division.
e. Perform other duties imposed by law or assigned by the
director .
DIVISION V
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sec. 45. Section 8D.13, subsection 12, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
12. Access to the network shall be offered to the judicial
district departments of correctional services established
in section 905.2 904.104A , provided that such departments
contribute an amount consistent with their share of use for the
part of the system in which the departments participate, as
determined by the commission.
Sec. 46. Section 80D.1, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The governing body of a city, a county, or the state of
Iowa , or the Iowa department of corrections may provide, either
separately or collectively through a chapter 28E agreement, for
the establishment of a force of reserve peace officers, and may
limit the size of the reserve force. In the case of the state,
unless the reserve peace officer is employed by the department
of corrections, the department of public safety shall act as
the governing body. If the reserve peace officer is employed
by the department of corrections, the department of corrections
shall act as the governing body.
Sec. 47. Section 80D.11, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
80D.11 Employee —— pay.
While performing official duties, each reserve peace officer
shall be considered an employee of the governing body which
the officer represents and shall be paid a minimum of one
dollar per year. The governing body of a city, a county, or
the state , or the Iowa department of corrections may provide
additional monetary assistance for the purchase and maintenance
of uniforms and equipment used by reserve peace officers.
Sec. 48. Section 125.93, Code 2024, is amended to read as
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125.93 Commitment records —— confidentiality.
Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment
of a person which are maintained in connection with the
provision of substance use disorder treatment services are
confidential, consistent with the requirements of section
125.37 , and with the federal confidentiality regulations
authorized by the federal Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act,
42 U.S.C. §290ee and the federal Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act, 42
U.S.C. §290dd-2. However, such records may be disclosed to an
employee of the department of corrections, if authorized by the
director of the department of corrections , or to an employee
of a judicial district department of correctional services, if
authorized by the director of the judicial district department
of correctional services .
Sec. 49. Section 216A.136, subsection 8, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
8. Community-based correctional program records maintained
under chapter 905 904 .
Sec. 50. Section 321J.2, subsection 3, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(1) With the consent of the defendant, the court may
defer judgment pursuant to section 907.3 and may place the
defendant on probation upon conditions as it may require. Upon
a showing that the defendant is not fulfilling the conditions
of probation, the court may revoke probation and impose any
sentence authorized by law. Before taking such action, the
court shall give the defendant an opportunity to be heard on
any matter relevant to the proposed action. Upon violation
of the conditions of probation, the court may proceed as
provided in chapter 908 . Upon fulfillment of the conditions
of probation and the payment of fees imposed and not waived
by the judicial district department of correctional services
under section 905.14 904.912 , the defendant shall be discharged
without entry of judgment.
Sec. 51. Section 669.2, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
5. “State agency” includes all executive departments,
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Iowa, and corporations whose primary function is to act as, and
while acting as, instrumentalities or agencies of the state of
Iowa, whether or not authorized to sue and be sued in their
own names. This definition does not include a contractor with
the state of Iowa. Soil and water conservation districts as
defined in section 161A.3, subsection 6 , and judicial district
departments of correctional services as established in section
905.2 904.104A are state agencies for purposes of this chapter .
Sec. 52. Section 708.2B, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. As used in this section , “district department” means
a judicial district department of correctional services,
established pursuant to section 905.2 904.104A .
Sec. 53. Section 901A.2, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
8. In addition to any other sentence imposed on a person
convicted of a sexually predatory offense pursuant to
subsection 1, 2, or 3 , the person shall be sentenced to an
additional term of parole or work release not to exceed two
years. The board of parole shall determine whether the person
should be released on parole or placed in a work release
program. The sentence of parole supervision shall commence
immediately upon the person’s release by the board of parole
and shall be under the terms and conditions as set out in
chapter 906 . Violations of parole or work release shall
be subject to the procedures set out in chapter 905 904 or
908 or rules adopted under those chapters. For purposes of
disposition of a parole violator upon revocation of parole or
work release, the sentence of an additional term of parole or
work release shall be considered part of the original term of
commitment to the department of corrections.
Sec. 54. Section 902.1, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
4. If a defendant is paroled pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 ,
the defendant shall be subject to the same set of procedures
set out in chapters 901B , 905 904 , 906 , and 908 , and rules
adopted under those chapters for persons on parole.
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903B.1 Special sentence —— class “B” or class “C” felonies.
A person convicted of a class “C” felony or greater offense
under chapter 709 or section 728.12 , or a class “B” felony
under section 713.3, subsection 1 , paragraph “d” , shall also be
sentenced, in addition to any other punishment provided by law,
to a special sentence committing the person into the custody
of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for the
rest of the person’s life, with eligibility for parole as
provided in chapter 906 . The board of parole shall determine
whether the person should be released on parole or placed in
a work release program. The special sentence imposed under
this section shall commence upon completion of the sentence
imposed under any applicable criminal sentencing provisions for
the underlying criminal offense and the person shall begin the
sentence under supervision as if on parole or work release.
The person shall be placed on the corrections continuum in
chapter 901B , and the terms and conditions of the special
sentence, including violations, shall be subject to the same
set of procedures set out in chapters 901B , 905 904 , 906 , and
908 , and rules adopted under those chapters for persons on
parole or work release. The revocation of release shall not be
for a period greater than two years upon any first revocation,
and five years upon any second or subsequent revocation. A
special sentence shall be considered a category “A” sentence
for purposes of calculating earned time under section 903A.2 .
Sec. 56. Section 903B.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
903B.2 Special sentence —— class “D” felonies or
misdemeanors.
A person convicted of a misdemeanor or a class “D” felony
offense under chapter 709 , section 726.2 , or section 728.12
shall also be sentenced, in addition to any other punishment
provided by law, to a special sentence committing the person
into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of
corrections for a period of ten years, with eligibility for
parole as provided in chapter 906 . The board of parole shall
determine whether the person should be released on parole
or placed in a work release program. The special sentence
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the sentence imposed under any applicable criminal sentencing
provisions for the underlying criminal offense and the person
shall begin the sentence under supervision as if on parole or
work release. The person shall be placed on the corrections
continuum in chapter 901B , and the terms and conditions of the
special sentence, including violations, shall be subject to the
same set of procedures set out in chapters 901B , 905 904 , 906 ,
and 908 , and rules adopted under those chapters for persons on
parole or work release. The revocation of release shall not be
for a period greater than two years upon any first revocation,
and five years upon any second or subsequent revocation. A
special sentence shall be considered a category “A” sentence
for purposes of calculating earned time under section 903A.2 .
Sec. 57. Section 904.101, Code 2024, is amended by adding
the following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. “Community-based correctional program”
means correctional programs and services, under the direction
of a district director and the department, including but
not limited to an intermediate criminal sanctions program
in accordance with the corrections continuum in section
901B.1, designed to supervise and assist individuals who
are charged with or have been convicted of a felony, an
aggravated misdemeanor or a serious misdemeanor, or who
are on probation or parole in lieu of or as a result of a
sentence of incarceration imposed upon conviction of any
of these offenses, or who are contracted to the district
department for supervision and housing while on work release.
A community-based correctional program shall be designed by a
district department, under the direction and control of the
department, in a manner that provides services in a manner
free of disparities based upon an individual’s race or ethnic
origin.
NEW SUBSECTION . 1B. “Community-based corrections facility”
means property or buildings owned or operated by the department
for a community-based correctional program.
NEW SUBSECTION . 4. “District advisory board” means the
advisory board of a district department.
NEW SUBSECTION . 5. “District department” means a judicial
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section 904.104A.
NEW SUBSECTION . 6. “District director” means the director
of a district department, appointed by the director under
section 904.301A.
Sec. 58. Section 904.102, Code 2024, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 12. Community-based corrections
facilities.
Sec. 59. Section 904.103, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 60. Section 904.301A, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.301A Appointment of directors.
The director shall appoint, subject to the approval of
the board, a district director for each judicial district
department of correctional services established in section
905.2 904.104A .
Sec. 61. Section 904.303, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.303 Officers and employees —— compensation.
1. The director shall determine the number and compensation
of subordinate officers and employees for each institution
subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV . Subject to this chapter ,
the officers and employees shall be appointed and discharged
by the superintendent or district director, as applicable,
who shall keep in the record of each subordinate officer and
employee, the date of employment, the compensation, and the
date of and the reasons for each discharge.
2. The superintendents , district directors, and employees
of the correctional institutions shall receive salaries or
compensation as determined by the director, shall receive a
midshift meal when on duty, and shall be provided uniforms if
uniforms are required to be worn when on duty. The uniforms
shall be maintained and replaced by the department at no
cost to the employees and shall remain the property of the
department.
Sec. 62. Section 904.306, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
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Quarterly conferences of the superintendents and the
district directors of the institutions shall be held with
the director for the consideration of all matters relative
to the management of the institutions. Full minutes of the
meetings shall be preserved in the records of the director.
The director may cause papers to be prepared and read at the
conferences on appropriate subjects.
Sec. 63. Section 904.307, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.307 Annual reports.
1. The superintendent of each institution shall make an
annual report to the director.
2. The district director of each district department shall
make an annual report to the director.
Sec. 64. Section 904.310, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.310 Canteens.
The director may maintain a canteen at an institution under
the director’s jurisdiction for the sale to persons confined
in or committed to the institution of items such as toilet
articles, candy, tobacco products, notions, and other sundries,
and may provide the necessary facilities, equipment, personnel,
and merchandise for the canteen. The director shall specify
the items to be sold in the canteen. The department may
establish and maintain a permanent operating fund for each
canteen. The fund shall consist of the receipts from the
sale of commodities at the canteen and donations designated
by inmates for reimbursement of victims’ travel expenses.
Any money in the fund over the amount needed to do normal
business transactions, to reimburse any accounts which have
subsidized the canteen fund, and to reimburse victims’ travel
expenses shall be considered profit. This money may remain in
the institution’s canteen fund and be used for any purchase
which the superintendent or district director, as applicable,
approves that will directly and collectively benefit the
inmates of the institution or to reimburse victims’ travel
expenses.
Sec. 65. Section 904.311, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
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1. The director may permit the superintendent or the
district director, as applicable, of each institution to retain
a stated amount of funds in possession as a contingent fund
for the payment of freight, postage, commodities purchased
on authority of the director on a cash basis, salaries,
inmate allowances, and bills granting discount for cash. If
necessary, the director shall make proper requisition upon the
director of the department of administrative services for a
warrant on the treasurer of state to secure the contingent fund
for each institution.
Sec. 66. Section 904.315, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The director of the department of administrative
services shall, in writing, let all contracts for authorized
improvements under chapter 8A, subchapter III , costing in
excess of the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or as
established in section 314.1B . Upon prior authorization by
the director, improvements costing five thousand dollars or
less may be made by the superintendent or district director, as
applicable, of any institution.
Sec. 67. Section 904.502, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.502 Questionable commitment.
The superintendent or the district director, as applicable,
shall within three days of the commitment or entrance of a
person at the institution notify the director if there is any
question as to the propriety of the commitment or detention of
any person received at the institution, and the director upon
notification shall inquire into the matter presented, and take
appropriate action.
Sec. 68. Section 904.505, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The superintendent or district director, as applicable,
of each institution shall maintain a register of all penalties
imposed on inmates and the cause for which the penalties were
imposed.
Sec. 69. Section 904.512, Code 2024, is amended to read as
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Members of the executive council, the attorney general,
the lieutenant governor, members of the general assembly,
judges of the supreme and district court and court of appeals,
judicial magistrates, county attorneys , and persons ordained
or designated as regular leaders of a religious community are
authorized to visit all institutions under the control of the
Iowa department of corrections at reasonable times. No other
person shall be granted admission except by permission of the
superintendent or district director, as applicable .
Sec. 70. Section 904.513, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. The department of corrections , in cooperation with the
judicial district departments of correctional services, shall
establish in each judicial district a continuum of programming
for the supervision and treatment of offenders convicted of
violating chapter 321J who are sentenced to the custody of the
director. The continuum shall include a range of sanctioning
options that include but are not limited to prisons and
residential facilities.
Sec. 71. Section 904.513, subsection 1, paragraph b,
subparagraph (4), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(4) Assignment may also be made on the basis of the
offender’s treatment program performance, as a disciplinary
measure, for medical needs, and for space availability at
community residential facilities. If there is insufficient
space at a community residential facility, the court may order
an offender to be released to the supervision of the judicial
district department of correctional services , held in jail,
or committed to the custody of the director of the department
of corrections for assignment to an appropriate correctional
facility until there is sufficient space at a community
residential facility.
Sec. 72. Section 904.514, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
1. A person committed to an institution under the control of
the department who bites another person, who causes an exchange
of bodily fluids with another person, or who causes any bodily
secretion to be cast upon another person, shall submit to the
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person is infected with a contagious infectious disease. The
bodily specimen to be taken shall be determined by the staff
physician of the institution. The specimen taken shall be
sent to the state hygienic laboratory or some other laboratory
approved by the department of health and human services. If a
person to be tested pursuant to this section refuses to submit
to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen, application may be made
by the superintendent of the institution to the district court
for an order compelling the person to submit to the withdrawal
and, if infected, to available treatment. An order authorizing
the withdrawal of a specimen for testing may be issued only by
a district judge or district associate judge upon application
by the superintendent or district director, as applicable, of
the institution.
3. Personnel at an institution under the control of the
department or of a residential facility operated by a judicial
district department of correctional services shall be notified
if a person committed to any of these institutions is found to
have a contagious infectious disease.
Sec. 73. Section 904.602, subsection 1, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The following information regarding individuals receiving
or who have received services from the department or from the
judicial district departments of correctional services under
chapter 905 is public information and may be given to anyone:
Sec. 74. Section 904.602, subsection 2, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The following information regarding individuals receiving
or who have received services from the department or from the
judicial district departments of correctional services under
chapter 905 is confidential and shall not be disseminated by
the department to the public:
Sec. 75. Section 904.602, subsections 6 and 10, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
6. Confidential information described in subsection 2 may
be disclosed to public officials for use in connection with
their official duties relating to law enforcement, audits and
other purposes directly connected with the administration of
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information on an individual may be made to the board of parole
and to judicial district departments of correctional services
created under chapter 905 , and the board and those district
departments are subject to the same standards as the department
in dissemination or redissemination of information on persons
served or supervised by those district departments, and all
provisions of this section pertain to the board of parole and
to the judicial district departments as if they were a part
of the department. Information may be disseminated about
individuals while under the supervision of the department
to public or private agencies to which persons served or
supervised by the department are referred for specific services
not otherwise provided by the department but only to the extent
that the information is needed by those agencies to provide the
services required, and they shall keep information received
from the department confidential.
10. Regulations, procedures, and policies that govern the
internal administration of the department and the judicial
district departments of correctional services under chapter
905 , which if released may jeopardize the secure operation of a
correctional institution operation or program are confidential
unless otherwise ordered by a court. These records include
procedures on inmate movement and control; staffing patterns
and regulations; emergency plans; internal investigations;
equipment use and security; building plans, operation,
and security; security procedures for inmates, staff, and
visitors; daily operation records; and contraband and medicine
control. These records are exempt from the public inspection
requirements in section 17A.3 and section 22.2 .
Sec. 76. Section 904.704, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.704 Limitation on contracts.
The director or the superintendents superintendent or
district director, as applicable, of the institutions shall
not, nor shall any other person employed by the state, make
any contract by which the labor or time of an inmate in the
institution is given, loaned, or sold to any person unless as
provided by subchapter VIII or section 904.703 .
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follows:
904.904 Housing facilities —— halfway houses.
Unless the inmate returns after working hours to the
institution under jurisdiction of the department of
corrections , the department of corrections shall contract
coordinate with a judicial district department of correctional
services for the quartering and supervision of the inmate in
local housing facilities. The board of parole shall include
as a specific term or condition in the work release plan of
any inmate the place where the inmate is to be housed when not
on the work assignment. The board of parole shall not place
an inmate on work release for longer than six months in any
twelve-month period unless approval is given by a majority of
the full board of parole. Inmates may be temporarily released
to the supervision of a responsible person to participate in
family and selected community, religious, educational, social,
civic, and recreational activities when it is determined
that the participation will directly facilitate the release
transition from institution to community. The department of
corrections shall provide a copy of the work release plan and
a copy of any restitution plan of payment to the judicial
district department of correctional services quartering and
supervising the inmate.
Sec. 78. Section 904.905, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.905 Surrender of earnings.
1. An inmate employed in the community under a work release
plan shall surrender to the judicial district department of
correctional services the inmate’s total earnings less payroll
deductions required by law. The judicial district department
of correctional services shall deduct from the earnings in the
following order of priority:
a. An amount the inmate may be legally obligated to pay
for the support of the inmate’s dependents, the amount of
which shall be paid to the dependents through the department
of health and human services.
b. Restitution as ordered by the court pursuant to chapter
910 .
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district department of correctional services for providing
food, lodging, and clothing for the inmate while under the
program.
d. Any other financial obligations which are acknowledged by
the inmate or any unsatisfied judgment against the inmate.
2. Any balance remaining after deductions and payments
shall be credited to the inmate’s personal account at the
judicial district department of correctional services and shall
be paid to the inmate upon release. An inmate so employed
shall be paid a fair and reasonable wage in accordance with the
prevailing wage scale for such work and shall work at fair and
reasonable hours per day and per week.
Sec. 79. Section 904.906, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904.906 Status of inmates on work release.
An inmate employed in the community under this chapter
is not an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the
department of corrections , or the board of parole , or the
judicial district department of correctional services while
released from confinement under the terms of a work release
plan. If an inmate suffers an injury arising out of or in
the course of the inmate’s employment under this chapter , the
inmate’s recovery shall be from the insurance carrier of the
employer of the project and no proceedings for compensation
shall be maintained against the insurance carrier of the
state institution , or the state , the insurance carrier of the
judicial district department of correctional services, or the
judicial district department of correctional services, and
there is no employer-employee relationship between the inmate
and the state institution , or the board of parole , or the
judicial district department of correctional services .
Sec. 80. Section 904.908, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
1. Upon request by the Iowa department of corrections ,
or the board of parole, or a judicial district department
of correctional services a county shall provide temporary
confinement for alleged violators of work release conditions
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a reimbursement rate with each county for the temporary
confinement of alleged violators of work release conditions
who are in the custody of or who are housed or supervised
by the director of the Iowa department of corrections or who
are housed or supervised by the judicial district department
of correctional services . The amount to be reimbursed shall
be determined by multiplying the number of days a person is
confined by the average daily cost of confining a person in the
county facility as negotiated with the department. Payment
shall be made upon submission of a voucher executed by the
sheriff and approved by the director of the Iowa department of
corrections.
Sec. 81. Section 904.910, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
4. The department may contract with a judicial district
department of correctional services for the housing and
supervision of an An inmate in local facilities as provided
in section 904.904 may be housed and supervised by a district
department . The institutional work release plan shall
indicate the place where the inmate is to be housed when not
on work assignment. The plan shall not allow for placement
of an inmate on work release for more than six months in any
twelve-month period without unanimous committee approval to
do so. However, an inmate may be temporarily released to the
supervision of a responsible person to participate in family
and selected community, religious, educational, social, civic,
and recreational activities when the committee determines that
the participation will directly facilitate the release of the
inmate from the institution to the community. The department
shall provide a copy of the work release plan and a copy of any
restitution plan of payment to the judicial district department
of correctional services housing and supervising the inmate.
5. An inmate employed in the community under an
institutional work release plan approved pursuant to this
section shall surrender the inmate’s total earnings less
payroll deductions required by law to the superintendent, or to
the judicial district department of correctional services if it
is housing or supervising the inmate. The superintendent or
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deduct from the earnings in the priority established in section
904.905 .
Sec. 82. Section 905.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
905.2 District Judicial district departments of correctional
services established.
1. There is established in each judicial district in this
state a judicial district department of correctional services.
Each district department shall furnish or contract for those
services necessary to provide a community-based correctional
program which meets the requirements of the Iowa department of
corrections .
2. The district department is under the direction of the
Iowa department of corrections, and shall be administered
by a district director employed by the Iowa department of
corrections . A district department is a state agency for
purposes of chapter 669 .
3. All employees of a district department shall be employees
of the Iowa department of corrections .
Sec. 83. Section 905.3, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
905.3 District advisory board —— expenses reimbursed.
1. a.
A district advisory board is established for each
district department, which shall serve in an advisory capacity
to a district director without compensation, and shall be
composed as follows:
(1) a. One member shall be appointed annually by a district
director from the board of supervisors of each county in the
judicial district.
(2) b. The district director shall on or before December 31
appoint two citizen members to serve on the district advisory
board for the following calendar year.
(3) A number of members equal to the number of citizen
members shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial
district on or before December 31 to serve on the district
advisory board for the following calendar year.
b. 2. The district advisory board shall meet not more often
than quarterly during the calendar year.
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reimbursed from funds of the district department for travel and
other expenses necessarily incurred in attending meetings.
Sec. 84. Section 905.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
905.4 Duties of the district advisory board.
The district advisory board shall:
1. Adopt bylaws and rules for the conduct of its own
district advisory board business.
2. Advise the district director concerning suitable
quarters at one or more sites in the district as may be
necessary for the district department’s community-based
correctional program.
3. Recruit and promote local financial support for the
district department’s community-based correctional program from
private sources such as community service funds, business,
industrial and private foundations, voluntary agencies , and
other lawful sources.
Sec. 85. Section 905.6, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
905.6 Duties of district director.
The Each district director employed by the Iowa department
of corrections shall be qualified in the administration of
correctional programs. The district director shall:
1. Perform the duties and have the responsibilities
delegated or specified by the Iowa department of corrections .
2. Manage the district department’s community-based
correctional program, in accordance with the policies of the
Iowa department of corrections .
3. Employ, with approval of the Iowa department of
corrections , and supervise the employees of the district
department, including reserve peace officers, if a force of
reserve peace officers has been established.
4. Prepare all budgets and fiscal documents, and certify
for payment all expenses and payrolls lawfully incurred by the
district department.
5. Act as secretary to the district advisory board, prepare
its agenda and record its proceedings. The district shall
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6. Develop and submit to the Iowa department of corrections
a plan for the establishment, implementation, and operation
of a community-based correctional program in that judicial
district, which program conforms to the guidelines drawn up
by the Iowa department of corrections under this chapter and
which conform to rules, policies, and procedures pertaining
to the supervision of parole and work release adopted by the
director of the Iowa department of corrections concerning the
community-based correctional program.
7. Negotiate and, upon approval by the Iowa department of
corrections , implement contracts or other arrangements for
utilization of local treatment and service resources authorized
by subsection 15 .
8. Administer the batterers’ treatment program for domestic
abuse offenders required in section 708.2B .
9. Notify the board of parole, thirty days prior to release,
of the release from a residential facility operated by the
district department of a person serving a sentence under
section 902.12 .
10. File with the director of the Iowa department of
corrections , within ninety days after the close of each
fiscal year, a report covering the district advisory board’s
proceedings and a statement of receipts and expenditures during
the preceding fiscal year.
11. Arrange for, upon approval of the Iowa department of
corrections , by contract or on such alternative basis as may
be mutually acceptable, and equip suitable quarters at one
or more sites in the district as may be necessary for the
district department’s community-based correctional program,
provided that the district director shall to the greatest
extent feasible utilize existing facilities and shall keep
capital expenditures for acquisition, renovation, and repair
of facilities to a minimum. The district director shall not
enter into lease-purchase agreements for the purposes of
constructing, renovating, expanding, or otherwise improving
a community-based correctional facility or office unless
express authorization has been granted by the general assembly,
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12. Have authority to accept property by gift, devise,
bequest, or otherwise, and to sell or exchange any property
so accepted and apply the proceeds thereof, or the property
received in exchange therefor, to the purposes enumerated in
subsection 11 .
13. Recruit, promote, accept, and use local financial
support for the district department’s community-based
correctional program from private sources such as community
service funds, business, industrial and private foundations,
voluntary agencies, and other lawful sources.
14. Accept and expend state and federal funds available
directly to the district department for all or any part of the
cost of its community-based correctional program.
15. Arrange, by contract or on an alternative basis mutually
acceptable, and with approval of the director of the Iowa
department of corrections or that director’s designee for
utilization of existing local treatment and service resources,
including but not limited to employment, job training,
general, special, or remedial education; psychiatric and
marriage counseling; and substance use disorder treatment and
counseling.
16. Have authority to establish a force of reserve peace
officers, either separately or collectively through a chapter
28E agreement, as provided in chapter 80D .
Sec. 86. Section 905.14, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The department of corrections may adopt rules for the
administration of this section . If adopted, the rules shall
include a provision for waiving the collection of fees for
persons determined to be unable to pay.
Sec. 87. Section 907.3, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
c. Upon fulfillment of the conditions of probation and
the payment of fees imposed and not waived by the judicial
district department of correctional services under section
905.14 904.912 , the defendant shall be discharged without entry
of judgment.
Sec. 88. Section 907.3, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
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By record entry at the time of or after sentencing, the court
may suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation
upon such terms and conditions as it may require including
commitment to an alternate jail facility or a community
correctional residential treatment facility to be followed
by a period of probation as specified in section 907.7 , or
commitment of the defendant to the judicial district department
of correctional services for supervision or services under
section 901B.1 at the level of sanctions which the district
department determines to be appropriate and the payment of fees
imposed under section 905.14 904.912 . A person so committed
who has probation revoked shall not be given credit for such
time served. However, a person committed to an alternate jail
facility or a community correctional residential treatment
facility who has probation revoked shall be given credit for
time served in the facility. The court shall not suspend any
of the following sentences:
Sec. 89. Section 907.7, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The court may subsequently reduce the length of the
probation if the court determines that the purposes of
probation have been fulfilled and the fees imposed under
section 905.14 904.912 have been paid to or waived by the
judicial district department of correctional services and
that court debt collected pursuant to section 602.8107 has
been paid. The purposes of probation are to provide maximum
opportunity for the rehabilitation of the defendant and to
protect the community from further offenses by the defendant
and others.
Sec. 90. Section 907.9, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are
amended to read as follows:
1. At any time that the court determines that the purposes
of probation have been fulfilled and fees imposed under section
905.14 904.912 and court debt collected pursuant to section
602.8107 have been paid, the court may order the discharge of a
person from probation.
2. At any time that a probation officer determines that
the purposes of probation have been fulfilled and fees imposed
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to section 602.8107 have been paid, the officer may order the
discharge of a person from probation after approval of the
district director and notification of the sentencing court and
the county attorney who prosecuted the case.
Sec. 91. Section 907.9, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. At the expiration of the period of probation if the fees
imposed under section 905.14 904.912 and court debt collected
pursuant to section 602.8107 have been paid, the court shall
order the discharge of the person from probation. If portions
of the court debt remain unpaid, the person shall establish a
payment plan with the clerk of the district court or the county
attorney prior to the discharge. The court shall forward to
the governor a recommendation for or against restoration of
citizenship rights to that person upon discharge. A person who
has been discharged from probation shall no longer be held to
answer for the person’s offense.
Sec. 92. REPEAL. Sections 905.1, 905.7, 905.8, 905.9,
905.10, 905.12, 905.13, and 905.15, Code 2024, are repealed.
Sec. 93. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.
1. The Code editor is directed to make the following
transfers:
a. Section 905.2 to section 904.104A.
b. Section 905.3 to section 904.104B.
c. Section 905.4 to section 904.105A.
d. Section 905.6 to section 904.301B.
e. Section 905.11 to section 904.911.
f. Section 905.14 to section 904.912.
g. Section 905.16 to section 904.913.
2. The Code editor is directed to correct internal
references in the Code and in any enacted legislation as
necessary due to enactment of this division of this Act.
DIVISION VI
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Sec. 94. Section 99G.3, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
5. “Director” means the director of the department of
revenue or the director’s designee.
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Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
b. Promote or provide for promotion of the lottery and any
functions related to the division under this chapter .
c. Prepare a budget for the approval of the director for
activities of the division under this chapter .
Sec. 96. Section 99G.7, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 97. Section 99G.8, subsections 4, 11, and 13, Code
2024, are amended to read as follows:
4. No officer or employee of the department shall be a
member of the board.
11. The board shall meet at least quarterly and at such
other times upon call of the chairperson or the chief executive
officer administrator . Notice of the time and place of each
board meeting shall be given to each member. The board shall
also meet upon call of three or more of the board members.
The board shall keep accurate and complete records of all its
meetings.
13. Board members shall not have any direct or indirect
interest in an undertaking that puts their personal interest
in conflict with that of the department under this chapter
including but not limited to an interest in a major procurement
contract or a participating retailer.
Sec. 98. Section 99G.10, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
3. A background investigation shall be conducted by
the department of public safety, division of criminal
investigation, on each applicant who has reached the final
selection process prior to employment by the department under
this chapter . For positions not designated as sensitive by the
department, the investigation may consist of a state criminal
history background check, work history, and financial review.
The department shall identify those sensitive positions of
the division which require full background investigations,
which positions shall include, at a minimum, any officer of
the division, and any employee with operational management
responsibilities, security duties, or system maintenance or
programming responsibilities related to the division’s data
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related systems under this chapter . In addition to a work
history and financial review, a full background investigation
may include a national criminal history check through the
federal bureau of investigation. The screening of employees
through the federal bureau of investigation shall be conducted
by submission of fingerprints through the state criminal
history repository to the federal bureau of investigation. The
results of background investigations conducted pursuant to this
section shall not be considered public records under chapter
22 .
Sec. 99. Section 99G.11, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Code
2024, are amended to read as follows:
1. A member of the board , any officer, or other employee of
the division shall not directly or indirectly, individually,
as a member of a partnership or other association, or as a
shareholder, director, or officer of a corporation have an
interest in a business that contracts for the operation or
marketing of the lottery as authorized by this chapter , unless
the business is controlled or operated by a consortium of
lotteries in which the division has an interest.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 68B , a person
contracting or seeking to contract with the state to supply
gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the
lottery, an applicant for a license to sell tickets or shares
in the lottery, or a retailer shall not offer a member of
the board , any officer, or other employee of the division,
or a member of their immediate family a gift, gratuity, or
other thing having a value of more than the limits established
in chapter 68B , other than food and beverage consumed at
a meal. For purposes of this subsection , “member of their
immediate family” means a spouse, child, stepchild, brother,
brother-in-law, stepbrother, sister, sister-in-law, stepsister,
parent, parent-in-law, or step-parent of the board member , the
officer, or other employee who resides in the same household
in the same principal residence of the board member , officer,
or other employee.
3. If a board member , officer, or other employee of the
division violates a provision of this section , the board
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the office or position.
4. Enforcement of this section against a board member ,
officer, or other employee shall be by the attorney general who
upon finding a violation shall initiate an action to remove the
board member , officer, or employee.
Sec. 100. Section 99G.12, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The authority department may operate self-service kiosks
to dispense authorized lottery tickets or products in locations
where lottery games and lottery products are sold, subject to
the requirements of this chapter .
Sec. 101. Section 99G.21, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
f. To enter into written agreements with one or more other
states or territories of the United States, or one or more
political subdivisions of another state or territory of the
United States, or any entity lawfully operating a lottery
outside the United States for the operation, marketing, and
promotion of a joint lottery or joint lottery game. For
the purposes of this subsection , any lottery with which the
authority department reaches an agreement or compact shall meet
the criteria for security, integrity, and finance set by the
board.
Sec. 102. Section 99G.22, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The department shall investigate the financial
responsibility, security, and integrity of any lottery system
vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid, proposal, or
offer as part of a major procurement contract. Before a major
procurement contract is awarded, the division of criminal
investigation of the department of public safety shall conduct
a background investigation of the vendor to whom the contract
is to be awarded. The administrator department shall consult
with the division of criminal investigation and shall provide
for the scope of the background investigation and due diligence
to be conducted in connection with major procurement contracts.
At the time of submitting a bid, proposal, or offer to the
department on a major procurement contract, each vendor shall
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appropriate investigation authorization to facilitate this
investigation, together with an advance of funds to meet the
anticipated investigation costs. If the division of criminal
investigation determines that additional funds are required
to complete an investigation, the vendor will be so advised.
The background investigation by the division of criminal
investigation may include a national criminal history check
through the federal bureau of investigation. The screening
of vendors or their employees through the federal bureau of
investigation shall be conducted by submission of fingerprints
through the state criminal history repository to the federal
bureau of investigation.
Sec. 103. Section 99G.23, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024,
are amended to read as follows:
1. The division department may make procurements that
integrate functions such as lottery game design, lottery ticket
distribution to retailers, supply of goods and services,
and advertising. In all procurement decisions under this
chapter , the division department shall take into account the
particularly sensitive nature of the lottery and shall act to
promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness, and integrity
in the operation and administration of the lottery and the
objectives of raising net proceeds for state programs.
2. Each vendor for a major procurement shall, at the
execution of the contract with the division department , post
a performance bond or letter of credit from a bank or credit
provider acceptable to the division department in an amount as
deemed necessary by the division department for that particular
bid or contract.
Sec. 104. Section 99G.24, subsection 7, paragraphs d and e,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
d. Is a vendor or any employee or agent of any vendor doing
business with the department under this chapter or with the
division.
e. Resides in the same household as an officer employee
of the division with operational management responsibilities,
security duties, or system maintenance or programming
responsibilities related to the division’s data processing or
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under this chapter .
Sec. 105. Section 99G.27, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, and
h, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. A violation of this chapter , a regulation, or a policy or
procedure of the division department .
b. Failure to accurately or timely account or pay for
lottery products, lottery games, revenues, or prizes as
required by the division department .
h. Failure to meet any of the objective criteria established
by the division department pursuant to this chapter .
Sec. 106. Section 99G.28, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
99G.28 Proceeds held in trust.
All proceeds from the sale of the lottery tickets or shares
shall constitute a trust fund until paid to the division
department directly, through electronic funds transfer to the
division department , or through the division’s department’s
authorized collection representative. A lottery retailer
and officers of a lottery retailer’s business shall have a
fiduciary duty to preserve and account for lottery proceeds and
lottery retailers shall be personally liable for all proceeds.
Proceeds shall include unsold products received but not paid
for by a lottery retailer and cash proceeds of the sale of any
lottery products net of allowable sales commissions and credit
for lottery prizes paid to winners by lottery retailers. Sales
proceeds of pull-tab tickets shall include the sales price
of the lottery product net of allowable sales commission and
prizes contained in the product. Sales proceeds and unused
instant tickets shall be delivered to the division department
or its authorized collection representative upon demand.
Sec. 107. Section 99G.30A, subsection 2, paragraphs a and c,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. The director of revenue shall administer the monitor
vending machine excise tax as nearly as possible in conjunction
with the administration of state sales tax laws. The director
shall provide appropriate forms or provide appropriate entries
on the regular state tax forms for reporting local sales and
services tax liability.
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vending machine excise tax with the department of revenue are
governed by the tax provisions in section 423.31 . Monitor
vending machine excise tax collections shall not be included in
computation of the total tax to determine frequency of filing
under section 423.31 .
Sec. 108. Section 99G.31, subsection 3, paragraphs f and g,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
f. The division department is discharged of all liability
upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section .
g. No ticket or share issued by the division shall be
purchased by and no prize shall be paid to any member of the
board of directors; any officer or employee of the department
under this chapter ; or to any spouse, child, brother, sister,
or parent residing as a member of the same household in the
principal place of residence of any such person.
Sec. 109. Section 99G.34, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
4. Security records pertaining to investigations and
intelligence-sharing information between lottery security
officers staff and those of other lotteries and law enforcement
agencies, the security portions or segments of lottery
requests for proposals, proposals by vendors to conduct
lottery operations, and records of the security division of the
department under this chapter pertaining to game security data,
ticket validation tests, and processes.
Sec. 110. Section 99G.35, subsection 1, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The department’s chief security officer and investigators
lottery security staff under this chapter shall be qualified
by training and experience in law enforcement to perform their
respective duties in support of the activities of the security
office. The chief security officer and investigators Lottery
security staff shall not have sworn peace officer status. The
lottery security office shall perform all of the following
activities in support of the mission of the department under
this chapter :
Sec. 111. Section 421.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
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A department of revenue is created. The department shall be
administered by a director of revenue who shall be appointed by
the governor subject to confirmation by the senate and shall
serve at the pleasure of the governor. If the office of the
director becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be filled in the
same manner as provided for the original appointment. The
Except for the Iowa lottery division under chapter 99G, the
director may establish, abolish, and consolidate divisions
within the department of revenue when necessary for the
efficient performance of the various functions and duties of
the department of revenue.
Sec. 112. Section 421.9, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
The director of revenue or a department employee designated
deputy by the director shall sign on behalf of the department
all orders, subpoenas, warrants, and other documents of like
character issued by the department.
DIVISION VII
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 113. Section 84A.5, subsection 5, paragraph o, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
o. Adult education and literacy programs with community
colleges under section 84A.19 .
Sec. 114. Section 84A.5, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . p. The supplemental nutrition assistance
program employment and training program pursuant to 7 C.F.R.
pt. 273, administered jointly with the department of health and
human services.
Sec. 115. Section 84A.6, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. The director of the department of workforce development,
in cooperation with the department of health and human
services, shall provide job placement and training to persons
referred by the department of health and human services
under the promoting independence and self-sufficiency
through employment job opportunities and basic skills program
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pursuant to 7 C.F.R. pt. 273 .
DIVISION VIII
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Sec. 116. Section 80E.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 117. Section 100.41, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
100.41 Authority to cite violations.
Fire officials acting under the authority of this part
chapter 10A, subchapter V, part 2, may issue citations in
accordance with chapter 805 , for violations of this part
chapter 10A, subchapter V, part 2, or a violation of a local
fire safety code.
DIVISION IX
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY ——
REPORTS
Sec. 118. Section 15.107B, Code 2024, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The director may, notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, include in the report
submitted pursuant to subsection 1, any other annual report
relating to a program or activity required to be prepared by
the authority, the director, or the board, and submitted to the
general assembly.
Sec. 119. Section 15.108, subsection 6, paragraph c,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) By January 15 of each year, or as part of the annual
report under section 15.107B, the economic development
authority shall submit to the governor and the general assembly
a compilation of reports required under this subparagraph.
Sec. 120. Section 15.108, subsection 8, paragraph f, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
f. Conduct surveys of existing art and cultural programs
and activities within the state, including but not limited to
music, theater, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture, and
allied arts and crafts. The authority shall submit , or include
as part of the annual report under section 15.107B, a report
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later than ten calendar days after the commencement of each
first session of the general assembly recommending appropriate
legislation or other action as the authority deems appropriate.
Sec. 121. Section 15.120, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. The center shall prepare an annual report in coordination
with the authority. The center shall submit the report to the
general assembly and the legislative services agency by January
15 of each year or shall provide the report to the authority to
include as part of the annual report under section 15.107B .
Sec. 122. Section 15.231, subsection 7, Code 2024, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 123. Section 15.275, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The authority shall report to the general assembly on or
before September 1 of each fiscal year , or report as part of
the annual report under section 15.107B, on the effectiveness
of each entity that conducted statewide tourism marketing
services and efforts in the immediately preceding fiscal
year pursuant to a contract awarded under subsection 1 . The
report shall be provided in an electronic format and shall
include metrics and criteria that allow the general assembly to
quantify and evaluate the effectiveness and economic impact of
each entity’s statewide tourism marketing services and efforts.
Sec. 124. Section 15.320, subsection 2, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
By January 31 of each year, the board, in cooperation with
the department of revenue, shall submit to the general assembly
and to the governor , or provide to the authority for inclusion
in the annual report under section 15.107B, a report describing
the activities of the program for the most recent calendar year
for which the tax credit application period has ended pursuant
to section 15.318, subsection 1 , paragraph “d” . The report
shall, at a minimum, include the following information:
Sec. 125. Section 15.338, subsection 7, Code 2024, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 126. Section 15E.46, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
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annual report under section 15.107B, an annual report of the
activities conducted pursuant to this subchapter and shall
submit the report to the governor and the general assembly.
The report shall include a listing of eligible qualifying
businesses and the number of tax credit certificates and the
amount of tax credits issued by the authority.
Sec. 127. Section 15E.52, subsection 10, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
On or before January 31 of each year, the board, in
cooperation with the department of revenue, shall submit to the
general assembly and the governor , or provide to the authority
for inclusion in the annual report under section 15.107B, a
report describing the activities of the innovation funds during
the preceding fiscal year. The report shall at a minimum
include the following information:
Sec. 128. Section 15E.63, subsection 9, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
9. The board shall, in consultation with the Iowa capital
investment corporation, publish an annual report of the
activities conducted by the Iowa fund of funds, and present
the report to the governor and the general assembly or provide
the report to the authority to include such report as part
of the annual report under section 15.107B . The annual
report shall include a copy of the audit of the Iowa fund
of funds and a valuation of the assets of the Iowa fund of
funds, review the progress of the investment fund allocation
manager in implementing its investment plan, and describe any
redemption or transfer of a certificate issued pursuant to this
subchapter , provided, however, that the annual report shall not
identify any specific designated investor who has redeemed or
transferred a certificate. Every five years, the board shall
publish a progress report which shall evaluate the progress
of the state of Iowa in accomplishing the purposes stated in
section 15E.61 .
Sec. 129. Section 15F.107, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The authority shall submit a report to the general
assembly and the governor’s office each year , or include such
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moneys are appropriated to the fund established in this section
describing the use of moneys and the results achieved under
each of the programs receiving fund moneys.
Sec. 130. Section 15J.4, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
7. All reports received by the board under subsection
6 shall be posted on the economic development authority’s
internet site as soon as practicable following receipt of
the report. The board shall submit a written report to the
governor and the general assembly on or before January 15
of each year or shall provide the report to the economic
development authority to include such report as part of
the annual report under section 15.107B . The report
shall summarize and analyze the information submitted by
municipalities under subsection 6 .
Sec. 131. Section 16.7, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The director may, notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, include in the report
submitted under this section, any other annual report relating
to a program or activity required to be prepared by the
authority, the director, or the board and submitted to the
general assembly.
Sec. 132. Section 16.57B, subsection 7, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
On or before January 31 of each year, or as part of the
annual report under section 16.7, the authority shall submit
a report to the general assembly that identifies all of the
following for the calendar year immediately preceding the year
of the report:
Sec. 133. Section 16.134, subsection 8, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
8. By October 1 of each year, or as part of the annual
report under section 16.7, the authority shall submit a report
to the governor and the general assembly itemizing expenditures
under the program during the previous fiscal year, if any.
Sec. 134. Section 16.153, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
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thereafter or as part of the annual report under section 16.7 ,
the authority shall submit a report to the governor and the
general assembly itemizing expenditures from the fund, if any,
during the previous fiscal year.
DIVISION X
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY ——
PROGRAMS
Sec. 135. Section 15.410, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 136. Section 15.411, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
amended by striking the subsection.
Sec. 137. Section 15.412, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the authority and,
with the approval of the board, shall be used to facilitate
agreements , and enhance commercialization , and increase the
availability of skilled workers in innovative businesses. Such
moneys shall not be used for the support of retail businesses,
health care businesses, or other businesses requiring a
professional license.
Sec. 138. Section 15.412, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 139. NEW SECTION . 84A.20 Iowa student internship
program.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a. “Innovative business” means the same as defined in
section 15E.52.
b. “Internship” means temporary employment of a student that
focuses on providing the student with work experience in the
student’s field of study.
c. “Iowa student” means a student of an Iowa community
college, private college, or institution of higher learning
under the control of the state board of regents, or a student
who graduated from high school in Iowa but now attends an
institution of higher learning outside the state of Iowa.
2. a. The department of workforce development shall
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this section, the department of workforce development shall
administer the two components in as similar a manner as
possible.
b. The purpose of the first component of the program is
to link Iowa students to small and medium-sized Iowa firms
through internship opportunities. An Iowa employer may receive
financial assistance on a matching basis for a portion of the
wages paid to an intern. If providing financial assistance,
the department of workforce development shall provide the
assistance on a reimbursement basis such that for every two
dollars of wages earned by the student, one dollar paid by
the employer is matched by one dollar from the department of
workforce development. The amount of financial assistance
shall not exceed three thousand one hundred dollars for any
single internship, or nine thousand three hundred dollars
for any single employer. In order to be eligible to receive
financial assistance, the employer must have five hundred
or fewer employees and must be an innovative business. The
department of workforce development shall encourage youth who
reside in economically distressed areas, youth adjudicated to
have committed a delinquent act, and youth transitioning out
of foster care to participate in the first component of the
internship program.
c. (1) The purpose of the second component of the program
is to assist in placing Iowa students studying in the fields
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into
internships that lead to permanent positions with Iowa
employers. The department of workforce development shall
collaborate with eligible employers, including but not limited
to innovative businesses, to ensure that the interns hired
are studying in such fields. An Iowa employer may receive
financial assistance on a matching basis for a portion of the
wages paid to an intern. If providing financial assistance,
the department of workforce development shall provide the
assistance on a reimbursement basis such that for every two
dollars of wages earned by the student, one dollar paid by
the employer is matched by one dollar from the department of
workforce development. The amount of financial assistance
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department of workforce development may adopt rules to
administer this component. In adopting rules to administer
this component, the department of workforce development shall
adopt rules as similar as possible to those adopted pursuant
to paragraph “b” .
(2) The requirement to administer this component of the
internship program is contingent upon the provision of funding
for such purposes by the general assembly.
3. a. An Iowa student internship fund is created in the
state treasury under the control of the department of workforce
development. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to
the department of workforce development and any other moneys
available to, obtained, or accepted by the department of
workforce development for placement in the fund.
b. Payments of interest, repayments of moneys loaned
pursuant to this section, and recaptures of financial
assistance shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund
are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section
12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be
credited to the fund.
c. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department
of workforce development and, with the approval of the Iowa
workforce development board, shall be used to increase the
availability of skilled workers in innovative businesses, by
providing Iowa student internship opportunities. Such moneys
shall not be used for the support of retail businesses, health
care businesses, or other businesses requiring a professional
license.
Sec. 140. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. Any internship or
financial assistance awarded under a program administered by
the economic development authority under section 15.411, Code
2024, prior to the effective date of this division of this Act
is valid and shall continue as provided in the terms of the
internship or financial assistance under section 84A.20, as
enacted in this division of this Act.
DIVISION XI
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Sec. 141. Section 125.7, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
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4. Adopt rules for subsections subsection 1 and 6 and review
other rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this
chapter , subject to review in accordance with chapter 17A .
Sec. 142. Section 125.7, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 143. Section 125.13, subsection 2, paragraphs a, b, i,
and j, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. A hospital providing care or treatment to persons with
a substance use disorder licensed under chapter 135B which is
accredited by the joint commission on the accreditation of
health care organizations, the commission on accreditation
of rehabilitation facilities, the American osteopathic
association, or another recognized organization approved by the
council department . All survey reports from the accrediting or
licensing body must be sent to the department.
b. Any practitioner of medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery, in the practitioner’s private practice.
However, a program shall not be exempted from licensing by the
council department by virtue of its utilization of the services
of a medical practitioner in its operation.
i. A substance use disorder treatment program not funded
by the department which is accredited or licensed by the joint
commission on the accreditation of health care organizations,
the commission on the accreditation of rehabilitation
facilities, the American osteopathic association, or another
recognized organization approved by the council department .
All survey reports from the accrediting or licensing body must
be sent to the department.
j. A hospital substance use disorder treatment program
that is accredited or licensed by the joint commission on the
accreditation of health care organizations, the commission on
the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities, the American
osteopathic association, or another recognized organization
approved by the council department . All survey reports for
the hospital substance use disorder treatment program from the
accrediting or licensing body shall be sent to the department.
Sec. 144. Section 125.14, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
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The council department shall consider all cases involving
initial issuance, and renewal, denial, suspension, or
revocation of a license. The department shall issue a license
to an applicant whom the council department determines meets
the licensing requirements of this chapter . Licenses shall
expire no later than three years from the date of issuance
and shall be renewed upon timely application made in the same
manner as for initial issuance of a license unless notice of
nonrenewal is given to the licensee at least thirty days prior
to the expiration of the license. The department shall not
charge a fee for licensing or renewal of programs contracting
with the department for provision of treatment services. A fee
may be charged to other licensees.
Sec. 145. Section 125.15A, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
b. The council department has suspended, revoked, or refused
to renew the existing license of the program.
Sec. 146. Section 125.16, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
125.16 Transfer of license or change of location prohibited.
A license issued under this chapter may not be transferred,
and the location of the physical facilities occupied or
utilized by any program licensed under this chapter shall not
be changed without the prior written consent of the council
department .
Sec. 147. Section 125.17, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
125.17 License suspension or revocation.
Violation of any of the requirements or restrictions
of this chapter or of any of the rules adopted pursuant to
this chapter is cause for suspension, revocation, or refusal
to renew a license. The director shall at the earliest
time feasible notify a licensee whose license the council
department is considering suspending or revoking and shall
inform the licensee what changes must be made in the licensee’s
operation to avoid such action. The licensee shall be
given a reasonable time for compliance, as determined by the
director, after receiving such notice or a notice that the
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the licensee believes compliance has been achieved, or if
the licensee considers the proposed suspension, revocation,
or refusal to renew unjustified, the licensee may submit
pertinent information to the council department and the council
department shall expeditiously make a decision in the matter
and notify the licensee of the decision.
Sec. 148. Section 125.18, Code 2024, is amended by striking
the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
125.18 Applications —— approval or denial —— disciplinary
actions.
The department may deny an application for license, or
may place on probation, suspend or revoke a license of, or
otherwise discipline a licensee if the department finds that
the licensee has not been or will not be operated in compliance
with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this
chapter, or that there is insufficient assurance of adequate
protection for the public. The authorization denial or period
of probation, suspension, or revocation, or other disciplinary
action shall be effected and may be appealed as provided by
section 17A.12.
Sec. 149. Section 125.19, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
125.19 Reissuance or reinstatement.
After suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew a license
pursuant to this chapter , the affected licensee shall not have
the license reissued or reinstated within one year of the
effective date of the suspension, revocation, or expiration
upon refusal to renew, unless the council department orders
otherwise. After that time, proof of compliance with the
requirements and restrictions of this chapter and the rules
adopted pursuant to this chapter must be presented to the
council department prior to reinstatement or reissuance of a
license.
Sec. 150. Section 125.21, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The council department has exclusive power in this state
to approve and license chemical substitutes and antagonists
programs, and to monitor chemical substitutes and antagonists
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rules adopted pursuant to this chapter . The council department
shall grant approval and license if the requirements of the
rules are met and state funding is not requested. The chemical
substitutes and antagonists programs conducted by persons
exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter pursuant
to section 125.13, subsection 2 , are subject to approval and
licensure under this section .
Sec. 151. Section 125.58, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. If the department has probable cause to believe that
an institution, place, building, or agency not licensed
as a substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation
facility is in fact a substance use disorder treatment and
rehabilitation facility as defined by this chapter , and
is not exempt from licensing by section 125.13, subsection
2 , the council department may order an inspection of the
institution, place, building, or agency. If the inspector
upon presenting proper identification is denied entry for the
purpose of making the inspection, the inspector may, with
the assistance of the county attorney of the county in which
the premises are located, apply to the district court for an
order requiring the owner or occupant to permit entry and
inspection of the premises to determine whether there have been
violations of this chapter . The investigation may include
review of records, reports, and documents maintained by the
facility and interviews with staff members consistent with the
confidentiality safeguards of state and federal law.
Sec. 152. Section 217.30, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Information described in subsection 2 shall not be
disclosed to or used by any person except for purposes of
administration or evaluation of a program of services or
assistance, and shall not, except as provided in subsection
5 , be disclosed to or used by a person outside the department
unless the person is subject to standards of confidentiality
comparable to those imposed on the department by this section .
Sec. 153. Section 217.30, subsection 5, paragraph b,
subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
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director or the director’s designee, confidential information
described in subsection 2 , paragraphs “a” , “b” , and “c” , shall
is required to be disclosed within the department and to a
public official for use in connection with the department or
public official’s duties relating to law enforcement, audits,
the support and protection of children and families, and
other purposes directly connected with the administration of
the programs of services and assistance referred to in this
section .
Sec. 154. Section 217.34, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
217.34 Debt setoff.
The investigations division of the department of
inspections, appeals, and licensing and the department shall
provide assistance to set off against a person’s or provider’s
income tax refund or rebate any debt which has accrued
through written contract, nonpayment of premiums pursuant to
section 249A.3, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1),
subrogation, departmental recoupment procedures, or court
judgment and which is in the form of a liquidated sum due
and owing the department. The department of inspections,
appeals, and licensing, with approval of the department,
shall adopt rules under chapter 17A necessary to assist the
department of revenue in the implementation of the setoff
under section 421.65 in regard to money owed to the state for
public assistance overpayments or nonpayment of premiums as
specified in this section . The department shall adopt rules
under chapter 17A necessary to assist the department of revenue
in the implementation of the setoff under section 421.65 , in
regard to collections by child support services and foster care
services .
Sec. 155. Section 218.94, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. The director may shall have full power to secure options
to purchase real estate, to acquire and sell real estate,
and to grant utility easements, for the proper uses of the
institutions. Real estate shall be acquired and sold and
utility easements granted, upon such terms and conditions as
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proceeds shall be deposited in a health and human services
capital reinvestment fund created in the state treasury under
the control of the department. There is appropriated from
such capital reinvestment fund a sum equal to the proceeds
deposited and credited to the capital reinvestment fund to the
department, which may be used to purchase other real estate,
for capital improvements upon property under the director’s
control, or for improvements to property which is owned by the
state and utilized by the department.
Sec. 156. Section 252I.8, subsection 6, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
6. The support obligor may withdraw the request for
challenge by submitting a written withdrawal to the person
identified as the contact for child support services in
the notice or child support services may withdraw the
administrative levy at any time prior to the court hearing and
provide notice of the withdrawal to the obligor and any account
holder of interest and to the financial institution, by regular
mail.
DIVISION XII
STATE SALARIES —— APPOINTED STATE OFFICERS
Sec. 157. NEW SECTION . 8A.461 Appointed state officers ——
salary ranges.
1. Unless otherwise provided by law, the governor shall
establish a salary for nonelected persons appointed by the
governor within the executive branch of state government.
In establishing a salary for a person holding a position
enumerated in subsection 3 within the range provided, the
governor may consider, among other items, the experience of
the person in the position, changes in the duties of the
position, the incumbent’s performance of assigned duties,
and subordinates’ salaries. However, the attorney general
shall establish the salary of the consumer advocate, the
chief justice of the supreme court shall establish the salary
of the state court administrator, the ethics and campaign
disclosure board shall establish the salary of the executive
director, the Iowa public information board shall establish
the salary of the executive director, the board of regents
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Iowa public broadcasting board shall establish the salary of
the administrator of the public broadcasting division of the
department of education, each within the salary range provided
in subsection 3.
2. A person whose salary is established pursuant to this
section and who is a full-time, year-round employee of the
state shall not receive any other remuneration from the state
or from any other source for the performance of that person’s
duties unless the additional remuneration is first approved by
the governor or authorized by law. However, this subsection
does not apply to reimbursement for necessary travel and
expenses incurred in the performance of duties or fringe
benefits normally provided to employees of the state.
3. a. The annual salary ranges for appointed state officers
as specified in paragraphs “b” , “c” , and “d” , are effective
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, effective for the
pay period beginning June 21, 2024, and for subsequent fiscal
years. The governor or other person designated in subsection 1
shall determine the salary to be paid to the person indicated
at a rate within the applicable salary range from moneys
appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose.
b. The following are range one positions: chairperson
and members of the employment appeal board of the department
of inspections, appeals, and licensing; director of the
department for the blind; executive director of the ethics
and campaign disclosure board; executive director of the Iowa
public information board; and chairperson, vice chairperson,
and members of the board of parole. Range one positions shall
be paid in a range set in accordance with pay grade thirty-two
of the pay plans published by the department of administrative
services pursuant to section 8A.413, subsection 3.
c. The following are range two positions: workers’
compensation commissioner, director of the law enforcement
academy, consumer advocate, director of the Iowa civil rights
commission, and administrator of the public broadcasting
division of the department of education. Range two positions
shall be paid in a range set in accordance with pay grade
thirty-eight of the pay plans published by the department of
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3.
d. The following are range three positions: superintendent
of banking of the department of insurance and financial
services, superintendent of credit unions of the department
of insurance and financial services, chairperson and members
of the utilities board, executive director of the Iowa
telecommunications and technology commission, executive
director of the state board of regents, lottery administrator
of the department of revenue, labor commissioner, state public
defender, and state court administrator. Range three positions
shall be paid in a range set in accordance with pay grade
forty-three of the pay plans published by the department of
administrative services pursuant to section 8A.413, subsection
3.
Sec. 158. Section 8D.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
8D.4 Executive director appointed.
The commission shall appoint an executive director of
the commission, subject to confirmation by the senate. Such
individual shall not serve as a member of the commission.
The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the
commission. The executive director shall be selected primarily
for administrative ability and knowledge in the field, without
regard to political affiliation. The governor shall establish
the salary of the executive director within the applicable
salary range as established by the general assembly section
8A.461 . The salary and support of the executive director shall
be paid from funds deposited in the Iowa communications network
fund.
Sec. 159. Section 20.5, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. The governor shall appoint an executive director of the
board, subject to confirmation by the senate, who shall serve
at the pleasure of the governor. The executive director shall
serve as the executive officer of the board. In selecting
the executive director, consideration shall be given to the
person’s knowledge, ability, and experience in the field of
labor-management relations. The governor shall set the salary
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established by the general assembly .
Sec. 160. Section 68B.32, subsection 5, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
5. The board shall employ a full-time executive director who
shall be the board’s chief administrative officer. The board
shall employ or contract for the employment of legal counsel
notwithstanding section 13.7 , and any other personnel as may
be necessary to carry out the duties of the board. The board’s
legal counsel shall be the chief legal officer of the board and
shall advise the board on all legal matters relating to the
administration of this chapter and chapter 68A . The state may
be represented by the board’s legal counsel in any civil action
regarding the enforcement of this chapter or chapter 68A , or at
the board’s request, the state may be represented by the office
of the attorney general. Notwithstanding section 8A.412 , all
of the board’s employees, except for the executive director and
legal counsel, shall be employed subject to the merit system
provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV . The salary of the
executive director shall be fixed by the board, within the
range established by the general assembly section 8A.461 . The
salary of the legal counsel shall be fixed by the board, within
a salary range established by the department of administrative
services for a position requiring similar qualifications and
experience.
Sec. 161. Section 99G.5, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
2. The salary of the lottery administrator shall be set by
the governor within the applicable salary range established by
the general assembly section 8A.461 .
Sec. 162. Section 216B.3A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The director of the department shall be appointed by
the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, and shall
serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall set
the salary of the director within the applicable salary range
established by the general assembly section 8A.461 .
Sec. 163. Section 256.81, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
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education is created. The chief administrative officer of the
division is the administrator who shall be appointed by and
serve at the pleasure of the Iowa public broadcasting board.
The board shall set the division administrator’s salary within
the applicable salary range established by the general assembly
unless otherwise provided by law section 8A.461 . Educational
programming shall be the highest priority of the division.
The division shall be governed by the national principles
of editorial integrity developed by the editorial integrity
project. The director of the department of education and the
state board of education are not liable for the activities of
the division of public broadcasting.
Sec. 164. Section 475A.3, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Salaries, expenses, and appropriation. The salary of the
consumer advocate shall be fixed by the attorney general within
the salary range set by the general assembly section 8A.461 .
The salaries of employees of the consumer advocate shall be
at rates of compensation consistent with current standards in
industry. The reimbursement of expenses for the employees and
the consumer advocate is as provided by law. The appropriation
for the office of consumer advocate shall be a separate line
item contained in the appropriation from the commerce revolving
fund created in section 546.12 .
Sec. 165. Section 524.201, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The superintendent shall receive a salary set by the
governor within a range established by the general assembly
section 8A.461 .
Sec. 166. Section 533.104, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
2. The superintendent shall receive a salary set by the
governor within a range established by the general assembly
section 8A.461 .
Sec. 167. Section 904A.6, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
904A.6 Salaries and expenses.
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by section 8A.461 . Each member of the board and all employees
are entitled to receive, in addition to their salary, their
necessary maintenance and travel expenses while engaged in
official business.
Sec. 168. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect June 21, 2024.
DIVISION XIII
OFFICE FOR STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS
Sec. 169. Section 7F.1, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Office established. A state-federal relations office
is established as an independent agency. The office shall be
located in Washington, D.C., attached to the office of the
governor for administrative purposes and shall be administered
by the director of the office who is appointed by the governor,
subject to confirmation by the senate, and who serves at
the pleasure of the governor. The office and its personnel
are exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A,
subchapter IV .
DIVISION XIV
HISTORICAL SITES
Sec. 170. Section 8A.702, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
2. Administer and care for historical sites under the
authority of the department and maintain collections within
these sites. For the purposes of this section, “historical
site” means any district, site, building, or structure listed
on the national register of historic sites or identified as
eligible for such status by the state historic preservation
officer or that is identified according to established criteria
by the state historic preservation officer as significant in
national, state, and local history, architecture, engineering,
archaeology, or culture.
Sec. 171. Section 8A.702, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
4. Develop , in consultation with the state historic
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restoration, maintenance, operation, and interpretation of
properties under the jurisdiction of the department.
Sec. 172. Section 15.121, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . e. Developing standards and criteria for the
preservation, restoration, and maintenance of historical sites.
Sec. 173. Section 15.121, Code 2024, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 7. Before modifying a historical site in a
manner that could impact a site’s listing on, or eligibility
for, the national register of historic places, a state agency
which owns, manages, or administers the historical site must
consult with the state historic preservation officer to ensure
the proper management, maintenance, and development of the
site. The state agency and the state historic preservation
officer may, at the discretion of the state historic
preservation officer, enter into an agreement relating to the
proper management, maintenance, and development of the site.
The authority may, in consultation with the state historic
preservation officer, adopt rules to implement this subsection.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2686, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor