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                                        Senate File 405

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO STATUTORY CORRECTIONS WHICH MAY ADJUST
    LANGUAGE TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICES, INSERT EARLIER
    OMISSIONS, DELETE REDUNDANCIES AND INACCURACIES, DELETE
    TEMPORARY LANGUAGE, RESOLVE INCONSISTENCIES AND CONFLICTS,
    UPDATE ONGOING PROVISIONS, OR REMOVE AMBIGUITIES, AND
    INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
                           DIVISION I
                      MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES
    Section 1.  Section 2.48, subsection 3, paragraph d,
 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (2)  Historic preservation and cultural and entertainment
 district tax credits under chapter 404A.
    Sec. 2.  Section 2.48, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code 2017,
 is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 3.  Section 7A.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    7A.1  Official reports ==== preparation.
    1.  State officials, boards, commissions, and heads of
 departments shall prepare and file written official reports, in
 simple language and in the most concise form consistent with
 clearness and comprehensiveness of matter, required by law or
 by the governor.
    2.  Before filing any report its, the author shall
 carefully edit the same and the report.  The author shall
  strike therefrom from the report all minutes of proceedings,
 and all correspondence, petitions, orders, and other matter
 which can be briefly stated, or which is not important
 information concerning public affairs, and consolidate so far
 as practicable all statistical tables.
    3.  Any report failing to comply substantially with this
 section shall be returned to its author for correction, and
 until made so to comply shall not be printed.
    4.  This section shall not be construed as depriving the
 director of the department of administrative services of the
 right to edit and revise said the report.
    Sec. 4.  Section 7E.3, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    5.  Adults Persons not lawfully present.  Unless expressly
 authorized by federal or state law, ensure that the public
 benefits administered by the department or independent agency
 are not provided to persons who are not lawfully present in the
 United States.
    Sec. 5.  Section 9C.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    9C.1  Definitions ==== presumption ==== applicability.
    1.  The As used in this chapter, the term "transient
 merchant" as used herein shall mean and include every merchant,
 whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership
 or association, and whether owner, agent, bailee, consignee or
 employee, who shall bring or cause to be brought within the
 state of Iowa any goods, wares or merchandise of any kind,
 nature or description, with the intention of temporarily or
 intermittently selling or offering to sell at retail such
 goods, wares or merchandise within the state of Iowa. The term
 "transient merchant" shall also mean and include every merchant,
 whether an individual person, a firm, corporation, partnership
 or an association, who shall by itself, or by agent, consignee
 or employee temporarily or intermittently engage in or conduct
 at one or more locations a business within the state of Iowa
 for the sale at retail of any goods, wares or merchandise of
 any nature or description.
    2.  A merchant engaging in business shall be presumed to
 be temporarily or intermittently in business unless it is the
 intention of such merchant to remain continuously in business
 at each location where the merchant is engaged in business
 within the state of Iowa as a merchant for a period of more than
 sixty days.
    3.  The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed
 to apply to persons selling at wholesale to merchants, nor to
 transient vendors of drugs, nor to persons running a huckster
 wagon, or selling or distributing livestock feeds, fresh meats,
 fish, fruit, or vegetables, nor to persons selling their own
 work or production either by themselves or employees.
    Sec. 6.  Section 9C.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    9C.2  License required.
 It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant as herein
 defined, to sell, dispose of, or offer for sale any goods,
 wares or merchandise of any kind, nature or description, at
 any time or place within the state of Iowa, outside the limits
 of any city in the state of Iowa, or within the limits of any
 city in the state of Iowa that has not by ordinance provided
 for the licensing of transient merchants, unless such transient
 merchant, as herein defined, shall have has a valid license as
 herein provided in this chapter and shall have has complied
 with the regulations herein set forth in this chapter.
    Sec. 7.  Section 9C.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    Any transient merchant as defined herein, desiring a
 transient merchant's license shall at least ten days prior
 to the first day any sale is made, file with the secretary
 of state of the state of Iowa an application in writing duly
 verified by the person, firm, corporation, partnership or
 association proposing to sell or offer to sell at retail any
 goods, wares or merchandise, or to engage in or conduct a
 temporary or intermittent business for the sale at retail of
 any goods, wares or merchandise, which. The application shall
 state the following facts:
    Sec. 8.  Section 9C.4, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    9C.4  Bond required ==== applicability ==== forfeiture.
    1.  At the time and as part of filing said the application
 and as a part thereof, the applicant shall file with the
 secretary of state a bond, with sureties to be approved by the
 secretary of state, in a penal sum two times the value of the
 goods, wares or merchandise to be sold or offered for sale or
 the average inventory to be carried by such transient merchant
 engaged in or conducting an intermittent or temporary business
 as the case may be as shown by the application, running to the
 state of Iowa, for the use and benefit of any purchaser of
 any merchandise from such transient merchant who might have
 a cause of action of any nature arising from or out of such
 sale against the applicant or the owner of such merchandise if
 other than the applicant; the. The bond to shall be further
  conditioned on the payment by the applicant of all taxes that
 may be payable by, or due from, the applicant to the state
 of Iowa or any subdivision thereof, the bond to and shall be
 further conditioned for the payment of any fines that may be
 assessed by any court against the applicant for violation of
 the provision of this chapter, and further conditioned as well
 as for the payment and satisfaction of any and all causes of
 action against the applicant commenced within one year from the
 date of sale thereof, and arising from such sale, provided,
 however, that. However, the aggregate liability of the surety
 for all such taxes, fines, and causes of action shall in no
 event exceed the principal sum of such bond.
    2.  In such bond the applicant and surety shall appoint the
 secretary of state, the agent of the applicant and surety for
 the service of process. In the event of such service, the
 agent upon whom such service is made shall within five days
 after the date of service, mail by ordinary mail a true copy of
 the process served upon the agent to each party for whom the
 agent is served, addressed to the last known address of such
 party. Failure to so mail said the copy shall not, however,
 affect the jurisdiction of the court.
    3.  Such bond shall contain the consent of the applicant
 and surety that the district court of the county in which
 the plaintiff may reside or Polk county, Iowa, shall have
 jurisdiction of all actions against the applicant or surety,
 or both, arising out of the sale. The state of Iowa, or any
 subdivision thereof, or any person having a cause of action
 against the applicant or surety arising out of said sale may
 join the applicant and surety on such bond in the same action,
 or may in such action sue either the applicant or the surety
 alone.
    4.  The requirements of this section also apply to transient
 merchants who are licensed in accordance with an ordinance of a
 city in the state of Iowa.
    5.  Notwithstanding the above provisions subsections 1
 through 4, the bond provided for in this section shall be
 forfeited to the state of Iowa upon the applicant's failure to
 pay the total of all taxes payable by or due from the applicant
 to the state which taxes are administered by the department of
 revenue. The department shall adopt administrative rules for
 the collection of the forfeiture. Notice shall be provided
 to the surety and to the applicant. Notice to the applicant
 shall be mailed to the applicant's last known address. The
 applicant or the surety shall have the opportunity to apply
 to the director of revenue for a hearing within thirty days
 after the giving of such notice. Upon the failure to timely
 request a hearing, the bond shall be forfeited. If, after
 the hearing upon timely request, the director finds that the
 applicant has failed to pay the total of all taxes payable
 and the bond is forfeited, the director shall order the bond
 forfeited. The amount of the forfeiture shall be the amount
 of taxes payable or the amount of the bond. The surety
 shall not have standing to contest the amount of any taxes
 payable. For purposes of this section, "taxes payable" means
 all tax, penalties, interest, and fees that the department has
 previously determined to be due by assessment or in an appeal
 of an assessment.
    Sec. 9.  Section 9E.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    A statement by the applicant that the applicant has good
 reason to believe any of the following:
    Sec. 10.  Section 9E.3, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    3.  Certification.  Upon the filing of a complete
 application, the secretary shall certify the eligible person
 as a program participant. A program participant shall be
 certified for four years following the date the application
 is certified by the secretary unless the certification is
 canceled, withdrawn, or invalidated. The secretary shall
 establish by rule a renewal procedure for recertification.
    Sec. 11.  Section 12.8, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The treasurer of state shall invest or deposit, subject
 to chapters 12F, and 12H, and 12J and as provided by law,
 any of the public funds not currently needed for operating
 expenses and shall do so upon receipt of monthly notice from
 the director of the department of administrative services of
 the amount not so needed. In the event of loss on redemption
 or sale of securities invested as prescribed by law, and if
 the transaction is reported to the executive council, neither
 the treasurer nor director of the department of administrative
 services is personally liable but the loss shall be charged
 against the funds which would have received the profits or
 interest of the investment and there is appropriated from the
 funds the amount so required.
    Sec. 12.  Section 12.71, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The treasurer of state may issue bonds upon the request
 of the vision Iowa board created in section 15F.102, Code 2016,
  and do all things necessary with respect to the purposes of the
 vision Iowa fund. The treasurer of state shall have all of
 the powers which are necessary to issue and secure bonds and
 carry out the purposes of the fund. The treasurer of state may
 issue bonds in principal amounts which, in the opinion of the
 board, are necessary to provide sufficient funds for the vision
 Iowa fund created in section 12.72, the payment of interest
 on the bonds, the establishment of reserves to secure the
 bonds, the costs of issuance of the bonds, other expenditures
 of the treasurer of state incident to and necessary or
 convenient to carry out the bond issue for the fund, and all
 other expenditures of the board necessary or convenient to
 administer the fund; provided, however, excluding the issuance
 of refunding bonds, bonds issued pursuant to this section shall
 not be issued in an aggregate principal amount which exceeds
 three hundred million dollars. The bonds are investment
 securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning of and
 for purposes of the uniform commercial code, chapter 554.
    Sec. 13.  Section 12B.10, subsection 5, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (7), subparagraph division (a), unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    A joint investment trust organized pursuant to chapter 28E
 prior to and existing in good standing on the effective date
 of this Act or a joint investment trust organized pursuant
 to chapter 28E after April 28, 1992, provided that the joint
 investment trust shall be one of the following:
    Sec. 14.  Section 12B.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    12B.12  Duty of examining officer.
    It shall be the duty of the officer or officers making such
  a settlement described under section 12B.11 to see that the
 amount of securities and money produced and counted, together
 with the amounts so certified by the legally designated
 depositories, agrees with the balance with which such treasurer
 should be charged, and the officer shall make a report in
 writing of any such settlement or examination, and attach
 thereto the certified statement of all such depositories.
    Sec. 15.  Section 12B.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    12B.13  Report of settlement filed.
    The report of any such settlement under section 12B.11 with
 the treasurer of state shall be filed in the office of the
 director of the department of management, and the. The report
 of a settlement under section 12B.11 with a county treasurer
 shall be filed with the auditor of the county.
    Sec. 16.  Section 15F.103, subsection 6, Code 2017, is
 amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 17.  Section 16.28, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  The bondholders or noteholders, to the extent provided
 in the resolution by which the bonds or notes were issued or
 in their agreement with the authority, may enforce any of the
 remedies in paragraph "a", subparagraphs (1) to through (5) or
 the remedies provided in those agreements for and on their own
 behalf.
    Sec. 18.  Section 16.50, subsection 3, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  Projects that are eligible for historic preservation
 and cultural and entertainment district tax credits under
 chapter 404A.
    Sec. 19.  Section 17A.6A, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  Process forms and instructions for filing a petition
 for rulemaking pursuant to section 17A.7, a petition for a
 declaratory order pursuant to section 17A.9, or a request
  petition for a waiver or variance of an administrative rule
 pursuant to section 17A.9A.
    Sec. 20.  Section 22.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    22.1  Definitions.
    As used in this chapter:
    1.  The term "government body" "Government body" means this
 state, or any county, city, township, school corporation,
 political subdivision, tax=supported district, nonprofit
 corporation other than a fair conducting a fair event as
 provided in chapter 174, whose facilities or indebtedness are
 supported in whole or in part with property tax revenue and
 which is licensed to conduct pari=mutuel wagering pursuant to
 chapter 99D; the governing body of a drainage or levee district
 as provided in chapter 468, including a board as defined in
 section 468.3, regardless of how the district is organized;
 or other entity of this state, or any branch, department,
 board, bureau, commission, council, committee, official, or
 officer of any of the foregoing or any employee delegated
 the responsibility for implementing the requirements of this
 chapter.
    2.  The term "lawful custodian" "Lawful custodian" means
 the government body currently in physical possession of
 the public record. The custodian of a public record in the
 physical possession of persons outside a government body is
 the government body owning that record. The records relating
 to the investment of public funds are the property of the
 public body responsible for the public funds. Each government
 body shall delegate to particular officials or employees of
 that government body the responsibility for implementing the
 requirements of this chapter and shall publicly announce the
 particular officials or employees to whom responsibility
 for implementing the requirements of this chapter has been
 delegated. "Lawful custodian" does not mean an automated data
 processing unit of a public body if the data processing unit
 holds the records solely as the agent of another public body,
 nor does it mean a unit which holds the records of other public
 bodies solely for storage.
    3.  a.  As used in this chapter, "public records" "Public
 records" includes all records, documents, tape, or other
 information, stored or preserved in any medium, of or
 belonging to this state or any county, city, township, school
 corporation, political subdivision, nonprofit corporation other
 than a fair conducting a fair event as provided in chapter 174,
 whose facilities or indebtedness are supported in whole or in
 part with property tax revenue and which is licensed to conduct
 pari=mutuel wagering pursuant to chapter 99D, or tax=supported
 district in this state, or any branch, department, board,
 bureau, commission, council, or committee of any of the
 foregoing.
    b.  "Public records" also includes all records relating
 to the investment of public funds including but not limited
 to investment policies, instructions, trading orders,
 or contracts, whether in the custody of the public body
 responsible for the public funds or a fiduciary or other third
 party.
    Sec. 21.  Section 28F.5, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    28F.5  Source of payment ==== rates and charges, pledge of
 revenues.
    1.  Such an An entity shall have the power to pledge all
 or part of the net revenues of a project or projects to the
 payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued
 pursuant to this chapter and shall provide by resolution
 authorizing the issuance of said bonds that such net revenues
 of the project or projects shall be set apart in a sinking
 fund for that purpose and kept separate and distinct from all
 other revenues of the entity. The principal of and interest
 on the bonds so issued shall be secured by a pledge of such net
 revenues of the project or projects in the manner and to the
 extent provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of
 said bonds.
    2.  Such an An entity shall have the power to fix, establish
 and maintain such rates, tolls, fees, rentals or other charges
 and collect the same from the public agencies participating
 in the agreement or from private agencies or persons for
 the payment of the services and facilities provided by said
 project or projects. Such rates, tolls, fees, rentals or other
 charges shall be so fixed, established and maintained and
 revised from time to time whenever necessary as will always
 provide revenues sufficient to pay the cost of maintaining,
 repairing and operating the project or projects, to pay the
 principal of and interest on the bonds then outstanding which
 are payable therefrom as the same become due and payable, to
 provide adequate and sufficient reserves therefor, to provide
 for replacements, depreciations and necessary extensions and
 enlargements and to provide a margin of safety for the making
 of such payments and providing such reserves. Notwithstanding
 the foregoing such an entity shall have the further right to
 pledge to the payment of the bonds issued pursuant to this
 chapter, in addition to the net revenues of the project or
 projects pledged therefor, such other moneys that it may have
 and which are lawfully available therefor.
    3.  In order to pay the rates, tolls, fees, rentals or
 other charges levied against a public agency by an entity
 for the payment of the services and facilities provided by
 a project or projects authorized by this chapter, public
 agencies participating in such an agreement shall have the
 power by ordinance to fix, establish and maintain, rates or
 other charges for the use of and the services and facilities
 rendered by said project or projects. Such rates or charges
 may be so fixed, established and maintained and revised from
 time to time whenever necessary as will always provide such
 public agencies with sufficient revenue to pay the rates,
 tolls, fees, rentals or other charges levied against it by the
 entity for the payments of the services and facilities provided
 by said project or projects. All such rates or charges to be
 paid by the owners of real property, if not paid as by the
 ordinance provided, when due, shall constitute a lien upon such
 real property served by such project or projects, and shall be
 collected in the same manner as general taxes.
    Sec. 22.  Section 28F.10, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    28F.10  Refunding bonds.
    Refunding bonds may be issued by an entity in a principal
 amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment, including
 premium, if any, of bonds issued by said the entity pursuant
 to the provisions of this chapter to be refunded thereby
 and the interest thereon and in addition for the payment of
 all expenses incident to the calling, retiring, or paying
 of such outstanding bonds to be refunded, such refunding.
 Refunding bonds may also finance the construction of a project
 or projects authorized by this chapter or the improvement,
 addition, betterment or extension of an existing project or
 projects so authorized. Said refunding Refunding bonds shall
 not be issued to refund the principal of and interest on any
 bonds to be refunded unless such bonds mature or are redeemable
 under their terms within ten years from the date of delivery
 of the refunding bonds. The proceeds of said the refunding
 bonds to be used for the payment of the principal of, interest
 on and redemption premiums, if any, on said the bonds to be
 refunded which will not be due and payable immediately shall be
 deposited in trust for the sole purpose of making such payments
 in a bank or trust company within the state. Any moneys in such
 trust fund, prior to the date such funds will be needed for
 the payment of such principal of, interest on and redemption
 premiums, if any, of such outstanding bonds to be refunded,
 may be invested or reinvested as provided in the resolution
 authorizing said the refunding bonds. Refunding bonds shall be
 issued in the same manner and detail as revenue bonds herein
 authorized.
    Sec. 23.  Section 29C.24, subsection 2, paragraph e,
 subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (b) and (c), Code
 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    (b)  Except for disaster and or emergency=related work, the
 business entity has no presence in the state and conducts no
 business in the state.
    (c)  Except for disaster and or emergency=related work, the
 business entity had no registrations, tax filings, or nexus in
 the state for the tax year immediately preceding the year in
 which the relevant declared state disaster or emergency occurs.
    Sec. 24.  Section 29C.24, subsection 5, paragraph a,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    An out=of=state business that enters the state to perform
 disaster and or emergency=related work during a disaster
 response period shall provide notification to the secretary
 of state, which notification shall contain all the following
 information related to the out=of=state business:
    Sec. 25.  Section 29C.24, subsection 5, paragraphs b and c,
 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    b.  For an out=of=state business that enters this state
 to perform disaster and or emergency=related work during a
 disaster response period as an affiliate of a registered
 business, the registered business shall provide, on behalf of
 the affiliate out=of=state business, the notification required
 in paragraph "a", which notification shall also include contact
 information for the registered business.
    c.  Upon request of the secretary of state, an out=of=state
 business that enters the state to perform disaster and or
  emergency=related work during a disaster response period shall
 provide proof of workers' compensation insurance coverage and
 liability insurance coverage, if any. Such proof shall be
 provided within ten days of the request.
    Sec. 26.  Section 35C.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    35C.2  Physical disability.
    The persons thus preferred shall not be disqualified from
 holding any position hereinbefore mentioned in section 35C.1
  on account of age or by reason of any physical disability,
 provided such age or disability does not render such person
 incompetent to perform properly the duties of the position
 applied for.
    Sec. 27.  Section 35C.6, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    35C.6  Removal ==== certiorari ==== judicial review.
    No person holding a public position by appointment or
 employment, and belonging to any of the classes of persons
 to whom a preference is herein granted under this chapter,
 shall be removed from such position or employment except
 for incompetency or misconduct shown after a hearing, upon
 due notice, upon stated charges, and with the right of such
 employee or appointee to a review by a writ of certiorari or at
 such person's election, to judicial review in accordance with
 the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter
 17A, if that is otherwise applicable to their case.
    Sec. 28.  Section 43.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    43.2  Definitions.
    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
 requires:
    1.  "Book", "list", "record", or "schedule" kept by a county
 auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other
 county officer means the county system as defined in section
 445.1.
    2.  a.  The term "political party" "Political party" shall
 mean a party which, at the last preceding general election,
 cast for its candidate for president of the United States or
 for governor, as the case may be, at least two percent of
 the total vote cast for all candidates for that office at
 that election. It shall be the responsibility of the state
 commissioner to determine whether any organization claiming
 to be a political party qualifies as such under the foregoing
 definition.
    b.  A political organization which is not a "political party"
 within the meaning of this section subsection may nominate
 candidates and have the names of such candidates placed upon
 the official ballot by proceeding under chapters 44 and 45.
    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
 requires, "book", "list", "record", or "schedule" kept by a
 county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or
 other county officer means the county system as defined in
 section 445.1.
    Sec. 29.  Section 48A.7A, subsection 1, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    For purposes of this section, a person may establish
 identity and residence by presenting to the appropriate
 precinct election official a current and valid Iowa driver's
 license or Iowa nonoperator's identification card or by
 presenting any of the following current and valid forms of
 identification if such identification contains the person's
 photograph and a validity valid expiration date:
    Sec. 30.  Section 80.45, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  Serve as a point of contact for anti=human activities to
 combat human trafficking activity in this state.
    Sec. 31.  Section 92.3, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    92.3  Under fourteen ==== permitted occupations.
    No person under fourteen years of age shall be employed
 or permitted to work with or without compensation in any
 occupation, except in the street trade occupations or migratory
 labor occupations specified in section 92.1. Any migratory
 laborer twelve to fourteen years of age may not work prior to
 or during the regular school hours of any day of any private
 or public school which teaches general education subjects and
 which is available to such child.
    Sec. 32.  Section 92.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
    The provisions of sections 92.8 and 92.10 shall not
 apply to pupils working under an instructor in a career and
 technical education department in a school district or under
 an instructor in a career and technical education classroom
 or laboratory, or industrial plant, or in a course of career
 and technical education approved by the state board for career
 and technical education, or to apprentices provided they are
 employed under all of the following conditions:
    Sec. 33.  Section 92.23, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    92.23  Group insurance.
    Anyone under the age of eighteen and subject to this chapter
 employed in the street trades occupations who sells or delivers
 the product or service of another and who is designated in
 such capacity as an independent contractor shall be provided
 participation, if the person under the age of eighteen
 desires it at group rate cost, in group insurance for medical,
 hospital, nursing, and doctor expenses incurred as a result of
 injuries sustained arising out of and in the course of selling
 or delivering such product or service by the person, firm, or
 corporation whose product or service is so delivered.
    Sec. 34.  Section 96.29, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  This subsection shall not apply to claims for extended
 benefits for weeks of unemployment beginning March 6, 1993, and
 ending before January 1, 1995, or if otherwise prohibited by
 federal law.
    Sec. 35.  Section 97A.7, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The board of trustees shall be the trustees of the
 retirement fund created by this chapter as provided in section
 97A.8 and shall have full power to invest and reinvest funds
 subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions
 imposed by subsection 2 of this section and chapters 12F,
  and 12H, and 12J and subject to like terms, conditions,
 limitations, and restrictions said trustees shall have full
 power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of
 any of the securities and investments of the retirement fund
 which have been invested, as well as of the proceeds of said
 investments and any moneys belonging to the retirement fund.
 The board of trustees may authorize the treasurer of state to
 exercise any of the duties of this section. When so authorized
 the treasurer of state shall report any transactions to the
 board of trustees at its next monthly meeting.
    Sec. 36.  Section 97B.4, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    5.  Investments.  The system, through the chief investment
 officer, shall invest, subject to chapters 12F, and 12H,
 and 12J and in accordance with the investment policy and
 goal statement established by the board, the portion of the
 retirement fund which, in the judgment of the system, is not
 needed for current payment of benefits under this chapter
 subject to the requirements of section 97B.7A.
    Sec. 37.  Section 101.26, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted
  or order adoption issued pursuant to this subchapter is subject
 to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars for each
 day during which the violation continues, up to a maximum of
 one thousand dollars; however, if the tank is registered within
 thirty days after the state fire marshal issues a cease and
 desist order pursuant to section 101.25, subsection 1, the
 civil penalty under this section shall not accrue. The civil
 penalty is an alternative to a criminal penalty provided under
 this subchapter.
    Sec. 38.  Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph c,
 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (2)  A special class "C" liquor control license may be issued
 and shall authorize the holder to purchase wine from class "A"
 wine permittees or class "B" wine permittees who also hold
 class "E" liquor control licenses only, and to sell wine and
 beer to patrons by the individual drink for consumption on the
 premises only. However, beer may also be sold for consumption
 off the premises. The license issued to holders of a special
 class "C" liquor control license shall clearly state on its
 face that the license is limited.
    Sec. 39.  Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph e,
 subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (2)  The division may issue a class "E" liquor control
 license for premises covered by a liquor control license
 or wine or beer permit for on=premises consumption, if the
 premises are in a county having a population under nine
 thousand five hundred in which no other class "E" liquor
 control license has been issued by the division, and no other
 application for a class "E" liquor control license has been
 made within the previous twelve consecutive months.
    Sec. 40.  Section 123.141, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    123.141  Keeping liquor where beer is sold.
    No alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes shall be used,
 or kept for any purpose in the place of business of class "B"
 beer permittees, or on the premises of such class "B" beer
 permittees, at any time. A violation of any provision of this
 section shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the
 beer permit pursuant to section 123.50, subsection 3. This
 section shall not apply in any manner or in any way to the
 premises of any hotel or motel for which a class "B" beer
 permit has been issued, other than that part of such premises
 regularly used by the hotel or motel for the principal purpose
 of selling beer or food to the general public;, or to drug
 stores regularly and continuously employing a registered
 pharmacist, keep a pharmacy from having alcohol in stock for
 medicinal and compounding purposes.
    Sec. 41.  Section 139A.8, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    e.  A person shall not be enrolled in school in the seventh
 grade or twelfth grade in Iowa without evidence of adequate
 immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance
 with standards approved by the United States public health
 service of the United States department of health and human
 services for such biological products and is in accordance with
 immunization practices recommended by the advisory committee
 on immunization practices of the centers for disease control
 and prevention.
    Sec. 42.  Section 144.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    144.18  Court hearing.
    1.  The court shall fix a time and place for hearing the
 petition and shall give the registration official who refused
 to register the petitioner's delayed certificate of birth at
 least ten days' notice of such hearing. If both persons to be
 named as parents are not a party to the petition, such person
 or persons, if living, shall also be given at least ten days'
 notice of the hearing. The court shall prescribe the manner
 of such notice. Such official, or the official's authorized
 representative, may appear and testify in the proceeding.
    2.  If the court from the evidence presented finds that
 the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought
 was born in this state, it shall make findings as the case
 may require and shall issue an order on a form prescribed
 and furnished by the state registrar to establish a record
 of birth. The order shall include the birth data to be
 registered, a description of the evidence presented, and the
 date of the court's action.
    3.  The clerks of the district court shall forward each
 order to the state registrar not later than the tenth day of
 the calendar month following the month in which it was entered.
 The order shall be registered by the state registrar and shall
 constitute the record of birth, from which copies may be
 issued in accordance with sections 144.42 to through 144.46,
 inclusive.
    Sec. 43.  Section 153.33, subsection 3, paragraph g, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    g.  The findings of fact made by the board acting within
 its power shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive, but
 the district court shall have power to review questions of law
 involved in any final decision or determination of the board;
 provided, that if application is made by the aggrieved party
 within thirty days after such determination by certiorari,
 mandamus, or such other method of review or appeal permitted
 under the laws of this state, and to make such further orders
 in respect thereto as justice may require.
    Sec. 44.  Section 154B.1, subsections 2 and 6, Code 2017, are
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  "Collaborative practice agreement" means a written
 agreement between a prescribing psychologist and a licensed
 physician that establishes clinical protocols, practice
 guidelines, and care plans relevant to the scope of the
 collaborative practice. The practice guidelines may include
 limitations on the prescribing of psychotropic medications
 by psychologists and protocols for prescribing to special
 populations, including patients who are less than seventeen
 years of age or over sixty=five years of age, patients who
 are pregnant, and patients with serious medical conditions
 including but not limited to heart disease, cancer, stroke,
 seizures, and patients with developmental disabilities and
 intellectual disabilities.
    6.  "Practice of psychology" means the application of
 established principles of learning, motivation, perception,
 thinking, and emotional relations to problems of behavior
 adjustment, group relations, and behavior modification,
 by persons trained in psychology for compensation or other
 personal gain. The application of principles includes but
 is not limited to:  Counseling counseling and the use of
 psychological remedial measures with persons, in groups or
 individually, with adjustment or emotional problems in the
 areas of work, family, school, and personal relationships;
 measuring and testing personality, intelligence, aptitudes,
 public opinion, attitudes, and skills; and the teaching of such
 subject matter, and the conducting of research on the problems
 relating to human behavior.
    Sec. 45.  Section 155A.6A, subsection 3, Code 2017, is
 amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 46.  Section 161A.20, subsections 1, 3, and 4, Code
 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    1.  After obtaining agreements to carry out recommended
 soil conservation measures and proper farm plans from owners
 of not less than fifty percent of the lands situated in the
 subdistrict, a subdistrict shall have the authority to impose a
 special annual tax, the proceeds of which shall be used for the
 repayment of actual and necessary expenses incurred to organize
 the subdistrict,; to acquire land or rights or interests
 therein by purchase or condemnation,; and to repair, alteration
  alter, maintenance maintain, and operation of operate the
 present and future works of improvement within its boundaries.
    3.  If portions of the subdistrict are in more than one
 county, then the governing body, as hereinbefore designated in
 section 161A.19 in such event, after arriving at the estimate
 in dollars deemed necessary for the entire subdistrict shall
 ratably apportion such amount between the counties and transmit
 and certify the prorated portion to the respective boards of
 supervisors of each of the counties.
    4.  The board or boards of supervisors shall upon receipt
 of certification from the governing body of the district
  subdistrict make the necessary levy on the assessed valuation
 of all real estate within the boundaries of the subdistrict
 lying within their respective county to raise said amounts, but
 in no event to exceed one dollar and eight cents per thousand
 dollars of assessed value.
    Sec. 47.  Section 168.8, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    168.8  Penalty.
    Any person, partnership, corporation, company, firm,
 society, or association who violates any provision of this
 chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
    Sec. 48.  Section 177A.12, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  The state entomologist, the entomologist's inspectors
 or duly authorized agents are authorized to seize, destroy, or
 return to the point of origin any material received in this
 state in violation of any state quarantine established under
 the authority of subsection 1, or in violation of any federal
 quarantine established under the authority of the Act of August
 20, 1912, 37 Stat. ch 308 federal Plant Protection Act, 7
 U.S.C. {7701 et seq., or any amendment to that Act.
    Sec. 49.  Section 179.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    179.13  Referendum.
    1.  At a time designated by the commission within eighteen
 months after termination of the national promotional order made
 pursuant to the Dairy Product Production Stabilization Act of
 1983, 7 U.S.C. {4501 et seq., the commission shall conduct a
 referendum under administrative procedures prescribed by the
 department.
    2.  Upon signing a statement certifying to the department
 that the person is a bona fide producer as defined in this
 chapter, each producer is entitled to one vote in each
 referendum. When the secretary is required to determine the
 approval or disapproval of producers under this section, the
 secretary shall consider the approval or disapproval of a
 cooperative association of producers, engaged in a bona fide
 manner in marketing milk, as the approval or disapproval
 of the producers who are members of or contract with the
 cooperative association of producers. If a cooperative
 association elects to vote on behalf of its members, the
 cooperative association shall provide each producer on whose
 behalf the cooperative association is expressing approval or
 disapproval with a description of the question presented in the
 referendum together with a statement of the manner in which
 the cooperative association intends to cast its vote on behalf
 of the membership. The information shall inform the producer
 of procedures to follow to cast an individual ballot if the
 producer chooses to do so within the period of time established
 by the secretary for casting ballots. The notification shall
 be made at least thirty days prior to the referendum and shall
 include an official ballot. The ballots shall be tabulated by
 the secretary and the vote of the cooperative association shall
 be adjusted to reflect the individual votes.
    3.  The department shall count and tabulate the ballots filed
 during the referendum within thirty days of the close of the
 referendum. If from the tabulation the department determines
 that a majority of the total number of producers voting in the
 referendum favors the proposal, the excise tax provided for in
 this chapter shall be continued. The ballots cast pursuant
 to this section constitute complete and conclusive evidence
 for use in determinations made by the department under this
 chapter.
    4.  The secretary may conduct a referendum at any time
 after the Iowa dairy industry commission is reactivated, and
 shall hold a referendum on request of a representative group
 comprising ten percent or more of the number of producers
 eligible to vote, to determine whether the producers favor the
 termination or suspension of the excise tax. The secretary
 shall suspend or terminate collection of the excise tax within
 six months after the secretary determines that suspension or
 termination of the excise tax is favored by a majority of the
 producers voting in the referendum, and shall terminate the
 excise tax in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after
 the determination.
    Sec. 50.  Section 181.3, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  Except for an ex officio member, a vacancy in the
 executive committee resulting from death, inability or refusal
 to serve, or failure to meet the qualifications of this chapter
 shall be filled by the executive committee. If the executive
 committee fails to fill a vacancy, the secretary shall appoint
 a person to fill it the vacancy. A vacancy appointment shall
 be filled only for the remainder of the unexpired term.
    Sec. 51.  Section 198.7, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, d, e,
 and f, Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    b.  If it bears or contains any added poisonous, added
 deleterious, or added nonnutritive substance which is unsafe
 within the meaning of section 406 of the federal Federal Food,
 Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. {346, other than
 one which is a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural
 commodity or a food additive.
    c.  If it is, or it bears or contains any food additive which
 is unsafe within the meaning of section 409 of the federal
  Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C.
 {348.
    d.  If it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears
 or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the
 meaning of section 408, subparagraph "a" of the federal Federal
  Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. {346a,
  provided, that where a pesticide chemical has been used in or
 on a raw agricultural commodity in conformity with an exemption
 granted or a tolerance prescribed under section 408 of the
 federal Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21
 U.S.C. {346a, and such raw agricultural commodity has been
 subjected to processing such as canning, cooking, freezing,
 dehydrating or milling, the residue of such pesticide chemical
 remaining in or on such processed feed shall not be deemed
 unsafe if such residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity
 has been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing
 practice and the concentration of such residue in the processed
 feed is not greater than the tolerance prescribed for the raw
 agriculture commodity unless the feeding of such processed feed
 will result or is likely to result in a pesticide residue in
 the edible product of the animal, which is unsafe within the
 meaning of section 408, subparagraph "a" of the federal Federal
  Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21 U.S.C. {346a.
    e.  If it is, or it bears or contains any color additive
 which is unsafe within the meaning of section 706 of the
 federal Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, codified at 21
 U.S.C. {379e.
    f.  If it is, or it bears or contains a new animal drug which
 is unsafe within the meaning of the federal Federal Food, Drug,
 and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. {360b et seq.
    Sec. 52.  Section 218.48, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    218.48  Annual reports.
    The superintendent or business manager of each institution
 shall make an annual report to the administrator in control
 of the particular institution and include in the report a
 detailed and accurate inventory of the stock and supplies
 on hand, and their amount and value, under the following
 headings:  livestock, farm
    1.  Livestock.
    2.  Farm produce on hand, vehicles, agricultural.
    3.  Vehicles.
    4.  Agricultural implements, machinery, mechanical.
    5.  Machinery.
    6.  Mechanical fixtures, real.
    7.  Real estate, furniture, and bedding.
    8.  Furniture.
    9.  Bedding in residents' department, state.
    10.  State property in superintendent's department,
 clothing, dry.
    11.  Clothing.
    12.  Dry goods, provisions.
    13.  Provisions and groceries, drugs.
    14.  Drugs and medicine, fuel, library, and all.
    15.  Fuel.
    16.  Library.
    17.  All other state property under appropriate headings to
 be determined by the particular administrator involved.
    Sec. 53.  Section 232.114, subsection 4, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    4.  The county attorney and attorney general shall comply
 with the requirements of chapter 232B and the federal Indian
 Child Welfare Act, Pub. L. No. 95=608, when either chapter 232B
 or the federal Indian Child Welfare Act is determined to be
 applicable in any proceeding under this division.
    Sec. 54.  Section 232.188, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    e.  The annual child welfare and juvenile justice
 decategorization services plan developed for use of the funding
 pool by a decategorization governance board shall be submitted
 to the department administrator of child welfare services and
 the early childhood Iowa empowerment state board. In addition,
 the decategorization governance board shall submit an annual
 progress report to the department administrator and the early
 childhood Iowa empowerment state board which summarizes the
 progress made toward attaining the objectives contained in the
 plan. The progress report shall serve as an opportunity for
 information sharing and feedback.
    Sec. 55.  Section 234.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    The administrator shall be vested with the authority to
 administer the family investment program, state supplementary
 assistance, food programs, child welfare, and emergency relief,
 family and adult service programs, and any other form of
 public welfare assistance and institutions that are placed
 under the administrator's administration. The administrator
 shall perform duties, shall formulate and adopt rules as may
 be necessary;, and shall outline policies, dictate procedure,
 and delegate such powers as may be necessary for competent
 and efficient administration. Subject to restrictions that
 may be imposed by the director of human services and the
 council on human services, the administrator may abolish,
 alter, consolidate, or establish subdivisions and may abolish
 or change offices previously created. The administrator
 may employ necessary personnel and fix their compensation;
 may allocate or reallocate functions and duties among any
 subdivisions now existing or later established; and may
 adopt rules relating to the employment of personnel and the
 allocation of their functions and duties among the various
 subdivisions as competent and efficient administration may
 require. The administrator shall:
    Sec. 56.  Section 234.6, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    f.  Administer the food programs authorized by federal law,
 and recommend rules necessary in the administration of those
 programs to the director for promulgation adoption pursuant to
 chapter 17A.
    Sec. 57.  Section 237A.25, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  The department shall develop consumer information
 material to assist parents in selecting a child care provider.
 In developing the material, the department shall consult with
 department of human services staff, department of education
 staff, the state child care advisory committee, the early
 childhood Iowa empowerment state board, and child care resource
 and referral services. In addition, the department may consult
 with other entities at the local, state, and national level.
    Sec. 58.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h,
 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (3)  The department of education shall permit school
 districts, in meeting the requirements of this section, to
 use career and technical education core courses in more than
 one career and technical education service area and to use
 multi=occupational courses to complete a sequence in more than
 one career and technical education service area.
    Sec. 59.  Section 256.39, subsection 6, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    6.  The department of education shall direct and monitor
 the progress of each career pathways consortium in developing
 career pathways programs. By January 15, 1998, the department
 shall submit to the general assembly any findings and
 recommendations of the career pathways consortia, along with
 the department's recommendations for specific career pathways
 program efforts and for appropriate funding levels to implement
 and sustain the recommended programs.
    Sec. 60.  Section 256.42, subsection 7, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    7.  The department may waive for one year the provisions
 of section 256.11, subsection 5, which require that specified
 subjects be offered and taught by professional staff of a
 school district or school, if the school district or school
 makes every reasonable and good=faith effort to employ a
 teacher licensed under chapter 272 for such a subject, and the
 school district or school proves to the satisfaction of the
 department that the school district or school is unable to
 employ such a teacher.
    a.  The specified subject shall be provided by the
 initiative.
    b.  The specified subject may instead be provided by the
 school district or school if all of the following conditions
 are met:
    a.  (1)  The course content is provided through an online
 learning platform by an Iowa licensed teacher with online
 learning experience.
    b.  (2)  The course content provided is aligned with school
 district or school standards and satisfies the requirements of
 subsection 6.
    c.  (3)  The course is not offered by the initiative pursuant
 to this section, or the course offered by the initiative lacks
 the capacity to accommodate additional students.
    d.  (4)  The course is the sole course per semester that
 the school district or school is providing instead of the
 initiative pursuant to this subsection.
    Sec. 61.  Section 256H.1, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  "Active duty" means full=time duty status in the active
 uniformed service of the United States, including members of
 the national guard and reserve on active duty orders pursuant
 to 10 U.S.C. {1209 ch. 1209 and 1211.
    Sec. 62.  Section 256H.1, subsection 3, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined
 in this compact, including members of the national guard and
 reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. {1209 ch.
 1209 and 1211.
    Sec. 63.  Section 256I.4, subsection 8, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    8.  Develop and implement a designation process for area
 boards. Allow for flexibility and creativity of area boards in
 implementing area board responsibilities and provide authority
 for the area boards to support the communities in the areas
 served. The system process shall provide for action to address
 poor performing areas as well as higher performing areas. The
 state board shall determine how often area boards are reviewed
 under the system process.
    Sec. 64.  Section 256I.9, subsection 3, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  Family support services and parent education programs
  promoted to parents of children from zero through age five.
 Family support services shall include but are not limited to
 home visitation and parent education. Of the state funding
 that an area board designates for family support programs, at
 least sixty percent shall be committed to programs with a home
 visitation component.
    Sec. 65.  Section 258.2, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    258.2  State board for career and technical education.
    The state board of education shall constitute the state
  board for career and technical education.
    Sec. 66.  Section 258.3A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
    The state board shall do all of the following:
    Sec. 67.  Section 258.4, subsections 1, 7, 8, and 9, Code
 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    1.  Develop and submit to the state board for approval the
 multi=year state plan developed in accordance with federal laws
 and regulations governing career and technical education.
    7.  Review and approve career and technical education
 programs to ensure that the programs meet standards adopted by
 the state board for career and technical education pursuant to
 section 258.3A.   The director shall annually review at least
 twenty percent of the approved career and technical programs
 as a basis for continuing approval to ensure that the programs
 meet board standards and are compatible with educational reform
 efforts, are capable of responding to technological change and
 innovation, and meet the educational needs of students and the
 employment community. The review shall include an assessment
 of the extent to which the competencies in the program
 are being mastered by the students enrolled, the costs are
 proportionate to educational benefits received, the career and
 technical education curriculum is articulated and integrated
 with other curricular offerings required of all students,
 the programs would permit students with career and technical
 education backgrounds to pursue other educational interests in
 a postsecondary institutional setting, and the programs remove
 barriers for both traditional and nontraditional students to
 access educational and employment opportunities.
    8.  Facilitate the process established by the state board
 for the implementation of a statewide system of regional
 career and technical education planning partnerships that
 utilize the services of local school districts, community
 colleges, sector partnerships, and other resources to assist
 local school districts in meeting career and technical
 education standards while avoiding unnecessary duplication of
 services. The director shall also review and approve regional
 planning partnerships and regional centers to ensure that the
 partnerships and centers meet the standards adopted by the
 state board pursuant to section 258.3A, subsection 5.
    9.  Enforce rules adopted by the state board pursuant to
 section 258.3A.
    Sec. 68.  Section 258.6, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2017,
 are amended to read as follows:
    1.  "Approved career and technical education program" means
 a career and technical education program offered by a school
 district or community college and approved by the department
 which meets the standards for career and technical education
 programs adopted by the state board under this chapter.
    2.  "Approved practitioner preparation school, department,
 or class" means a school, department, or class approved by the
 state board as entitled under this chapter to federal moneys
 for the training of teachers of career and technical education
 subjects.
    3.  "Approved regional career and technical education
 planning partnership" means a regional entity that meets the
 standards for regional career and technical education planning
 partnerships adopted by the state board pursuant to section
 258.3A and section 258.14.
    Sec. 69.  Section 258.6, subsection 4, Code 2017, is amended
 by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 70.  Section 258.6, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  9A.  "State board" means the state board for
 career and technical education as provided in section 258.2.
    Sec. 71.  Section 258.9, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The board of directors of a school district or
 community college that maintains a career and technical
 education program receiving federal or state funds under
 this chapter shall, as a condition of approval by the state
  board, appoint a local advisory council for each career and
 technical education program offered by the school district or
 community college. However, a school district and a community
 college that maintain a career and technical education program
 receiving federal or state funds may create a joint local
 advisory council. The membership of each local advisory
 council shall consist of public members with expertise in
 the occupation or occupational field related to the career
 and technical education program. The local advisory council
 shall give advice and assistance to the board of directors,
 administrators, and instructors in the establishment and
 maintenance of the career and technical education program.
    Sec. 72.  Section 258.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    258.12  Custodian of funds.
    The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid
 to the state from the appropriations made under  the federal
 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act
 of 2006, 20 U.S.C {2301 et seq., as amended, and shall disburse
 the same on vouchers audited as provided by law.
    Sec. 73.  Section 258.14, subsection 3, paragraphs a and d,
 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    a.  Ensuring compliance with standards adopted by the state
  board under section 258.3A, subsection 5, for regional career
 and technical education planning partnerships.
    d.  Reviewing career and technical education programs of
 school districts within the region based on standards adopted
 by the state board, and recommending to the department career
 and technical education programs for approval.
    Sec. 74.  Section 258.14, subsection 3, paragraph f,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    Planning for regional centers with the purpose of achieving
 equitable access to high=quality career and technical education
 programming and concurrent enrollment opportunities for all
 students. As a condition for approval, a regional center shall
 comply with standards adopted by the state board and shall
 consist of a minimum of four career academies. A regional
 center shall be compatible with development of a statewide
 system of regional centers serving all students. A regional
 center shall serve either of the following:
    Sec. 75.  Section 258.14, subsection 4, paragraph e, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    e.  Representatives of regional economic and workforce
 entities including regional advisory local workforce
 development boards established under section 84A.4.
    Sec. 76.  Section 258.15, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  The state board, in consultation with the division of
 community colleges of the department, shall adopt rules setting
 minimum standards for the development and implementation of
 career academies under this section and ensuring compliance
 with the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
 Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. {2301 et seq., as amended.
    Sec. 77.  Section 260C.5, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  Designate a community college as an "area career and
 technical education school" within the meaning of, and for the
 purpose of administering, the  federal Carl D. Perkins Career
 and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. A community
 college shall not be so designated by the director for the
 expenditure of funds under 20 U.S.C. {2301 et seq., as amended,
 which has not been designated and classified as a community
 college by the state board.
    Sec. 78.  Section 260C.47, subsection 1, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    The state board of education shall establish an
 accreditation process for community college programs. The
 process shall be jointly developed and agreed upon by the
 department of education and the community colleges. The
 state accreditation process shall be integrated with the
 accreditation process of the higher learning commission,
 including the evaluation cycle, the self=study process, and
 the criteria for evaluation, which shall incorporate the
 standards for community colleges developed under section
 260C.48; and shall identify and make provision for the needs of
 the state that are not met by the association's commission's
  accreditation process. The department of education shall use
 a two=component process for the continued accreditation of
 community college programs.
    Sec. 79.  Section 260C.47, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  Rules adopted by the state board shall include provisions
 for coordination of the accreditation process under this
 section with activities of accreditation associations agencies,
 which are designed to avoid duplication in the accreditation
 process.
    Sec. 80.  Section 261E.6, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    3.  Authorization.  To participate in this program, an
 eligible student shall make application to an eligible
 postsecondary institution to allow the eligible student to
 enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered at
 the institution. A comparable course, as defined in rules
 adopted by the board of directors of the school district
 consistent with department administrative rule, must not
 be offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic
 school the student attends. However, a A course is ineligible
 for purposes of this section if the school district has
 a contractual agreement with the eligible postsecondary
 institution under section 261E.8 that meets the requirements of
 section 257.11, subsection 3, and the course may be delivered
 through such an agreement in accordance with section 257.11,
 subsection 3. If the postsecondary institution accepts
 an eligible student for enrollment under this section, the
 institution shall send written notice to the student, the
 student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor
 child, and the student's school district or accredited
 nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a
 nonpublic school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or
 the Iowa braille and sight saving school. The notice shall
 list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending
 the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the
 eligible student will receive from the eligible postsecondary
 institution upon successful completion of the course.
    Sec. 81.  Section 262.14, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
    The board may invest funds belonging to the institutions,
 subject to chapters 12F, and 12H, and 12J and the following
 regulations:
    Sec. 82.  Section 279.19B, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  For the first two weeks of employment in which a
 qualified individual who possesses a transitional coaching
 authorization is employed as a transitional coach and for the
 first extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or
 competition sponsored by an organization as defined in section
 280.13, the individual shall be supervised by a certified
 athletic director, administrator, or other practitioner
 in a supervisory role. If the individual performs to the
 supervising practitioner's satisfaction, the supervising
 practitioner shall sign and date an evaluation form provided
 by the organization to certify that the individual meets
 expectations to work with student athletes as a transitional
 coach. The organization shall develop and offer on its
 internet site an evaluation form that meets the requirements
 of this subsection.
    Sec. 83.  Section 282.7, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  If the career and technical education program offered
 by a school district does not meet the board for career and
 technical education's standards for program approval adopted
 by the state board for career and technical education, the
 district shall be granted one year to meet the standards for
 approval. If a district chooses to waive the one=year grace
 period, or the district fails to meet the approval standards
 after one year, the director of the board for career and
 technical department of education shall delegate the authority
 to the regional career and technical education planning
 partnership established pursuant to section 258.14 to direct
 the district to contract with another school district or a
 community college which has an approved program, for the
 provision of career and technical education for students of
 the district. The district that has waived the one=year grace
 period or has failed to meet the approval standards shall pay
 to the district or community college that has an approved
 program an amount equal to the percent of the school day in
 which a pupil is receiving career and technical education in
 the approved program times the district cost per pupil of the
 district of residence of the pupil. The regional career and
 technical education planning partnership established pursuant
 to section 258.14 shall contract with an approved program for
 delivery of career and technical education in the district
 which has failed to meet the approval standards or has waived
 the one=year grace period. Transportation to and from the
 approved program shall be provided by the school district that
 has waived the one=year grace period or has failed to meet
 approval standards. Reasonable effort shall be made to conduct
 the approved program at an attendance center in the district
 that has failed to meet the approval standards or has waived
 the one=year grace period.
    Sec. 84.  Section 294.14, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    294.14  Estimate of funds needed ==== levy.
    The board of directors of said district shall annually,
 for a period of five years after the effective date of the
 termination of its pension system, at the meeting at which
 it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in
 accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the
 additional amount if any necessary to pay to participants in
 the pension system who are not entitled to receive benefits
 under such system at the date of termination thereof, one=fifth
 of the amount paid into said pension fund by such participants
 therein, without interest, which amount shall be levied by
 the board of supervisors, in accordance with provisions of
 section 298.8 and, in addition thereto, the board of directors
 of said district shall each year at the meeting at which
 it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in
 accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the
 additional amount, if any, necessary to provide the required
 annual payments to surviving beneficiaries of said pension
 system, as defined provided in section 294.12, which amount
 shall be levied by the board of supervisors, in accordance with
 the provisions of section 298.8. Upon the death of the last
 beneficiary, as defined in section 294.12, to survive, any
 balance remaining in said fund, including any undisposed of
 accumulations, shall be transferred to the general fund of said
 school district.
    Sec. 85.  Section 303.66, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  Taxes levied by the board shall be certified on or before
 the first day of March to the county auditor of each county
 where any of the property included within the territorial
 limits of the land use district is located, and shall be placed
 upon the tax list for the current year, and the. The county
 treasurer shall collect the taxes in the same manner as other
 taxes, and when. When delinquent they, the taxes shall draw
 the same interest and penalties as other taxes. All taxes so
 levied and collected shall be paid over to the treasurer of the
 district.
    Sec. 86.  Section 313.2, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  However, prior to entering into the agreement, a notice
 of intent to execute such agreement shall be published in a
 newspaper of general circulation within the county and the cost
 of such notice shall be jointly borne by the department and
 the board of supervisors. If one hundred or more residents of
 the county request by petition or in writing that a hearing
 be held in regard to such agreement within ten days after the
 publication of the notice, the board of supervisors and the
 department shall hold such a hearing not more than seven days
 after receiving the petition or written instrument, and based.
 Based upon evidence presented at such the hearing, the board of
 supervisors and the department shall reexamine the merits of
 executing such agreement and make a decision in regard to it.
    Sec. 87.  Section 313.5, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  The provisions of chapter 8 shall apply except that
 the provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to funds
 appropriated to the department under section 313.4; however,
 the first paragraph of section 8.39, subsection 1, shall
 apply to appropriations for support of the department and for
 engineering and administration of highway work and maintenance
 of the primary road system.
    Sec. 88.  Section 313.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    313.12  Supervision and inspection.
    The department is expressly charged with the duty of
 supervision, inspection, and direction of the work of
 construction of primary roads on behalf of the state, and
 of supervising the expenditure of all funds paid on account
 of such work by the state or the county on the primary road
 system and it shall do and perform all other matters and
 things necessary to the faithful completion of the work herein
  authorized in this section.
    Sec. 89.  Section 314.21, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  A city or county which has a project which qualifies for
 the use of these funds shall submit a request for the funds
 to the state department of transportation. A city or county
 may, at its option, apply moneys allocated for use on city
 or county projects under this subsection toward qualifying
 projects on the primary road system. The state department of
 transportation in consultation with the department of natural
 resources shall determine which projects qualify for the
 funds and which projects shall be funded if the requests for
 the funds exceed the availability of the funds. In ranking
 applications for funds, the department shall consider the
 proportion of political subdivision matching funds to be
 provided, if any, and the proportion of private contributions
 to be provided, if any. In considering the proportion of
 political subdivision matching funds provided, the department
 shall consider only those moneys which are in addition to those
 which the political subdivision has historically provided
 toward such projects. Funds allocated to the cities, the
 counties, and the department which are not programmed by the
 end of each fiscal year shall be available for redistribution
 to any eligible applicant regardless of the original allocation
 of funds. Such funds shall be awarded for eligible projects
 based upon their merit in meeting the program objectives
 established by the department under section 314.22. The
 department shall submit a report of all projects funded in
 the previous fiscal year to the governor and to the general
 assembly on January 15 of each year.
    Sec. 90.  Section 317.25, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  Any person violating subsection 1 commits a public
 offense and is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred
 dollars.
    Sec. 91.  Section 321.34, subsection 13, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration
 pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 1, autocycle,
 motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle,
 trailer, or travel trailer may upon request be issued special
 registration plates that contain a space reserved for the
 placement of an organization decal. If the special plates are
 requested at the time of initial application for registration
 and certificate of title for the vehicle, no special plate
 fee is required other than the regular annual registration
 fee for the vehicle. If the special plates are requested
 as replacement plates, the owner shall surrender the current
 regular or special registration plates in exchange for the
 special plates and shall pay a replacement plate fee of five
 dollars. The county treasurer shall validate special plates
 with an organization decal in the same manner as regular
 plates, upon payment of the annual registration fee.
    Sec. 92.  Section 321.40, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  The department or the county treasurer shall refuse
 to renew the registration of a vehicle registered to the
 applicant if the department or the county treasurer knows that
 the applicant has a delinquent account, charge, fee, loan,
 taxes, or other indebtedness owed to or being collected by
 the state, from information provided pursuant to sections
 8A.504 and 421.17. An applicant may contest this action by
 requesting initiating a contested case proceeding from with
  the agency that referred the debt for collection pursuant to
 section 8A.504. The department of revenue and the department
 of transportation shall notify the county treasurers through
 the distributed teleprocessing network of persons who owe
 such a delinquent account, charge, fee, loan, taxes, or other
 indebtedness.
    Sec. 93.  Section 321.40, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  The department or the county treasurer shall refuse to
 renew the registration of a vehicle registered to an applicant
 if the department or the county treasurer knows that the
 applicant has not paid a civil penalty imposed on the applicant
 pursuant to section 321N.3, subsection 3. An applicant may
 contest this action by requesting initiating a contested
 case proceeding from with the department. The department
 shall notify the county treasurers through the distributed
 teleprocessing network of persons who have not paid such civil
 penalties.
    Sec. 94.  Section 321.189, subsection 8, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    8.  Veterans status.  A licensee who is an honorably
 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States may
 request that the license be marked to reflect the licensee's
 veteran status. Upon such a request, the word "VETERAN" shall
 be marked prominently on the face of the license. Such a
 license shall be issued upon receipt of satisfactory proof
 of veteran status pursuant to procedures established by the
 department in consultation with the department of veterans
 affairs, or upon presentation of the licensee's certification
 of release or discharge from active duty, DD form 214, to
 the department at the time of the licensee's request, if the
 form indicates the licensee was honorably discharged. If
 the license is issued upon presentation of the licensee's
 certification of release or discharge from active duty, DD form
 214, the department shall notify the commission of veteran
 affairs of the county of the licensee's residence that the
 licensee was issued a license marked to reflect the licensee's
 veteran status. After receiving notification from the
 department, the commission of veteran affairs shall initiate
 contact with the licensee.
    Sec. 95.  Section 321.285, subsection 7, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    7.  A person who violates this section for excessive speed
 in violation of a speed limit commits a simple misdemeanor
 punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A,
 subsection 5. A person who violates this section for excessive
  operates a school bus at a speed as an operator of a school bus
  which exceeds a limit established under this section by ten
 miles an hour or less commits a simple misdemeanor punishable
 as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection
 10. A person who violates any other provision of this section
 commits a simple misdemeanor.
    Sec. 96.  Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph a,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    The maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a vehicle
 or combination of vehicles on highways which are part of the
 primary road system is as follows:
    Sec. 97.  Section 321G.13, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  A person may operate or ride on a snowmobile with a
 loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, without a permit to
 carry weapons, if the person operates or rides on land owned or
 possessed by the person, and the person's conduct is otherwise
 lawful.
    Sec. 98.  Section 321G.13, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    If a person is operating or riding on a snowmobile on land
 that is not owned or possessed by the person, the person may
 operate or ride the snowmobile with a loaded firearm, whether
 concealed or not, if all of the following apply:
    Sec. 99.  Section 321I.14, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  A person may operate or ride on an all=terrain vehicle
 with a loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, without a
 permit to carry weapons, if the person operates or rides on
 land owned or possessed by the person, and the person's conduct
 is otherwise lawful.
    Sec. 100.  Section 321I.14, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    If a person is operating or riding on an all=terrain
 vehicle on land that is not owned or possessed by the person,
 the person may operate or ride the all=terrain vehicle with
 a loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, if all of the
 following apply:
    Sec. 101.  Section 325A.1, subsection 13, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    13.  "Private carrier" means a person who provides
 transportation of property or passengers by motor vehicle,
 is not a for=hire motor carrier or a transportation network
 company or a transportation network company driver, as
 defined in section 321N.1, or who transports commodities
 of which the person is the owner, lessee, or bailee and
 the transportation is a furtherance of the person's primary
 business or occupation, but is not a for=hire motor carrier or
 a transportation network company or a transportation network
 company driver, as defined in section 321N.1.
    Sec. 102.  Section 331.655, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  For serving a notice and returning it, for the first
 person served, fifteen dollars, and for each additional person,
 fifteen dollars, except that the fee for serving additional
 persons in the same household shall be ten dollars for each
 additional service, or if the service of notice cannot be
 made or several attempts are necessary, the repayment of all
 necessary expenses actually incurred by the sheriff while
 attempting in good faith to serve the notice.
    Sec. 103.  Section 331.910, subsection 4, paragraph f, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    f.  While in the receiving state pursuant to a contract
 under this subsection, a person detained, committed, or placed
 under the laws of a sending state shall be subject to all laws
 and regulations of the receiving state, except those laws and
 regulations with respect to the involuntary civil commitment
 of the person due to a mental illness or substance=related
 disorder. A person shall not be sent to a receiving state
 pursuant to a contract under this section subsection until the
 receiving state has enacted a law recognizing the validity and
 applicability of this subsection.
    Sec. 104.  Section 364.2, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  Such an ordinance shall not become effective unless
 approved at an election. The proposal may be submitted by the
 council on its own motion to the voters at any city election.
 Upon receipt of a valid petition as defined in meeting the
 requirements of section 362.4 requesting that a proposal be
 submitted to the voters, the council shall submit the proposal
 at the next regular city election or at a special election
 called for that purpose before the next regular city election.
 However, the city council may dispense with such election as
 to the grant, amendment, extension, or renewal of an electric
 light and power, heating, or gasworks franchise unless there is
 a valid petition requesting submission of the proposal to the
 voters, or the party seeking such franchise, grant, amendment,
 extension, or renewal requests an election. If a majority of
 those voting approves the proposal, the city may proceed as
 proposed. The complete text of the ordinance shall be included
 on the ballot if conventional paper ballots are used. If
 an optical scan voting system is used, the proposal shall be
 stated on the optical scan ballot, and the full text of the
 ordinance posted for the voters pursuant to section 52.25. All
 absentee voters shall receive the full text of the ordinance.
    Sec. 105.  Section 372.13, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  Council members shall be elected according to the council
 representation plans under sections 372.4 and 372.5. However,
 the council representation plan may be changed, by petition
 and election, to one of those described in this subsection.
 Upon receipt of a valid petition, as defined in meeting the
 requirements of section 362.4, requesting a change to a council
 representation plan, the council shall submit the question at
 a special election. If a majority of the persons voting at
 the special election approves the changed plan, it becomes
 effective at the beginning of the term following the next
 regular city election. If a majority does not approve the
 changed plan, the council shall not submit another proposal to
 change a plan to the voters within the next two years.
    Sec. 106.  Section 376.2, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  Except as otherwise provided by state law or the city
 charter, terms for elective offices are two years. However,
 the term of an elective office may be changed to two or four
 years by petition and election. Upon receipt of a valid
  petition as defined in meeting the requirements of section
 362.4, requesting that the term of an elective office be
 changed, the council shall submit the question at a special
 election. If a majority of the persons voting at the special
 election approves the changed term, it becomes effective at the
 beginning of the term following the next regular city election.
 If a majority does not approve the changed term, the council
 shall not submit the same proposal to the voters within the
 next four years.
    Sec. 107.  Section 384.31, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    384.31  Negotiable.
    General obligation bonds issued pursuant to this part
  division are negotiable instruments.
    Sec. 108.  Section 384.44, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    384.44  Estimated cost.
    The estimated total cost of any public improvement
 constructed under this part division must include all of the
 items of cost listed in section 384.37, subsection 26, which
 the council proposes to include as a part of the cost of the
 public improvement, and may include an item to be known as the
 default fund amounting to not more than ten percent of the
 portion of the total cost of the improvement which the council
 proposes to assess against specially benefited property.
    Sec. 109.  Section 384.66, subsection 4, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    4.  No action may be brought questioning the regularity
 of the proceedings pertaining to special assessments or the
 validity of any special assessment levied for any public
 improvement under this part division, from and after sixty
 days after the final publication of notice of filing the final
 assessment schedule.
    Sec. 110.  Section 384.76, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    384.76  Application to joint undertakings.
    The provisions of this division apply to any public
 improvement undertaken jointly by the city and another city or
 by the city and the state or any other political subdivision
 of the state, and a city may enter into an agreement for such
 purpose under the provisions of chapter 28E and may assess and
 pay its portion of the cost of a public improvement as provided
 in this division, but any requirement of this part division
  in respect to approval of detailed plans and specifications,
 calling for construction bids, awarding construction contracts
 and acceptance of the completed improvement may be carried
 out by each city with other cities, the state or any other
 political subdivision of the state, as provided in an
 agreement entered into as permitted by chapter 28E.  However,
 an agreement between the city and the state department of
 transportation is also governed by the provisions of sections
 313.21 to 313.23.
    Sec. 111.  Section 403A.10, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    403A.10  Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes.
    The property acquired or held pursuant to this chapter is
 declared to be public property used exclusively for essential
 city, or municipal public and governmental purposes and such
 property is hereby declared to be exempt from all taxes and
 special assessments of the state or of any state public body.
 In lieu of taxes on such property a municipality may agree to
 make payments to the state or a state public body (including
 itself), including to the municipality, as it finds consistent
 with the maintenance of the low=rent character of housing
 projects and the achievement of the purposes of this chapter.
    Sec. 112.  Section 403A.12, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    403A.12  Bonds.
    1.  A municipality shall have power to issue bonds from
 time to time in its discretion, for any of the purposes of
 this chapter. A municipality shall also have power to issue
 refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds
 previously issued by it. A municipality may issue such types
 of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the
 generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and
 interest are payable exclusively from the income and revenues
 of the project financed with the proceeds of such bonds, or
 exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated
 housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole
 or in part with the proceeds of such bonds. Any such bonds
 may be additionally secured by a pledge of any loan, grant or
 contribution or parts thereof from the federal government or
 other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues connected
 with a housing project or a mortgage of any housing project or
 projects.  The authority to issue bonds under this subsection
 does not limit the municipality's general authority to issue
 bonds for any of the purposes of this chapter.
    2.  Neither the governing body of a municipality nor any
 person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the
 bonds by reason of the issuance thereof hereunder. The bonds
 and other obligations issued under the provisions of this
 chapter (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their
 face) shall be payable solely from the sources provided in this
 section and shall not constitute an indebtedness within the
 meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or
 restriction.  The bonds and obligations shall state on their
 face that they are payable solely from the sources provided in
 this section and that they do not constitute an indebtedness
 within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt
 limitation or restriction. Bonds issued pursuant to this
 chapter are declared to be issued for an essential public
 and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities
 and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom,
 shall be exempt from taxes. The tax exemption provisions of
 this chapter shall be considered part of the security for the
 repayment of bonds and shall constitute, by virtue of this
 chapter and without the necessity of the same being restated
 in said bonds, a contract between the bondholders and each and
 every one thereof, including all transferees of said bonds from
 time to time on the one hand and the respective municipalities
 issuing said bonds and the state on the other.
    Sec. 113.  Section 403A.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    403A.18  Transfer of possession or title to federal
 government.
    In any contract with the federal government for annual
 contributions to a municipality, the municipality may obligate
 itself, which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and
 shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other
 law, to convey to the federal government possession of or
 title to the housing project to which such contract relates,
 upon the occurrence of a substantial default as defined in
 such contract with respect to the covenant or conditions to
 which the municipality is subject; and such. The contract may
 further provide that in case of such conveyance, the federal
 government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey, or
 otherwise deal with the housing project and funds in accordance
 with the terms of such the contract:  Provided, provided that
 the contract requires that, as soon as practicable after the
 federal government is satisfied that all defaults with respect
 to the housing project have been cured and that the housing
 project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the
 terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to
 the municipality the housing project as then constituted.
    Sec. 114.  Section 404A.1, subsection 6, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    6.  "Program" shall mean the historic preservation and
 cultural and entertainment district tax credit program set
 forth in this chapter.
    Sec. 115.  Section 404A.2, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  An eligible taxpayer who has entered into an agreement
 under section 404A.3, subsection 3, is eligible to receive a
 historic preservation and cultural and entertainment district
  tax credit in an amount equal to twenty=five percent of
 the qualified rehabilitation expenditures of a qualified
 rehabilitation project that are specified in the agreement.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any
 provision in the agreement to the contrary, the amount of the
 tax credits shall not exceed twenty=five percent of the final
 qualified rehabilitation expenditures verified by the authority
 pursuant to section 404A.3, subsection 5, paragraph "c".
    Sec. 116.  Section 404A.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  An eligible taxpayer seeking historic preservation and
 cultural and entertainment district tax credits provided in
 section 404A.2 shall make application to the authority in the
 manner prescribed by the authority.
    Sec. 117.  Section 404A.5, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  An annual report shall be filed which shall include
 but is not limited to data on the number and potential value
 of qualified rehabilitation projects begun during the latest
 twelve=month period, the total historic preservation and
 cultural and entertainment district tax credits originally
 awarded or tax credit certificates originally issued during
 that period, the potential reduction in state tax revenues
 as a result of all awarded or issued tax credits still
 unclaimed and eligible for refund, and the potential increase
 in local property tax revenues as a result of the qualified
 rehabilitation projects.
    Sec. 118.  Section 411.7, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The board of trustees is the trustee of the fire
 and police retirement fund created in section 411.8 and
 shall annually establish an investment policy to govern the
 investment and reinvestment of the moneys in the fund, subject
 to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed
 by subsection 2 and chapters 12F, and 12H, and 12J.  Subject
 to like terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions
 the system has full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign,
 transfer, or dispose of any of the securities and investments
 in which the fund has been invested, as well as of the proceeds
 of the investments and any moneys belonging to the fund.
    Sec. 119.  Section 422.11D, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    422.11D  Historic preservation and cultural and entertainment
 district tax credit.
    The taxes imposed under this division, less the credits
 allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by a historic
 preservation and cultural and entertainment district tax credit
 allowed under chapter 404A.
    Sec. 120.  Section 422.15, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  Every person or corporation being a resident of or
 having a place of business in this state, including lessees
 or mortgagors of real or personal property, fiduciaries,
 employers and all officers and employees of the state or of any
 political subdivision of the state, or agent of the person or
 corporation, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal or
 payment of interest (other other than interest coupons payable
 to bearer) bearer, rent, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities,
 compensations, remunerations, emoluments, unemployment
 compensation, royalties, patronage dividends, or other fixed or
 determinable annual or periodical gains, profits and income,
 in an amount sufficient to require that an information return
 be filed under the Internal Revenue Code if the income is
 subject to federal tax, paid or payable during any year to any
 individual, whether a resident of this state or not, shall make
 a complete information return under such regulations and in
 such form and manner and to such extent as may be prescribed by
 the director. However, the person or corporation shall not be
 required to file an information return if the information is
 available to the department from the internal revenue service.
    Sec. 121.  Section 422.33, subsection 10, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    10.  The taxes imposed under this division shall be reduced
 by a historic preservation and cultural and entertainment
 district tax credit allowed under chapter 404A.
    Sec. 122.  Section 422.60, subsection 4, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    4.  The taxes imposed under this division shall be reduced by
 a historic preservation and cultural and entertainment district
  tax credit allowed under chapter 404A.
    Sec. 123.  Section 427B.1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    427B.1  Actual value added exemption from tax ==== public
 hearing.
    1.  For purposes of this section:
    a.  "Distribution center" means a building or structure
 used primarily for the storage of goods which are intended for
 subsequent shipment to retail outlets. "Distribution center"
  does not mean a building or structure used primarily to store
 raw agricultural products, used primarily by a manufacturer
 to store goods to be used in the manufacturing process, used
 primarily for the storage of petroleum products, or used for
 the retail sale of goods.
    b.  "New construction" means new buildings and structures
 and includes new buildings and structures which are constructed
 as additions to existing buildings and structures. "New
 construction" does not include reconstruction of an existing
 building or structure which does not constitute complete
 replacement of an existing building or structure or refitting
 of an existing building or structure, unless the reconstruction
 of an existing building or structure is required due to
 economic obsolescence and the reconstruction is necessary to
 implement recognized industry standards for the manufacturing
 and processing of specific products and the reconstruction
 is required for the owner of the building or structure to
 continue to competitively manufacture or process those products
 which determination shall receive prior approval from the city
 council of the city or the board of supervisors of the county.
    c.  "Research=service facilities" means a building or
 group of buildings devoted primarily to research and
 development activities, including but not limited to the
 design and production or manufacture of prototype products for
 experimental use, and corporate=research services which do not
 have a primary purpose of providing on=site services to the
 public. 
    d.  "Warehouse" means a building or structure used as a
 public warehouse for the storage of goods pursuant to chapter
 554, article 7, except that it does not mean a building or
 structure used primarily to store raw agricultural products or
 from which goods are sold at retail.
    2.  A city council, or a county board of supervisors as
 authorized by section 427B.2, may provide by ordinance for
 a partial exemption from property taxation of the actual
 value added to industrial real estate by the new construction
 of industrial real estate, research=service facilities,
 warehouses, distribution centers and the acquisition of or
 improvement to machinery and equipment assessed as real estate
 pursuant to section 427A.1, subsection 1, paragraph "e". "New
 construction" means new buildings and structures and includes
 new buildings and structures which are constructed as additions
 to existing buildings and structures. "New construction" does
 not include reconstruction of an existing building or structure
 which does not constitute complete replacement of an existing
 building or structure or refitting of an existing building or
 structure, unless the reconstruction of an existing building
 or structure is required due to economic obsolescence and the
 reconstruction is necessary to implement recognized industry
 standards for the manufacturing and processing of specific
 products and the reconstruction is required for the owner
 of the building or structure to continue to competitively
 manufacture or process those products which determination shall
 receive prior approval from the city council of the city or the
 board of supervisors of the county. The exemption shall also
 apply to new machinery and equipment assessed as real estate
 pursuant to section 427A.1, subsection 1, paragraph "e", unless
 the machinery or equipment is part of the normal replacement
 or operating process to maintain or expand the existing
 operational status. "Research=service facilities" means a
 building or group of buildings devoted primarily to research
 and development activities, including but not limited to the
 design and production or manufacture of prototype products for
 experimental use, and corporate=research services which do not
 have a primary purpose of providing on=site services to the
 public. "Warehouse" means a building or structure used as a
 public warehouse for the storage of goods pursuant to chapter
 554, article 7, except that it does not mean a building or
 structure used primarily to store raw agricultural products
 or from which goods are sold at retail. "Distribution center"
  means a building or structure used primarily for the storage
 of goods which are intended for subsequent shipment to retail
 outlets. "Distribution center" does not mean a building or
 structure used primarily to store raw agricultural products,
 used primarily by a manufacturer to store goods to be used in
 the manufacturing process, used primarily for the storage of
 petroleum products, or used for the retail sale of goods.
    2.  3.  The ordinance may be enacted not less than thirty
 days after a public hearing is held in accordance with section
 335.6 in the case of a county, or section 362.3 in the case of
 a city. The ordinance shall designate the length of time the
 partial exemption shall be available and may provide for an
 exemption schedule in lieu of that provided in section 427B.3.
 However, an alternative exemption schedule adopted shall not
 provide for a larger tax exemption in a particular year than
 is provided for that year in the schedule contained in section
 427B.3.
    Sec. 124.  Section 432.12A, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    432.12A  Historic preservation and cultural and entertainment
 district tax credit.
    The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be reduced by a
 historic preservation and cultural and entertainment district
  tax credit allowed under chapter 404A.
    Sec. 125.  Section 441.48, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    441.48  Notice of adjustment.
    Before the department of revenue shall adjust the valuation
 of any class of property any such percentage, the department
 shall serve ten days' notice by mail, on the county auditor
 of the county whose valuation is proposed to be adjusted and
 the. The department shall hold an adjourned meeting after
 such ten days' notice, at which time the county or assessing
 jurisdiction may appear by its city council or board of
 supervisors, city or county attorney, and other assessing
 jurisdiction, city or county officials, and make written or
 oral protest against such proposed adjustment, which. The
  protest shall consist simply of a statement of the error, or
 errors, complained of with such facts as may lead to their
 correction, and at such. At the adjourned meeting final action
 may be taken in reference thereto to the proposed adjustment.
    Sec. 126.  Section 455B.183, subsection 2, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    Upon adoption of standards by the commission pursuant
 to section 455B.173, subsections 5 to through 8, plans
 and specifications for sewer extensions and water supply
 distribution system extensions covered by this section shall
 be submitted to the city or county public works department
 for approval if the local public works department employs
 a qualified, licensed engineer who reviews the plans and
 specifications using the specific state standards known as the
 Iowa Standards standards for Sewer Systems sewer systems and
 the Iowa Standards standards for Water Supply Distribution
 Systems water supply distribution systems that have been
 formulated and adopted by the department pursuant to section
 455B.173, subsections 5 to through 8. The local agency shall
 issue a written permit to construct if all of the following
 apply:
    Sec. 127.  Section 455B.302, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  Cities and counties may execute with public and private
 agencies contracts, leases, or other necessary instruments, and
 may purchase land and do all things necessary not prohibited
 by law for the implementation of waste management programs,
 collection of solid waste, establishment and operation of
 sanitary disposal projects, and general administration of the
 same. Any agreement executed with a private agency for the
 operation of a sanitary disposal project shall provide for
 the posting of a sufficient surety bond by the private agency
 conditioned upon the faithful performance of the agreement. A
 city or county may at any time during regular working hours
 enter upon the premises of a sanitary disposal project,
 including the premises of a sanitary landfill, in order to
 inspect the premises and monitor the operations and general
 administration of the project to ensure compliance with the
 agreement and with state and federal laws. This includes
 the right of the city or county to enter upon the premises
 of a former sanitary disposal project which has been closed,
 including the premises of a former sanitary landfill, owned
 by a private agency, for the purpose of providing required
 postclosure care.
    Sec. 128.  Section 456A.33B, subsection 3, paragraph c,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    Each joint lake restoration action plan shall comply with
 the following guidelines:
    Sec. 129.  Section 461A.32, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    461A.32  Sale of park lands ==== conveyances to cities or
 counties.
    1.  The commission may sell or exchange such parts of
 public lands under the jurisdiction of the commission as in
 its judgment may be undesirable for conservation purposes,
 excepting state=owned meandered lands already surveyed and
 platted at state expense as a conservation plan and project
 tentatively adopted and now in the process of rehabilitation
 and development authorized by a special legislative Act. The
 sale or exchange shall be made upon the terms, conditions or
 considerations as the commission may approve, whereupon the
 secretary of state shall issue a patent therefor in the manner
 provided by law in other cases. The proceeds of any such sale
 or exchange shall become a part of the funds to be expended
 under the provisions of this chapter.
    2.  Upon request by resolution of any city, or county, or
 any legal agency thereof of any city or county, the executive
 council may, upon majority recommendation of the commission,
 convey without consideration to such city, or county, or legal
 agency thereof of the city or county, such public lands under
 the jurisdiction of the commission as in its judgment may be
 desirable for city or county parks. Conveyance shall be in the
 name of the state, with the great seal of the state attached
 and shall contain a provision that when such lands cease to be
 used as public park by said city or county such lands revert to
 the state, and such park shall, within one year after such land
 has reverted to the state, be restored, as nearly as possible,
 to the condition it was in when acquired by such city, county,
  or legal agency thereof of the city or county at the expense of
 such city, county, or legal agency.
    3.  The state may require that the city, county, or legal
 agency thereof of the city or county file a notice of intention
 every three years.
    Sec. 130.  Section 461A.68, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    461A.68  Final order ==== condition.
    It The commission may grant such permit in whole or in
 part upon such terms, conditions and restrictions as may be
 determined by it the commission to be just and proper and in
 the public interest, provided that. However, before any permit
 shall be granted to any such municipality or corporation, the
 commission shall, after public hearing as provided hereby in
 this subchapter, determine whether the water recreational area
 will be in the interests of the public health and welfare and
 an affirmative finding to such effect shall be a condition
 precedent to the granting of such permit.
    Sec. 131.  Section 461A.74, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    461A.74  Extension of permit.
    Any municipality or corporation owning a permit granted
 hereby desiring under this subchapter, which desires to acquire
 an extension of said the permit, may petition the commission in
 the same manner provided for the granting of such the permit
 and the same proceeding shall be had on the extension petition
  as on an original application.
    Sec. 132.  Section 468.13, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  Upon the filing of the report of the engineer
 recommending the establishment of the levee or drainage
 district, the board shall at its first regular, adjourned, or
 special meeting examine and consider the same, and, if the
 plan is not approved the board may employ the same engineer
 or another disinterested engineer to report another plan or
 make additional examination and surveys and file an additional
 report covering such matters as the board may direct.
 Additional surveys and reports must be made in accordance with
 the provisions of sections 468.11 and 468.12. At any time
 prior to the final adoption of the plans they may be amended,
 and as finally adopted by the board shall be conclusive unless
 the action of the board in finally adopting them shall be
 appealed from as hereinafter provided in this subchapter.
    Sec. 133.  Section 468.40, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    468.40  Rules of classification.
    1.  In the The report of the appraisers so appointed they
  commissioners shall specify each tract of land by proper
 description, and the ownership thereof, as the same appears on
 the transfer books in the auditor's office.
    2.  In estimating the benefits as to the lands not traversed
 by said improvement, they the commissioners shall not consider
 what benefits such land shall receive after some other
 improvements shall have been constructed, but only the benefits
 which will be received by reason of the construction of the
 improvement in question as it affords an outlet to the drainage
 of such lands, or brings an outlet nearer to said lands, or
 relieves the same lands from overflow and relieves and protects
 the same lands from damage by erosion.
    3.  When the land is a state=owned lake or state=owned
 wetland, the commissioners shall ascertain the benefits
 realized from removing excess water and shall not consider any
 benefit realized if the state=owned lake or state=owned wetland
 were drained or converted to another land use.
    Sec. 134.  Section 468.69, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    468.69  Bonds received for assessments.
    Bonds issued for the cost of construction, maintenance,
 or repair of any drainage or levee district improvements, or
 for the refunding of any obligation of such district may be
 acquired by any taxpayer or group of taxpayers of such district
 and applied at their face value in the order of their priority,
 if any priority exists between bonds of the same issue, upon
 the payment of the delinquent or future assessments levied
 against the property of such taxpayers to pay off the bonds
 so acquired. The interest coupons attached to such bonds may
 likewise be applied at their face value to the payment of
 assessments for interest accounts, delinquent or future.
    Sec. 135.  Section 468.94, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    468.94  Costs.
    Unless the result on the appeal is more favorable to the
 appellant than to the action of the board, all costs of the
 appeal shall be taxed to the appellant, but if. If the result
 is more favorable to the appellant, the cost shall be taxed to
 the appellees.
    Sec. 136.  Section 478.6A, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  A petition for a franchise to construct a merchant line,
 in addition to any other applicable requirements pursuant to
 this chapter, shall be subject to all of the following:
    Notwithstanding section 478.21, in addition to any other
 applicable requirements pursuant to this chapter, if a petition
 for a franchise to construct a merchant line that involves the
 taking of property under eminent domain is not approved by the
 board and a franchise granted within three years following the
 date the petition is filed with the board pursuant to section
 478.3, the board shall reject the petition and make a record
 of the rejection. If the hearing on the petition conducted
 pursuant to section 478.4 has been held within the three=year
 period following the date the petition is filed, but the board
 has not completed its deliberations within that three=year
 period, the three=year period may be extended by the board to
 allow completion of deliberations. A petitioner shall not file
 a petition for the same or a similar project that has been
 rejected within sixty months following the date of rejection
 if the rejection was for failure to be approved within three
 years following the date the petition was filed as provided in
 this subsection.
    Sec. 137.  Section 483A.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    483A.18  Form of licenses.
    All hunting, fishing, and fur harvester licenses shall
 contain a general description of the licensee. Such licenses
 shall be upon such forms as the commission shall adopt. The
 address and the signature of the applicant and all signatures
 and other writing required information shall be in writing.
 All licenses shall clearly indicate the nature of the privilege
 granted.
    Sec. 138.  Section 484B.7, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  Each licensee shall file an annual report with the
 department on or before April 30. The report shall detail the
 hunting preserve operations during the preceding license year.
 The original report shall be forwarded to the department and a
 copy shall be retained in the hunting preserve's file for three
 years from the date of expiration of the hunting preserve's
 last license issued. Records required by this section shall be
 entered in the annual report record within twenty=four hours
 of the event. Failure to keep or submit the required records
 and reports is grounds for refusal to renew a license for
 the succeeding year. An on=site inspection of property and
 facilities shall be conducted by an authorized agent of the
 department prior to the initial issuance of a hunting preserve
 operator's license. The hunting preserve may be reinspected by
 an agent of the department at any reasonable time. A licensed
 hunting preserve shall maintain adequate facilities for all
 designated birds and ungulates held under the hunting preserve
 operator's license.
    Sec. 139.  Section 484B.10, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017,
 are amended to read as follows:
    2.  Waterfowl shall not be shot over any area where
 pen=reared mallards may serve as live decoys for wild
 waterfowl. All persons hunting game birds or ungulates upon a
 licensed hunting preserve shall secure a hunting license that
 includes the wildlife habitat fee in accordance with the game
 laws of Iowa, with the exception that an unlicensed person may
 secure an annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to
 hunting preserves only for a license fee of five dollars. All
 persons who hunt on hunting preserves shall pay the wildlife
 habitat fee.
    3.  A nonresident youth under sixteen years of age may hunt
 game birds on a licensed hunting preserve upon securing an
 annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to hunting
 preserves only for a license fee of five dollars and payment of
 the wildlife habitat fee. A nonresident youth is not required
 to complete the hunter education course to obtain a hunting
 preserve hunting license pursuant to this subsection if the
 youth is accompanied by a person who is at least eighteen years
 of age, is qualified to hunt, and possesses a valid hunting
 license that includes the wildlife habitat fee. During the
 hunt, the accompanying adult must be within arm's reach of the
 nonresident youth.
    Sec. 140.  Section 484B.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    484B.13  License refusal.
 The department may either refuse to issue, refuse to renew,
 or suspend or revoke a hunting preserve operator's license if
 the department finds that the licensed area or the operator or
 employees of the licensed area are not in compliance with this
 chapter, or that the property or area is operated in violation
 of this chapter or administrative rules adopted under this
 chapter.
    Sec. 141.  Section 505.27, subsection 5, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    5.  For purposes of this section, "health care provider":
    a.  "Health care provider" means the same as defined in
 section 135.61, a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B,
 or a health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 135C,
 and "insurer".
    b.  "Insurer" means an insurance company authorized to
 transact insurance business in this state. "Insurer" does
 not include a health care provider who maintains professional
 liability insurance coverage through a self=insurance plan, an
 unauthorized insurance company transacting business with an
 insured person in this state, or a person not authorized to
 transact insurance business in this state.
    Sec. 142.  Section 507B.14, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    507B.14  Transfer of insurance stock.
    1.  When a controlling interest in two or more corporations,
 at least one of which is an insurance company domiciled in
 this state, is held by any person, group of persons, firm,
 or corporation, no exchange of stock, transfer or sale
 of securities, or loan based upon securities of any such
 corporation shall take place between such corporations, or
 between such person, group of persons, firm or corporation and
 such corporations, without first securing the approval of the
 insurance commissioner. If, in the opinion of the insurance
 commissioner, such sale, transfer, exchange, or loan would be
 improper and would work to the detriment of any such insurance
 company, the commissioner shall have the power to prohibit
 the transaction. A person, firm, or corporate officer or
 director shall not aid such transaction without approval of the
 insurance commissioner. A person, firm, or other corporate
 officer or director who willfully violates this provision
  section is guilty of a class "D" felony. A person, firm,
 or corporate officer or director who willfully violates this
 provision section, and when such violation results in a loss
 of more than ten thousand dollars, is guilty of a class "C"
 felony.
    2.  For purposes of this section, controlling interest
  "controlling interest" means actual control or the possession
 directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause
 the direction of the management and policies of a firm,
 partnership, corporation, association, or trust, whether
 through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or
 otherwise.
    Sec. 143.  Section 507E.3A, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    507E.3A  Fraudulent sales practices ==== penalty penalties.
    1.  A person commits a class "D" felony the offense of
 fraudulent sales practices if the person, with the intent
 to defraud another person in connection with any sale,
 solicitation, or negotiation of insurance in this state,
 willfully does any of the following:
    a.  Employs any deception, device, scheme, or artifice to
 defraud.
    b.  Misrepresents, conceals, or suppresses any material fact.
    c.  Engages in any act, practice, or course of business which
 operates as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
    2.  A person who violates subsection 1 commits a class "D"
 felony.
    2.  3.  Notwithstanding subsection 1 2, a person commits a
 class "C" felony if the person violates subsection 1, and such
 violation results in a loss of more than ten thousand dollars.
    Sec. 144.  Section 508.37, subsection 7, paragraph f,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    The recalculated nonforfeiture net level premium shall be
 equal to the result obtained by dividing the amount described
 in subparagraph (1) by the amount described in subparagraph
  (2), where subparagraph (1) and subparagraph (2) are as
 follows:
    Sec. 145.  Section 509.1, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    A policy issued to any nonprofit industrial association
 (to, which shall be deemed the policyholder) policy holder,
  incorporated for a period of at least ten years and organized
 for purposes other than obtaining insurance, subject to the
 following requirements:
    Sec. 146.  Section 514.5, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    514.5  Contracts for service.
    1.  A hospital service corporation organized under chapter
 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this
 chapter, may enter into contracts for the rendering of hospital
 service to any of its subscribers with hospitals maintained and
 operated by the state or any of its political subdivisions,
 or by any corporation, association, or individual. Such
 hospital service corporation may also contract with an
 ambulatory surgical facility to provide surgical services to
 the corporation's subscribers. Hospital service is meant
 to include bed and board, general nursing care, use of the
 operating room, use of the delivery room, ordinary medications
 and dressings and other customary routine care. "Ambulatory
 surgical facility" means a facility constructed and operated for
 the specific purpose of providing surgery to patients admitted
 to and discharged from the facility within the same day.
    2.  A medical service corporation organized under chapter
 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this
 chapter, may enter into contracts with subscribers to furnish
 health care service through physicians and surgeons, dentists,
 podiatric physicians, osteopathic physicians, osteopathic
 physicians and surgeons, or chiropractors.
    3.  Any pharmaceutical or optometric service corporation
 organized under the provisions of said chapter 504, Code 1989,
 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may
 enter into contracts for the rendering of pharmaceutical or
 optometric service to any of its subscribers. Membership in
 any pharmaceutical service corporation shall be open to all
 pharmacies licensed under chapter 155A.
    4.  A hospital service corporation or medical service
 corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989, or current
 chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may enter into
 contracts with subscribers and providers to furnish health care
 services not otherwise allocated by this section.
    Sec. 147.  Section 514.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    514.13  Arbitration of disputes.
    Any dispute arising between a corporation organized under
 chapter 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed
 by this chapter, and a provider may be submitted to the
 commissioner of insurance for a decision. All decisions and
 findings of the commissioner of insurance may be judicially
 reviewed in accordance with the terms of chapter 17A.
    Sec. 148.  Section 514.14, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    514.14  Dissolution or merger.
    Any dissolution, merger, or liquidation of a corporation
 organized under the provisions of said chapter 504, Code 1989,
 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter shall be
 under the supervision of the commissioner of insurance who
 shall have all powers with respect thereto granted to the
 commissioner under the insurance laws of this state.
    Sec. 149.  Section 514.15, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    514.15  Nonexempt from taxation.
    Every corporation organized under the provisions of chapter
 504, Code 1989, or current chapter 504, and governed by this
 chapter, is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent
 institution but its property and funds, including subscribers'
 contracts, shall not be exempt from taxation. For purposes
 of this section, the term "subscriber contract" shall mean
 only those benefit contracts issued or delivered in Iowa by
 corporations subject to this chapter, including certificates
 issued under such contracts, and which provide coverage to
 residents of Iowa on a risk basis.
    Sec. 150.  Section 514.18, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    514.18  Podiatric physicians.
    Medical or surgical services or procedures constituting
 the practice of podiatry, also known as chiropody, as defined
 by provided in chapter 149, and covered by the terms of any
 individual, group, blanket, or franchise policy providing
 accident or health benefits hereafter delivered or hereafter
 issued for delivery in Iowa and covering an Iowa risk may
 be performed by any practitioner, selected by the insured,
 licensed under chapter 149 to perform such medical or surgical
 services or procedures. Any provision of such policy or
 exclusion or limitation denying an insured the free choice of
 such licensed podiatric physician, also known as chiropodist,
 shall to the extent of the denial, be void, but such voidance
 shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of the
 policy.
    Sec. 151.  Section 514.23, subsection 1, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    A corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989,
 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, may
 become a mutual insurer under a plan which is approved by
 the commissioner of insurance. The plan shall state whether
 the insurer will be organized as a for=profit corporation
 pursuant to chapter 490 or 491 or a nonprofit corporation
 pursuant to chapter 504. Upon consummation of the plan,
 the corporation shall fully comply with the requirements of
 the law that apply to a mutual insurance company. If the
 insurer is to be organized under chapter 504, then at least
 seventy=five percent of the initial board of directors of the
 mutual insurer so formed shall be policyholders who are also
 nonproviders of health care. All directors comprising this
 initial board of directors shall be selected by an independent
 committee appointed by the state commissioner of insurance.
 This independent committee shall consist of seven to eleven
 persons who are current policyholders, who are nonproviders
 of health care, and who are not directors of a corporation
 subject to this chapter. For purposes of this subsection, a
 "nonprovider of health care" is an individual who is not any of
 the following:
    Sec. 152.  Section 514.23, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  A corporation organized under chapter 504, Code 1989,
 or current chapter 504, and governed by this chapter, which
 becomes a mutual insurer under this section shall continue as
 a mutual insurer to be governed by the provisions of section
 514.7 and shall also be governed by section 509.3, subsection
 1, paragraph "f".
    Sec. 153.  Section 519A.4, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b,
 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows:
    a.  The association shall submit a plan of operation to
 the commissioner, together with any amendments necessary
 or suitable to assure the fair, reasonable, and equitable
 administration of the association consistent with sections
 519A.2, 519A.3, this section, and sections 519A.5 through
 519A.13. The plan of operation and any amendments thereto
 shall become effective only after promulgation of the plan or
 amendment by the commissioner as a rule pursuant to section
 17A.4:  Provided section 17A.4, provided that the initial plan
 may in the discretion of the commissioner become effective
 immediately upon filing with the secretary of state pursuant to
 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1),
 subparagraph division (a).
    b.  If the association fails to submit a suitable plan of
 operation within twenty=five days following the effective date
 of this chapter July 1, 1975, or if at any time thereafter the
 association fails to submit suitable amendments to the plan,
 the commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to effectuate
 sections 519A.2, 519A.3, this section, and sections 519A.5
 through 519A.13. Such rules shall continue in force until
 modified by the commissioner or superseded by a plan submitted
 by the association and approved by the commissioner.
    Sec. 154.  Section 519A.6, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  There is created a stabilization reserve fund. The fund
 shall be administered by three directors, one of whom shall
 be the commissioner. The remaining two directors shall be
 appointed by the commissioner:  One commissioner, one of whom
  shall be a representative of the association and the other a
 representative of its policyholders.
    Sec. 155.  Section 535.13, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    535.13  Definition Definitions.
    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
 requires, "agricultural purpose" means a purpose related to the
 production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation,
 processing or manufacture of agricultural products by a person
 who cultivates, plants, propagates or nurtures the agricultural
 products.:
    1.  "Agricultural products" includes agricultural,
 horticultural, viticultural, and dairy products, livestock,
 wildlife, poultry, bees, forest products, fish and shellfish,
 and any products thereof, including processed and manufactured
 products, and any and all products raised or produced on farms
 and any processed or manufactured products thereof.
    2.  "Agricultural purpose" means a purpose related to the
 production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation,
 processing, or manufacture of agricultural products by a
 person who cultivates, plants, propagates, or nurtures the
 agricultural products.
    Sec. 156.  Section 543E.20, subsection 2, paragraph g,
 subparagraph (6), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    (6)  Establishing and complying with processes and controls
 reasonably designed to ensure appraisal management companies
 conduct appraisal management services in accordance with the
 requirements of section 129E(a)=(i) of the federal Truth in
 Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. {1639e(1)(a)=(i), and regulations
 thereunder including but not limited to the requirement that
 appraisers who complete an appraisal in connection with a
 consumer credit transaction secured by the principal dwelling
 of the consumer be compensated with a customary and reasonable
 fee.
    Sec. 157.  Section 587.12, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  In all actions or in proceedings in probate where an
 order, judgment or decree has been entered prior to July 1,
 1970, based upon service of notice by publication as provided
 by rule 60 of the Iowa rules of civil procedure, Iowa court
 rules, third edition, or any statute authorizing publication
 of notice or upon service of notice by publication or posting
 pursuant to authorization or direction of any court of
 competent jurisdiction in the state of Iowa, all such orders,
 judgments, or decrees are hereby declared valid and of full
 force and effect, unless an action shall be commenced within
 the time provided in subsection 2 hereof to question such
 order, judgment, or decree, or any right or status created,
 confirmed, or existing thereunder.
    Sec. 158.  Section 600.5, subsection 13, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    13.  Whether or not a guardian ad litem should be appointed
 for a minor child to be adopted, and if not, the reasons
 therefor for that determination.
    Sec. 159.  Section 602.9111, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  So much of the judicial retirement fund as may not be
 necessary to be kept on hand for the making of disbursements
 under this article shall be invested by the treasurer of
 state in any investments authorized for the Iowa public
 employees' retirement system in section 97B.7A and subject
 to the requirements of chapters 12F, and 12H, and 12J, and
 the earnings therefrom shall be credited to the fund. The
 treasurer of state may execute contracts and agreements with
 investment advisors, consultants, and investment management and
 benefit consultant firms in the administration of the judicial
 retirement fund.
    Sec. 160.  Section 622.28, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017,
 are amended to read as follows:
    1.  Any writing or record, whether in the form of an entry
 in a book, or otherwise, including electronic means and
 interpretations thereof, offered as memoranda or records of
 acts, conditions, or events to prove the facts stated therein,
 shall be admissible as evidence if the judge finds that they
 were made in the regular course of a business at or about the
 time of the act, condition, or event recorded, and; that the
 sources of information from which made and the method and
 circumstances of their preparation were such as to indicate
 their trustworthiness,; and if the judge finds that they are
 not excludable as evidence because of any rule of admissibility
 of evidence other than the hearsay rule.
    2.  Evidence of the absence of a memorandum or record from
 the memoranda or records of a business of an asserted act,
 event, or condition, shall be admissible as evidence to prove
 the nonoccurrence of the act or event, or the nonexistence of
 the condition, if the judge finds that it was in the regular
 course of that business to make such memoranda or records of
 all such acts, events, or conditions at the time thereof or
 within a reasonable time thereafter, and to preserve them the
 memoranda or records.
    Sec. 161.  Section 633.230, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  In intestate matters, the administrator, as soon as
 letters are issued, shall cause to be published once each
 week for two consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper
 of general circulation published in the county in which the
 estate is pending, and at any time during the pendency of
 administration that the administrator has knowledge of the name
 and address of a person believed to own or possess a claim
 which will not or may not be paid or otherwise satisfied during
 administration, provide by ordinary mail to each such claimant
 at the claimant's last known address, a notice of appointment
 which shall be in substantially the following form:
    In the District Court of Iowa
 in and for ..... County.
   In the Estate of               Probate No. ....
 ....., Deceased
                NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
                ADMINISTRATOR AND
                NOTICE TO CREDITORS
 To All Persons Interested in the Estate of ....., Deceased,
 who died on or about ..... (date):
 You are hereby notified that on the .. day of ... (month),
 ... (year), the undersigned was appointed administrator of the
 estate.
 Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to
 the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the
 undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate
 shall file them with the clerk of the above=named district
 court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance,
 and, unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from
 the date of second publication of this notice or one month
 from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise
 allowed or paid), a claim is thereafter forever barred.
 Dated this .. day of ... (month), ... (year)
                  ....................
                  Administrator of the estate
                  ....................
                  Address
 ....................
 Attorney for the administrator
 ....................
 Address
 Date of second publication
 .. day of ... (month), ... (year)
 (Date to be inserted by publisher)
    Sec. 162.  Section 665.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
    In addition to the above acts or omissions in section 665.2,
 any court of record may punish the following acts or omissions
 as contempts:
    Sec. 163.  Section 670.9, Code 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
    670.9  Compromise and settlement.
    The governing body of any municipality may compromise,
 adjust, and settle tort claims against the municipality, and
  its officers, employees, and agents, for damages under section
 670.2 or 670.8 and may appropriate money for the payment of
 amounts agreed upon.
    Sec. 164.  REPEAL.  Sections 256.29, 266.39F, 488.1207, and
 524.529, Code 2017, are repealed.
                           DIVISION II
             AMENDMENTS TO 2014 IOWA ACTS, CH. 1080
    Sec. 165.  2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1080, section 118, is
 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
 the following:
    SEC. 118.  Section 422.11M, Code 2017, is amended by striking
 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
    422.11M  Agricultural assets transfer tax credit.
    The taxes imposed under this division, less the credits
 allowed under section 422.12, shall be reduced by an
 agricultural assets transfer tax credit as allowed under
 section 16.80.
    Sec. 166.  2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1080, section 119, is
 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
 the following:
    SEC. 119.  Section 422.33, subsection 21, Code 2017, is
 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
 thereof the following:
    21.  The taxes imposed under this division shall be reduced
 by an agricultural assets transfer tax credit as allowed under
 section 16.80.
                          DIVISION III
                      CORRESPONDING CHANGES
    Sec. 167.  Section 524.528, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  Unless otherwise provided in section 524.529, the The
  shareholders of a state bank do not have a preemptive right to
 acquire the state bank's unissued shares except to the extent
 provided in the articles of incorporation.
                           DIVISION IV
                      CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE
    Sec. 168.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.
    1.  The Code editor is directed to transfer section 421.46
 to section 8A.460.
    2.  The Code editor shall correct internal references in the
 Code and in any enacted legislation as necessary due to the
 enactment of this section.
                           DIVISION V
                         EFFECTIVE DATES
    Sec. 169.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The following provision or
 provisions in Division I of this Act take effect July 1, 2030:
    1.  The section of this Act amending section 2.48, subsection
 3, paragraph "h".


                                                             
                               JACK WHITVER
                               President of the Senate


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 is known as Senate File 405, Eighty=seventh General Assembly.


                                                             
                               W. CHARLES SMITHSON
                               Secretary of the Senate
 Approved                , 2017


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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