Bill Text: IA SF2342 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to certain state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities, providing for regulatory authority, and other properly related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3210.) Various effective dates; see sections 24 and 27 of bill.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-30 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 930. [SF2342 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-SF2342-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO CERTAIN STATE
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, FUNDS, AND CERTAIN OTHER ENTITIES,
PROVIDING FOR REGULATORY AUTHORITY, AND OTHER PROPERLY
RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING PENALTIES, AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2014–2015
Section 1. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 30, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 30. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of administrative services for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the
following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:

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a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,033,962
4,067,924
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 73.49
65.79
b. For the payment of utility costs:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,329,455
2,568,909
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.00
Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any excess moneys
appropriated for utility costs in this lettered paragraph shall
not revert to the general fund of the state at the end of the
fiscal year but shall remain available for expenditure for
the purposes of this lettered paragraph during the succeeding
fiscal year.
c. For Terrace Hill operations:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 202,957
405,914
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5.00
2. Members of the general assembly serving as members of
the deferred compensation advisory board shall be entitled
to receive per diem and necessary travel and actual expenses
pursuant to section 2.10, subsection 5 , while carrying out
their official duties as members of the board.
3. Any moneys and premiums collected by the department
for workers’ compensation shall be segregated into a separate
workers’ compensation fund in the state treasury to be used
for payment of state employees’ workers’ compensation claims
and administrative costs. Notwithstanding section 8.33 ,
unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in this workers’
compensation fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not
revert but shall be available for expenditure for purposes of
the fund for subsequent fiscal years.
Sec. 2. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 34, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 34. AUDITOR OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the office of the auditor of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for
the purposes designated, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:

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For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 457,253
944,506
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 103.00
2. The auditor of state may retain additional full-time
equivalent positions as is reasonable and necessary to
perform governmental subdivision audits which are reimbursable
pursuant to section 11.20 or 11.21 , to perform audits which are
requested by and reimbursable from the federal government, and
to perform work requested by and reimbursable from departments
or agencies pursuant to section 11.5A or 11.5B . The auditor
of state shall notify the department of management, the
legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services
agency of the additional full-time equivalent positions
retained.
3. The auditor of state shall allocate moneys from the
appropriation in this section solely for audit work related to
the comprehensive annual financial report, federally required
audits, and investigations of embezzlement, theft, or other
significant financial irregularities until the audit of the
comprehensive annual financial report is complete.
Sec. 3. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 35, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 35. IOWA ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE BOARD. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 245,168
550,335
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5.00
6.00
Sec. 4. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, is amended by adding
the following new section:
NEW SECTION . SEC. 35A. INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS —— OFFICE
OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. There is appropriated to
the office of the chief information officer for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, from

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the revolving funds designated in chapter 8B and from internal
service funds created by the office such amounts as the office
deems necessary for the operation of the office consistent with
the requirements of chapter 8B.
Sec. 5. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 36, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 36. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of commerce for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
a. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 610,196
1,220,391
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 18.50
b. PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AND REGULATION BUREAU
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,769
601,537
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 12.50
2. There is appropriated from the department of commerce
revolving fund created in section 546.12 to the department of
commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
June 30, 2015, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, for the purposes designated:
a. BANKING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,583,618
9,317,235
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 74.50
b. CREDIT UNION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 897,128

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1,794,256
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 15.00
c. INSURANCE DIVISION
(1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,516,495
5,099,989
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 100.15
(2) The insurance division may reallocate authorized
full-time equivalent positions as necessary to respond to
accreditation recommendations or requirements.
(3) The insurance division expenditures for examination
purposes may exceed the projected receipts, refunds, and
reimbursements, estimated pursuant to section 505.7, subsection
7 , including the expenditures for retention of additional
personnel, if the expenditures are fully reimbursable and the
division first does both of the following:
(a) Notifies the department of management, the legislative
services agency, and the legislative fiscal committee of the
need for the expenditures.
(b) Files with each of the entities named in subparagraph
division (a) the legislative and regulatory justification for
the expenditures, along with an estimate of the expenditures.
d. UTILITIES DIVISION
(1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,089,703
8,329,405
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 79.00
(2) The utilities division may expend additional moneys,
including moneys for additional personnel, if those additional
expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the moneys
budgeted for utility regulation and the expenditures are fully
reimbursable. Before the division expends or encumbers an
amount in excess of the moneys budgeted for regulation, the
division shall first do both of the following:
(a) Notify the department of management, the legislative
services agency, and the legislative fiscal committee of the
need for the expenditures.
(b) File with each of the entities named in subparagraph
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the expenditures, along with an estimate of the expenditures.
(3) Of the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, the
utilities division may expend up to $10,000 for purposes
of entering into an agreement with the department of
administrative services to contract with a professional
engineering firm to conduct a cost/benefit engineering review
of the energy efficiency of the solar panels utilized by the
utilities board and consumer advocate building.
3. CHARGES. Each division and the office of consumer
advocate shall include in its charges assessed or revenues
generated an amount sufficient to cover the amount stated
in its appropriation and any state-assessed indirect costs
determined by the department of administrative services.
Sec. 6. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 37, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 37. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE —— PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
AND REGULATION BUREAU. There is appropriated from the housing
trust fund created pursuant to section 16.181 , to the bureau of
professional licensing and regulation of the banking division
of the department of commerce for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,159
62,317
Sec. 7. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 39, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 39. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the offices
of the governor and the lieutenant governor for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL OFFICE
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,098,228
2,196,455
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 20.00
23.00

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2. TERRACE HILL QUARTERS
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for the governor’s quarters at Terrace Hill, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46,556
93,111
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.00
Sec. 8. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 40, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 40. GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
governor’s office of drug control policy for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, including statewide coordination of the drug abuse
resistance education (D.A.R.E.) programs or similar programs,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 120,567
241,134
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 4.00
Sec. 9. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 41, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 41. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of human
rights for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
June 30, 2015, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 112,092
224,184
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 5.65
2. COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND SERVICES DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 514,039
1,028,077

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 9.62
9.45
Sec. 10. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 42, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 42. DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of inspections and appeals for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 272,621
545,242
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 13.65
2. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 339,471
678,942
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 23.00
3. INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,286,545
2,573,089
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 61.50
55.00
b. The department, in coordination with the investigations
division, shall submit a report to the general assembly by
December 1, 2014, concerning the division’s activities relative
to fraud in public assistance programs for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014. The report
shall include but is not limited to a summary of the number
of cases investigated, case outcomes, overpayment dollars
identified, amount of cost avoidance, and actual dollars
recovered.
4. HEALTH FACILITIES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous

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purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,546,017
5,092,033
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 113.00
111.50
b. The department shall, in coordination with the health
facilities division, make the following information available
to the public as part of the department’s development efforts
to revise the department’s internet website:
(1) The number of inspections conducted by the division
annually by type of service provider and type of inspection.
(2) The total annual operations budget for the division,
including general fund appropriations and federal contract
dollars received by type of service provider inspected.
(3) The total number of full-time equivalent positions in
the division, to include the number of full-time equivalent
positions serving in a supervisory capacity, and serving as
surveyors, inspectors, or monitors in the field by type of
service provider inspected.
(4) Identification of state and federal survey trends,
cited regulations, the scope and severity of deficiencies
identified, and federal and state fines assessed and collected
concerning nursing and assisted living facilities and programs.
c. It is the intent of the general assembly that the
department and division continuously solicit input from
facilities regulated by the division to assess and improve
the division’s level of collaboration and to identify new
opportunities for cooperation.
5. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21,108
42,215
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 11.00
b. The employment appeal board shall be reimbursed by
the labor services division of the department of workforce
development for all costs associated with hearings conducted
under chapter 91C , related to contractor registration. The
board may expend, in addition to the amount appropriated under
this subsection, additional amounts as are directly billable
to the labor services division under this subsection and to

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retain the additional full-time equivalent positions as needed
to conduct hearings required pursuant to chapter 91C .
6. CHILD ADVOCACY BOARD
a. For foster care review and the court appointed special
advocate program, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,340,145
2,680,290
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 32.25
b. The department of human services, in coordination with
the child advocacy board and the department of inspections and
appeals, shall submit an application for funding available
pursuant to Tit. IV-E of the federal Social Security Act for
claims for child advocacy board administrative review costs.
c. The court appointed special advocate program
shall investigate and develop opportunities for expanding
fund-raising for the program.
d. Administrative costs charged by the department of
inspections and appeals for items funded under this subsection
shall not exceed 4 percent of the amount appropriated in this
subsection.
7. FOOD AND CONSUMER SAFETY
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 639,666
1,279,331
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 23.25
23.65
Sec. 11. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 44, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 44. RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION.
1. RACETRACK REGULATION
There is appropriated from the gaming regulatory revolving
fund established in section 99F.20 to the racing and gaming
commission of the department of inspections and appeals for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015,
the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for the regulation of pari-mutuel racetracks, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,534,246
3,068,492
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 32.03
2. EXCURSION BOAT AND GAMBLING STRUCTURE REGULATION
a. There is appropriated from the gaming regulatory
revolving fund established in section 99F.20 to the racing and
gaming commission of the department of inspections and appeals
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30,
2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for administration and enforcement of the excursion
boat gambling and gambling structure laws, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,522,860
3,045,719
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 40.72
b. For each additional license to conduct gambling games on
an excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack
enclosure issued during the period beginning January 1, 2014,
and ending June 30, 2015, there is appropriated from the gaming
regulatory revolving fund established in section 99F.20 to the
racing and gaming commission of the department of inspections
and appeals for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and
ending June 30, 2015, an additional amount of not more than
$191,000 to be used for not more than 2.00 full-time equivalent
positions.
Sec. 12. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 45, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 45. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION —— DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS. There is appropriated from the road
use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the administrative
hearings division of the department of inspections and appeals
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30,
2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 811,949
1,623,897
Sec. 13. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 46, is amended
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SEC. 46. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of management for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,275,110
2,550,220
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 21.00
20.58
2. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, the
department shall use a portion for enterprise resource
planning, providing for a salary model administrator,
conducting performance audits, and for the department’s LEAN
process.
Sec. 14. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 47, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 47. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION —— DEPARTMENT OF
MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated from the road use tax fund
created in section 312.1 to the department of management for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30,
2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 28,000
56,000
Sec. 15. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 48, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 48. IOWA PUBLIC INFORMATION BOARD. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
public information board for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 137,500
350,000

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3.00
Sec. 16. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 49, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 49. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of revenue for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,940,420
17,880,839
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 245.24
228.50
2. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section,
$400,000 shall be used to pay the direct costs of compliance
related to the collection and distribution of local sales and
services taxes imposed pursuant to chapters 423B and 423E .
3. The director of revenue shall prepare and issue a state
appraisal manual and the revisions to the state appraisal
manual as provided in section 421.17, subsection 17 , without
cost to a city or county.
Sec. 17. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 50, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 50. MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX APPROPRIATION. There is
appropriated from the motor fuel tax fund created by section
452A.77 to the department of revenue for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
and for administration and enforcement of the provisions of
chapter 452A and the motor vehicle use tax program:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 652,888
1,305,775
Sec. 18. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 51, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 51. SECRETARY OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the office of the secretary of state for the fiscal year
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amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,448,350
2,896,699
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 29.00
2. The state department or state agency which provides
data processing services to support voter registration file
maintenance and storage shall provide those services without
charge.
Sec. 19. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 53, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 53. TREASURER OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the office of treasurer of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 542,196
1,084,392
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 28.80
2. The office of treasurer of state shall supply clerical
and secretarial support for the executive council.
Sec. 20. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 54, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 54. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION —— OFFICE OF
TREASURER OF STATE. There is appropriated from the road use
tax fund created in section 312.1 to the office of treasurer of
state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For enterprise resource management costs related to the
distribution of road use tax funds:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46,574
93,148
Sec. 21. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 55, is amended
to read as follows:
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from the Iowa public employees’ retirement system fund to the
Iowa public employees’ retirement system for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and other operational
purposes to pay the costs of the Iowa public employees’
retirement system, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,843,484
15,686,968
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 90.13
88.13
Sec. 22. REPEAL. 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, sections 38,
56, and 57, are repealed.
DIVISION II
UNCLAIMED LIFE INSURANCE DEATH BENEFITS
Sec. 23. NEW SECTION . 507B.4C Unclaimed life insurance.
1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to
require complete and proper disclosure, transparency, and
accountability relating to any method of payment for life
insurance death benefits regulated by the commissioner.
2. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the
context otherwise requires:
a. “Account owner” means the owner of a retained asset
account who is a resident of this state.
b. “Annuity” means an annuity contract issued in this
state. “Annuity” does not include any annuity contract used
to fund an employment-based retirement plan or program where
the insurer takes direction from the plan sponsor or plan
administrator.
c. “Authorized person” means a policy owner, insured,
annuity owner, annuitant, or account holder, as applicable
under a policy, annuity, or retained asset account.
d. “Death master file” means the United States social
security administration’s death master file or any other
database or service that is at least as comprehensive as the
United States social security administration’s death master
file for determining that a person has died.
e. “Death master file match” means a search of the death
master file that results in a match of an authorized person’s
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f. “Insurer” means a life insurance company regulated
under chapter 508.
g. “Policy” means any policy or certificate of life
insurance issued in this state. “Policy” does not include any
of the following:
(1) A policy or certificate of life insurance which
provides a death benefit under an employee benefit plan subject
to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Pub. L. No. 93-406, as codified at 29 U.S.C. §1002 et seq.
(2) A policy or certificate of life insurance which
provides a death benefit under an employee benefit plan subject
to a federal employee benefit program.
(3) A policy or certificate of life insurance which is
used to fund a preneed plan for cemetery merchandise, funeral
merchandise, funeral services, or a combination thereof.
(4) A policy or certificate of credit life or accidental
death insurance.
(5) A policy issued to a group master policyowner for which
the insurer does not provide recordkeeping services.
h. “Recordkeeping services” means services provided by an
insurer who has entered into an agreement with a group policy
customer to be responsible for obtaining, maintaining, and
administering in the insurer’s own recordkeeping systems at
least all of the following information about each individual
insured under the insured’s group insurance contract or a line
of coverage thereunder:
(1) Social security number or name and date of birth.
(2) Beneficiary designation information.
(3) Coverage eligibility.
(4) Benefit amount.
(5) Premium payment status.
i. “Retained asset account” means an interest-bearing
account set up by an insurer in the name of the beneficiary of a
policy or annuity upon the death of the insured.
3. Insurer duties.
a. For any in-force policy, annuity, or retained asset
account issued for delivery in this state for which the insurer
has not previously been notified of a claim, an insurer shall
perform a comparison of such policy, annuity, or retained asset
account against the death master file, on at least a semiannual
basis, to identify potential death master file matches.
(1) An insurer may comply with the requirements of this
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comparison and thereafter using the death master file update
files for subsequent comparisons.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to limit
the right of an insurer to request a valid death certificate as
part of any claims validation process.
b. If an insurer learns of the possible death of an
authorized person through a death master file match or
otherwise, the insurer shall, within ninety days, do all of the
following:
(1) Complete a good faith effort, which shall be documented
by the insurer, to confirm the death of the authorized person
against other available records and information.
(2) Review the insurer’s records to determine whether the
deceased authorized person had purchased any other products
from the insurer.
(3) Determine whether benefits may be due in accordance
with the applicable policy, annuity, or retained asset account.
(4) If the beneficiary or an authorized person has not
communicated with the insurer within the ninety-day period,
take reasonable steps, which shall be documented by the
insurer, to locate and contact any beneficiary or other
authorized person on the policy, annuity, or retained asset
account, including sending the beneficiary or other authorized
person information regarding the insurer’s claims process and
regarding the need to provide an official death certificate,
if applicable under the policy, annuity, or retained asset
account.
c. Every insurer shall implement procedures to account for
all of the following:
(1) Common nicknames, initials used in lieu of a first or
middle name, use of a middle name, compound first and middle
names, and interchanged first and middle names.
(2) Compound last names, maiden or married names, and
hyphens, blank spaces, or apostrophes in last names.
(3) Transposition of the month and date portions of the
date of birth.
(4) Incomplete social security numbers.
d. An insurer may disclose minimum necessary personal
information about a beneficiary or authorized person to an
individual or entity whom the insurer reasonably believes may
be able to assist the insurer in locating the beneficiary or
authorized person entitled to payment of the claims proceeds.
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beneficiary or authorized person any fees or costs associated
with a death master file search conducted pursuant to this
section.
f. The benefits from a policy, annuity, or retained asset
account, plus any applicable accrued interest, shall first be
payable to designated beneficiaries or authorized persons,
and in the event that the beneficiaries or authorized persons
cannot be found, shall be reported and remitted to the state as
unclaimed property pursuant to chapters 556 and 633.
4. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer
the provisions of this section.
5. Orders. The commissioner may issue an order doing any
of the following:
a. Limiting the death master file comparisons required
under subsection 3, paragraph “a” , to an insurer’s electronic
searchable files or approving a plan and timeline for
conversion of an insurer’s files to electronic searchable
files.
b. Exempting an insurer from the death master file
comparisons required under subsection 3, paragraph “a” ,
or permitting an insurer to perform such comparisons less
frequently than semiannually upon a demonstration of financial
hardship by the insurer.
c. Phasing in requirements for compliance with this section
according to a plan and timeline approved by the commissioner.
6. Unfair trade practice. Failure to meet any requirement
of this section with such frequency as to constitute a general
business practice is an unfair method of competition and
an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of
insurance under this chapter.
7. Insurer unclaimed property reporting.
a. If an insurer identifies a person as deceased through
a death master file match as described in subsection 3,
paragraph “a” , or other information source, and validates such
information through a secondary information source, the insurer
may report and remit the proceeds of the policy, annuity, or
retained asset account due to the state prior to the dates
required for such reporting and remittance under chapter 556,
without further notice to or consent by the state, after
attempting to contact any beneficiary under either of the
following circumstances:
(1) The insurer is unable to locate a beneficiary who is
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retained asset account, after conducting reasonable search
efforts of up to one year after the insurer’s validation of the
death master file match.
(2) No beneficiary or person, as applicable for unclaimed
property reporting purposes under chapter 556, has a last known
address in this state.
b. Once the insurer has reported upon and remitted the
proceeds of the policy, annuity, or retained asset account to
the state pursuant to chapter 556, the insurer is relieved
from any and all additional liability to any beneficiary or
authorized person relating to the proceeds reported upon and
remitted.
Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes
effect July 1, 2015.
DIVISION III
PERSONNEL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
Sec. 25. AUDITOR OF STATE —— EXAMINATION OF PERSONNEL
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the auditor of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For costs associated with conducting an examination of
personnel settlement agreements:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 26. AUDITOR OF STATE EXAMINATION —— PERSONNEL
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. From the moneys appropriated in this
Act, the auditor of state shall expend such amount as is
necessary for purposes of conducting an examination concerning
personnel settlement agreements made by the state with
terminated state employees since January 2011 that were not
approved by the state appeal board or decided by the public
employment relations board. The examination shall include the
nature of the positions subject to termination, the payments
provided and the funding source of the payments, and the
identity and authority of the person or persons signing the
personnel settlement agreement on behalf of the state.
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Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
Sec. 28. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2013.
______________________________
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
______________________________
KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2342, Eighty-fifth General Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2014
______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor