Bill > SF396

Introduced Session

This bill relates to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, or remove ambiguities. The Code sections amended include the following: Section 8.76: Changes a reference from “chapter” to “subchapter” to reflect the 2024 transfer of Code sections in Code chapter 8B to Code chapter 8, subchapter XI. Section 8.85: Corrects a Code citation to the meaning of “cloud computing solutions”. Sections 8E.208 and 8E.209: Changes uses of the word “their” to “the agency’s” to clarify the identified party. Section 10A.506: Modifies language regarding posting certain publications to a board’s internet site to align with similar language that is referenced in the provision. Section 10A.511: Corrects grammar relating to duties of the director of inspections, appeals, and licensing. Section 15.412: Revises language relating to the innovation and commercialization development fund to correct grammar and enhance readability. Section 25.8: Revises language relating to claims against the state to enhance readability. Sections 28E.7 and 28E.9: Revises language relating to public agency obligations and agreements to enhance readability. Section 68B.2: Changes references from “the board” to “such board” in provisions relating to employees of an agricultural commodity promotional board to eliminate confusion with the defined term “board” in Code chapter 68B. Sections 68B.22A and 68B.35: Eliminates full references to the “Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board” because “board” is defined in Code chapter 68B to mean the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board. Section 84A.21: Revises language relating to the Iowa student internship fund to correct grammar and enhance readability. Section 96.7: Revises a provision relating to unemployment compensation to enhance readability and amends an internal reference to the Code subunit. Section 99G.11: Adds commas to enhance readability of sentence clauses within lists. Section 123.30: Corrects two references to a special class “C” retail native wine license that omitted the word “wine”. Section 123.44: Revises language to enhance readability of a list of individuals within the department of revenue. Section 135.22B: Clarifies references to “council” to mean the council on health and human services, following elimination of the advisory council on brain injuries in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1170. Section 135B.1: Adds serial commas to several portions of the definition of “hospital”. Section 135B.14: Eliminates an unnecessary portion of a reference to the Iowa administrative procedure Act. Section 135B.16: Revises a provision relating to licensure and regulation of hospitals to correct grammar. Section 144.5: Modifies a reference to “registrars” to clarify that the reference is to “county registrars”. Section 144.20: Changes a reference from “adoption services provider” to “adoption service provider” to align with the proper term used in the Code. Section 147.80: Adjusts commas in a provision relating to licensure of health-related professions to enhance readability. Sections 147.87 and 147.88: Eliminates unnecessary portions of references to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. Sections 154E.3 and 154E.3A: Eliminates outdated clauses specifying applicability relating to licensure for interpreting or transliterating services. Section 155A.18: Relocates language in subsection 2, paragraph “e”, that relates to the assessment and payment of penalties because the language did not accurately fit within the scope of the list actions under subsection 2. Section 186.4: Amends a reference to “secretary” to specify that the reference is to the secretary of the Iowa state horticulture society and not the secretary of agriculture. Section 204.14E: Amends language by eliminating the use of “their” and inserting “the person’s” when describing a person’s employment with a registrant under that Code chapter. Section 216.3: Modifies the phrase “salary range established by the general assembly” to include a specific Code section reference based on changes to salaries of appointed state officers in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1182, including the director of the Iowa office of civil rights. Section 216.8B: Amends language in a provision relating to assistance animals and service animals to enhance readability. Section 216.8C: Adds “via” in subsection 1, paragraph “d”, preceding “telehealth” to conform with similar instances of that terminology. Changes references in subsections 4 and 5 from “commission” to “agency” to reflect changes to the Iowa office of civil rights in 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1170, that were not codified in Code 2025 due to harmonization of conflicting enactments. Section 216.15: Modifies comma placement in several provisions to enhance readability. Section 217.30: Modifies a possessive reference to the department of health and human services’ duties to correct grammar. Sections 231.14, 231.23, and 231.33: Modifies references in several provisions to align with the defined terms “greatest economic need” and “greatest social need”. Sections 232.3A, 232.10, 232.44, 232.49, and 252D.16: Primarily modifies the use and placement of commas to enhance readability. Section 256.11: Changes the term “financial literacy” to “finance literacy” to align with similar uses of the term. Section 262.9: Amends provisions specifying duties of the board of regents to improve grammar, update obsolete language, and enhance readability. Section 277.31: Modifies possessive reference to a school officer’s duties to correct grammar. Section 321.37: Replaces a reference to “hereunder” in subsection 1 with “under this chapter” to provide specificity to the reference and amends subsection 2 to enhance readability. Sections 327D.16 and 327D.17: Replaces references to “herein” and “hereof” with language specifying “this chapter” and eliminates an unnecessary use of “thereof”. Section 357A.6: Replaces instances of “its” with “the district’s” in a provision governing rural water districts. Section 358C.12: Adds a comma to enhance readability of a provision governing real estate improvement districts. Section 358C.20: Strikes “the” and inserts the indefinite article “a” in a provision relating to the effective date of a merger relating to annexing property within a real estate improvement district. Sections 362.1 and 362.9: Adds a comma to lists of Code chapters specified as comprising the “City Code of Iowa” and identifying the City Code of Iowa’s applicability. Section 364.2: Replaces an incorrect reference to “subsection” with “paragraph” and inserts the correct date for a reference to an “effective date”. Sections 403.6, 403.12, 403.13, and 403.14: Replaces semicolons with periods at the end of certain paragraphs to conform with preferred Code style and makes other changes to enhance readability. Section 411.6: Replaces “their” with “member’s” in a provision governing the retirement system for police officers and fire fighters. Sections 414.22 and 414.27: Specifies that the definitions provided in each Code section are for the purposes of that Code section. Section 455B.133: Adds a comma to correct punctuation in a provision relating to duties of the environmental protection commission. Section 455B.266: Adds serial commas to two lists of crops to clarify the crops identified. Section 476.9: Adds serial commas in two provisions identifying items to be kept by a public utility. Section 477C.2: Strikes a definition of “commission”, meaning the commission of deaf services, due to the applicability of a different similar definition. Sections 477C.3 and 477C.4: Provides full references to the “commission on deaf services” to avoid confusion with references to the “utilities commission” in the same Code sections. Section 478.4: Replaces several instances of “it” with proper identification of “the petition”, “the commission”, or “the franchise proceeding”, as applicable. Sections 479.46 and 479B.30: Establishes a definition of “commissioner” to mean a member of a compensation commission established under the Code section to avoid ambiguity with members of the Iowa utilities commission. Section 481A.6: Eliminates a semicolon in a provision relating to the natural resource commission and separates the provision into several sentences to enhance readability. Sections 481A.31 and 481A.34: Amends provisions to conform to preferred Code style and enhance readability. Sections 489.102 and 489.103: Adjusts punctuation to enhance readability, corrects an incorrect cross reference, and corrects grammar. Sections 509A.1 and 509A.11: Moves definitions contained in Code section 509A.11 to the beginning of the Code chapter. Section 514C.12A: Corrects a date reference of “July 1, 1996” to “July 1, 2023” to align with the effective date of the Code section in 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 127. Section 514I.10: Adjusts language from “equals” to “equals or exceeds” to clarify income ranges for certain eligibility. Section 515.12: Revises an applicability provision to correctly describe a mutual insurance company’s authority to maintain guaranty capital under Code section 515.20. Section 527.3: Strikes an unnecessary reference to the location where the terms “central routing unit” and “data processing center” are defined. Section 537.2510: Revises a cross reference to the Code chapter under which motor vehicle dealers are licensed to align with similar references throughout the Code. Section 543B.62: Revises two cross references that include multiple Code sections to conform to the preferred style of such references. Section 549.3: Replaces “agree” with “agrees” to correct grammar. Sections 592.9, 613.20, 625A.3, and 625A.6: Adjusts use of commas in lists and other provisions to enhance readability. Section 708.1: Changes an internal reference from subparagraph (1) to paragraph “d” to align the applicable definitions with their scope of use in the Code section. Section 714.19: Strikes an internal reference to the same Code section that was inadvertently included following a change in the 2018 substantive Code editor’s bill. Section 717C.1: Strikes “permits” and inserts “permitting” to correct grammar and conform language within a list of criminal acts. Section 904.301B: Adds serial comma to a list in a Code section governing the duties of a director of a judicial district department of correctional services. Section 915.37: Combines applicable definitions into a list within a single paragraph. The bill directs the Code editor to change all references to the “federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” or the “Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” to the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”, in but not limited to Code sections 124.204, 124.208, 126.2, 155A.13A, 155A.13C, 189A.2, 189A.12, 198.7, 198.10, 204.14A, 453A.1, and 514C.26.

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