Summary of Legislation 1969
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.. .. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION APPROVED BY THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTY-THIRD IOWA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING IN THE YEAR 1969 PREPARED BY THE IOWA LEGISLATIVE SERVICE BUREAU This summary of legislation has been prepared for the use of legislators and other interested persons. The classifications of legislative enactments under specific subject headings and the sum mary descriptions are the work product of the Iowa Legislative Service Bureau. It is recognized that the legislative enactments contained herein may logically fall under more than one subject heading in certain instances and perhaps differences of opinion may arise as to the summary descriptions. However, it is believed that the purpose of this compilation--that of providing interested persons with a quick reference to legislation enacted in specific areas and generally informing them of the contents of the legisla tion--will be served by this publication. The various Legalizing Acts passed by the 1969 session are not included in this summary. .. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page AGRICULTURE 1 Agriculture Appropriations. 2 APPORTIONMENT 4 Apportionment - Appropriations .. 4 CITIES AND TOWNS ...... 5 Cities and Towns - Appropriations . 7 COMMERCE. 8 Commerce - Appropriations 10 CONSERVATION AND RECREATION . 11 Conservation - Appropriations 12 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS . 13 CORRECYTVE LEGISLATION .. 14 COUNTY GOVERNMENT . 17 ELECTIONS . • . 19 HIGHER EDUCATION •.• 20 Higher Education - Appropriations . 21 HIGHWAY COMMIS S·ION. 23 Highway Commission - Appropriations • 23 HOLIDAYS AND RECOGNITION DAYS . 24 IOWA DEVELOPMENT ... 25 Iowa Development - Appropriations 25 JUDICIARY . 26 LABOR ~ND EMPLOYMENT. 28 Labor and Employment - Appropriations 28 LAW ENFORCEMENT . 29 Law Enforcement - Appropriations. 31 LAWMAKING, PUBLICATION OF LAWS, AND LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES ....•.•. 33 Legislative Agencies - Appropriations 34 LICENSING . 35 Licensing - Appropriations. 35 LIQuOR .. 36 Liquor - Appropriations . 36 MERIT EMPLOYMENT AND CIVIL SERVICE •. 37 Merit Employment - Appropriations . 37 Page ' ' RETIREMENT PROGRAMS • 38 Retirement - Appropriations • 38 SCHOOLS • 39 Schools - Appropriations. 40 SOCIAL SERVICES - Medical Treatments. 42 Social Services - Aid Programs and Assistance • 42 Social Services, Organization and Personnel Relating to 44 Social Services Institutions and Procedures • 44 Social Services - Appropriations. 46 STATE GOVERNMENT - State Buildings and Land • 47 State Buildings and Land - Appropriations • 47 State Departments and Agencies. 48 State Departments and Agencies - Appropriations • 49 TRANSPORTATION. 52 Transportation - Appropriations • 53 WAYS AND MEANS. 54 .. Page 2 H.F. 548 By Committee on Agriculture. Requires that all moisture testing devices used in commerce to ascertain the moisture content of agricultural commodities be inspected by the De partment of Agriculture. Other moisture-testing devices may be inspected upon request. The Act provides that a $10 fee be charged for the first device inspected and $5 for each ad ditional device inspected. H.F. 598 See Conservation and Recreation. H.F. 618 By Rex, Dunton, Kruse, Stokes, Schmeiser, Dietz, Menefee, and Logue. Abolishes the State Sheep Association and establishes a Sheep Promotion Division in the Department of Agriculture. H.F. 628 By Bailey. Updates the law dealing with the specifica- tions and standards for cheese and cheese products established by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as amended in 1968. H.F. 666 By Miller of Page, Fischer of Grundy, Voorhees, Knight, and Klein. Clarifies "unlawful milk" condition by adding two descriptive milk adulteration categories. The Act also extends authority to establish rules and standards for test ing produce from mastitic cows or produce which contains chemicals, medicines or radioactive agents deleterious to health. H.F. 784 See Ways and Means. Appropriations - Agriculture S.F. 631 By Committee on Appropriations. Appropriates for each year of the biennium the following amounts from the funds indicated: Commercial Feed Fund, $315,040.00; Restaurant Inspection Fund, $119,710.00; State Board of Veterinary Examiner's Fund, $3,500.00; Pesticide Fund, $49,040.00; Fertilizer Fund, $209,830.00; Dairy Trade Practice Fund, $57,000.00; and Dairy Industry Fund, $330,970.00. The amounts are appro priated from the moneys received by the commissions and boards. The remainder of each of the various funds is appropriated for contingencies. S.F. 670 By Committee on Appropriations. Appropriates from the general fund for each year of the biennium $1,356,390.00 to the Depart ment of Agriculture for General Administration, Animal Health and Veterinary, Agricultural and Marketing Division, Agricul tural Statistics, Bee Inspection, and Poultry Market News. The Act also establishes standards for vaccination for bovine brucellosis. S.F. 681 By Committee on Appropriations. Appropriates from the general fund $987,000.00 for each year of the biennium to the Iowa De velopment Commission for salaries, development, and promotion of agricultural markets and products, and municipal planning assistance. AGRICULTURE S.F. 44 By Lange. Exempts from the definition of food establishment, in the chapter relating to hotels, restaurants, and food establishments, those establishments licensed to manufacture and sell beer for consumption off the premises. S.F. 181 By Schaben. Permits the governing board of a drainage or levee district to remove from the district a portion of the land lying therein, or to divide the district, when a part of the land in the district has been cut off from access to drainage improve ments in the balance of the district by construction of a new highway, drainage or levee facility, or other public improve- ment. S.F. 291 By Committee on Agriculture. Enables the Iowa Department of Agriculture to begin Phase IV of its program to eradicate hog cholera. Terminates hog cholera vaccination except for researc~ purposes which coincides with a similar U.S. Department of Agriculture order, and raises the maximum inde~nity amounts to adequately pay producers of unusually valuable animals. Appro priates $250,000.00 for the biennium from the general fund to the Department of Agriculture for the payment of indemnities. The Act also establishes a state pool of vaccine to be used in unexpected large scale outbreak of hog cholera and appropriates $50,000.00 for the biennium from the general fund for such purpose. R.F. 16 By Cochran, Winkelman, Tieden, Gannon, Dunton, Mayberry, Dougherty, Bergman, Schmeiser, and Middleswart. Makes numerous amendments to existing Iowa statutes which relate to drainage and govern the establishment and administration of drainage and levee districts. Recommended by the Drainage Laws Study Com- mittee. H.F. 192 See Transportation. n.F. 417 By Committee on Agriculture. Extensively amends, and replaces large portions of the 1965 Iowa ~eat and Poultry I~spection Act to make state inspection of meat and poultry products pro duced and consumed in intrastate commerce equal to inspection standards established by the federal governme~t for such products produced and consumed in intrastate commerce. ?rovides an ap propriation of $400,000.00 for each year of the biennium for this purpose. n.F. 497 By ?ierson, Strothman, Campbell, Stokes, ~iddleswart, Roorda, and Brine~. Removes the requirement that the foundation and registered classes of certified seed must bear a blue-colored label. The Act will allow interstate movement of all classes of certified seed at no cost. Page 3 H.F. 778 By Committee on Appropriations. Appropriates from the general fund for each year of the biennium $70,000.00 to State Fair Board, $210,000.00 to agricultural societies to be used for local fairs, and $100,000.00 to the State Fair Board to be used for major building repairs. H.F. 820 By Committee on Appropriations. Appropriates from the general fund $96,500.00 for each year of the biennium to the Department of Agriculture for the Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Associations, the Iowa Crop Improvement Association, the Iowa State Dairy Association, the Dairy Calf Club Exposition, the State Horti cultural Society, the Iowa State Sheep Association, and the Iowa Swine Producers Association. Page 4 APPORTIONMENT S.J.R. 5 By Stanley, Lange, and Potgeter. Established a nonlegislative Apportionment Commission of fourteen members, one member from each major political party in each Congressional district, to prepare and recommend to the General Assembly an apportionment plan conforming to constitutional amendment ratified by the voters in 1968. The Commission made its report April 1, 1969 and was thereupon dissolved under the terms of S.J.R. 5. See H.F. 781. (Emergency: Effective January 31, 1969.) H.F. 766 See Schools. H.F. 781 By Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Reapportionment. Implements the state constitutional amendment on composition of the General Assembly, ratified by the voters in 1968, by reducing the membership of the legislature from the present 61 Senators and 124 Representatives to 50 Senators and 100 Representatives, elected from single-member districts drawn on a population basis in accordance with the 1960 census. Bill as introduced followed recommendations of Apportionment Commission set up by S.J.R. 5, but a number of changes were made before final passage. Representative districts range in population from 26,000 to 29,590, a ratio of 1.14 to 1. Senatorial districts, each of which consists of two entire representative districts, range in population from 52,116 to 58,822,