2015 First Funnel Survivors

2015 First Funnel Survivors Agriculture HF 503/HF 168-Proposes to exclude certain 4-h and FFA show animals from formulas used to calculate the capacity of animal feeding operations. Status: On the House Calendar HF 508 /HF 353 -Proposes to change certification requirements for persons actively involved in the operation of a commercial manure service by reducing the hours of annual continuing education from 3 to 2-hours. Status: On the House Calendar HF 519/HSB 112-Proposes to impose an assessment of an agricultural theft surcharge of $2,500 on criminal offenses (‘C’ and ‘D’ felonies) involving the theft of crops or livestock, and allocating those surcharges to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Status: Referred to Appropriations HF 522/HSB 137- Proposes to extend the number of years that a custom farming contract can be for from 1 to 2-years terms that are eligible for a tax credit executed by the holder of agricultural land and a qualified beginning farmer including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. Status: Referred to Ways & Means HF 523/HSB 187- Proposes to exempt the sale of honey bees from the imposition of the sales tax and use tax. (Formerly HSB 187) Status: Referred to Ways & Means HF 529/HF 401- Proposes to modify provisions relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for mergers, repairs and improvements, and elections. (Formerly HF 401) Status: On the House Calendar HSB 186 -Proposes to expand the renewable fuel infrastructure program to support the storage and dispensing of E-15 gasoline. Status: Passed House Agriculture Committee HSB 209 -Proposes to modify, and eliminate a number of Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's administration of certain functions. These include eliminating past dates relating to a determination of Iowa-foaled horse and to the rehabilitation and conservation of land affected by coal mining, providing for payment by the department for the examination of certain articles, allowing the department to adopt by reference certain federal publications affecting milk and milk products, modifying the definition of biobutanol, eliminating departmental duties and fees relating to weights and measures, providing for purchased-grain fees paid into the Iowa grain indemnity fund, and changing the name of the Division of Soil Conservation to the Division of Soil and Water Conservation and the name of its appointed administrative official. Status: Passed House Agriculture Committee HF 415 -Proposes to explicitly allow a property owner or person in charge of the property to be present and observe a Department of Natural Resources investigation for an alleged environmental. Status: Passed House Agriculture Committee HF 425 -Proposes to add the control of effluent from animal truck wash facilities to the Livestock open feedlot Code chapter 459A, by requiring certain permits, regulating storage and application of effluent, and making penalties applicable. Status: Passed House Agriculture Committee HF 440 -Proposes to update existing provision relating to DNR regulation of animal feeding operations, including rulemaking procedures, vehicles used in the application of manure, biosecurity requirements and by providing that a county may elect not to accept or retain certain DNR livestock documents that DNR keeps in its state or regional field offices. Status: Passed House Agriculture Committee Commerce HSB 104 – Broadband Connectivity – The bill creates a 10-year property tax exemption for high-speed Internet investments made areas with relatively slow Internet speeds. It also creates a grant program to help companies expand broadband infrastructure in those areas. Status: Ways & Means HSB 116 / HF 308 – Employer Alcohol Policies – The bill reduces the minimum blood-alcohol content standard that employers may set when establishing alcohol policies in the workplace. Status: House Calendar HSB 89 / HF 229 - Internet Buying Club Memberships -The bill removes Internet-based buying club memberships from regulation under Iowa’s buying club memberships laws under Chapter 552A. Status: House Calendar HSB 97 - Motor Vehicle Insurance Verification – The bill establishes a motor vehicle insurance verification system within the DOT, sets penalties for lapsed insurance coverage and establishes administrative requirements for the system. Status: Ways & Means HSB 68 / HF 395 –PBM Regulatory Enforcement – The bill clarifies that pharmacy benefit managers are regulated by the insurance commissioner and provides mechanisms to enforce that regulation. Status: House Calendar HSB 70 / HF 167 – Public Bidding Documents – The bill prohibits government entities from charging a fee to access or download public project contract documents. Status: Signed by the governor. HSB 117 / HF 394 – Transportation Network Companies – The bill establishes regulation of transportation network companies and their services and prohibits political subdivisions from adopting contrary laws or ordinances. Status: House Calendar HSB 69 / HF 492 – Bonding for Wine Shipments – The bill loosens requirements of Iowa wine manufacturers to ship their wine to customers, allowing them to forego posting a bond with the ABD in lieu of the bond they already file as a wine manufacturer. Status: House Calendar HSB 76/ HF 504 – Electronic Delivery of Insurance Documents – This bill relates to protocols for insurance companies when providing electronic insurance documents to their customers. Status: House Calendar HSB 120 / HF 487 – Portable Electronic Device Insurance – This bill regulates the sale of portable electronic device insurance. Status: Ways & Means HSB 119 / HF 371 - Radon Testing – The bill would amend an existing portion of the code governing disclosures of radon tests to allow disclosures of test results performed by certified testers on behalf of potential buyers. Status: House Calendar HSB 121 – Public Utilities Rights of Way – The bill expands the definition of public utility regarding provisions governing public utility crossings of railroad right-of-ways. Status: Passed House Commerce Committee HSB 132 / HF 494 – Powdered Alcohol – The bill adds “powder” or “crystal” alcoholic substances to the list of intoxicating liquor in the code. It then bans the sale, possession, supply or other exchange of that substance by a licensee. Violation of the bill would be a simple misdemeanor and grounds for revocation or suspension of a licensee’s liquor license. Status: House Calendar HSB 133 / HF 437 – ABD Omnibus – The bill is the Alcoholic Beverages Division’s omnibus bill. Status: House Calendar HSB 134 / HF 436 – Wine Tax Reporting – The bill establishes filing requirements for reporting and remitting wine gallonage taxes based on what type of license a licensee has. Class “A” wine permit holders will experience no change from their monthly reporting and remitting requirement. But those with a direct shipper license would have a semi-annual filing requirement. The license holder will pay ABD the taxes due at both times the filing is due--once in June and once in December. Status: Ways & Means HSB 138 – Payday Lending – The bill adds a set of requirements to current law that would mandate a payday lender provide a borrower the option to enter into an extended repayment plan agreement upon the maker’s request. This option must be offered when the transaction occurred. Status: Passed House Commerce Committee HSB 139 / HF 454 -- Insurance Division Omnibus – This is the Iowa Insurance Division omnibus bill for the year, making various changes to the insurance code. Status: Ways & Means HSB 140 / HF 455 -- Corporate Governance of Insurance Companies – The bill adopts model NAIC Model for Corporate Governance, maintaining the Division as an accredited regulator for oversight and financial examinations . Status: House Calendar HSB 191 – Disconnection Devices for Distributed Generation -- The bill requires an interconnection customer to install a disconnection device within 10 days after receiving authorization from an electric utility to interconnect the new distributed generation facility to a broader distribution system. The customer must also submit the location and information pertaining to the device to the nearest fire department. The fire departments must maintain a registry of information concerning the devices in order to appropriately respond to emergency situations in areas where the devices may be located. Status: Passed House Commerce Committee HSB 167 – Cell Siting – The bill regulates the application process for political subdivisions concerning cell phone infrastructure siting and modifications. Status: Passed House Commerce Committee Education HF 79/82 – Supplemental State Aid FY17, Regular Program and Categorical HF 82 sets the regular program supplemental state aid (SSA) growth rate for FY17 at 2.45%. HF 79 sets the categorical supplemental state aid growth rate for FY17 at 2.45% Regular program = school’s general aid budget from the school funding formula. Categorical Supplements = special purpose appropriations intended for specific purposes, includes the Teacher Salary Supplement (TSS), Professional development funding, the Early Intervention Block Grant (also called class-size reduction funding), and the Teacher Leadership Compensation (TLC) system. Increase Regular Program $52.0 million Special Ed Funding $12.1 million AEAs $3.1 million Preschool $3.7 million Property Tax Replacement $10.8 million Teacher Salary Supp. (TSS) (District and AEA) $7.8 million Professional

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