House Study Bill 710 - Introduced
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BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON BLOOMINGDALE)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to boards, commissions, committees, councils,
2 and other entities of state government, and including
3 transition provisions.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 DIVISION I
2 CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION
3 Section 1. Section 2.43, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 1. The legislative council, in cooperation with the
6 officers of the senate and house, shall have the duty and
7 responsibility for preparing for each session of the general
8 assembly. Pursuant to such duty and responsibility, the
9 legislative council shall assign the use of areas in the
10 state capitol except for the areas used by the governor as
11 of January 1, 1986, and, in consultation with the director
12 of the department of administrative services and the capitol
13 planning commission, may assign areas in other state office
14 buildings, except for the judicial branch building, for use of
15 the general assembly or legislative agencies. The legislative
16 council shall provide the courts with use of space in the state
17 capitol for ceremonial purposes. The legislative council
18 may authorize the renovation, remodeling, and preparation of
19 the physical facilities used or to be used by the general
20 assembly or legislative agencies subject to the jurisdiction
21 of the legislative council and award contracts pursuant to
22 such authority to carry out such preparation. The legislative
23 council may purchase supplies and equipment deemed necessary
24 for the proper functioning of the legislative branch of
25 government.
26 2. In carrying out its duties under this section, the
27 legislative council shall consult with the director of the
28 department of administrative services and the capitol planning
29 commission, but shall not be bound by any decision of the
30 director in respect to the responsibilities and duties provided
31 for in this section. The legislative council may direct the
32 director of the department of administrative services or other
33 state employees to carry out its directives in regard to the
34 physical facilities of the general assembly, or may employ
35 other personnel to carry out such functions.
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1 Sec. 2. Section 8A.111, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
2 by striking the subsection.
3 Sec. 3. Section 8A.373, Code 2024, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 8A.373 Duties —— report to legislature general assembly.
6 1. It shall be the duty of the commission department to
7 advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments
8 and the placing of any additional buildings on the capitol
9 grounds, the type of architecture and the type of construction
10 of any new buildings to be erected on the state capitol grounds
11 as now encompassed or as subsequently enlarged, and repairs
12 and restoration thereof, and it shall be the duty of the
13 officers, commissions, and councils charged by law with the
14 duty of determining such questions to call upon the commission
15 department for such advice.
16 2. The commission department shall, in cooperation with
17 the director of the department of administrative services,
18 develop and implement within the limits of its appropriation, a
19 five-year modernization program for the capitol complex.
20 3. The commission department shall annually report to the
21 general assembly its recommendations relating to its duties
22 under this section. The report shall be submitted to the chief
23 clerk of the house and the secretary of the senate during the
24 month of January.
25 Sec. 4. Section 8A.376, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
26 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
27 All capital projects on the capitol complex shall be
28 planned, approved, and funded only after considering the
29 guiding principles enunciated in any capitol complex master
30 plan adopted by the commission on or after January 1, 2000
31 department. At a minimum, the extent to which the proposed
32 capital project does all of the following shall be considered:
33 Sec. 5. Section 8A.377, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
34 to read as follows:
35 2. A project described in subsection 1 may vary from
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1 the architectural or historic integrity of the capitol if
2 such variance is necessary to comply with state or federal
3 laws relating to building accessibility or occupational
4 safety or health, to address life safety issues, or for other
5 compelling reasons. However, the state agency, branch of
6 government, or other entity responsible for a project involving
7 a variance from the architectural or historic integrity shall
8 submit the plans for such project to the capitol planning
9 commission department and the capital projects committee of the
10 legislative council for review.
11 Sec. 6. Section 414.1, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
12 to read as follows:
13 2. The city of Des Moines may, for the purpose of preserving
14 the dominance of the dome of the state capitol building and
15 the view of the state capitol building from prominent public
16 viewing points, regulate and restrict the height and size of
17 buildings and other structures in the city of Des Moines.
18 Any regulations pertaining to such matters shall be made in
19 accordance with a comprehensive plan and in consultation with
20 the capitol planning commission department of administrative
21 services.
22 Sec. 7. Section 476.10B, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended
23 to read as follows:
24 7. The department of administrative services, in
25 consultation with the board and the division, shall secure
26 architectural services, contract for construction, engineering,
27 and construction oversight and management, and control the
28 funding associated with the building construction and the
29 building’s operation and maintenance. The department of
30 administrative services may utilize consultants or other
31 expert assistance to address feasibility, planning, or other
32 considerations connected with construction of the building or
33 decision making regarding the building. The department of
34 administrative services, on behalf of the board and division,
35 shall consult with the office of the governor, and appropriate
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1 legislative bodies, and the capitol planning commission.
2 Sec. 8. REPEAL. Sections 8A.371, 8A.372, 8A.374, and
3 8A.375, Code 2024, are repealed.
4 DIVISION II
5 FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM CONTRACTORS AND ALARM SYSTEMS
6 ADVISORY BOARD
7 Sec. 9. Section 100C.1, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
8 to read as follows:
9 5. “Automatic fire extinguishing system” means a system of
10 devices and equipment that automatically detects a fire and
11 discharges an approved fire extinguishing agent onto or in
12 the area of a fire and includes automatic sprinkler systems,
13 carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, deluge systems, automatic
14 dry-chemical extinguishing systems, foam extinguishing systems,
15 and halogenated extinguishing systems, or other equivalent fire
16 extinguishing technologies recognized by the fire extinguishing
17 system contractors advisory board department.
18 Sec. 10. Section 100C.7, Code 2024, is amended to read as
19 follows:
20 100C.7 Administration —— rules.
21 The director shall administer this chapter and, after
22 consultation with the fire extinguishing system contractors and
23 alarm systems advisory board, shall adopt rules pursuant to
24 chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of
25 this chapter.
26 Sec. 11. Section 100D.5, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
27 to read as follows:
28 1. After consultation with the fire extinguishing system
29 contractors and alarm systems advisory board established
30 pursuant to section 100C.10, adopt Adopt rules pursuant to
31 chapter 17A necessary for the administration and enforcement of
32 this chapter.
33 Sec. 12. REPEAL. Section 100C.10, Code 2024, is repealed.
34 DIVISION III
35 CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM BOARD
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1 Sec. 13. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, unnumbered
2 paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3 Upon receipt of any revenue, the director shall deposit the
4 moneys in the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund
5 created pursuant to section 455A.18. The first three hundred
6 fifty thousand dollars of the funds received for deposit in the
7 fund annually shall be allocated to the conservation education
8 program board for the purposes specified in section 455A.21.
9 One percent of the revenue receipts shall be deducted and
10 transferred to the administration fund provided for in section
11 456A.17. All of the remaining receipts shall be allocated to
12 the following accounts:
13 Sec. 14. Section 455A.21, Code 2024, is amended to read as
14 follows:
15 455A.21 Conservation education program board.
16 1. A conservation education program board is created in
17 the department. The board shall have five members appointed
18 as follows:
19 a. One member appointed by the director of the department
20 of education.
21 b. One member appointed by the director of the department of
22 natural resources.
23 c. One member appointed by the president of the Iowa
24 association of county conservation boards.
25 d. One member appointed by the president of the Iowa
26 association of naturalists.
27 e. One member appointed by the president of the Iowa
28 conservation education council.
29 2. Section 69.16 does not apply to appointments made
30 pursuant to this section.
31 3. The duties of the board are to department shall revise
32 and produce conservation education materials and to specify
33 stipends to Iowa educators who participate in innovative
34 conservation education programs approved by the board
35 department. The board department shall allocate the funds
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1 provided for under section 455A.19, subsection 1, for the
2 educational materials and stipends.
3 4. The department shall administer the funds allocated to
4 the conservation education program as provided in this section.
5 DIVISION IV
6 PRISON INDUSTRIES ADVISORY BOARD
7 Sec. 15. Section 23A.2, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
8 2024, is amended to read as follows:
9 a. The director of the department of corrections, with the
10 advice of the state prison industries advisory board, may, by
11 rule, provide for exemptions from this chapter.
12 Sec. 16. Section 904.802, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
13 amended by striking the subsection.
14 Sec. 17. Section 904.802, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
15 amended to read as follows:
16 2. “Iowa state industries” means prison industries that
17 are established and maintained by the Iowa department of
18 corrections, in consultation with the industries board, at or
19 adjacent to the state’s adult correctional institutions, except
20 that an inmate work program established by the state director
21 under section 904.703 is not restricted to industries at or
22 adjacent to the institutions.
23 Sec. 18. Section 904.804, Code 2024, is amended to read as
24 follows:
25 904.804 Duties of industries board department —— state
26 industries.
27 The industries board’s principal duties department shall be
28 to promulgate and adopt rules and to advise the state director
29 regarding the management of Iowa state industries so as to
30 further the intent stated by section 904.801.
31 Sec. 19. Section 904.805, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
32 2024, is amended to read as follows:
33 The state director, with the advice of the industries board,
34 shall:
35 Sec. 20. Section 904.806, Code 2024, is amended to read as
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1 follows:
2 904.806 Authority of state director not impaired.
3 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to impair the
4 authority of the state director over the adult correctional
5 institutions of this state, nor over the inmates thereof. It
6 is, however, the duty of the state director to obtain the
7 advice of the industries board to further the intent stated by
8 section 904.801.
9 Sec. 21. Section 904.809, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
10 2024, is amended to read as follows:
11 a. The state director and the industries board shall comply
12 with the intent of section 904.801.
13 Sec. 22. Section 904.809, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
14 2024, is amended to read as follows:
15 a. Any other provision of the Code to the contrary
16 notwithstanding, the state director may, after obtaining the
17 advice of the industries board, lease one or more buildings or
18 portions thereof on the grounds of any state adult correctional
19 institution, together with the real estate needed for
20 reasonable access to and egress from the leased buildings, for
21 a term not to exceed twenty years, to a private corporation for
22 the purpose of establishing and operating a factory for the
23 manufacture and processing of products, or any other commercial
24 enterprise deemed by the state director to be consistent with
25 the intent stated in section 904.801.
26 Sec. 23. Section 904.809, subsection 2, paragraph b,
27 subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
28 (1) Persons working in the factory or other commercial
29 enterprise operated in the leased property, except the lessee’s
30 supervisory employees and necessary support personnel approved
31 by the industries board state director, shall be inmates of
32 the institution where the leased property is located who are
33 approved for such work by the state director and the lessee.
34 Sec. 24. Section 904.809, subsection 3, Code 2024, is
35 amended to read as follows:
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1 3. The state director with the advice of the prison
2 industries advisory board may provide an inmate workforce to
3 private industry. Under the program inmates will be employees
4 of a private business.
5 Sec. 25. Section 904.813, subsection 2, paragraph a,
6 subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), Code 2024, are amended to read
7 as follows:
8 (1) Establishment, maintenance, transfer, or closure of
9 industrial operations, or vocational, technical, and related
10 training facilities and services for inmates as authorized by
11 the state director in consultation with the industries board.
12 (2) Payment of all costs incurred by the industries board,
13 including but not limited to per diem and expenses of its
14 members, and of salaries, allowances, support, and maintenance
15 of Iowa state industries.
16 (3) (2) Direct purchases from vendors of raw materials
17 and capital items used for the manufacturing processes of Iowa
18 state industries, in accordance with rules which meet state
19 bidding requirements. The rules shall be adopted by the state
20 director in consultation with the industries board.
21 Sec. 26. Section 904.814, Code 2024, is amended to read as
22 follows:
23 904.814 Inmate allowance supplement revolving fund.
24 There is established in the treasury of the state a permanent
25 adult correctional institutions inmate allowance supplement
26 revolving fund, consisting solely of money paid as board and
27 maintenance by inmates working in Iowa state industries, or
28 working pursuant to section 904.809. The fund established
29 by this section may be used to supplement the allowances
30 of inmates who perform other institutional work within and
31 about the adult correctional institutions including those
32 who are working in Iowa state industries. Payments made
33 from the fund shall supplement and not replace all or any
34 part of the allowances otherwise received by, and shall be<