HSB 680

1: Adds the word “and” before the last item in a series in language relating to books and records of the land office.6: Supplies a missing definite article in language regarding the issuance of patents for lands by the land office.1: Strikes language that became superfluous after former subparagraph (1) of subsection 9, paragraph “b”, was stricken by its own terms, and combines the remaining language of this provision that includes interests in protected series as interest holdings that can be counted when determining if a limited liability company is a farmers cooperative limited liability company for purposes of the Code chapter regarding agricultural landholding restrictions.271: Changes the word “tourism” to “tourist”, which appears before the word “attractions” in language relating to sites, facilities, and services provided through the economic development authority for travelers in Iowa, to conform to similar terminology used elsewhere in the Code.403: Changes the word “money” to “moneys” to conform terminology used to describe the monetary contents of the sports tourism program fund to other similar terminology elsewhere in the Code.5: Supplies a missing definite article in language regarding the calculation of new state sales tax revenue in reinvestment districts established after July 1, 2020, under the Iowa reinvestment Act.79A: Changes “principle” to “principal” to correct the term used to describe primary agricultural assets under the beginning farmer tax credit program.7: Strikes the word “either” in language describing three alternative courses of action by an agency after a petition for rulemaking has been filed by an interested person.4: Adds quotation marks and italicizes the word “apprehension” to conform the formatting of this definition of a term within the code of military justice to the formatting used for other definitions of terms in the Iowa Code.28: Replaces a numeric self-reference with the words “this chapter and” and a citation to the next Code chapter in the series to correct the citation form used in two places within this provision regarding actions that may be taken by political parties and nonparty political organizations regarding challenges to or enforcement of certain election law provisions.1: Changes “point of beginning” to “point of origin” and adds the definite article “the” in two places to conform to other similar usage within this provision governing legislative districts for the Iowa house of representatives.114: Adds a comma after a prefatory clause and changes “such” to “the” to improve the readability of this provision relating to the time of holding special charter city primary elections.18: Changes a number to the same numeric expression in words to conform to Code style in this provision relating to verification of the status of voter nonparty political organization affiliation for purposes of voter registration.3: Supplies a missing definite article in language relating to responsibility for payment of the expenses of conducting elections.1.1A.67: Divides this Code section relating to the administration of and payment of awards from the workers’ compensation fund into two numbered subsections based on subject matter to improve citation to and use of Code section content.2: Strikes the word “the” from prefatory language relating to chapter purposes to conform the language in this provision relating to persons engaged in agriculture who are not employees to similar language elsewhere in the Code.1A: Corrects subunit naming conventions and adds the word “this” before a reference to “division (d)” to clarify that this language, excluding certain services performed in connection with commercial canning or freezing of agricultural commodities from the agricultural labor exclusion from the definition of “employment”, for purposes of unemployment compensation eligibility and benefits, is part of subsection 16, paragraph “g”, subparagraph (3), subparagraph division (d).7: Numbers unnumbered paragraphs in subsection 2, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (2), to improve citation to this provision relating to calculation of employer contribution rates to the unemployment compensation fund.14: Strikes unneeded commas and archaic and redundant language and updates the language and style in this provision relating to penalties due from and liabilities of an employer for payment, if the employer fails to pay unemployment compensation contributions as required under Code chapter 96. _____ the public safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system.50A: Eliminates a double negative and simplifies language in this provision relating to disability benefits payable to special service members under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.36: Conforms language, relating to the commission of the offense of knowingly or intentionally passing a lottery ticket or share in order to avoid the application of an offset for indebtedness, to other similar language in this Code section.31: Adds a comma before the last item in a series in this provision relating to school fire safety inspections conducted by the state fire marshal.92: Adds commas to set off clauses and improve the readability of this provision regarding the right of a committed person to the rendering of informed consent prior to treatment for a substance-related disorder.17: Corrects references by name to the center for agricultural safety and health that is located at the university of Iowa with provisions describing the duties and providing for the establishment of the center.3: Conforms terminology used in subsection to terminology used in subsection of this provision regarding the nature of care provided to patients in certain health care facilities.1: Corrects the citations to United States Code provisions regarding status as active duty military personnel under the interstate physical therapy licensure compact.15: Adds a comma before the last item in a series in this provision setting the qualifications for the administrator of the division of administration of the department of human services. _____ the punctuation in a series in this provision relating to the powers of an administrator of a department of human services institution to call and examine witnesses when investigating charges of abuse, neglect, or mismanagement of the institution.44: Changes “such” to “the” to update the style of the language used in this provision regarding payment of all or part of any wages due a resident of a department of human services institution to a dependent of the resident.25: Redrafts a string citation to eliminate a numeric self-reference and references to repealed and reserved Code sections within this short title section for the provisions constituting the bill of rights and service quality standards of persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, brain injury, or chronic mental illness.29: Updates two string citations to remove references to repealed and reserved Code sections in this provision relating to compliance proceedings for violations of rules adopted by the mental health and disability services commission to implement the bill of rights and service quality standards of persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, brain injury, or chronic mental illness.42: Places items that currently appear in a series after a colon in a numbered list to improve the readability of and to facilitate citation to this provision regarding the contents of an analysis that is part of the annual evaluation of the family support subsidy program.6: Adds a comma at the end of a dependent clause to improve the readability of this provision relating to transfer of patients who have been placed in a hospital for psychiatric examination and treatment based on the patient’s place of legal residence. _____ the procedure for setting a hearing on a petition alleging that a child had committed a delinquent act.3: Adds the words “of the following” and replaces a semicolon and the word “or” with a period to conform the style of this numbered list establishing criteria for eligibility for state supplementary assistance with the style of other similar provisions elsewhere in the Code.9: Adds the words “to the Constitution of the United States” after the words “first amendment” to clarify which amendment is referenced in language relating to training on free speech that is to be developed by the department of education and distributed to school districts.113: Changes “which” to “the city” to improve the readability of language describing what constitutes a “service commitment area” for purposes of the rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program.48: Replaces a set of parentheses with commas to conform the style of this provision regarding the contents of tax-exempt anticipatory certificates issued for secondary road funds to the style used elsewhere in the Code.14: Strikes the redundant word “hereby” in this provision regarding the seizure by the department of transportation of any expired, revoked, canceled, suspended, fictitious, or unlawfully or erroneously issued registration card, certificate of title, permit, registration plate, certificate of inspection, or inspection document or form.6: Updates language and divides a long sentence into two sentences to improve the readability of this provision regarding the procedure for establishment of airport zoning regulations for municipalities that own or control an airport, but lack or refuse to adopt regulations, and an airport hazard area exists adjacent to the airport. _____ districts.1: Adds a comma within a series and at the beginning of a clause to improve the readability of a definition of the term “participant” that applies to the Code chapter governing joint electrical utilities.16: Supplies a missing indefinite article in language describing personal interests that public officials and employees are prohibited from having in urban renewal projects.1: Strikes the redundant word “herein” from language describing the organization of Code chapter 422 that governs individual income, corporate, and franchise taxes.16: Updates an archaic citation style to eliminate a numeric self-reference and to conform to current style and strikes the redundant word “hereof” in this provision regarding withholding and payment of withheld tax.25: Removes commas from an essential clause to improve the readability of language relating to crediting of payment of taxes to amounts due, including any penalties and interest.7: Divides this Code section, relating to special examinations by the director of revenue to fill vacancies in the office of city or county assessor, into three numbered subsections based upon content to facilitate citation to the contents of this Code section.48: Updates archaic language to improve the readability of a provision relating to the process for adjustment of valuation of classes of property by the department of revenue. _____ revocation of a retailer’s permit for the sale of cigarettes in railway cars.145: Replaces the word “thereunder” with “under this subchapter II” to facilitate citation within this provision relating to evaluation and acceptance of local air pollution control programs by the department of natural resources.174: Adds the word “or” before the last item in a series and replaces the word “thereto” with “to this part of subchapter III, chapter 459, subchapter III, chapter 459A, or chapter 459B” in subsection 1, and with “to this part of subchapter III or chapter 459, subchapter III” in subsection 3, to facilitate citation within this provision relating to the duties of the director of the department of natural resources regarding water pollution, water quality, animal feeding operations, and dry bedded confinement feeding operations.261: Adds a numeric part reference to facilitate hypertext linkage in this definitions section for part of subchapter III of Code chapter 455B that pertains to water allocation and use and floodplain control.381: Adds a numeric subchapter reference to facilitate hypertext linkage in this definition of “hazardous condition” that applies to the part of subchapter IV that relates to the prevention and mitigation of hazardous conditions.24: Strikes archaic and redundant language from prefatory language to improve the readability of this provision relating to the power of the department of natural resources to acquire lands or waters for certain purposes.4: Moves a phrase that provides an exception and adds a comma before the item in a series to improve the readability of language containing a requirement that every vessel on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the natural resources commission be numbered. _____ transfers of ownership of a vessel so that language exempting surviving spouses from payment of certain fees immediately succeeds the language imposing a fee for transfers of ownership and applications for new certificates of title.49: Adds a comma before the last item in a series to conform the style of the language relating to classification of land for drainage, erosion, or flood control purposes to current Code style.23: Adds the words “all of the following apply” to a prefatory paragraph, and modifies punctuation and strikes the word “and” from succeeding paragraphs, to conform the style of a subsection, in this provision relating to electrical service conflicts and certificates of authority to furnish services, to current Code style.2 that contains the same definition of “local exchange carrier” as was contained in the former Code section, to improve the readability of this provision relating to the effect of a complaint of antitrust activities on applications for new or changed rates, charges, schedules, or regulations by an electric transmission line utility or a gas pipeline utility.15: Changes the letters “K V” to “kilovolt” to improve the readability of this provision relating to use of eminent domain for acquisition of rights-of-way for the location of electric substations.23: Strikes the archaic and redundant word “heretofore” from language relating to the granting of franchises for the distribution of electric light or power under law which existed prior to the enactment of Code chapter 478. _____ under, along, over, or across any public or private highways, grounds, waters, or streams to current Code style.2 to mean the utilities board.32: Adds a comma before the last item in a series to conform this language relating to rehearing procedures for and judicial review of decisions of the Iowa utilities board regarding the granting of pipeline permits to current Code style.34: Adds a comma before the last item in a series to conform this language relating to the procedure for cancellation of agreements granting easements or other interests by landowners or their fiduciaries to pipeline companies to current Code style.30: Adds a comma before the last item in a series and strikes an unneeded comma in language relating to seizure of shipment containers that contain fish, game, animals, birds, or furs that are contraband by the department of natural resources to conform the punctuation of the provision to current Code style.58: Moves a phrase, adds commas, and strikes an additional instance of the word “or” from a series to improve the readability of this Code section prohibiting the trapping of birds and the poisoning of animals.120: Strikes the word “or” in two places in a series, changes the word “wheel” to “wheels”, and adds commas to set off a clause to improve the readability of this Code section prohibiting the hunting of animal, fowl, or fish from aircraft or snowmobiles.9: Adds a comma at the end of a clause to improve the readability of this provision regarding the provision of blank hunting licenses by the department of natural resources.1703: Adds the word “Iowa” before an Iowa Acts reference to conform the citation style within this savings provision, relating to the law applicable to nonprofit corporations prior to the amendments made by 2004 Iowa Acts, chapter 1049, to current Code style.2: Strikes the redundant word “following” from language relating to the contents of an insurance certificate that must be issued by a group life insurer to a policyholder.101: Strikes the obsolete word “new” that appears before a United States Code citation in this Code provision relating to the purpose of the Code chapter regarding uniform standards for external review of health carrier decision making that was enacted in 2011.601: Adds the word “be” to improve the grammar and readability of this provision relating to requirements for purchase agreements for cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise, funeral services, or a combination of those goods and services.2510: Changes a comma to a colon to conform the style of this provision, relating to the determination of the amount of the rebate due upon the prepayment in full of an amount due in a consumer credit transaction, to current Code style.3606: Converts lettering to numbering within a form to convert the style of a form used in consumer rental purchase agreements to other similar forms throughout the Code. _____ regulation of real estate appraisals and appraisers.13: Adds a comma before the last item in a series to conform the style of this provision detailing the grounds for revocation or suspension of a license to practice architecture to current Code style.17: Adds a comma before the last item in a series to conform this provision, identifying persons and professions to which the requirements pertaining to the practice of architecture do not apply, to current Code style.18: Adds a semicolon before the last item in a series to conform language identifying the types of buildings for which planning and design services may be performed by persons who are not licensed as an architect to current Code style.2106: Adds italics to terms that currently appear only in quotes in this provision defining certain terms for purposes of the article pertaining to contracts and sales under the uniform commercial code to match the style used elsewhere in the Iowa Code to denote defined terms.12107: Capitalizes the “A” in the word “article”, in this Code section that provides that federal reserve regulations and operating circulars supersede the provisions of article of the uniform commercial code, to conform the capitalization of that term to the capitalization used elsewhere in Code chapter 554.6: Adds the word “section” to a citation to facilitate hypertext linkage in this provision relating to tests used to ascertain the quality of metal used in items that purport to be silver or silver alloy.2: Updates the style used to cite prior Codes to conform this legalizing provision relating to notices of appointment of executors or administrators that were irregularly published prior to January 1, 1964, to current Code style. _____ section” with the actual effective date of the enactment of the language of this Code section that relates to amendments to articles of incorporation and changes to corporate names, in 1964 Iowa Acts, chapter 19.9: Adds the words “do one of the following” and replaces a semicolon, a comma, and the word “or” with a period to conform the style of this provision relating to the procedure in juvenile court subsequent to a hearing on a termination of parental rights to the style of other provisions with enumerated content elsewhere in the Code.448: Adds a comma before the last item in a series to conform the style of this provision relating to determinations of amounts owed by or to a decedent’s estate at a trial of a claim, offsets, and counterclaims to current Code style.15: Adds a reference to “paragraph ‘a’” before references to two subparagraphs to clarify which subparagraphs are being referenced in this provision relating to applicability of provisions prohibiting sexual exploitation by an adult providing training or instruction to a minor.14: Deletes a comma that appears before an essential clause in language describing the crime of unauthorized sampling to improve the grammar and readability of the language.805: Adds a comma before the last items in two different series, in language outlining the duties of the director of the department of corrections related to the state prison industries, to conform the style of the language to current Code style.7 that allows civil actions to be brought by a victim of certain forms of harassment against the perpetrator. 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 143, sections and 41: Corrects, in two places, a reference to the geological survey by name in this 2021 Iowa Act providing for appropriations for agriculture and natural resources. 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 165, section 126: Corrects a reference to the Iowa utilities board by name in this 2021 Iowa Acts provision requiring prior approval of certain state agencies or officials if a domestic or foreign corporation or eligible entity seek to be a party to a merger under the Code chapter governing business corporations, but other law requires approval prior to participation in a merger. 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 183, section 5: Corrects an internal reference by changing the word “paragraph” to “subsection” in this 2021 Iowa Acts provision that adds a new subsection to the Code section relating to redacting of information from documents under the address confidentially program in the office of secretary of state that are made publicly available. This provision is made retroactively applicable to July 1, 2021, in division II of the bill. Division II. This division contains retroactive applicability provisions pertaining to changes to Iowa Acts enacted in the 2021 session of the Eighty-ninth General Assembly.