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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Governor Culver Takes Action On Remaining Bills

(Des Moines) This evening, Governor Chet Culver has signed several additional bills into law:

House File 752: Governor signed House File 752, an Act making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the Department of Transportation.

House File 817: Governor signed House File 817, an Act making provisions for the management of veterans services in Iowa including counseling for returning veterans, and creates new prohibitions on flag desecration.

House File 874: Governor signed House File 874, an Act relating to and making appropriations to certain state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities and providing an effective date.

House File 909: Governor signed House File 909, an Act relating to and making appropriations for health and human services, providing administrative direction and $1.2 billion in funding to the agencies involved in Iowa’s health care system and who provide social services to Iowans in need.

House File 911: Governor signed House File 911, an Act relating to and making appropriations to state departments and agencies from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, Vertical Infrastructure Fund, the Endowment for Iowa’s Health Restricted Capitals Fund, and the Technology Reinvestment Fund.

House File 783: Governor vetoed House File 783, an Act relating to certain city utilities or city enterprises by making changes to procedures for notice and collection of delinquent charges and by making changes to billing notifications for water service and other services provided to certain residential rental property. Read veto letter.

Senate File 543: Governor vetoed Senate File 543, an Act relating to the state Interagency Missouri River Authority (Authority), amends provisions of Iowa Code section 28L.1, so as to alter the means by which the authority would be governed. Read veto letter.

Senate File 551: Governor signed Senate File 551, an Act relating to and making appropriations involving state government, by providing for agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection. Senate File 551 is approved on this date, with the exception noted below, which I hereby disapprove.

Senate File 554: Governor signed Senate File 554, an Act relating to franchises for the provision of cable service or video service including providing for fees and providing an effective date.

Senate File 562: Governor signed Senate File 562, an Act relating to and making appropriations to the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department Of Economic Development, certain Board of Regents Institutions, the Department of Workforce Development, the Iowa Finance Authority, and the Public Employment Relations Board and related matters.

Senate File 575: Governor signed Senate File 575, an Act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system.

Senate File 588: Governor signed Senate File 588, an Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department for the blind, the department of education, and the state board of regents, providing for related matters concerning the Iowa learning technology commission, providing for a related matter concerning participation in an instructional support program by school districts, and providing effective dates.

Senate File 601: Governor signed Senate File 601, an Act relating to state and local finances by providing for funding of property tax credits and reimbursements, by making, increasing and reducing appropriations, providing for salaries and compensation of state employees, providing for tax credits, providing for fees and penalties, and providing for properly related matters, and including effective date provisions.