Iowa HF 704: A bill for an act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards. (Formerly HF 563.)

Bill Text

House
File
704
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Enrolled

House
File
704

AN
ACT

RELATING
TO
THE
IOWA
PROPANE
EDUCATION
AND
RESEARCH
COUNCIL,
AND

INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
Section
101C.2,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is

amended
by
striking
the
subsection.

Sec.
2.
Section
101C.2,
subsection
13,
Code
2025,
is
amended

by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the

following:

13.
“Wholesaler”
means
a
person
engaged
primarily
in
the

sale
of
odorized
propane
who
does
not
sell
propane
to
the

ultimate
consumer
or
retail
propane
dispenser.

Sec.
3.
Section
101C.3,
subsections
1,
2,
5,
6,
7,
9,
and

10,
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:

1.
The
Iowa
propane
education
and
research
council
is

established.
The
council
shall
consist
of
ten
voting

members,

nine
eight
of
whom
represent
retail
propane
marketers
and

or
wholesalers,

one
of
whom
shall
be
a
representative
of

the
department
of
health
and
human
services
responsible
for

community
action
agencies
,
and
one
of
whom
shall
be
the
fire

marshal

.
Members
of
the
council
representing
retail
propane

marketers
or
wholesalers
shall
be
appointed
by
the
fire
marshal

from
a
list
of
nominees
submitted
by
qualified
propane
industry

organizations
by
December
15
of
each
year.
A
vacancy
in
the

unfinished
term
of
a
council
member
shall
be
filled
for
the

remainder
of
the
term
in
the
same
manner
as
the
original

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p.
2

appointment
was
made.
Council
members
representing
retail

propane
marketers
or
wholesalers

shall
be
full-time
employees

or
owners
of
a
propane
industry
business
or
representatives

of
an
agricultural
cooperative
actively
engaged
in
the

propane
industry.
An
employee
of
a
qualified
propane
industry

organization
shall
not
serve
as
a
member
of
the
council.
An

officer
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
qualified
propane

industry
organization
or
propane
industry
trade
association

shall
not
serve
concurrently
as
a
member
of
the
council.

The
fire
marshal
or
a
designee
may
serve
as
an
ex
officio,

nonvoting
member
of
the
council.

2.
In
nominating
appointing
members
of
the
council,

qualified
propane
industry
organizations
shall
give

due
consideration
to
nominating
council
members
who

are
representative
of
the
propane
industry,
including

representation
of
all
of
the
following:

a.
Interstate
and
intrastate
retail
propane
marketers.

b.

Interstate
and
intrastate
wholesalers.

b.

c.
Large
and
small
retail
propane
marketers,
including

agricultural
cooperatives.

c.
d.
Diverse
geographic
regions
of
the
state.

5.
A
council
member
shall
serve
a
term
of
three

two
years.

6.
Initial
appointments
to
the
council
shall
be
for
terms
of

one
,

and
two
,
and
three
years
that
are
staggered
to
provide
for

the
future
appointment
of
at
least
two
four
members
each
year.

7.
The
voting
members
of
the
council
shall
select
a

chairperson
and
other
officers
as
necessary
from
the
voting

members
and
shall
adopt
rules
and
bylaws
for
the
conduct
of

business
and
the
implementation
of
this
chapter
.
The
council

may
establish
committees
and
subcommittees
comprised
of
members

of
the
council
and
may
establish
advisory
committees
comprised

of
persons
other
than
council
members.
The
council
shall

establish
procedures
for
the
solicitation
of
propane
industry

comments
and
recommendations
regarding
any
significant
plans,

programs,
or
projects
to
be
funded
by
the
council.

9.
At
the
beginning
of
each
fiscal
year,
the
council
shall

prepare
a
budget
plan
for
the
next
fiscal
year,
including
the

probable
cost
of
all
programs,
projects,
and
contracts
to
be

undertaken.
The
council
shall
submit
the
proposed
budget
to

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the
fire
marshal
for
review
and
comment.
The
fire
marshal
may

recommend
appropriate
programs,
projects,
and
activities
to
be

undertaken
by
the
council.

10.
The
council
shall
keep
minutes,
books,
and
records

that
clearly
reflect
all
of
the
acts
and
transactions
of
the

council
which
are
public
records
open
to
public
inspection.

The
books
and
records
shall
indicate
the
geographic
areas
where

benefits
were
conferred
by
each
individual
program
or
project

in
detail
sufficient
to
reflect
the
degree
to
which
each

program
or
project
attained
equitable
geographic
distribution

of
its
benefits.
The
books
of
the
council
shall
be
audited
by

a
certified
public
accountant
at
least
once
each
fiscal
year

and
at
such
other
times
as
the
council
may
designate.
The
cost

of
the
audit
shall
be
paid
by
the
council.
Copies
of
the
audit

shall
be
provided
to
all
council
members,
all
qualified
propane

industry
organizations,
and
to
other
members
of
the
propane

industry
upon
request.
In
addition,
a
copy
of
the
audit
and

a
report
detailing
the
programs
and
projects
conducted
by
the

council
and
containing
information
reflecting
the
degree
to

which
equitable
geographic
distribution
of
the
benefits
of
each

program
or
project
was
attained
shall
be
submitted
each
fiscal