3.1 Form of bills.

Bills designed to amend, revise, codify, or repeal a law:

1. Shall refer to the numbers of the sections or chapters of the Code or Code Supplement to be amended or repealed, but it is not necessary to refer to the sections or chapters in the title.

2. Shall refer to the session of the general assembly and the sections and chapters of the Acts to be amended if the bill relates to a section or sections of an Act not appearing in the Code or codified in a supplement to the Code.

3. All references to statutes shall be expressed in numerals, and if omitted the Code editor in preparing Acts for publication in the session laws shall supply the numerals.

4. The title to a bill shall contain a brief statement of the purpose of the bill, however all detail matters properly connected with the subject so expressed may be omitted from the title.

3.10 Acts effective--certification.

Repealed by 87 Acts, ch 1, § 2. See § 3.7.

3.11 Private Acts--when effective.

Acts of a private nature which do not prescribe the time when they take effect, shall do so on the thirtieth day next after they have been approved by the governor, or endorsed as provided in this chapter.

3.12 Appropriations--effective for fiscal year.

All annual appropriations shall be for the fiscal year beginning with July 1 and ending with June 30 of the succeeding year and when such appropriations are made payable quarterly, the quarters shall end with September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30; but nothing in this section shall be construed as increasing the amount of any annual appropriation.

3.13 Pro rata disbursement of appropriations.

Annual appropriations shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of the Acts granting the same pro rata from the time such Acts shall take effect up to the first day of the succeeding quarter as provided in section 3.12.

3.14 Certain appropriations prohibited.

No appropriations shall be made to any institution not wholly under the control of the state.

3.15 Copies of Acts effective by publication.

Repealed by 87 Acts, ch 1, § 2. See § 3.7.

3.16 Cost of publishing.

Repealed by 87 Acts, ch 1, § 2. See § 3.7.

3.17 to 3.19

Reserved.

3.2 Bill drafting instructions.

The legislative council shall, in consultation with the director of the legislative service bureau and the Code editor, promulgate rules and instructions for the drafting of legislative bills and resolutions not otherwise in conflict with the provisions of law and the rules of the senate and the house.

3.20 Directions to future general assemblies.

The following principles shall be used by the general assembly in determining whether a procedure should be established and the type of procedure which should be established, for the state licensure of an occupation or profession:

1. The state shall engage in licensing procedures for those professions and occupations where it believes it can assure an objective and measurable level of competence concerning the public health, safety, and well-being which other sources cannot effectively provide.

2. The examining board shall pursue a meaningful examination and enforcement procedure which upholds the level of competency of the licensee to insure that the public interest is protected.

3.3 Headnotes and historical references.

Proper headnotes may be placed at the beginning of a section of a bill, and at the end of the section there may be placed a reference to the section number of the Code, or any session law from which the matter of the bill was taken, but, except as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code, section 554.1109, neither said headnotes nor said historical references shall be considered as a part of the law as enacted.

3.4 Bills--approval--passage over veto.

If the governor approves a bill, the governor shall sign and date it; if the governor returns it with objections and it afterwards passes as provided in the Constitution, a certificate, signed by the presiding officer of each house in the following form, shall be endorsed thereon or attached thereto: "This bill (or this item of an appropriation bill, as the case may be), having been returned by the governor, with objections, to the house in which it originated, and, after reconsideration, having again passed both houses by yeas and nays by a vote of two-thirds of the members of each house, has become a law this . . . day of . . . . . . . . ".

An "appropriation bill" means a bill which has as its primary purpose the making of appropriations of money from the public treasury.

3.5 Failure of governor to return bill.

When a bill has passed the general assembly, and is not returned by the governor within three days as provided in the Constitution, it shall be authenticated by the secretary of state endorsing thereon: "This bill, having remained with the governor three days (Sunday excepted), the general assembly being in session, has become a law this . . . day of . . . . . . . . , . . .

                       . . . . . . . . . . ,                                                                                                                                          Secretary of State."

3.6 Acts--where deposited--nullification resolutions.

The original Acts of the general assembly shall be deposited with and kept by the secretary of state.

The secretary of state shall submit to the administrative code editor a copy of any resolution nullifying an administrative rule which is passed by the general assembly pursuant to Article III, section 40 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

3.7 Effective dates of Acts and resolutions.

1. All Acts and resolutions of a public nature passed at regular sessions of the general assembly shall take effect on the first day of July following their passage, unless some other specified time is provided in an Act or resolution.

2. All Acts and resolutions of a public nature which are passed prior to July 1 at a regular session of the general assembly and which are approved by the governor on or after July 1, shall take effect forty-five days after approval. However, this subsection shall not apply to Acts provided for in section 3.12 or Acts and resolutions which specify when they take effect.

3. All Acts and resolutions passed at a special session of the general assembly shall take effect ninety days after adjournment of the special session unless a different effective day is stated in an Act or resolution.

4. An Act which is effective upon enactment is effective upon the date of signature by the governor; or if the governor fails to sign it and returns it with objections, upon the date of passage by the general assembly after reconsideration as provided in Article III, section 16 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa; or if the governor fails to sign or return an Act submitted during session, but prior to the last three days of a session, on the fourth day after it is presented to the governor for the governor's approval. An Act which has an effective date which is dependent upon the time of enactment shall have the time of enactment determined by the standards of this subsection.

5. A concurrent or joint resolution which is effective upon enactment is effective upon the date of final passage by both chambers of the general assembly, except that such a concurrent or joint resolution requiring the approval of the governor under section 262A.4 or otherwise requiring the approval of the governor is effective upon the date of such approval. A resolution which is effective upon enactment is effective upon the date of passage. A concurrent or joint resolution or resolution which has an effective date which is dependent upon the time of enactment shall have the time of enactment determined by the standards of this subsection.

6. Unless retroactive effectiveness is specifically provided for in an Act or resolution, an Act or resolution which is enacted after an effective date provided in the Act or resolution shall take effect upon the date of enactment.

7. Proposed legalizing Acts shall be published prior to passage as provided in chapter 585.

8. An Act or resolution under this section is also subject to the applicable provisions of sections 16 and 17 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.

3.8 Publication of Acts.

Repealed by 87 Acts, ch 1, § 2. See § 3.7.

3.9 Designation of papers.

Repealed by 87 Acts, ch 1, § 2. See § 3.7.