Bill Summary: HF2854

• Removes and modifies numerous obsolete, unnecessary, or redundant statutes and administrative rules administered by the Department of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission across multiple regulatory areas including banking, insurance, collection agencies, telecommunications, and weights and measures.

• Eliminates outdated licensing requirements and procedural provisions, including temporary license issuance timelines, specific course approval expiration dates, and obsolete regulatory deadlines (e.g., rules requiring reports by specific dates that have long passed).

• Makes conforming changes to update statutory cross-references and terminology following the repeal of related sections, particularly within collection agency regulations (sections 332.31-332.45 become 332.31-332.44) and abstracter licensing (section 386.61 references updated).

• Streamlines regulatory administration by removing procedural requirements such as automatic license transfers for real estate salespersons and outdated financial reporting standards for membership camping operators and subdivisions.

• Repeals over 100 obsolete statutory provisions and numerous administrative rule parts that are no longer functional or necessary for current regulatory operations.