(DES MOINES) - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad today signed the following six bills into law:

House File 455: an Act requiring the submission of a corporate governance annual disclosure to the commissioner of insurance by certain insurers of insurance groups, and including penalties and applicability date provisions.

House File 496: an Act establishing certain privileges claimed for or by military victim advocates.

House File 535: an Act relating to non-substantive code corrections.

House File 536: an Act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Senate File 217: an Act concerning Iowa Finance Authority duties regarding the title guaranty board and the shelter assistance fund.

Senate File 392: an Act relating to hunter education license requirements, providing for a hunting license with an apprentice hunter designation, and including penalty provisions.

Bill No.: HB 3975

An Act Concerning: Regulation

Action: Signed

Effective: June 1, 2015

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CHICAGO - Governor Bruce Rauner announced today he has selected the Co-Chairs of the Early Learning Council in the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development and appointed members to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.

Name: Beth Purvis

Position: Co-Chair - Early Learning Council

Governor Bruce Rauner has selected his Secretary of Education, Dr. Beth Purvis, to serve as a Co-Chair of the Early Learning Council. Dr. Purvis has more than 22 years of experience in various levels of education. Most recently, Dr. Purvis was the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago International Charter School. She was also an assistant professor of special education and associate director of the Child and Family Development Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Name: Phyllis Glink

Position: Co-Chair - Early Learning Council

Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Phyllis Glink to serve as a Co-Chair of the Early Learning Council. Glink is currently the Executive Director of the Irving Harris Foundation, which focuses on investments to early-childhood education and children and family welfare, among other issues. She is an advocate for the well-being of infants, toddlers, and pregnant women, focusing on early intervention through increasing non-profit advocacy, government involvement and public understanding. Glink has also served on the Illinois Department of Human Services Advisory Council on Childcare.

Name: Andrea Waintroob

Position: Chairman - Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

Governor Bruce Rauner has named Andrea Waintroob the chairman of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. She brings more than 35 years of experience in negotiating labor contracts with private and public sector employers.

Waintroob has negotiated and settled more than 50 collective bargaining agreements for educational employers in the State of Illinois as well as cities and other public entities. She is currently Of Counsel at Franczek Radelet and was one of its founding partners. Prior to her work at Franczek Radelet, she was a partner at Vedder Price, representing public school districts in labor and employment negotiations.

In addition to her work as an attorney, she is also a lecturer at the University of Chicago in both the law and business schools. She has taught courses on public sector labor relations and government regulation of the employment relationship.

Waintroob is a graduate of Brown University and earned her law degree at the University of Chicago. She lives in Deerfield.

Name: Judy Biggert

Position: Board Member - Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed former U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. Her experiences in Congress and at the state and local level bring a unique perspective to the board.

Biggert represented the southwestern suburbs in Congress from 1999-2013. She served on the Education and the Workforce Committee, including subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, and Higher Education and Workforce Training. She also served on the Financial Services Committee, and was the Chairwoman of the Insurance Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee.

Before serving in Congress, Biggert served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999. She also was a member of the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 from 1978 to 1985, and served as its president from 1983 to 1985.

Biggert is an attorney and graduated from Northwestern University's School of Law. She earned her bachelor's degree from Stanford University. She lives in Hinsdale.

Name: Michael Prueter

Position: Board Member - Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Michael Prueter to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. He has served on the board since 2010.

Prior to serving on the board, Prueter served as government liaison for a number of corporations and trade associations where he negotiated labor contracts with local and national food service vendors. He also served on a national legislative policy board in Washington, D.C. for several years.

Prueter has several years of business experience in the banking and financial services industry. He also worked as a staff member in the Illinois House and Illinois Senate.

Prueter received his bachelor's degree and an MBA from Columbia State University. He lives in Naperville.

DAVENPORT, IA?Waste Commission of Scott County facilities will be open regular hours on Good Friday, April 3, and closed on Saturday, April 4, for the Easter holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume on Monday, April 6. Waste Commission of Scott County's facilities include the following:

·    Scott Area Recycling Center, 5640 Carey Avenue, Davenport
·    Scott Area Landfill, 11555 110th Avenue, Davenport
·    Scott Area Household Hazardous Material Facilities, Davenport
·    Electronic Demanufacturing Facility, 1048 East 59th Street, Davenport 

Waste Commission of Scott County is an inter-governmental agency whose mission is to provide environmentally sound and economically feasible solid waste management for Scott County. For more information about the Commission, please call (563) 381-1300 or visit www.wastecom.com.

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