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Senate File 559 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to and making appropriations for the economic
development of the state, including to the economic
development authority, the Iowa finance authority, the
public employment relations board, the department of
workforce development, and the state board of regents and
certain regents institutions, and modifying the housing
renewal pilot program and provisions related to regional
industry sector partnerships, the apprenticeship training
program, and new jobs training agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2023-2024 APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. GOALS AND ACCOUNTABILITY — ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, the goals
for the economic development authority shall be to expand and
stimulate the state economy, increase the wealth of Iowans, and
increase the population of the state.
2. To achieve the goals in subsection 1, the economic
development authority shall do all of the following for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023:
a. Concentrate its efforts on programs and activities that
result in commercially viable products and services.
b. Adopt practices and services consistent with free
market, private sector philosophies.
c. Ensure economic growth and development throughout the
state.
d. Work with businesses and communities to continually
improve the economic development climate along with the
economic well-being and quality of life for Iowans.
e. Coordinate with other state agencies to ensure that they
are attentive to the needs of an entrepreneurial culture.
f. Establish a strong and aggressive marketing image to
showcase Iowa’s workforce, existing industry, and potential.
A priority shall be placed on recruiting new businesses,
business expansion, and retaining existing Iowa businesses.
Emphasis shall be placed on entrepreneurial development through
helping entrepreneurs secure capital, and developing networks
and a business climate conducive to entrepreneurs and small
businesses.
g. Encourage the development of communities and quality of
life to foster economic growth.
h. Prepare communities for future growth and development
through development, expansion, and modernization of
infrastructure.
-1- i. Develop public-private partnerships with Iowa businesses
in the tourism industry, Iowa tour groups, Iowa tourism
organizations, and political subdivisions in this state to
assist in the development of advertising efforts.
j. Develop, to the fullest extent possible, cooperative
efforts for advertising with contributions from other sources.
Sec. 2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
1. APPROPRIATION
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated in this subsection, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $12,807,359
............................................... FTEs112.50
b. (1) For salaries, support, miscellaneous purposes,
programs, marketing, and the maintenance of an administration
division, a business development division, a community
development division, a small business development division,
and other divisions the authority may organize.
(2) For business development operations and programs,
international trade, export assistance, workforce recruitment,
and the partner state program.
(3) For transfer to a fund created pursuant to section
15.313 for purposes of financing strategic infrastructure
projects.
(4) For community economic development programs, tourism
operations, community assistance, plans for Iowa green corps
and summer youth programs, the main street and rural main
street programs, the school-to-career program, the community
development block grant, and housing and shelter-related
programs.
(5) For achieving the goals and accountability, and
fulfilling the requirements and duties required under this Act.
-2- (6) The full-time equivalent positions authorized under
this section are funded, in whole or in part, by the moneys
appropriated under this subsection or by other moneys received
by the authority, including certain federal moneys.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated in this
subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS
a. A business creating jobs through moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall be subject to contract provisions requiring
new and retained jobs to be filled by individuals who are
citizens of the United States who reside within the United
States, or any person authorized to work in the United States
pursuant to federal law, including legal resident aliens
residing in the United States.
b. Any vendor who receives moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall adhere to such contract provisions and
provide periodic assurances as the state shall require that the
jobs are filled solely by citizens of the United States who
reside within the United States, or any person authorized to
work in the United States, pursuant to federal law, including
legal resident aliens residing in the United States.
c. A business that receives financial assistance from
the authority from moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall
only employ individuals legally authorized to work in this
state. In addition to all other applicable penalties provided
by current law, all or a portion of the assistance received
by a business which is found to knowingly employ individuals
not legally authorized to work in this state is subject to
recapture by the authority.
3. USES OF APPROPRIATIONS
a. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of a
-3-grant to a community economic development entity for conducting
a local workforce recruitment effort designed to recruit former
citizens of the state and former students at colleges and
universities in the state to meet the needs of local employers.
b. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance to early stage
industry companies being established by women entrepreneurs.
c. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of
grants, loans, or forgivable loans for advanced research and
commercialization projects involving value-added agriculture,
advanced technology, or biotechnology.
d. The authority shall not use any moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 for purposes of providing financial assistance for
the Iowa green streets pilot project or for any other program
or project that involves the installation of geothermal systems
for melting snow and ice from streets or sidewalks.
4.WORLD FOOD PRIZE
In lieu of the standing appropriation in section 15.368,
there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
economic development authority for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount
for the world food prize:
.................................................. $500,000
5. COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS — ASSISTANCE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount to be used for the purposes of providing financial
assistance to Iowa’s councils of governments:
.................................................. $250,000
6. BUTCHERY INNOVATION AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
-4-amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For support of the butchery innovation and revitalization
program established in section 15E.370:
.................................................. $633,325
b. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For support of the butchery innovation and revitalization
program established in section 15E.370:
.................................................. $366,675
7. TOURISM OFFICE
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount for the tourism office to be used for advertising,
promoting, placement, and implementation of the economic
development authority’s strategic plan for tourism and travel:
.................................................. $1,100,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. The economic development authority shall submit an
annual report on or before January 15 to the general assembly
regarding the tourism office’s activities funded with moneys
appropriated under this subsection. The report shall be
provided in an electronic format and shall include metrics
and criteria that allow the general assembly to quantify
and evaluate the effectiveness and economic impact of the
tourism office’s activities related to advertising, promoting,
-5-placement, and implementation of the economic development
authority’s strategic plan for tourism and travel.
8. EMPOWER RURAL IOWA
a. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
Empower rural Iowa program:
.................................................. $700,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
17A to establish criteria for the distribution of the moneys
appropriated in this subsection.
9. CULTURAL AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
(1) For planning and programming for the community cultural
grants program established under section 303.3, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $172,090
(2) For support of the Iowa arts council:
.................................................. $1,400,000
Of the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph, the
authority shall allocate $300,000 for purposes of the film
office.
(3) For the Iowa great places program established under
-6-section 303.3C, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $149,710
(4) For grant programs administered by the Iowa arts
council including those programs supporting the long-term
financial stability and sustainability of nonprofit cultural
organizations:
.................................................. $150,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 3. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — FY
2023-2024. Notwithstanding the standing appropriations
in the following designated sections for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the amounts
appropriated from the general fund of the state pursuant to
those sections for the following purposes shall not exceed the
following amounts:
1. For operational support grants and community cultural
grants under section 99F.11, subsection 4, paragraph “d”,
subparagraph (1):
.................................................. $448,403
2. For the purposes of regional tourism marketing under
section 99F.11, subsection 4, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (2):
.................................................. $1,443,700
Sec. 4. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REPORTING — ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. The economic development authority
shall submit an annual report to the general assembly no later
than November 1, 2023, that details the amount of every direct
loan, forgivable loan, tax credit, tax exemption, tax refund,
grant, or any other financial assistance awarded to a person
during the prior fiscal year by the authority under an economic
development program administered by the authority. The report
shall identify the county where the project associated with
-7-each such award is located.
Sec. 5. INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. From the
moneys collected by the insurance division in excess of the
anticipated gross revenues under section 505.7, subsection
3, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, $100,000
shall be transferred to the economic development authority for
insurance economic development and international insurance
economic development.
Sec. 6. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the Iowa finance authority for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. Rent subsidy program
(1) To provide reimbursement for rent expenses to eligible
persons under the home and community-based services rent
subsidy program established in section 16.55:
.................................................. $873,000
(2) Of the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, not more
than $35,000 may be used for administrative costs.
b. Housing renewal pilot program
To provide housing renewal moneys to a nonprofit Iowa
affiliate to award grants to eligible communities for a housing
renewal pilot program:
.................................................. $500,000
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 7. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY AUDIT. The auditor of state
is requested to review the audit of the Iowa finance authority
performed by the auditor hired by the authority.
Sec. 8. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.
-8- 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the public employment relations board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,290,230
............................................... FTEs9.00
2. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, the board
shall allocate $15,000 for maintaining an internet site that
allows access to a searchable database of collective bargaining
information.
Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS
a. For the operation of field offices and the workforce
development board, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,675,650
............................................... FTEs166.41
b. Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph “a”, the
department shall allocate $150,000 to the state library for the
purpose of licensing an online resource which prepares persons
to succeed in the workplace through programs which improve job
skills and vocational test-taking abilities.
2. OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAM
a. For the development and administration of an offender
reentry program to provide offenders with employment skills,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
-9-positions:
.................................................. $387,158
............................................... FTEs5.00
b. The department of workforce development shall partner
with the department of corrections to provide staff within
the correctional facilities resources to improve offenders’
abilities to find and retain productive employment.
3. INTEGRATED INFORMATION FOR IOWA SYSTEM
For the payment of services provided by the department of
administrative services related to the integrated information
for Iowa system:
.................................................. $228,822
4. WORKPLACE INJURY AND SAFETY SURVEYS
For the operation of workplace safety surveys and workplace
data collection and analysis, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $125,555
............................................... FTEs3.00
5. SUMMER YOUTH INTERN PILOT PROGRAM
For the funding of a summer youth intern pilot program that
will help young people at risk of not graduating from high
school to explore and prepare for high-demand careers through
summer work experience, including the development of soft
skills:
.................................................. $250,000
6. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,106,732
............................................... FTEs248.00
For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
-10-job placement and retention services for individuals with
significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
January 15, 2024, the division shall submit a written report to
the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
with community rehabilitation program providers.
b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $84,804
............................................... FTEs1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $138,506
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $86,547
7. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
For distribution as grants to community colleges for
the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
requiring instruction in English as a second language:
.................................................. $500,000
In issuing grants under this subsection, the department of
workforce development shall use the same application process
and criteria as are used for purposes of awarding grants to
community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
programs for students requiring instruction in English as a
second language using moneys that are appropriated to the
department from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund.
8. FUTURE READY IOWA REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
For the funding of the future ready Iowa registered
apprenticeship development program under chapter 15C, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, to encourage
-11-small to midsize businesses to start or grow registered
apprenticeships:
.................................................. $760,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 10. GENERAL FUND — EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION
PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of workforce development for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For enhancing efforts to investigate employers that
misclassify workers, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $379,631
............................................... FTEs3.00
Sec. 11. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the special employment
security contingency fund created in section 96.13 to the
department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for
field offices:
.................................................. $2,416,084
2. Any remaining additional penalty and interest revenue
collected by the department of workforce development is
appropriated to the department for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, to accomplish the
mission of the department.
Sec. 12. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND — FIELD
OFFICES. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 8, paragraph
“e”, there is appropriated from interest earned on the
-12-unemployment compensation reserve fund created in section 96.9
to the department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For the operation of field offices:
.................................................. $2,200,000
Sec. 13. VIRTUAL ACCESS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICES. The
department of workforce development shall require a unique
identification login for all users of workforce development
centers operated through electronic means.
Sec. 14. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
1. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 4, paragraph
“a”, moneys credited to the state by the secretary of the
treasury of the United States pursuant to section 903 of the
federal Social Security Act are appropriated to the department
of workforce development and shall be used by the department
for the administration of the unemployment compensation program
only. This appropriation shall not apply to any fiscal year
beginning after December 31, 2023.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, up to $800,000, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, of the unemployment
compensation modernization incentive payments made to the
state’s unemployment trust fund account as a special transfer
under section 903 of the federal Social Security Act, pursuant
to the federal Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling
Families Act, of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009, Pub.L.No.111-5, are appropriated to the department of
workforce development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for the purpose of modification
of space for unemployment insurance administrative law judge
offices and conference rooms in which to hold unemployment
insurance appeal hearings.
Sec. 15. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
-13-job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(1) For the purposes of providing assistance as described in
section 15.335B for the high quality jobs program:
.................................................. $11,700,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph, the
economic development authority may use not more than $1,000,000
for purposes of providing infrastructure grants to main street
communities under the main street Iowa program and may allocate
not more than $300,000 for the purposes of supporting statewide
worker education and quality preapprenticeship programs.
(2) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph “a”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
b. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND REGENTS INSTITUTIONS
(1) STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. For capacity building
infrastructure in areas related to technology
commercialization, marketing and business development
efforts in areas related to technology commercialization,
entrepreneurship, and business growth, and infrastructure
projects and programs needed to assist in implementation of
activities under chapter 262B:
.................................................. $3,000,000
(a) Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph (1), 35 percent shall be allocated for Iowa state
university of science and technology, 35 percent shall be
allocated for the state university of Iowa, and 30 percent
shall be allocated for the university of northern Iowa.
(b) The institutions shall provide a one-to-one match
of additional moneys for the activities funded with moneys
-14-appropriated under this subparagraph (1).
(c) The state board of regents shall submit a report by
January 15, 2024, to the governor and the general assembly
regarding the activities, projects, and programs funded with
moneys appropriated under this subparagraph (1). The report
shall be provided in an electronic format and shall include a
list of metrics and criteria mutually agreed to in advance by
the board of regents and the economic development authority.
The metrics and criteria shall allow the governor’s office and
the general assembly to quantify and evaluate the progress
of the board of regents institutions with regard to their
activities, projects, and programs in the areas of technology
commercialization, entrepreneurship, regional development, and
market research.
(2) IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. For
small business development centers, the research park, and the
center for industrial research and service, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,424,302
............................................... FTEs50.95
(a) Of the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph (2),
Iowa state university of science and technology shall allocate
at least $735,728 for purposes of funding small business
development centers. Iowa state university of science and
technology may allocate the appropriated moneys to the various
small business development centers in any manner necessary to
achieve the purposes of this subparagraph.
(b) Iowa state university of science and technology shall
do all of the following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(c) It is the intent of the general assembly that the
industrial incentive program focus on Iowa industrial sectors
-15-and seek contributions and in-kind donations from businesses,
industrial foundations, and trade associations, and that moneys
for the center for industrial research and service industrial
incentive program shall be allocated only for projects which
are matched by private sector moneys for directed contract
research or for nondirected research. The match required of
small businesses as defined in section 15.102 for directed
contract research or for nondirected research shall be $1
for each $3 of state funds. The match required for other
businesses for directed contract research or for nondirected
research shall be $1 for each $1 of state funds. The match
required of industrial foundations or trade associations shall
be $1 for each $1 of state funds.
(d) Iowa state university of science and technology shall
report annually to the general assembly the total amount of
private contributions, the proportion of contributions from
small businesses and other businesses, and the proportion for
directed contract research and nondirected research of benefit
to Iowa businesses and industrial sectors.
(3) STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
(a) For the state university of Iowa research park and for
university of Iowa pharmaceuticals located at the research
park, including salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $209,279
............................................... FTEs6.00
The state university of Iowa shall do all of the following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(b) For the purpose of implementing the entrepreneurship
and economic growth initiative, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
-16-.................................................. $2,000,000
............................................... FTEs8.00
(4) UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA. For the metal casting and
foundry 4.0 centers, advance Iowa, family business center, and
the institute for decision making, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,466,419
............................................... FTEs13.00
The university of northern Iowa shall do all of the
following:
(a) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(b) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(5) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph “b”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
c. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
(1) To develop a long-term sustained program to train
unemployed and underemployed central Iowans with skills
necessary to advance to higher-paying jobs with full benefits:
.................................................. $100,000
(a) The department of workforce development shall begin
a request for proposals process, issued for purposes of this
subparagraph (1), no later than September 1, 2023.
(b) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated under
this subparagraph (1), an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
(2) For the funding of a future ready Iowa coordinator in
the department, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $150,000
-17-............................................... FTEs1.00
(3) For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
to section 84A.19, as enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File
514:
.................................................. $5,500,000
(a) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in section 260C.18C.
(b) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the
department of workforce development for implementation of adult
education and literacy programs pursuant to section 84A.19, as
enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
(c) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, not more than $1,257,000 shall be distributed
as grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult
basic education programs for students requiring instruction
in English as a second language. The department of workforce
development shall establish an application process and criteria
to award grants pursuant to this subparagraph division to
community colleges. The criteria shall be based on need for
instruction in English as a second language in the region
served by each community college as determined by factors
including data from the latest federal decennial census and
outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
(d) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department
of health and human services for purposes of administering a
program to provide access to international resources to Iowans
and new Iowans to provide economic and leadership development
resulting in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place
to live, work, and raise a family. The program shall provide
supplemental support services for international refugees to
improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
-18-competencies, and integration in a county with a population
over 350,000 as determined by the 2020 federal decennial
census. The department of health and human services shall
utilize a request for proposals process to identify the entity
best qualified to implement the program.
(4) For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40,
as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $1,500,000
From the moneys appropriated in this numbered subparagraph,
not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department of
workforce development to provide statewide support for
work-based learning.
(5) For the funding of internships for students studying in
the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
with eligible Iowa employers as provided in section 15.411,
subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $633,325
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 16. GENERAL FUND — CERTAIN REGENTS INSTITUTIONS.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the following institutions for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
In cooperation with the economic development authority, for
support of a biosciences innovation ecosystem, to strengthen
Iowa’s leadership positions in the area of bio-based chemicals,
digital agriculture, vaccines, and medical devices, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
-19-for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,963,995
............................................... FTEs8.40
b. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
In cooperation with the economic development authority, for
support of a biosciences innovation ecosystem, to strengthen
Iowa’s leadership positions in the area of bio-based chemicals,
digital agriculture, vaccines, and medical devices, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,000,000
............................................... FTEs4.35
c. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
For equipment and technology to expand the university’s
additive manufacturing capabilities related to investment
castings technology and industry support, including salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $394,321
............................................... FTEs2.73
The university of northern Iowa shall make a good-faith
effort to coordinate with private entities to seek moneys to
supplement this appropriation to support the expansion of the
university’s additive manufacturing capabilities.
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
subsection 1, paragraphs “a” and “b”, that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION II
FY 2022-2023 — FUTURE READY IOWA VOLUNTEER MENTORING PROGRAM
Sec. 17. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1148, section 3, subsection
11, is amended to read as follows:
11. FUTURE READY IOWA — VOLUNTEER MENTORING PROGRAM
a. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
-20-job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For allocation to the Iowa commission on volunteer services
to be used for establishing a volunteer mentor program to
support implementation of the future ready Iowa skilled
workforce last-dollar scholarship program in section 261.131
and the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program
created in section 261.132, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $400,000
............................................... FTEs1.15
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated, and for
not more than the authorized full-time equivalent positions,
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION III
HOUSING RENEWAL PILOT PROGRAM
Sec. 18. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1148, section 20, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 20. HOUSING RENEWAL PILOT PROGRAM.
1. For purposes of this section, “nonprofit Iowa
affiliate”:
a. “Eligible participant” includes cities, counties,
consortiums of local governments, and organizations exempt from
taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
b. “Nonprofit Iowa affiliate”means a nonprofit Iowa
affiliate of a nonprofit international organization whose
primary activity is the promotion of the construction,
remodeling, or rehabilitation of one-family or two-family
-21-dwellings for use by low-income families.
2. a. A housing renewal program fund is created in the
state treasury under the control of the Iowa finance authority.
The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited
in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the Iowa
finance authority to establish and administer a housing renewal
pilot program.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending
June 30, 2023, there is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the Iowa finance authority five hundred thousand
dollars for deposit in the housing renewal program fund.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. d. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
interest or earnings on moneys in the housing renewal program
fund shall be credited to the fund. Payment of interest,
income generated from the sale of an ownership unit pursuant to
subsection 6, recaptures of grant financial assistance awards,
and other repayments under the housing renewal pilot program
shall be deposited in the fund.
3. a. The Iowa finance authority shall provide moneys
from the housing renewal program fund to a nonprofit Iowa
affiliate that shall use the moneys to award grants financial
assistance under the housing renewal pilot program to eligible
participants.
b. Eligible participants under paragraph “a” shall use
a grant financial assistance awarded under the housing
renewal pilot program only for purposes of the acquisition,
rehabilitation, and resale of ownership units; the acquisition
and demolition of blighted structures; and the redevelopment
of ownership units.
4. Twenty-five percent of moneys appropriated to the
-22-housing renewal program fund shall be allocated to rural
communities financial assistance awards for eligible
participants located in the eighty-eight least populated
counties in the state.
5. a. The nonprofit Iowa affiliate may partner with a city,
a county, a consortium of local governments, or an organization
exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code; however, the nonprofit Iowa affiliate
shall determine the geographic location of all projects for
which a grant is awarded shall determine the criteria used
to evaluate eligible participants and to award financial
assistance to eligible participants selected by the nonprofit
Iowa affiliate.
b. The nonprofit Iowa affiliate shall not award a grantee an
eligible participant more than one hundred thousand dollars per
ownership unit. A grantee may use up to five percent of a grant
for administration expenses related to the grantee’s project.
The nonprofit Iowa affiliate may use up to five percent of the
financial assistance awarded to an eligible participant for
administrative expenses related to the housing renewal pilot
program.
c. (1) A grantee An eligible participant shall have a
maximum of thirty-six months from the date a contract is
executed between the nonprofit Iowa affiliate and the grantee
eligible participant for the grantee’s eligible participant to
complete the eligible participant’s project. The grantee’s
eligible participant’s project shall be considered complete
when all grant funds financial assistance awarded to the
grantee have eligible participant has been expended, and all
ownership units that are covered by the contract are finished
and available for sale.
(2) If a grantee Unless the nonprofit Iowa affiliate
authorizes additional time for good cause shown, if an eligible
participant has no project activity within thirty-six twelve
months from the date a contract is executed between the
-23-nonprofit Iowa affiliate and the grantee eligible participant,
the grant financial assistance award shall be returned to the
Iowa finance authority for deposit in the housing renewal
program fund.
d. A grantee An eligible participant shall sell each
completed ownership unit to a homebuyer whose income is under
the one hundred twenty percent area median income and who must
occupy the ownership unit as the homebuyer’s primary residence.
The deed to the ownership unit must contain a restrictive
resale requirement that prohibits the homebuyer or a subsequent
owner from selling the ownership unit to a person with an
income above the one hundred twenty percent area median income
for five calendar years from the date the grantee eligible
participant sold the ownership unit to the first homebuyer
whose income is under the one hundred twenty percent area
median income.
6. A grantee may The nonprofit Iowa affiliate shall use
income generated from the sale of an ownership unit only for
the purpose of additional eligible expenses awarding financial
assistance to eligible participants under the housing renewal
pilot program.
7. The Iowa finance authority shall not use more than five
percent of moneys allocated appropriated to the housing renewal
program fund for administration and oversight of the housing
renewal pilot program.
8. The Iowa finance authority shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A to administer this division.
9. 8. The Iowa finance authority, in coordination with the
nonprofit Iowa affiliate, shall submit a report to the general
assembly on or before December 31, 2023 2024, describing the
community, economic, and financial impact of the housing
renewal pilot program.
9. This section is repealed July 1, 2025.
DIVISION IV
REGIONAL INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS — RULES
-24- Sec. 19. Section 260H.7B, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 2195, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The department of workforce development
shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this
section.
DIVISION V
apprenticeship training program — definitions
Sec. 20. Section 15B.2, subsection 9A, as enacted by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2251, is amended by
striking the subsection.
DIVISION VI
New Jobs training agreements
Sec. 21. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 8, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 8. IOWA NEW JOBS TRAINING AGREEMENTS. An Iowa
community college that entered into a new jobs training
agreement pursuant to chapter 260E, which was effective in
April 2012 2021, with an Iowa employer may enter into a new
agreement with such employer pursuant to chapter 260E, which
will be effective September 2015 2023, and may use the base
employment determined in April 2012 October 2021 as the base
employment for determining the new jobs eligible under the
new agreement if the base employment determined in April 2012
October 2021 was 2,125 2,335 employees. The new agreement
under chapter 260E shall be limited to seven years from the
effective date of the agreement.
______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 559, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorko/ns/mb
development of the state, including to the economic
development authority, the Iowa finance authority, the
public employment relations board, the department of
workforce development, and the state board of regents and
certain regents institutions, and modifying the housing
renewal pilot program and provisions related to regional
industry sector partnerships, the apprenticeship training
program, and new jobs training agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2023-2024 APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. GOALS AND ACCOUNTABILITY — ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, the goals
for the economic development authority shall be to expand and
stimulate the state economy, increase the wealth of Iowans, and
increase the population of the state.
2. To achieve the goals in subsection 1, the economic
development authority shall do all of the following for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023:
a. Concentrate its efforts on programs and activities that
result in commercially viable products and services.
b. Adopt practices and services consistent with free
market, private sector philosophies.
c. Ensure economic growth and development throughout the
state.
d. Work with businesses and communities to continually
improve the economic development climate along with the
economic well-being and quality of life for Iowans.
e. Coordinate with other state agencies to ensure that they
are attentive to the needs of an entrepreneurial culture.
f. Establish a strong and aggressive marketing image to
showcase Iowa’s workforce, existing industry, and potential.
A priority shall be placed on recruiting new businesses,
business expansion, and retaining existing Iowa businesses.
Emphasis shall be placed on entrepreneurial development through
helping entrepreneurs secure capital, and developing networks
and a business climate conducive to entrepreneurs and small
businesses.
g. Encourage the development of communities and quality of
life to foster economic growth.
h. Prepare communities for future growth and development
through development, expansion, and modernization of
infrastructure.
-1- i. Develop public-private partnerships with Iowa businesses
in the tourism industry, Iowa tour groups, Iowa tourism
organizations, and political subdivisions in this state to
assist in the development of advertising efforts.
j. Develop, to the fullest extent possible, cooperative
efforts for advertising with contributions from other sources.
Sec. 2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
1. APPROPRIATION
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated in this subsection, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $12,807,359
............................................... FTEs112.50
b. (1) For salaries, support, miscellaneous purposes,
programs, marketing, and the maintenance of an administration
division, a business development division, a community
development division, a small business development division,
and other divisions the authority may organize.
(2) For business development operations and programs,
international trade, export assistance, workforce recruitment,
and the partner state program.
(3) For transfer to a fund created pursuant to section
15.313 for purposes of financing strategic infrastructure
projects.
(4) For community economic development programs, tourism
operations, community assistance, plans for Iowa green corps
and summer youth programs, the main street and rural main
street programs, the school-to-career program, the community
development block grant, and housing and shelter-related
programs.
(5) For achieving the goals and accountability, and
fulfilling the requirements and duties required under this Act.
-2- (6) The full-time equivalent positions authorized under
this section are funded, in whole or in part, by the moneys
appropriated under this subsection or by other moneys received
by the authority, including certain federal moneys.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated in this
subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS
a. A business creating jobs through moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall be subject to contract provisions requiring
new and retained jobs to be filled by individuals who are
citizens of the United States who reside within the United
States, or any person authorized to work in the United States
pursuant to federal law, including legal resident aliens
residing in the United States.
b. Any vendor who receives moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall adhere to such contract provisions and
provide periodic assurances as the state shall require that the
jobs are filled solely by citizens of the United States who
reside within the United States, or any person authorized to
work in the United States, pursuant to federal law, including
legal resident aliens residing in the United States.
c. A business that receives financial assistance from
the authority from moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall
only employ individuals legally authorized to work in this
state. In addition to all other applicable penalties provided
by current law, all or a portion of the assistance received
by a business which is found to knowingly employ individuals
not legally authorized to work in this state is subject to
recapture by the authority.
3. USES OF APPROPRIATIONS
a. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of a
-3-grant to a community economic development entity for conducting
a local workforce recruitment effort designed to recruit former
citizens of the state and former students at colleges and
universities in the state to meet the needs of local employers.
b. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance to early stage
industry companies being established by women entrepreneurs.
c. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of
grants, loans, or forgivable loans for advanced research and
commercialization projects involving value-added agriculture,
advanced technology, or biotechnology.
d. The authority shall not use any moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 for purposes of providing financial assistance for
the Iowa green streets pilot project or for any other program
or project that involves the installation of geothermal systems
for melting snow and ice from streets or sidewalks.
4.WORLD FOOD PRIZE
In lieu of the standing appropriation in section 15.368,
there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
economic development authority for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount
for the world food prize:
.................................................. $500,000
5. COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS — ASSISTANCE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount to be used for the purposes of providing financial
assistance to Iowa’s councils of governments:
.................................................. $250,000
6. BUTCHERY INNOVATION AND REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
-4-amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For support of the butchery innovation and revitalization
program established in section 15E.370:
.................................................. $633,325
b. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For support of the butchery innovation and revitalization
program established in section 15E.370:
.................................................. $366,675
7. TOURISM OFFICE
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount for the tourism office to be used for advertising,
promoting, placement, and implementation of the economic
development authority’s strategic plan for tourism and travel:
.................................................. $1,100,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. The economic development authority shall submit an
annual report on or before January 15 to the general assembly
regarding the tourism office’s activities funded with moneys
appropriated under this subsection. The report shall be
provided in an electronic format and shall include metrics
and criteria that allow the general assembly to quantify
and evaluate the effectiveness and economic impact of the
tourism office’s activities related to advertising, promoting,
-5-placement, and implementation of the economic development
authority’s strategic plan for tourism and travel.
8. EMPOWER RURAL IOWA
a. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
Empower rural Iowa program:
.................................................. $700,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
17A to establish criteria for the distribution of the moneys
appropriated in this subsection.
9. CULTURAL AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES
a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
(1) For planning and programming for the community cultural
grants program established under section 303.3, as amended by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $172,090
(2) For support of the Iowa arts council:
.................................................. $1,400,000
Of the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph, the
authority shall allocate $300,000 for purposes of the film
office.
(3) For the Iowa great places program established under
-6-section 303.3C, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $149,710
(4) For grant programs administered by the Iowa arts
council including those programs supporting the long-term
financial stability and sustainability of nonprofit cultural
organizations:
.................................................. $150,000
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 3. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — FY
2023-2024. Notwithstanding the standing appropriations
in the following designated sections for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the amounts
appropriated from the general fund of the state pursuant to
those sections for the following purposes shall not exceed the
following amounts:
1. For operational support grants and community cultural
grants under section 99F.11, subsection 4, paragraph “d”,
subparagraph (1):
.................................................. $448,403
2. For the purposes of regional tourism marketing under
section 99F.11, subsection 4, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (2):
.................................................. $1,443,700
Sec. 4. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REPORTING — ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. The economic development authority
shall submit an annual report to the general assembly no later
than November 1, 2023, that details the amount of every direct
loan, forgivable loan, tax credit, tax exemption, tax refund,
grant, or any other financial assistance awarded to a person
during the prior fiscal year by the authority under an economic
development program administered by the authority. The report
shall identify the county where the project associated with
-7-each such award is located.
Sec. 5. INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. From the
moneys collected by the insurance division in excess of the
anticipated gross revenues under section 505.7, subsection
3, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, $100,000
shall be transferred to the economic development authority for
insurance economic development and international insurance
economic development.
Sec. 6. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the Iowa finance authority for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. Rent subsidy program
(1) To provide reimbursement for rent expenses to eligible
persons under the home and community-based services rent
subsidy program established in section 16.55:
.................................................. $873,000
(2) Of the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, not more
than $35,000 may be used for administrative costs.
b. Housing renewal pilot program
To provide housing renewal moneys to a nonprofit Iowa
affiliate to award grants to eligible communities for a housing
renewal pilot program:
.................................................. $500,000
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 7. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY AUDIT. The auditor of state
is requested to review the audit of the Iowa finance authority
performed by the auditor hired by the authority.
Sec. 8. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.
-8- 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the public employment relations board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,290,230
............................................... FTEs9.00
2. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, the board
shall allocate $15,000 for maintaining an internet site that
allows access to a searchable database of collective bargaining
information.
Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS
a. For the operation of field offices and the workforce
development board, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,675,650
............................................... FTEs166.41
b. Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph “a”, the
department shall allocate $150,000 to the state library for the
purpose of licensing an online resource which prepares persons
to succeed in the workplace through programs which improve job
skills and vocational test-taking abilities.
2. OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAM
a. For the development and administration of an offender
reentry program to provide offenders with employment skills,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
-9-positions:
.................................................. $387,158
............................................... FTEs5.00
b. The department of workforce development shall partner
with the department of corrections to provide staff within
the correctional facilities resources to improve offenders’
abilities to find and retain productive employment.
3. INTEGRATED INFORMATION FOR IOWA SYSTEM
For the payment of services provided by the department of
administrative services related to the integrated information
for Iowa system:
.................................................. $228,822
4. WORKPLACE INJURY AND SAFETY SURVEYS
For the operation of workplace safety surveys and workplace
data collection and analysis, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $125,555
............................................... FTEs3.00
5. SUMMER YOUTH INTERN PILOT PROGRAM
For the funding of a summer youth intern pilot program that
will help young people at risk of not graduating from high
school to explore and prepare for high-demand careers through
summer work experience, including the development of soft
skills:
.................................................. $250,000
6. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,106,732
............................................... FTEs248.00
For purposes of optimizing the job placement of individuals
with disabilities, the division shall make its best efforts
to work with community rehabilitation program providers for
-10-job placement and retention services for individuals with
significant disabilities and most significant disabilities. By
January 15, 2024, the division shall submit a written report to
the general assembly regarding the division’s outreach efforts
with community rehabilitation program providers.
b. For matching moneys for programs to enable persons
with severe physical or mental disabilities to function more
independently, including salaries and support, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $84,804
............................................... FTEs1.00
c. For the entrepreneurs with disabilities program
established pursuant to section 259.4, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $138,506
d. For costs associated with centers for independent
living:
.................................................. $86,547
7. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
For distribution as grants to community colleges for
the purpose of adult basic education programs for students
requiring instruction in English as a second language:
.................................................. $500,000
In issuing grants under this subsection, the department of
workforce development shall use the same application process
and criteria as are used for purposes of awarding grants to
community colleges for the purpose of adult basic education
programs for students requiring instruction in English as a
second language using moneys that are appropriated to the
department from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund.
8. FUTURE READY IOWA REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
For the funding of the future ready Iowa registered
apprenticeship development program under chapter 15C, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, to encourage
-11-small to midsize businesses to start or grow registered
apprenticeships:
.................................................. $760,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 10. GENERAL FUND — EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION
PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of workforce development for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For enhancing efforts to investigate employers that
misclassify workers, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $379,631
............................................... FTEs3.00
Sec. 11. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the special employment
security contingency fund created in section 96.13 to the
department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for
field offices:
.................................................. $2,416,084
2. Any remaining additional penalty and interest revenue
collected by the department of workforce development is
appropriated to the department for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, to accomplish the
mission of the department.
Sec. 12. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND — FIELD
OFFICES. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 8, paragraph
“e”, there is appropriated from interest earned on the
-12-unemployment compensation reserve fund created in section 96.9
to the department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For the operation of field offices:
.................................................. $2,200,000
Sec. 13. VIRTUAL ACCESS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICES. The
department of workforce development shall require a unique
identification login for all users of workforce development
centers operated through electronic means.
Sec. 14. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
1. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 4, paragraph
“a”, moneys credited to the state by the secretary of the
treasury of the United States pursuant to section 903 of the
federal Social Security Act are appropriated to the department
of workforce development and shall be used by the department
for the administration of the unemployment compensation program
only. This appropriation shall not apply to any fiscal year
beginning after December 31, 2023.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, up to $800,000, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, of the unemployment
compensation modernization incentive payments made to the
state’s unemployment trust fund account as a special transfer
under section 903 of the federal Social Security Act, pursuant
to the federal Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling
Families Act, of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009, Pub.L.No.111-5, are appropriated to the department of
workforce development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024, for the purpose of modification
of space for unemployment insurance administrative law judge
offices and conference rooms in which to hold unemployment
insurance appeal hearings.
Sec. 15. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
-13-job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(1) For the purposes of providing assistance as described in
section 15.335B for the high quality jobs program:
.................................................. $11,700,000
From the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph, the
economic development authority may use not more than $1,000,000
for purposes of providing infrastructure grants to main street
communities under the main street Iowa program and may allocate
not more than $300,000 for the purposes of supporting statewide
worker education and quality preapprenticeship programs.
(2) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph “a”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
b. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND REGENTS INSTITUTIONS
(1) STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. For capacity building
infrastructure in areas related to technology
commercialization, marketing and business development
efforts in areas related to technology commercialization,
entrepreneurship, and business growth, and infrastructure
projects and programs needed to assist in implementation of
activities under chapter 262B:
.................................................. $3,000,000
(a) Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph (1), 35 percent shall be allocated for Iowa state
university of science and technology, 35 percent shall be
allocated for the state university of Iowa, and 30 percent
shall be allocated for the university of northern Iowa.
(b) The institutions shall provide a one-to-one match
of additional moneys for the activities funded with moneys
-14-appropriated under this subparagraph (1).
(c) The state board of regents shall submit a report by
January 15, 2024, to the governor and the general assembly
regarding the activities, projects, and programs funded with
moneys appropriated under this subparagraph (1). The report
shall be provided in an electronic format and shall include a
list of metrics and criteria mutually agreed to in advance by
the board of regents and the economic development authority.
The metrics and criteria shall allow the governor’s office and
the general assembly to quantify and evaluate the progress
of the board of regents institutions with regard to their
activities, projects, and programs in the areas of technology
commercialization, entrepreneurship, regional development, and
market research.
(2) IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. For
small business development centers, the research park, and the
center for industrial research and service, and for not more
than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,424,302
............................................... FTEs50.95
(a) Of the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph (2),
Iowa state university of science and technology shall allocate
at least $735,728 for purposes of funding small business
development centers. Iowa state university of science and
technology may allocate the appropriated moneys to the various
small business development centers in any manner necessary to
achieve the purposes of this subparagraph.
(b) Iowa state university of science and technology shall
do all of the following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(c) It is the intent of the general assembly that the
industrial incentive program focus on Iowa industrial sectors
-15-and seek contributions and in-kind donations from businesses,
industrial foundations, and trade associations, and that moneys
for the center for industrial research and service industrial
incentive program shall be allocated only for projects which
are matched by private sector moneys for directed contract
research or for nondirected research. The match required of
small businesses as defined in section 15.102 for directed
contract research or for nondirected research shall be $1
for each $3 of state funds. The match required for other
businesses for directed contract research or for nondirected
research shall be $1 for each $1 of state funds. The match
required of industrial foundations or trade associations shall
be $1 for each $1 of state funds.
(d) Iowa state university of science and technology shall
report annually to the general assembly the total amount of
private contributions, the proportion of contributions from
small businesses and other businesses, and the proportion for
directed contract research and nondirected research of benefit
to Iowa businesses and industrial sectors.
(3) STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
(a) For the state university of Iowa research park and for
university of Iowa pharmaceuticals located at the research
park, including salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $209,279
............................................... FTEs6.00
The state university of Iowa shall do all of the following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(b) For the purpose of implementing the entrepreneurship
and economic growth initiative, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
-16-.................................................. $2,000,000
............................................... FTEs8.00
(4) UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA. For the metal casting and
foundry 4.0 centers, advance Iowa, family business center, and
the institute for decision making, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,466,419
............................................... FTEs13.00
The university of northern Iowa shall do all of the
following:
(a) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(b) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(5) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph “b”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
c. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
(1) To develop a long-term sustained program to train
unemployed and underemployed central Iowans with skills
necessary to advance to higher-paying jobs with full benefits:
.................................................. $100,000
(a) The department of workforce development shall begin
a request for proposals process, issued for purposes of this
subparagraph (1), no later than September 1, 2023.
(b) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated under
this subparagraph (1), an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
(2) For the funding of a future ready Iowa coordinator in
the department, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $150,000
-17-............................................... FTEs1.00
(3) For distribution to community colleges for the purposes
of implementing adult education and literacy programs pursuant
to section 84A.19, as enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File
514:
.................................................. $5,500,000
(a) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, $3,883,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in section 260C.18C.
(b) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, not more than $150,000 shall be used by the
department of workforce development for implementation of adult
education and literacy programs pursuant to section 84A.19, as
enacted by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514.
(c) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, not more than $1,257,000 shall be distributed
as grants to community colleges for the purpose of adult
basic education programs for students requiring instruction
in English as a second language. The department of workforce
development shall establish an application process and criteria
to award grants pursuant to this subparagraph division to
community colleges. The criteria shall be based on need for
instruction in English as a second language in the region
served by each community college as determined by factors
including data from the latest federal decennial census and
outreach efforts to determine regional needs.
(d) From the moneys appropriated in this numbered
subparagraph, $210,000 shall be transferred to the department
of health and human services for purposes of administering a
program to provide access to international resources to Iowans
and new Iowans to provide economic and leadership development
resulting in Iowa being a more inclusive and welcoming place
to live, work, and raise a family. The program shall provide
supplemental support services for international refugees to
improve learning, English literacy, life skills, cultural
-18-competencies, and integration in a county with a population
over 350,000 as determined by the 2020 federal decennial
census. The department of health and human services shall
utilize a request for proposals process to identify the entity
best qualified to implement the program.
(4) For deposit in the statewide work-based learning
intermediary network fund created pursuant to section 256.40,
as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $1,500,000
From the moneys appropriated in this numbered subparagraph,
not more than $50,000 shall be used by the department of
workforce development to provide statewide support for
work-based learning.
(5) For the funding of internships for students studying in
the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
with eligible Iowa employers as provided in section 15.411,
subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $633,325
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 16. GENERAL FUND — CERTAIN REGENTS INSTITUTIONS.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the following institutions for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
In cooperation with the economic development authority, for
support of a biosciences innovation ecosystem, to strengthen
Iowa’s leadership positions in the area of bio-based chemicals,
digital agriculture, vaccines, and medical devices, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
-19-for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,963,995
............................................... FTEs8.40
b. STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
In cooperation with the economic development authority, for
support of a biosciences innovation ecosystem, to strengthen
Iowa’s leadership positions in the area of bio-based chemicals,
digital agriculture, vaccines, and medical devices, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,000,000
............................................... FTEs4.35
c. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
For equipment and technology to expand the university’s
additive manufacturing capabilities related to investment
castings technology and industry support, including salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $394,321
............................................... FTEs2.73
The university of northern Iowa shall make a good-faith
effort to coordinate with private entities to seek moneys to
supplement this appropriation to support the expansion of the
university’s additive manufacturing capabilities.
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
subsection 1, paragraphs “a” and “b”, that remain unencumbered
or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION II
FY 2022-2023 — FUTURE READY IOWA VOLUNTEER MENTORING PROGRAM
Sec. 17. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1148, section 3, subsection
11, is amended to read as follows:
11. FUTURE READY IOWA — VOLUNTEER MENTORING PROGRAM
a. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
-20-job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For allocation to the Iowa commission on volunteer services
to be used for establishing a volunteer mentor program to
support implementation of the future ready Iowa skilled
workforce last-dollar scholarship program in section 261.131
and the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant program
created in section 261.132, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $400,000
............................................... FTEs1.15
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated, and for
not more than the authorized full-time equivalent positions,
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION III
HOUSING RENEWAL PILOT PROGRAM
Sec. 18. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1148, section 20, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 20. HOUSING RENEWAL PILOT PROGRAM.
1. For purposes of this section, “nonprofit Iowa
affiliate”:
a. “Eligible participant” includes cities, counties,
consortiums of local governments, and organizations exempt from
taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
b. “Nonprofit Iowa affiliate”means a nonprofit Iowa
affiliate of a nonprofit international organization whose
primary activity is the promotion of the construction,
remodeling, or rehabilitation of one-family or two-family
-21-dwellings for use by low-income families.
2. a. A housing renewal program fund is created in the
state treasury under the control of the Iowa finance authority.
The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited
in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the Iowa
finance authority to establish and administer a housing renewal
pilot program.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending
June 30, 2023, there is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the Iowa finance authority five hundred thousand
dollars for deposit in the housing renewal program fund.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
c. d. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
interest or earnings on moneys in the housing renewal program
fund shall be credited to the fund. Payment of interest,
income generated from the sale of an ownership unit pursuant to
subsection 6, recaptures of grant financial assistance awards,
and other repayments under the housing renewal pilot program
shall be deposited in the fund.
3. a. The Iowa finance authority shall provide moneys
from the housing renewal program fund to a nonprofit Iowa
affiliate that shall use the moneys to award grants financial
assistance under the housing renewal pilot program to eligible
participants.
b. Eligible participants under paragraph “a” shall use
a grant financial assistance awarded under the housing
renewal pilot program only for purposes of the acquisition,
rehabilitation, and resale of ownership units; the acquisition
and demolition of blighted structures; and the redevelopment
of ownership units.
4. Twenty-five percent of moneys appropriated to the
-22-housing renewal program fund shall be allocated to rural
communities financial assistance awards for eligible
participants located in the eighty-eight least populated
counties in the state.
5. a. The nonprofit Iowa affiliate may partner with a city,
a county, a consortium of local governments, or an organization
exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code; however, the nonprofit Iowa affiliate
shall determine the geographic location of all projects for
which a grant is awarded shall determine the criteria used
to evaluate eligible participants and to award financial
assistance to eligible participants selected by the nonprofit
Iowa affiliate.
b. The nonprofit Iowa affiliate shall not award a grantee an
eligible participant more than one hundred thousand dollars per
ownership unit. A grantee may use up to five percent of a grant
for administration expenses related to the grantee’s project.
The nonprofit Iowa affiliate may use up to five percent of the
financial assistance awarded to an eligible participant for
administrative expenses related to the housing renewal pilot
program.
c. (1) A grantee An eligible participant shall have a
maximum of thirty-six months from the date a contract is
executed between the nonprofit Iowa affiliate and the grantee
eligible participant for the grantee’s eligible participant to
complete the eligible participant’s project. The grantee’s
eligible participant’s project shall be considered complete
when all grant funds financial assistance awarded to the
grantee have eligible participant has been expended, and all
ownership units that are covered by the contract are finished
and available for sale.
(2) If a grantee Unless the nonprofit Iowa affiliate
authorizes additional time for good cause shown, if an eligible
participant has no project activity within thirty-six twelve
months from the date a contract is executed between the
-23-nonprofit Iowa affiliate and the grantee eligible participant,
the grant financial assistance award shall be returned to the
Iowa finance authority for deposit in the housing renewal
program fund.
d. A grantee An eligible participant shall sell each
completed ownership unit to a homebuyer whose income is under
the one hundred twenty percent area median income and who must
occupy the ownership unit as the homebuyer’s primary residence.
The deed to the ownership unit must contain a restrictive
resale requirement that prohibits the homebuyer or a subsequent
owner from selling the ownership unit to a person with an
income above the one hundred twenty percent area median income
for five calendar years from the date the grantee eligible
participant sold the ownership unit to the first homebuyer
whose income is under the one hundred twenty percent area
median income.
6. A grantee may The nonprofit Iowa affiliate shall use
income generated from the sale of an ownership unit only for
the purpose of additional eligible expenses awarding financial
assistance to eligible participants under the housing renewal
pilot program.
7. The Iowa finance authority shall not use more than five
percent of moneys allocated appropriated to the housing renewal
program fund for administration and oversight of the housing
renewal pilot program.
8. The Iowa finance authority shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A to administer this division.
9. 8. The Iowa finance authority, in coordination with the
nonprofit Iowa affiliate, shall submit a report to the general
assembly on or before December 31, 2023 2024, describing the
community, economic, and financial impact of the housing
renewal pilot program.
9. This section is repealed July 1, 2025.
DIVISION IV
REGIONAL INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS — RULES
-24- Sec. 19. Section 260H.7B, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 2195, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The department of workforce development
shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this
section.
DIVISION V
apprenticeship training program — definitions
Sec. 20. Section 15B.2, subsection 9A, as enacted by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2251, is amended by
striking the subsection.
DIVISION VI
New Jobs training agreements
Sec. 21. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 8, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 8. IOWA NEW JOBS TRAINING AGREEMENTS. An Iowa
community college that entered into a new jobs training
agreement pursuant to chapter 260E, which was effective in
April 2012 2021, with an Iowa employer may enter into a new
agreement with such employer pursuant to chapter 260E, which
will be effective September 2015 2023, and may use the base
employment determined in April 2012 October 2021 as the base
employment for determining the new jobs eligible under the
new agreement if the base employment determined in April 2012
October 2021 was 2,125 2,335 employees. The new agreement
under chapter 260E shall be limited to seven years from the
effective date of the agreement.
______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 559, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorko/ns/mb