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1 1 Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of
1 2 the state and other designated funds to the department of
1 3 economic development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 4 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, on the conditions that the
1 5 director shall submit to the general assembly by December 1,
1 6 1995, a report regarding the potential for increased
1 7 efficiency and cost savings from combining the workforce
1 8 development division with the workforce development initiative
1 9 and that the department shall not use any moneys appropriated
1 10 under this Act for further expansion of industrial site
1 11 locator programs until the industrial site locator program at
1 12 the university of northern Iowa is completed and fully
1 13 implemented and the department and the university have
1 14 reported to the general assembly on plans for coordination and
1 15 cooperation between the department and the university,
1 16 including access by the department to the database and
1 17 technology of the university program, the following amounts,
1 18 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
1 19 purposes designated:
1 20 1. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION
1 21 a. General administration
1 22 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
1 23 provided the director shall take all reasonable efforts to
1 24 reduce the number of staff and level of funding committed to
1 25 activities of the director's office and general
1 26 administration, including the transfer of staff and funds to
1 27 the operational divisions of the department, and the
1 28 consolidation of functions and reduction in department staff,
1 29 and for providing that a business receiving moneys from the
1 30 department for the purpose of job creation shall make
1 31 available ten percent of the new jobs created for promise jobs
1 32 program participants who are qualified for the jobs:
1 33 .................................................. $ 916,000
1 34 ............................................... FTEs 22.00
1 35 The director shall coordinate efforts with the workforce
2 1 coordinator to implement the intent of the general assembly
2 2 regarding businesses receiving job creation moneys and shall
2 3 report to the joint economic development appropriations
2 4 subcommittee regarding the number of jobs to be created by
2 5 each business, the number of qualified promise jobs
2 6 participants applying with the business, and the number of
2 7 promise jobs participants hired.
2 8 b. Primary research and computer center
2 9 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
2 10 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
2 11 positions:
2 12 .................................................. $ 300,000
2 13 ............................................... FTEs 5.50
2 14 The department shall report to the general assembly by
2 15 December 1, 1995, on the available options and potential cost
2 16 savings regarding privatizing computer services for primary
2 17 research.
2 18 c. Film office
2 19 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
2 20 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
2 21 positions:
2 22 .................................................. $ 185,000
2 23 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
2 24 2. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
2 25 a. Business development operations
2 26 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
2 27 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
2 28 positions:
2 29 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
2 30 ............................................... FTEs 16.00
2 31 b. Small business programs
2 32 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
2 33 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
2 34 positions for the small business program, the small business
2 35 advisory council, targeted small business program, business
3 1 incubators, for providing 1.00 FTE for the targeted small
3 2 business compliance officer who shall continue to work jointly
3 3 with the department of management, for eliminating the
3 4 position of small business resource office manager,
3 5 implementing the small business resource office reorganization
3 6 plan by July 1, 1995, and for reporting to the joint economic
3 7 development appropriations subcommittee and the legislative
3 8 fiscal bureau on the reorganization, and for deaf interpreters
3 9 funded through the economic development deaf interpreters
3 10 revolving fund established in section 15.108, subsection 7,
3 11 paragraph "j":
3 12 .................................................. $ 365,000
3 13 ............................................... FTEs 6.00
3 14 c. Federal procurement office
3 15 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
3 16 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
3 17 positions:
3 18 .................................................. $ 90,000
3 19 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
3 20 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining unencumbered
3 21 or unobligated on June 30, 1996, shall not revert and shall be
3 22 available for expenditure during the fiscal year beginning
3 23 July 1, 1996, for the same purposes.
3 24 d. Strategic investment fund
3 25 For deposit in the strategic investment fund for salaries,
3 26 support, and for not more than the following full-time
3 27 equivalent positions:
3 28 .................................................. $ 5,600,000
3 29 ............................................... FTEs 10.00
3 30 e. Targeted small business incubator
3 31 Moneys appropriated for fiscal year 1994-1995 and not
3 32 expended by June 30, 1995, shall not revert but shall be held
3 33 by the department for funding, with local matching funds, the
3 34 targeted small business incubator in Des Moines for the fiscal
3 35 year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996.
4 1 f. Insurance economic development
4 2 There is appropriated from moneys collected by the division
4 3 of insurance in excess of the anticipated gross revenues under
4 4 section 505.7, subsection 3, to the department for the fiscal
4 5 year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the
4 6 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for
4 7 insurance economic development and international insurance
4 8 economic development:
4 9 .................................................. $ 200,000
4 10 3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
4 11 a. Community assistance
4 12 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
4 13 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
4 14 positions for administration of the community economic
4 15 preparedness program, the Iowa community betterment program,
4 16 and the city development boards:
4 17 .................................................. $ 615,000
4 18 ............................................... FTEs 7.50
4 19 From the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $50,000
4 20 shall be allocated for the junior olympics.
4 21 b. Main street/rural main street program
4 22 For salaries and support for not more than the following
4 23 full-time equivalent positions:
4 24 .................................................. $ 410,000
4 25 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
4 26 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
4 27 under contract from the general fund of the state that remain
4 28 unexpended on June 30 of the fiscal year shall not revert to
4 29 any fund but shall be available for expenditure for purposes
4 30 of the contract during the succeeding fiscal year.
4 31 c. Rural development program
4 32 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
4 33 for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions
4 34 for rural resource coordination, rural community leadership,
4 35 the rural enterprise fund, and for $50,000 to be allocated
5 1 competitively to ten to twenty communities for direct purchase
5 2 of services or goods that meet local development needs or to
5 3 enhance heritage and tourism efforts from state and private
5 4 sources:
5 5 .................................................. $ 600,000
5 6 ............................................... FTEs 4.50
5 7 There is also appropriated from the rural community 2000
5 8 program revolving fund established in section 15.287 to the
5 9 rural development program for the purposes of the program
5 10 including the rural enterprise fund and collaborative skills
5 11 development training:
5 12 .................................................. $ 226,000
5 13 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
5 14 under contract from the general fund of the state or through
5 15 transfers from the Iowa community development loan fund or
5 16 from the rural community 2000 program revolving fund that
5 17 remain unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not
5 18 revert but shall be available for expenditure for purposes of
5 19 the contract during the succeeding fiscal year.
5 20 d. Community development block grant and HOME
5 21 For administration and related federal housing and urban
5 22 development grant administration for salaries, support,
5 23 maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
5 24 following full-time equivalent positions:
5 25 .................................................. $ 390,000
5 26 ............................................... FTEs 18.76
5 27 e. Councils of governments
5 28 There is appropriated from the rural community 2000 program
5 29 revolving fund established in section 15.287 to provide to
5 30 Iowa's councils of governments funds for planning and
5 31 technical assistance funds to assist local governments to
5 32 develop community development strategies for addressing long-
5 33 term and short-term community needs:
5 34 .................................................. $ 178,000
5 35 f. Housing development fund
6 1 For providing technical assistance to communities of all
6 2 sizes and local financial institutions to help meet local
6 3 housing needs:
6 4 .................................................. $ 100,000
6 5 g. Community voice mail pilot project
6 6 For a community voice mail pilot project at a homeless for
6 7 emergency shelter or shelters, to be coordinated with the Iowa
6 8 finance authority:
6 9 .................................................. $ 10,000
6 10 4. INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
6 11 a. International trade operations
6 12 For coordinating and eliminating duplication of effort with
6 13 the department of agriculture and land stewardship, conducting
6 14 foreign trade missions on behalf of Iowa businesses, salaries,
6 15 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, for allocating
6 16 $33,500 and up to two full-time equivalent positions for the
6 17 international development foundation which shall continue as a
6 18 private entity, and for not more than the following full-time
6 19 equivalent positions:
6 20 .................................................. $ 757,500
6 21 ............................................... FTEs 9.00
6 22 The international development foundation shall notify the
6 23 department of management by October 1, 1995, regarding whether
6 24 the foundation will receive federal funding during the state
6 25 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996.
6 26 If, for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 1995, and
6 27 ending September 30, 1996, no new federal funding will be
6 28 received by the foundation during the state fiscal year
6 29 beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the balance
6 30 of the funds allocated to the foundation in this paragraph
6 31 shall revert to the general fund of the state.
6 32 Notwithstanding section 8.33, if federal funding will be
6 33 received by the foundation moneys allocated to the foundation
6 34 that remain unexpended on June 30 of the fiscal year shall not
6 35 revert to any fund but shall be available for expenditure for
7 1 the purposes of the foundation during the succeeding fiscal
7 2 year. It is the intent of the general assembly that funding
7 3 for the foundation shall cease after fiscal year 1996-1997.
7 4 b. Foreign trade offices
7 5 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
7 6 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
7 7 positions:
7 8 .................................................. $ 590,000
7 9 c. Export trade assistance program
7 10 For export trade activities, including a program to
7 11 encourage and increase participation in trade shows and trade
7 12 missions by providing financial assistance to businesses for a
7 13 percentage of their costs of participating in trade shows and
7 14 trade missions, by providing for the lease/sublease of
7 15 showcase space in existing world trade centers, by providing
7 16 temporary office space for foreign buyers, international
7 17 prospects, and potential reverse investors, and by providing
7 18 other promotional and assistance activities, provided that the
7 19 department shall consult with the department of agriculture
7 20 and land stewardship prior to allocating export trade
7 21 assistance program moneys, including salaries and support for
7 22 not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
7 23 .................................................. $ 275,000
7 24 ............................................... FTEs 0.25
7 25 d. Agricultural product advisory council
7 26 For support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
7 27 .................................................. $ 1,300
7 28 e. For transfer to the partner state program which the
7 29 department may use to contract with private groups or
7 30 organizations which are the most appropriate to administer
7 31 this program and the groups and organizations participating in
7 32 the program shall, to the fullest extent possible, provide the
7 33 funds to match the appropriation made in this subsection of
7 34 the funds transferred:
7 35 .................................................. $ 100,000
8 1 5. TOURISM DIVISION
8 2 a. Tourism operations
8 3 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
8 4 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
8 5 positions, provided that the appropriation shall not be used
8 6 for advertising placements for in-state and out-of-state
8 7 tourism marketing:
8 8 .................................................. $ 716,000
8 9 ............................................... FTEs 17.77
8 10 b. Tourism advertising
8 11 For contracting exclusively for tourism advertising for in-
8 12 state and out-of-state tourism marketing services, tourism
8 13 promotion programs, electronic media, print media, and printed
8 14 materials and for allocating $300,000 to develop brochures and
8 15 television advertising to highlight the heritage tourism
8 16 program and the sesquicentennial:
8 17 .................................................. $ 2,687,000
8 18 The department shall not use the moneys appropriated in
8 19 this lettered paragraph, except the $300,000 allocated for
8 20 heritage tourism and sesquicentennial advertising, unless the
8 21 department develops public-private partnerships with Iowa
8 22 businesses in the tourism industry, Iowa tour groups, Iowa
8 23 tourism organizations, and political subdivisions in this
8 24 state to assist in the development of advertising efforts.
8 25 The department shall, to the fullest extent possible, develop
8 26 cooperative efforts for advertising with contributions from
8 27 other sources.
8 28 c. Welcome center program
8 29 To implement the recommendations of the statewide long-
8 30 range plan for developing and operating welcome centers
8 31 throughout the state and for planning for a welcome center at
8 32 living history farms:
8 33 .................................................. $ 240,000
8 34 6. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
8 35 a. Youth work force programs
9 1 For purposes of the conservation corps, including salary,
9 2 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
9 3 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
9 4 .................................................. $ 940,000
9 5 ............................................... FTEs 2.40
9 6 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
9 7 under contract that remain unexpended on June 30 of the fiscal
9 8 year shall not revert to any fund but shall be available for
9 9 expenditure for purposes of the contract during the succeeding
9 10 fiscal year.
9 11 b. Job retraining program
9 12 For not more than the following full-time equivalent
9 13 positions, including salaries and support:
9 14 ............................................... FTEs 1.31
9 15 There is appropriated from the rural community 2000 program
9 16 revolving fund established in section 15.287 to the community
9 17 job training fund created in section 260F.6, subsection 1,
9 18 $225,000. It is the intent of the general assembly that up to
9 19 $101,894 of all funds appropriated to the program and some or
9 20 all of the full-time equivalent positions may be used for the
9 21 administration of the Iowa small business new jobs training
9 22 Act.
9 23 c. Workforce investment program
9 24 For allocating $425,000 for funding, to the extent
9 25 possible, the currently existing high technology
9 26 apprenticeship programs, under section 260C.44 at the
9 27 community colleges, and for the purposes of the workforce
9 28 investment program, for a competitive grant program by the
9 29 department in consultation with the state job training
9 30 coordinating council for projects that increase Iowa's pool of
9 31 available labor via training and support services with
9 32 priority given to projects which serve displaced homemakers or
9 33 welfare recipients, including salaries and support for not
9 34 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
9 35 .................................................. $ 903,000
10 1 ............................................... FTEs 0.90
10 2 The department shall develop new administrative rules for
10 3 distribution of apprenticeship funding for fiscal years
10 4 beginning July 1, 1996.
10 5 The department shall ensure that the workforce investment
10 6 program is coordinated with services provided under the
10 7 federal Job Training Partnership Act and that welfare
10 8 recipients receive priority for services under both programs.
10 9 The department and the community colleges shall jointly
10 10 review the Iowa small business new jobs training Act, chapter
10 11 260F, including, but not limited to, studying the funding of
10 12 retraining programs through consortia and supplier networks
10 13 and entering into multiple retraining agreements to the same
10 14 business. The report of the review shall be jointly submitted
10 15 to the joint economic development appropriations subcommittee
10 16 not later than January 10, 1996.
10 17 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
10 18 under contract that remain unexpended at the end of the fiscal
10 19 year, shall not revert to any fund but shall be available for
10 20 expenditure for purposes of the contract during the succeeding
10 21 fiscal year.
10 22 d. Labor management councils
10 23 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
10 24 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
10 25 positions:
10 26 .................................................. $ 100,000
10 27 ............................................... FTEs 0.50
10 28 It is the intent of the general assembly that funding for
10 29 labor management councils shall be privately financed after
10 30 fiscal year 1996-1997. The department shall not use moneys
10 31 appropriated in this lettered paragraph for grants to grantees
10 32 who do not facilitate the active participation of labor as
10 33 members of labor management councils or who fail to make a
10 34 good faith effort to either schedule meetings during
10 35 nonworking hours or obtain voluntary agreements with employers
11 1 to allow employees time off to attend labor management council
11 2 meetings with no loss of pay or other benefits.
11 3 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
11 4 under contract that remain unexpended on June 30 of the fiscal
11 5 year shall not revert to any fund but shall be available for
11 6 expenditure for purposes of the contract during the succeeding
11 7 fiscal year.
11 8 Sec. 2. Notwithstanding section 15E.120, subsections 5, 6,
11 9 and 7, and section 15.287, there is appropriated from the Iowa
11 10 community development loan fund all the moneys available
11 11 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June
11 12 30, 1996, to the department of economic development for the
11 13 rural development program to be used by the department for the
11 14 purposes of the program.
11 15 Sec. 3. Notwithstanding section 15.251, subsection 2,
11 16 there is appropriated from the job training fund created in
11 17 the office of the treasurer of state to the department of
11 18 economic development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
11 19 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the following amounts, or so
11 20 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
11 21 designated:
11 22 1. For administration of chapter 260E, including salaries,
11 23 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
11 24 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
11 25 .................................................. $ 160,000
11 26 ............................................... FTEs 2.40
11 27 2. For the target alliance program:
11 28 .................................................. $ 30,000
11 29 Sec. 4. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
11 30 state to the Wallace technology transfer foundation for the
11 31 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996,
11 32 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
11 33 be used for the purposes designated:
11 34 For salaries, support, maintenance, and other operational
11 35 purposes, for reporting by December 1, 1995, to the joint
12 1 economic development appropriations subcommittee on a plan
12 2 regarding restructuring the foundation, merging with the
12 3 department of economic development in fiscal year 1996-1997,
12 4 and for transferring, all equity holdings to the Iowa seed
12 5 capital corporation, for administering the industrial
12 6 technology access program, for approving and submitting to the
12 7 governor and general assembly not later than January 15 an
12 8 annual report relating to performance goals of and efforts by
12 9 the foundation to improve the modernization of industrial
12 10 facilities, for funding the small business innovation research
12 11 program, for transferring up to $30,000 of the funds
12 12 appropriated in this section to the Iowa quality coalition, on
12 13 the condition that the coalition first expend all existing
12 14 moneys, for productivity enhancement projects, and for not
12 15 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
12 16 .................................................. $ 1,950,000
12 17 ............................................... FTEs 4.00
12 18 The Iowa quality coalition shall submit a proposal to the
12 19 joint economic development appropriations subcommittee and the
12 20 legislative fiscal bureau by December 1, 1995, regarding
12 21 awarding funds for productivity enhancement projects through a
12 22 request for proposal process.
12 23 Sec. 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
12 24 state to the Iowa seed capital corporation fund established in
12 25 section 15E.89, for not more than the following full-time
12 26 equivalent positions, and for meeting the intent of the
12 27 general assembly that the Iowa seed capital corporation may
12 28 expend all funds remaining, on June 30, 1995, from the
12 29 industrial technology access program for the purposes of the
12 30 corporation:
12 31 .................................................. $ 483,000
12 32 ............................................... FTEs 5.00
12 33 Sec. 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
12 34 state to the Iowa state university of science and technology
12 35 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June
13 1 30, 1996, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
13 2 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
13 3 1. For funding and maintaining in their current locations
13 4 the existing small business development centers, for providing
13 5 up to $33,000, or so much thereof as is necessary, for salary
13 6 increases of not more than three percent from all sources for
13 7 nonuniversity employees provided that any amount not required
13 8 for salary increases for nonuniversity employees shall revert
13 9 to the general fund of the state, and for not more than the
13 10 following full-time equivalent positions:
13 11 .................................................. $ 1,185,000
13 12 ............................................... FTEs 6.07
13 13 2. For funding the institute for physical research and
13 14 technology, provided that $318,358 shall be allocated to the
13 15 institute for physical research and technology industrial
13 16 incentive program in accordance with the intent of the general
13 17 assembly, and for not more than the following full-time
13 18 equivalent positions:
13 19 .................................................. $ 4,000,000
13 20 ............................................... FTEs 61.17
13 21 It is the intent of the general assembly that the incentive
13 22 program focus on Iowa industrial sectors and seek
13 23 contributions and in-kind donations from businesses,
13 24 industrial foundations, and trade associations and that moneys
13 25 for the institute for physical research and technology
13 26 industrial incentive program shall only be allocated for
13 27 projects which are matched by private sector moneys for
13 28 directed contract research or for nondirected research. The
13 29 match required of small businesses as defined in section
13 30 15.102, subsection 4, for directed contract research or for
13 31 nondirected research shall be $1 for each $3 of state funds.
13 32 The match required for other businesses for directed contract
13 33 research or for nondirected research shall be $1 for each $1
13 34 of state funds. The match required of industrial foundations
13 35 or trade associations shall be $1 for each $1 of state funds.
14 1 Iowa state university shall report annually to the joint
14 2 economic development subcommittee of the senate and house
14 3 appropriations committees the total amounts of private
14 4 contributions, the proportion of contributions from small
14 5 businesses and other businesses, and the proportion for
14 6 directed contract research and nondirected research of benefit
14 7 to Iowa businesses and industrial sectors.
14 8 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated for any
14 9 fiscal year which remain unobligated and unexpended at the end
14 10 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall be available for
14 11 expenditure the following fiscal year.
14 12 Sec. 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
14 13 state to the state university of Iowa for the fiscal year
14 14 beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the
14 15 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
14 16 used for the purpose designated:
14 17 For funding the advanced drug development program at the
14 18 Oakdale research park and for not more than the following
14 19 full-time equivalent positions:
14 20 .................................................. $ 309,000
14 21 ............................................... FTEs 2.85
14 22 The board of regents shall submit a report on the progress
14 23 of regents institutions in meeting the strategic plan for
14 24 technology transfer and economic development to the
14 25 chairpersons of the joint appropriations subcommittee on
14 26 economic development, the joint appropriations subcommittee on
14 27 education, the majority leader, and minority leader of the
14 28 senate, the majority and minority leaders of the house of
14 29 representatives, the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk
14 30 of the house of representatives, and the legislative fiscal
14 31 bureau by December 1, 1995.
14 32 Sec. 8. Not later than July 1, 1995, the department of
14 33 economic development, with consultation and input from the
14 34 general assembly, and representatives from business, labor,
14 35 and education shall study and present recommendations to the
15 1 general assembly which shall include but not be limited to the
15 2 privatization and decentralization of Iowa's economic
15 3 development efforts, the identification of areas appropriate
15 4 to statewide economic development efforts and areas
15 5 appropriate for regional economic development efforts,
15 6 benchmark budgeting for statewide and regional efforts, the
15 7 deregulation of economic development activities, and
15 8 collaboration between public and private entities.
15 9 Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. There is
15 10 appropriated from the general fund of the state, provided that
15 11 the department not implement a reorganization plan, without
15 12 prior approval of the general assembly, by concurrent
15 13 resolution, to the department of employment services for the
15 14 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996,
15 15 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for
15 16 the purposes designated, including that the department of
15 17 employment services, the department of personnel, and the
15 18 department of management shall ensure that all nonsupervisory
15 19 full-time equivalent positions authorized and funded for the
15 20 department of employment services in this section will be
15 21 utilized during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and
15 22 ending June 30, 1996, and during future fiscal years, and will
15 23 not be held vacant, to ensure that the backlog of cases in
15 24 that department will be reduced as rapidly as possible:
15 25 1. DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
15 26 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
15 27 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
15 28 positions contingent upon the enactment of section 10 of this
15 29 Act and the provision which requires moneys appropriated from
15 30 the special employment security contingency fund to first be
15 31 used to fully fund the appropriation of $296,000 to the
15 32 division of labor services in subsection 1 of section 11 of
15 33 this Act prior to funding the appropriation in section 11 of
15 34 this Act to the division of industrial services:
15 35 .................................................. $ 2,466,000
16 1 ............................................... FTEs 87.00
16 2 The division of labor services shall ensure all
16 3 occupational safety and health personnel complete the
16 4 department of employment services ambassador customer service
16 5 classes. The division of labor shall ensure a customer
16 6 satisfaction survey developed by the 1994 focus group is
16 7 completed and a written report containing the results of the
16 8 survey is submitted to the department of management and the
16 9 legislative fiscal bureau not later than October 1, 1995.
16 10 It is the intent of the general assembly that the division
16 11 of labor services shall conduct all inspection functions in
16 12 the division as efficiently as possible. The division shall,
16 13 to the extent possible, eliminate duplicate travel to the same
16 14 location for separate inspections made at different times, and
16 15 shall consolidate such inspections in the same trip whenever
16 16 possible.
16 17 From the contractor registration fees, the division of
16 18 labor services shall reimburse the department of inspections
16 19 and appeals for all costs associated with hearings under
16 20 chapter 91C, relating to contractor registration.
16 21 2. DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
16 22 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
16 23 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
16 24 positions:
16 25 .................................................. $ 2,106,000
16 26 ............................................... FTEs 33.00
16 27 3. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
16 28 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
16 29 equivalent positions for a workforce development coordinator
16 30 and council:
16 31 .................................................. $ 114,000
16 32 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
16 33 The workforce development coordinator shall formulate a
16 34 five-year written implementation plan for the workforce
16 35 development initiative and shall implement a common intake,
17 1 assessment, and client tracking system by June 30, 1996, to
17 2 determine the economic impact of the workforce development
17 3 system. The coordinator shall annually provide a written
17 4 report no later than December 1 of each year to the department
17 5 of management and the legislative fiscal bureau indicating all
17 6 of the following:
17 7 a. The amounts of federal, state, and any other funds
17 8 expended to implement the workforce initiative.
17 9 b. The efficiencies achieved in terms of administrative
17 10 costs and other expenditures of the departments involved.
17 11 c. The location of each workforce center, staffing levels,
17 12 and the number of clients served.
17 13 d. Any other information deemed necessary by the
17 14 coordinator related to the progress and success in
17 15 implementing the initiative.
17 16 e. By June 30, 1996, there shall be implemented a common
17 17 intake, assessment, and client tracking system to determine
17 18 the economic impact of the new workforce development system.
17 19 The tracking system shall be able to track individuals who
17 20 have received training or retraining to determine whether the
17 21 training or retraining has resulted in increased wages for the
17 22 individuals, shall contain information on individuals who have
17 23 participated in or completed state subsidized training or
17 24 retraining programs more than once at a particular community
17 25 college or at different community colleges and whether the
17 26 training or retraining was for the same business or different
17 27 businesses, and shall provide information regarding the number
17 28 of individuals who have received training or retraining who
17 29 are unemployed.
17 30 4. For the workforce development initiative to be used to
17 31 create model workforce development centers and provide an
17 32 integrated management information system:
17 33 .................................................. $ 464,000
17 34 Sec. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRIBUTION SURCHARGE FUND.
17 35 There is appropriated from the administrative contribution
18 1 surcharge fund of the state to the department of employment
18 2 services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and
18 3 ending June 30, 1996, the following amount, or so much thereof
18 4 as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
18 5 DIVISION OF JOB SERVICE
18 6 Notwithstanding section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraph "c",
18 7 for salaries, support, maintenance, conducting labor
18 8 availability surveys, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
18 9 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
18 10 .................................................. $ 5,904,000
18 11 ............................................... FTEs 149.72
18 12 1. The department of employment services shall provide
18 13 services throughout the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995,
18 14 and ending June 30, 1996, in all communities in which
18 15 workforce centers are operating on July 1, 1993. However,
18 16 this provision shall not prevent the consolidation of multiple
18 17 offices within the same city or the colocation of workforce
18 18 centers with another public agency.
18 19 2. The division of industrial services shall not reduce
18 20 the number of scheduled hearings of contested cases or
18 21 eliminate the venue of such hearings, as established by the
18 22 division for the period beginning January 1, 1995, and ending
18 23 January 20, 1996. The division shall also establish a
18 24 substantially similar schedule for such hearings for the
18 25 period beginning January 20, 1996, and ending June 30, 1996.
18 26 The division shall report to the legislative fiscal bureau
18 27 concerning any modification of the established schedule, or
18 28 any changes which the division determines are necessary in
18 29 establishing the schedule for the period beginning January 20,
18 30 1996, and ending June 30, 1996.
18 31 3. The division shall continue charging a $65 filing fee
18 32 for workers' compensation cases. The filing fee shall be paid
18 33 by the petitioner of a claim. However, the fee can be taxed
18 34 as a cost and paid by the losing party, except in cases where
18 35 it would impose an undue hardship or be unjust under the
19 1 circumstances.
19 2 Sec. 11. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND. There is
19 3 appropriated from the special employment security contingency
19 4 fund to the department of employment services for the fiscal
19 5 year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the
19 6 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
19 7 purposes designated and subject to the requirement that the
19 8 appropriation to the division of labor services under this
19 9 section be fully funded from the special employment security
19 10 contingency fund prior to any amounts being used to fund the
19 11 appropriation made to the division of industrial services
19 12 under this section:
19 13 1. DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
19 14 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
19 15 purposes:
19 16 .................................................. $ 296,000
19 17 2. DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
19 18 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
19 19 purposes:
19 20 .................................................. $ 175,000
19 21 Any additional penalty and interest revenue may be used to
19 22 accomplish the mission of the department.
19 23 Sec. 12. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD. There is
19 24 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the public
19 25 employment relations board for the fiscal year beginning July
19 26 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the following amount, or so
19 27 much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
19 28 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
19 29 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
19 30 positions:
19 31 .................................................. $ 755,000
19 32 ............................................... FTEs 12.80
19 33 Sec. 13. There is appropriated from the general fund of
19 34 the state to the Iowa finance authority for the fiscal year
19 35 beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the
20 1 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
20 2 used for the purpose designated:
20 3 For deposit in the housing improvement fund created in
20 4 section 16.100 for purposes of the fund:
20 5 .................................................. $ 510,000
20 6 Sec. 14. There is appropriated from the general fund of
20 7 the state to the division of insurance of the department of
20 8 commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and
20 9 ending June 30, 1996, the following amount, or so much thereof
20 10 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated
20 11 provided that Senate File 347 is enacted:
20 12 For an actuarial study to determine the cost of requiring
20 13 health insurance policies for individuals to include mental
20 14 health and substance abuse treatment as covered items:
20 15 .................................................. $ 25,000
20 16 Sec. 15. Section 15.317, Code 1995, is amended by adding
20 17 the following new subsection:
20 18 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Assistance approved by the board shall
20 19 be utilized by the business within two years of the date of
20 20 the approval of the assistance. Funds not utilized in
20 21 accordance with this subsection shall revert to the control of
20 22 the board. The business may reapply for assistance in that
20 23 case.
20 24 Sec. 16. FEDERAL GRANTS. All federal grants to and the
20 25 federal receipts of agencies appropriated funds under this
20 26 Act, not otherwise appropriated, are appropriated for the
20 27 purposes set forth in the federal grants or receipts unless
20 28 otherwise provided by the general assembly.
20 29 Sec. 17. BUDGET UNIT DESIGNATIONS. The department of
20 30 management shall, prior to January 15, 1996, conform all
20 31 budget unit designations to the designations used in the Code.
20 32 Sec. 18. Notwithstanding any other provision, any
20 33 unencumbered or unobligated balance on June 30, 1995, in the
20 34 targeted small business financial assistance program account
20 35 created in section 15.247, including moneys remaining in any
21 1 reserve account within the program account for guaranteed
21 2 loans that have been repaid, shall be transferred out of the
21 3 program account, including the appropriate reserve accounts,
21 4 and deposited to the credit of the Iowa strategic investment
21 5 fund created in section 15.313 and shall be appropriated to
21 6 the department of economic development for purposes of the
21 7 Iowa strategic investment fund targeted small business
21 8 financial assistance program.
21 9 Sec. 19. Chapter 38, Code 1995, is repealed.
21 10 Sec. 20. EFFECTIVE DATE. The provisions relating to
21 11 implementing the reorganization of the small business resource
21 12 office in section 1, subsection 2, paragraph "b" of this Act,
21 13 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
21 14 enactment.
21 15 HF 512
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