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Senate Amendment 3574

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend the Senate amendment, H-3944, to House File
  1  2 530, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
  1  3 as follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 and 4.
  1  5    #2.  Page 1, by striking line 7 and inserting the
  1  6 following:  
  1  7 ""................................................ $     75,000"."
  1  8    #3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 12 the
  1  9 following:
  1 10    "#   .  Page 6, by inserting after line 10 the
  1 11 following:
  1 12    "(3)  The health data commission shall provide a
  1 13 match of one dollar in advance of each state dollar
  1 14 provided.""
  1 15    #4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 34 the
  1 16 following:
  1 17    "#   .  Page 22, line 15, by striking the word
  1 18 "The" and inserting the following:  "Except for the
  1 19 persons with disabilities division which shall be
  1 20 administered by the director of the department of
  1 21 human rights, the"."
  1 22    #5.  Page 2, by striking lines 35 through 37.
  1 23    #6.  Page 2, by striking lines 38 through 40 and
  1 24 inserting the following:
  1 25    "#   .  By striking page 23, line 27, through page
  1 26 24, line 1, and inserting the following:
  1 27    "Sec.    .  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS &endash;
  1 28 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE.  The divisions of the
  1 29 department of human rights shall study options for
  1 30 transferring the responsibilities of the department
  1 31 into other agencies of state government, should the
  1 32 department of human rights be eliminated at the
  1 33 commencement of the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  1 34 1996.  The goal of the shift of the administrative
  1 35 responsibilities of the divisions is to eliminate
  1 36 duplication and increase efficiency while maintaining
  1 37 the advocacy responsibilities of the divisions.  The
  1 38 study shall include advantages and disadvantages of
  1 39 any proposed options.  The divisions shall report the
  1 40 study findings to the governor and the general
  1 41 assembly on or before December 15, 1995.  The study
  1 42 shall include the following:
  1 43    1.  The community action agencies division shall
  1 44 identify the most appropriate state agencies as
  1 45 options for relocation for administrative efficiency.
  1 46    2.  The deaf services division shall plan for
  1 47 becoming a separate department of state government.
  1 48    3.  The Iowa state civil rights commission and the
  1 49 divisions of persons with disabilities, Latino
  1 50 affairs, and the status of African-Americans shall
  2  1 plan for incorporating the divisions' functions into
  2  2 the commission.
  2  3    4.  The division on the status of women and the
  2  4 director of the department of economic development
  2  5 shall plan for incorporating the division into the
  2  6 department.
  2  7    5.  The criminal and juvenile justice planning
  2  8 division shall consult with the office of the attorney
  2  9 general and the governor's substance abuse coordinator
  2 10 to identify the most appropriate state agency to which
  2 11 the division would relocate."
  2 12    #   .  Page 24, by inserting before line 2 the
  2 13 following:
  2 14    "Sec.    .  Section 216A.2, Code 1995, is amended
  2 15 to read as follows:
  2 16    216A.2  APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND
  2 17 ADMINISTRATORS.
  2 18    The governor shall appoint a director of the
  2 19 department of human rights, subject to confirmation by
  2 20 the senate.  The department director shall serve at
  2 21 the pleasure of the governor.  The department director
  2 22 shall:
  2 23    1.  Establish general operating policies for the
  2 24 department to provide general uniformity among the
  2 25 divisions while providing for necessary flexibility.
  2 26    2.  Receive budgets submitted by each commission
  2 27 and reconcile the budgets among the divisions.  The
  2 28 department director shall submit a budget for the
  2 29 department, subject to the budget requirements
  2 30 pursuant to chapter 8.
  2 31    3.  Coordinate and supervise personnel services and
  2 32 shared administrative support services to assure
  2 33 maximum support and assistance to the divisions.
  2 34    4.  Identify and, with the chief administrative
  2 35 officers of each division, facilitate the
  2 36 opportunities for consolidation and efficiencies
  2 37 within the department.
  2 38    5.  In cooperation with the commissions, make
  2 39 recommendations to the governor regarding the
  2 40 appointment of the administrator of each division.
  2 41    6.  Serve as an ex officio member of all
  2 42 commissions or councils within the department.
  2 43    7.  Serve as chairperson of the human rights
  2 44 administrative-coordinating council.
  2 45    8.  Evaluate each administrator, after receiving
  2 46 recommendations from the appropriate commissions or
  2 47 councils, and submit a written report of the completed
  2 48 evaluations to the governor and the appropriate
  2 49 commissions or councils, annually.
  2 50    9.  Administer the division of persons with
  3  1 disabilities.
  3  2    The governor shall appoint the administrators of
  3  3 each of the divisions, except for the division of
  3  4 persons with disabilities, subject to confirmation by
  3  5 the senate.  Each administrator shall serve at the
  3  6 pleasure of the governor and is exempt from the merit
  3  7 system provisions of chapter 19A.  The governor shall
  3  8 set the salary of the division administrators within
  3  9 the ranges set by the general assembly.
  3 10    Sec.    .  Section 216A.71, subsection 1, Code
  3 11 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  3 12    1.  "Administrator" means the administrator of the
  3 13 division of persons with disabilities of the
  3 14 department of human rights.""
  3 15    #7.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
  3 16 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
  3 17 HF 530H
  3 18 cl/pk/25
     

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