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House Journal: Page 720: Thursday, March 20, 1997

50   circumstances of future violations occurring after the

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 1   receipt of the assistance, if any, of a federal or
 2   state statute, regulation, or rule including an
 3   environmental protection or worker protection statute,
 4   regulation, or rule for a period of ten years from the
 5   date the assistance is received.  If the state agency
 6   or community college finds a business has developed a
 7   record of such violations over a period of time of
 8   more than one year that demonstrates a consistent
 9   pattern of disregard for federal or state laws and
10   regulations, the business shall repay all economic
11   development assistance received during the previous
12   ten years.  Disqualification shall not occur if the
13   state agency or community college finds mitigating
14   circumstances, which may include the absence of a
15   serious threat to the environment, to workers, or to
16   the general public.  In considering mitigating
17   circumstances, the state agency or community college
18   shall only examine the circumstances which apply to
19   past violations.  The state agency or community
20   college shall provide the business with written notice
21   of the disqualification decision within one month of
22   making the decision.  The state agency or community
23   college shall include in the notification a stated
24   reason for disqualification, violations used to
25   support the violation, the amount of economic
26   assistance to be repaid, the terms of repayment, and
27   the date upon which repayment is due.  Repayment of
28   economic assistance shall be paid over the same number
29   of years in which the business received the
30   assistance.
31     NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  A business seeking economic
32   development assistance involving worker training shall
33   report the rate of turnover in its workforce for the
34   type of jobs for which worker training assistance is
35   sought.  For purposes of this section, rate of
36   turnover means the number of workers who had to be
37   replaced in a given position over a one-year period.
38   Worker training assistance shall not be awarded to a
39   business if a state agency or community college finds
40   that the business seeking worker training assistance
41   has a history of high turnover in its workforce.  High
42   turnover includes a rate of turnover which is
43   substantially higher than the rate of turnover for a
44   similar position at a similar business.
45     NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  A business which receives
46   economic development assistance involving worker
47   training shall report the rate of turnover in its
48   workforce for the type of jobs for which worker
49   training is received for a period of five years from

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