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House Amendment 1859

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 465, as passed by the Senate, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 8 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "1A.  "ACE fund" means the accelerated career
  1  6 education fund created in section 260G.6."
  1  7    #2.  Page 2, by striking lines 8 and 9.
  1  8    #3.  Page 3, by striking lines 11 through 13 and
  1  9 inserting the following:
  1 10    "a.  Financial assistance from the ACE fund."
  1 11    #4.  Page 5, lines 8 and 9, by striking the words
  1 12 "PROGRAM JOB CREDITS FROM WITHHOLDING." and inserting
  1 13 the following:  "ACE FUND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE."
  1 14    #5.  Page 5, by striking lines 12 and 13 and
  1 15 inserting the following:  "include a provision for
  1 16 requesting financial assistance from the ACE fund to
  1 17 pay for program costs.  If a program provides that".
  1 18    #6.  Page 5, lines 14 and 15, by striking the words
  1 19 "program job credits" and inserting the following:
  1 20 "financial assistance from the ACE fund".
  1 21    #7.  By striking page 5, line 16, through page 6,
  1 22 line 12, and inserting the following:
  1 23    "1.  The employer and community college shall file
  1 24 a joint application with the department of economic
  1 25 development for financial assistance under the ACE
  1 26 fund.  The application shall provide information
  1 27 regarding the program and projected method of paying
  1 28 program costs and shall include any other information
  1 29 deemed necessary by the department.
  1 30    2.  Financial assistance provided by the ACE fund
  1 31 may take the form of loans, forgivable loans, or
  1 32 grants.
  1 33    3.  The department shall approve, deny, or defer
  1 34 each application."
  1 35    #8.  Page 6, lines 13 and 14, by striking the words
  1 36 "MAXIMUM STATEWIDE PROGRAM JOB CREDIT" and inserting
  1 37 the following:  "ACE FUND".
  1 38    #9.  By striking page 6, line 15, through page 8,
  1 39 line 2, and inserting the following:
  1 40    "1.  The accelerated career education or ACE fund
  1 41 is created as a revolving fund consisting of any money
  1 42 appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose
  1 43 and any other moneys available to and obtained or
  1 44 accepted by the department from the federal government
  1 45 or private sources for placement in the fund.  The
  1 46 fund shall also include any repayments of loans or
  1 47 other awards made under this chapter.  Notwithstanding
  1 48 section 8.33, moneys in the ACE fund at the end of
  1 49 each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund
  1 50 but shall remain in the ACE fund for expenditure for
  2  1 subsequent fiscal years.
  2  2    2.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999,
  2  3 there is appropriated to the department of economic
  2  4 development from the general fund of the state eight
  2  5 million dollars for the ACE fund.  For the fiscal year
  2  6 beginning July 1, 2000, there is appropriated to the
  2  7 department of economic development from the general
  2  8 fund of the state sixteen million dollars for the ACE
  2  9 fund.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  2 10 there is appropriated to the department of economic
  2 11 development from the general fund of the state twenty
  2 12 million dollars for the ACE fund.
  2 13    3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
  2 14 July 1, 2000, the department of economic development
  2 15 shall reserve one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars
  2 16 of the first two million twenty-five thousand dollars
  2 17 of financial assistance available for that fiscal year
  2 18 for each community college.  For the fiscal year
  2 19 beginning July 1, 2001, and for every fiscal year
  2 20 thereafter, the department of economic development
  2 21 shall reserve thirty percent of the financial
  2 22 assistance available for that fiscal year to be
  2 23 divided equally among all community colleges.  If a
  2 24 community college fails to submit an application for
  2 25 financial assistance by April 1 of the fiscal year for
  2 26 which the reservation is made, that portion is
  2 27 available for use by other community colleges."
  2 28    #10.  Page 8, line 5, by striking the words
  2 29 "allocations of program job credits" and inserting the
  2 30 following:  "financial assistance under the ACE fund".  
  2 31 
  2 32 
  2 33                               
  2 34 MILLAGE of Scott 
  2 35 SF 465.501 78
  2 36 tm/jw
     

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