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House Study Bill 144

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  84A.1C  WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
  1  2 CORPORATION.
  1  3    1.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION FOR RECEIVING AND DISBURSING
  1  4 FUNDS.  The Iowa workforce development board may organize a
  1  5 corporation under the provisions of chapter 504A for the
  1  6 purpose of receiving and disbursing funds from public or
  1  7 private sources to be used to further workforce development in
  1  8 this state and to accomplish the mission of the board.
  1  9    2.  INCORPORATORS.  The incorporators of the corporation
  1 10 organized pursuant to this section shall be the chairperson of
  1 11 the Iowa workforce development board, the director of the
  1 12 department of workforce development, and a member of the Iowa
  1 13 workforce development board selected by the chairperson.
  1 14    3.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  The board of directors of the
  1 15 corporation organized pursuant to this section shall be the
  1 16 members of the Iowa workforce development board or their
  1 17 successors in office.
  1 18    4.  ACCEPTING GRANTS IN AID.  The corporation organized
  1 19 pursuant to this section may accept grants of money or
  1 20 property from the federal government or any other source and
  1 21 may upon its own order use its money, property, or other
  1 22 resources for any of the purposes identified in section
  1 23 84A.1B.
  1 24    Sec. 2.  Section 84A.4, subsection 3, Code 1999, is amended
  1 25 to read as follows:
  1 26    3.  Section 84A.1A, subsections 2, 3, and 5, apply to the
  1 27 members of a regional advisory board except that the board
  1 28 shall meet if a majority of the members of the board, and not
  1 29 five, file a written request with the chairperson for a
  1 30 meeting.  Members of a regional advisory board shall be
  1 31 allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
  1 32 performance of their duties.  All expenses shall be paid from
  1 33 appropriations for those purposes and the department is
  1 34 subject to the budget requirements of chapter 8.
  1 35    Sec. 3.  Section 84A.5, Code 1999, is amended by adding the
  2  1 following new subsection:
  2  2    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  The director of the department may
  2  3 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to charge and collect fees
  2  4 for enhanced or value-added services provided by the
  2  5 department which are not required by law to be provided by the
  2  6 department and are not generally available from the
  2  7 department.  Fees shall not be charged to provide a free
  2  8 public labor exchange.  Fees established by the director shall
  2  9 be based upon the costs of administering the service, with due
  2 10 regard to the anticipated time spent, and travel costs
  2 11 incurred, by personnel performing the service.  The collection
  2 12 of fees authorized by this subsection shall be treated as
  2 13 repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2.
  2 14    Sec. 4.  Section 84A.7, Code 1999, is amended by adding the
  2 15 following new subsection:
  2 16    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.
  2 17 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of chapters 19A and 96,
  2 18 a person employed through an Iowa conservation corps program
  2 19 shall be exempt from merit system requirements and shall not
  2 20 be eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits.  
  2 21                           EXPLANATION
  2 22    New Code section 84A.1C authorizes the workforce
  2 23 development board to establish a nonprofit corporation under
  2 24 the provisions of Code chapter 504A for the purpose of
  2 25 acquiring funds to be used to further the mission of workforce
  2 26 development and the board.  The section provides for the
  2 27 incorporators of the corporation, the members of the
  2 28 corporation's board of directors, and the authority of the
  2 29 board to obtain and disburse funds in furtherance of the
  2 30 duties of the workforce development board.
  2 31    Code section 84A.4, subsection 3, is amended to authorize
  2 32 the payment of expenses incurred by members of regional
  2 33 workforce development advisory boards.
  2 34    Code section 84A.5 is amended to authorize the director of
  2 35 the department of workforce development to adopt rules
  3  1 providing for the charging and collecting of fees on certain
  3  2 services provided by the department that are not required to
  3  3 be provided and are not generally available.  The fees shall
  3  4 be determined based upon personnel costs in providing the
  3  5 service.  Fees collected shall be treated as repayment
  3  6 receipts as defined in section 8.2.
  3  7    Code section 84A.7, concerning the Iowa conservation corps,
  3  8 is amended to provide that persons employed through a program
  3  9 of the corps are exempt from the merit system requirements of
  3 10 Code chapter 19A and are not eligible to receive unemployment
  3 11 compensation benefits under Code chapter 96.  
  3 12 LSB 1230DP 78
  3 13 ec/jw/5
     

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