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Senate Study Bill 3218

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  There is
  1  2 appropriated from the general fund of the state and other
  1  3 designated funds to the department of economic development for
  1  4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30,
  1  5 2001, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
  1  6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    1.  ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION
  1  8    a.  General administration
  1  9    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  1 10 for allocating $250,000 to the world food prize, and for
  1 11 providing that a business receiving moneys from the department
  1 12 for the purpose of job creation shall make available ten
  1 13 percent of the new jobs created for promise jobs program
  1 14 participants who are qualified for the jobs created, and for
  1 15 not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  1 16 .................................................. $  1,720,213
  1 17 .............................................. FTEs       25.75
  1 18    b.  Film office
  1 19    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  1 20 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  1 21 positions:  
  1 22 .................................................. $    257,625
  1 23 ............................................... FTEs       2.00
  1 24    c.  Iowa commission on volunteerism
  1 25    For transferring to the Iowa state commission grant program
  1 26 to be used as matching funds for salaries, support,
  1 27 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:  
  1 28 .................................................. $     80,000
  1 29 ............................................... FTEs       3.25
  1 30    2.  BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
  1 31    a.  Business development operations
  1 32    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  1 33 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  1 34 positions:  
  1 35 .................................................. $  4,510,534
  2  1 ............................................... FTEs      25.75
  2  2    Of the amount appropriated in this paragraph "a", $672,000
  2  3 shall be allocated to support activities in conjunction with
  2  4 the Iowa manufacturing technology center, and $100,000 shall
  2  5 be allocated to the graphic arts center.
  2  6    b.  Workforce recruitment initiative
  2  7    For workforce recruitment initiative purposes, including
  2  8 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
  2  9 for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  2 10 positions:  
  2 11 .................................................. $    393,217
  2 12 ............................................... FTEs       2.00
  2 13    c.  Strategic investment fund
  2 14    For deposit in the Iowa strategic investment fund for
  2 15 salaries, support, and for not more than the following full-
  2 16 time equivalent positions:  
  2 17 .................................................. $  3,700,000
  2 18 ............................................... FTEs      12.50
  2 19    For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June
  2 20 30, 2001, the Iowa economic development board shall allocate
  2 21 from the Iowa strategic investment fund at least $4,500,000 to
  2 22 the value-added agricultural products and processes financial
  2 23 assistance fund created in section 15E.112.
  2 24    The department may allocate from the Iowa strategic
  2 25 investment fund up to $96,000 for the microbusiness rural
  2 26 enterprise assistance program under section 15.114.
  2 27    By January 14, 2001, the department shall submit a written
  2 28 report to the members of the joint appropriations subcommittee
  2 29 on economic development and the legislative fiscal bureau on
  2 30 the progress made by the department in making the community
  2 31 economic betterment program a self-sustaining, revolving loan
  2 32 program.  The report shall include information regarding the
  2 33 department's progress in making the community economic
  2 34 betterment program self-sufficient and projections and plans
  2 35 for continuing to make the program self-sufficient over the
  3  1 subsequent five years.
  3  2    d.  Insurance economic development
  3  3    There is appropriated from moneys collected by the division
  3  4 of insurance in excess of the anticipated gross revenues under
  3  5 section 505.7, subsection 3, to the department for the fiscal
  3  6 year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the
  3  7 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for
  3  8 insurance economic development and international insurance
  3  9 economic development:  
  3 10 .................................................. $    100,000
  3 11    e.  Value-added agriculture
  3 12    There is appropriated from the moneys available to support
  3 13 value-added agricultural products and processes, 6 percent, or
  3 14 so much thereof as is necessary, for administration of the
  3 15 value-added agricultural products and processes financial
  3 16 assistance program as provided in section 15E.111, including
  3 17 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
  3 18 for not more than 3.00 FTEs.
  3 19    The department shall collaborate with the university of
  3 20 northern Iowa on a strategic initiative to develop ag-based
  3 21 industrial lubrication technology and to create projects to
  3 22 deploy the technology in commercial applications.
  3 23 Notwithstanding the requirements of section 15E.111 and the
  3 24 administrative rules for value-added agricultural products and
  3 25 processes, the department shall allocate $275,000 for this
  3 26 initiative.
  3 27    3.  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
  3 28    a.  Community assistance
  3 29    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  3 30 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  3 31 positions for administration of the community economic
  3 32 preparedness program, the Iowa community betterment program,
  3 33 and the city development board:  
  3 34 .................................................. $    855,031
  3 35 ............................................... FTEs      10.50
  4  1    b.  Main street/rural main street program
  4  2    For salaries and support for not more than the following
  4  3 full-time equivalent positions:  
  4  4 .................................................. $    427,698
  4  5 ............................................... FTEs       3.00
  4  6    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
  4  7 under contract from the general fund of the state that remain
  4  8 unexpended on June 30, 2001, shall not revert to any fund but
  4  9 shall remain available for expenditure for purposes of the
  4 10 contract during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001.
  4 11    c.  Community development program
  4 12    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  4 13 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  4 14 positions, for rural resource coordination, rural community
  4 15 leadership, rural innovations grant program, and the rural
  4 16 enterprise fund:  
  4 17 .................................................. $    958,440
  4 18 ............................................... FTEs       7.50
  4 19    There is appropriated from the rural community 2000 program
  4 20 revolving fund established in section 15.287 to provide to
  4 21 Iowa's councils of governments funds for planning and
  4 22 technical assistance to local governments:  
  4 23 .................................................. $    150,000
  4 24    There is appropriated from the rural community 2000 program
  4 25 revolving fund established in section 15.287 to the rural
  4 26 development program for the purposes of the program including
  4 27 the rural enterprise fund and collaborative skills development
  4 28 training:  
  4 29 .................................................. $    370,000
  4 30    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
  4 31 under contract from the general fund of the state or through
  4 32 transfers from the Iowa community development loan fund or
  4 33 from the rural community 2000 program revolving fund that
  4 34 remain unexpended on June 30, 2001, shall not revert but shall
  4 35 be available for expenditure for purposes of the contract
  5  1 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001.
  5  2    d.  Community development block grant and HOME
  5  3    For administration and related federal housing and urban
  5  4 development grant administration for salaries, support,
  5  5 maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
  5  6 following full-time equivalent positions:  
  5  7 .................................................. $    406,000
  5  8 ............................................... FTEs      21.75
  5  9    e.  Housing development and shelter assistance funds
  5 10    For providing technical assistance to communities of all
  5 11 sizes and local financial institutions to help meet local
  5 12 housing needs, and to provide and transfer matching funds for
  5 13 the HOME program, and to provide $400,000 to the shelter
  5 14 assistance fund, and for not more than the following full-time
  5 15 equivalent positions:  
  5 16 .................................................. $    500,000
  5 17 ................................................ FTEs      2.00
  5 18    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees
  5 19 under contract from the housing development fund and moneys
  5 20 transferred for matching funds for the HOME program that
  5 21 remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30, 2001, shall not
  5 22 revert to any fund but shall remain available for obligation
  5 23 and expenditure for purposes of those programs during the
  5 24 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001.
  5 25    4.  INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
  5 26    a.  International trade operations
  5 27    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  5 28 for support of foreign representation and trade offices, and
  5 29 the agricultural product advisory council, and for not more
  5 30 than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  5 31 .................................................. $  2,059,569
  5 32 ............................................... FTEs      11.25
  5 33    From among the full-time equivalent positions authorized by
  5 34 this lettered paragraph, one position shall concentrate on the
  5 35 export sale of grain, one on the export sale of livestock, and
  6  1 one on the export sale of value-added agricultural products.
  6  2    b.  Export trade assistance program
  6  3    For export trade activities, including a program to
  6  4 encourage and increase participation in trade shows and trade
  6  5 missions by providing financial assistance to businesses for a
  6  6 percentage of their costs of participating in trade shows and
  6  7 trade missions, by providing for the lease/sublease of
  6  8 showcase space in existing world trade centers, by providing
  6  9 temporary office space for foreign buyers, international
  6 10 prospects, and potential reverse investors, and by providing
  6 11 other promotional and assistance activities, including
  6 12 salaries and support:  
  6 13 .................................................. $    408,000
  6 14    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  6 15 lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
  6 16 the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  6 17 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  6 18 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  6 19    c.  For the partner state program to contract with private
  6 20 groups or organizations which are the most appropriate to
  6 21 administer this program and the groups and organizations
  6 22 participating in the program shall, to the fullest extent
  6 23 possible, provide the funds to match the appropriation made in
  6 24 this paragraph:  
  6 25 .................................................. $    120,000
  6 26    5.  TOURISM DIVISION
  6 27    Tourism operations and advertising
  6 28    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
  6 29 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
  6 30 positions:  
  6 31 .................................................. $  4,940,413
  6 32 ............................................... FTEs      18.52
  6 33    Any state-owned interstate welcome center located in
  6 34 suitable, year-round facilities shall be operated on a year-
  6 35 round basis.
  7  1    The department shall not use the moneys appropriated in
  7  2 this subsection, unless the department develops public-private
  7  3 partnerships with Iowa businesses in the tourism industry,
  7  4 Iowa tour groups, Iowa tourism organizations, and political
  7  5 subdivisions in this state to assist in the development of
  7  6 advertising efforts.  The department shall, to the fullest
  7  7 extent possible, develop cooperative efforts for advertising
  7  8 with contributions from other sources.
  7  9    Sec. 2.  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND.  Notwithstanding
  7 10 section 15E.120, subsections 5, 6, and 7, and section 15.287,
  7 11 there is appropriated from the Iowa community development loan
  7 12 fund all the moneys available during the fiscal year beginning
  7 13 July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, to the department of
  7 14 economic development for the community development program to
  7 15 be used by the department for the purposes of the program.
  7 16    Sec. 3.  JOB TRAINING FUND.  Notwithstanding section
  7 17 15.251, subsection 2, there is appropriated from the job
  7 18 training fund to the department of workforce development for
  7 19 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30,
  7 20 2001, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  7 21 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  7 22    1.  For the target alliance program:  
  7 23 .................................................. $     30,000
  7 24    2.  After the appropriation in subsection 1 relating to the
  7 25 target alliance program, all remaining moneys in the job
  7 26 training fund, including any moneys appropriated or credited
  7 27 to the fund during the fiscal year, shall be transferred to
  7 28 the workforce development fund established pursuant to section
  7 29 15.343.
  7 30    Sec. 4.  WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND.  There is appropriated
  7 31 from the workforce development fund account created in section
  7 32 15.342A, to the workforce development fund created in section
  7 33 15.343, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending
  7 34 June 30, 2001, the following amount, for the purposes of the
  7 35 workforce development fund, and for not more than the
  8  1 following full-time equivalent positions:  
  8  2 .................................................. $  9,000,000
  8  3 ............................................... FTEs       4.00
  8  4    Sec. 5.  From funds appropriated or transferred to or
  8  5 receipts credited to the workforce development fund created in
  8  6 section 15.343, up to $400,000 for the fiscal year beginning
  8  7 July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, may be used for the
  8  8 administration of workforce development activities including
  8  9 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes and
  8 10 for not more than 4.00 FTEs.
  8 11    Sec. 6.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.  There is appropriated from
  8 12 the general fund of the state to the Iowa state university of
  8 13 science and technology for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  8 14 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following amounts, or so
  8 15 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
  8 16 designated:
  8 17    1.  For funding and maintaining in their current locations
  8 18 the existing small business development centers, and for not
  8 19 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  8 20 .................................................. $  1,411,869
  8 21 ............................................... FTEs       5.80
  8 22    2.  For the Iowa state university of science and technology
  8 23 research park, including salaries, support, maintenance,
  8 24 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  8 25 full-time equivalent positions:  
  8 26 .................................................. $    377,109
  8 27 ............................................... FTEs       4.31
  8 28    3.  For funding the institute for physical research and
  8 29 technology, provided that $306,000 shall be allocated to the
  8 30 industrial incentive program and for not more than the
  8 31 following full-time equivalent positions:  
  8 32 .................................................. $  4,406,995
  8 33 ............................................... FTEs      46.42
  8 34    It is the intent of the general assembly that the
  8 35 industrial incentive program focus on Iowa industrial sectors
  9  1 and seek contributions and in-kind donations from businesses,
  9  2 industrial foundations, and trade associations and that moneys
  9  3 for the institute for physical research and technology
  9  4 industrial incentive program shall only be allocated for
  9  5 projects which are matched by private sector moneys for
  9  6 directed contract research or for nondirected research.  The
  9  7 match required of small businesses as defined in section
  9  8 15.102, subsection 4, for directed contract research or for
  9  9 nondirected research shall be $1 for each $3 of state funds.
  9 10 The match required for other businesses for directed contract
  9 11 research or for nondirected research shall be $1 for each $1
  9 12 of state funds.  The match required of industrial foundations
  9 13 or trade associations shall be $1 for each $1 of state funds.
  9 14    Iowa state university of science and technology shall
  9 15 report annually to the joint appropriations subcommittee on
  9 16 economic development and legislative fiscal bureau the total
  9 17 amounts of private contributions, the proportion of
  9 18 contributions from small businesses and other businesses, and
  9 19 the proportion for directed contract research and nondirected
  9 20 research of benefit to Iowa businesses and industrial sectors.
  9 21    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  9 22 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
  9 23 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
  9 24 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
  9 25 the succeeding fiscal year.
  9 26    Sec. 7.  UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.  There is appropriated from
  9 27 the general fund of the state to the state university of Iowa
  9 28 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June
  9 29 30, 2001, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
  9 30 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  9 31    1.  For the university of Iowa research park, including
  9 32 salaries, support, maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous
  9 33 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
  9 34 equivalent positions:  
  9 35 .................................................. $    336,669
 10  1 ............................................... FTEs       2.15
 10  2    2.  For funding the advanced drug development program at
 10  3 the Oakdale research park, and for not more than the following
 10  4 full-time equivalent positions:  
 10  5 .................................................. $    271,770
 10  6 ............................................... FTEs       3.50
 10  7    The board of regents shall submit a report on the progress
 10  8 of regents institutions in meeting the strategic plan for
 10  9 technology transfer and economic development to the secretary
 10 10 of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of
 10 11 representatives, and the legislative fiscal bureau by January
 10 12 15, 2001.
 10 13    Sec. 8.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA.  There is
 10 14 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
 10 15 university of northern Iowa for the fiscal year beginning July
 10 16 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following amounts, or
 10 17 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
 10 18 designated:
 10 19    1.  For the metal casting institute, including salaries,
 10 20 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
 10 21 than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 10 22 .................................................. $    172,356
 10 23 ............................................... FTEs       2.60
 10 24    2.  For the institute of decision making, including
 10 25 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
 10 26 for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 10 27 positions:  
 10 28 ................................................. $    741,439
 10 29 ............................................... FTEs      8.00
 10 30    Sec. 9.  ACCELERATED CAREER EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM.  If
 10 31 Senate Study Bill 3187 is enacted by the Seventy-eighth
 10 32 General Assembly, 2000 Session, there is appropriated from the
 10 33 general fund of the state to the college student aid
 10 34 commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
 10 35 ending June 30, 2001, the following amount, or so much thereof
 11  1 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
 11  2    For the accelerated career education grant program,
 11  3 including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
 11  4 purposes:  
 11  5 ................................................. $    250,000
 11  6    Sec. 10.  DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.  There is
 11  7 appropriated from the general fund of the state, to the
 11  8 department of workforce development for the fiscal year
 11  9 beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the
 11 10 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
 11 11 purposes designated:
 11 12    1.  DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
 11 13    For the division of labor services, including salaries,
 11 14 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
 11 15 than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 11 16 .................................................. $  3,325,363
 11 17 ............................................... FTEs      88.50
 11 18    From the contractor registration fees, the division of
 11 19 labor services shall reimburse the department of inspections
 11 20 and appeals for all costs associated with hearings under
 11 21 chapter 91C, relating to contractor registration.
 11 22    2.  DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
 11 23    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 11 24 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 11 25 positions:  
 11 26 .................................................. $  2,116,732
 11 27 ............................................... FTEs      34.00
 11 28    The division of workers' compensation shall continue
 11 29 charging a $65 filing fee for workers' compensation cases.
 11 30 The filing fee shall be paid by the petitioner of a claim.
 11 31 However, the fee can be taxed as a cost and paid by the losing
 11 32 party, except in cases where it would impose an undue hardship
 11 33 or be unjust under the circumstances.
 11 34    3.  WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STATE AND REGIONAL BOARDS
 11 35    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 12  1 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 12  2 position for the workforce development state and regional
 12  3 boards:  
 12  4 .................................................. $    105,632
 12  5 ................................................ FTE       1.00
 12  6    4.  LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
 12  7    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes
 12  8 for collection of labor market information, and for not more
 12  9 than the following full-time equivalent position:  
 12 10 .................................................. $     66,155
 12 11 ................................................ FTE       1.20
 12 12    It is the intent of the general assembly that, by July 1,
 12 13 2001, the department of workforce development assume the
 12 14 responsibility for conducting the labor shed survey analysis
 12 15 currently conducted by the institute for decision making.  By
 12 16 July 1, 2001, the department of workforce development shall
 12 17 produce labor market information that meet the requirements of
 12 18 the department of workforce development, the department of
 12 19 economic development, and the federal department of labor.
 12 20    5.  WELFARE-TO-WORK MATCHING FUNDS
 12 21    For matching funds for welfare-to-work grants authorized
 12 22 through the United States department of labor to provide
 12 23 additional services for the hardest to employ recipients of
 12 24 family investment program benefits and for salaries, support,
 12 25 maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
 12 26 following full-time equivalent positions:  
 12 27 .................................................. $    853,000
 12 28 ............................................... FTEs       3.55
 12 29    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
 12 30 subsection which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
 12 31 2001, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
 12 32 shall remain available for expenditure for the same purpose
 12 33 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001.
 12 34    Sec. 11.  ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRIBUTION SURCHARGE FUND.
 12 35 There is appropriated from the administrative contribution
 13  1 surcharge fund of the state to the department of workforce
 13  2 development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
 13  3 ending June 30, 2001, the following amounts, or so much
 13  4 thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
 13  5    1.  WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
 13  6    Notwithstanding section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraph "c",
 13  7 for salaries, support, maintenance, conducting labor
 13  8 availability surveys, miscellaneous purposes, for workforce
 13  9 development regional advisory board member expenses, and for
 13 10 not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:  
 13 11 .................................................. $  7,500,000
 13 12 ............................................... FTEs     124.97
 13 13    2.  NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
 13 14    Notwithstanding section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraph "c",
 13 15 for salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 13 16 and the new employment opportunity program established in
 13 17 section 84A.10, and for not more than the following full-time
 13 18 equivalent positions:  
 13 19 .................................................. $  1,500,000
 13 20 ............................................... FTEs       1.79
 13 21    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
 13 22 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
 13 23 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
 13 24 available for expenditure for the new employment opportunity
 13 25 program until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
 13 26    Sec. 12.  EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.  There is
 13 27 appropriated from the special employment security contingency
 13 28 fund to the department of workforce development for the fiscal
 13 29 year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the
 13 30 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
 13 31 purposes designated:
 13 32    1.  DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
 13 33    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 13 34 purposes:  
 13 35 .................................................. $    471,000
 14  1    2.  IMMIGRATION SERVICE CENTERS
 14  2    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
 14  3 purposes for the establishment of pilot immigration service
 14  4 centers:  
 14  5 .................................................. $    200,000
 14  6    The department of workforce development shall establish a
 14  7 pilot partnership between the private and public sectors to be
 14  8 called the Iowa immigration service center.
 14  9    The centers shall offer one-stop services to deal with the
 14 10 multiple issues related to immigration and employment.  The
 14 11 centers shall provide support to immigrants and Iowa
 14 12 employers.  The support shall primarily take the form of
 14 13 immigration counseling and technical assistance on such issues
 14 14 as forms, documentation, and recruitment of immigrant workers.
 14 15 The centers shall provide information and referral services
 14 16 regarding translation services, language training, job
 14 17 placement assistance in cooperation with the department of
 14 18 workforce development.  The centers shall offer resettlement
 14 19 assistance including referral to appropriate education and
 14 20 community service resources, but shall not duplicate services
 14 21 provided by the Iowa refugee services bureau of the department
 14 22 of human services.
 14 23    The center shall seek private sector matching moneys and
 14 24 shall be managed by a nonprofit, statewide agency with an
 14 25 established record of international services and linkages to
 14 26 federal government.  A board of directors for the center shall
 14 27 include representatives from the business community, the legal
 14 28 community, private sector service providers, the department of
 14 29 human services, department of education, the department of
 14 30 workforce development, the department of economic development,
 14 31 the general assembly, the governor's office, and the Iowa
 14 32 refugee services bureau of the department of human services.
 14 33    3.  LABOR SURVEY PROGRAMS
 14 34    To upgrade labor survey computer program applications to
 14 35 incorporate labor shed information and to contract with the
 15  1 institute for decision making at the university of northern
 15  2 Iowa for labor shed training:  
 15  3 .................................................. $    190,000
 15  4    4.  ACCOUNTING SYSTEM REENGINEERING
 15  5    For continuation of the accounting system reengineering
 15  6 project:  
 15  7 .................................................. $    200,000
 15  8    5.  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SERVICE CENTER
 15  9    To assist in the cost of the toll-free number for
 15 10 processing initial and continuing unemployment compensation
 15 11 claims at the unemployment insurance service center:  
 15 12 .................................................. $    150,000
 15 13    Any additional penalty and interest revenue may be used to
 15 14 accomplish the mission of the department upon notification of
 15 15 the use to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
 15 16 appropriations subcommittee on economic development, the
 15 17 department of management, and the legislative fiscal bureau.
 15 18 However, the department shall not allocate any additional
 15 19 penalty and interest revenue prior to January 30, 2001.  If
 15 20 department projections indicate the special employment
 15 21 security contingency fund revenues will be insufficient to
 15 22 fund all appropriations under this section, the department
 15 23 shall fully fund subsections 1 through 4 before fully funding
 15 24 the appropriation under subsection 5.
 15 25    Sec. 13.  PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.  There is
 15 26 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the public
 15 27 employment relations board for the fiscal year beginning July
 15 28 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following amount, or so
 15 29 much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
 15 30    For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
 15 31 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
 15 32 positions:  
 15 33 .................................................. $    886,981
 15 34 ............................................... FTEs      12.80
 15 35    Sec. 14.  Section 15.313, subsection 2, Code Supplement
 16  1 1999, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
 16  2    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  The value-added agricultural products
 16  3 and processes financial assistance fund created in section
 16  4 15E.112.
 16  5    Sec. 15.  Section 15E.112, subsection 1, Code 1997, as
 16  6 amended by 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 207, section 6, is amended
 16  7 to read as follows:
 16  8    1.  A value-added agricultural products and processes
 16  9 financial assistance fund is created within the state treasury
 16 10 under the control of the department.  Three million six
 16 11 hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated from the
 16 12 general fund of the state to the fund each fiscal year.  The
 16 13 fund shall consist of moneys allocated from the Iowa strategic
 16 14 investment fund created in section 15.313, those moneys,
 16 15 appropriated and any other moneys available to and obtained or
 16 16 accepted by the department from the federal government or
 16 17 private sources for placement in the fund.  The assets of the
 16 18 fund shall be used by the department only for carrying out the
 16 19 purposes of section 15E.111.
 16 20    Sec. 16.  Section 15E.112, Code 1999, is amended by adding
 16 21 the following new subsection:
 16 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  Four hundred thousand dollars is
 16 23 appropriated from the value-added agricultural products and
 16 24 processes financial assistance fund to the office of renewable
 16 25 fuels and coproducts created in section 159A.3 each fiscal
 16 26 year for deposit in the renewable fuels and coproducts fund
 16 27 created in section 159A.7.
 16 28    Sec. 17.  Section 15E.175, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 16 29 1999, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
 16 30    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4)  To provide funding for program
 16 31 capital costs under the accelerated career education program
 16 32 as defined in section 260G.2.
 16 33    Sec. 18.  NEW SECTION.  84A.10  NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
 16 34 PROGRAM.
 16 35    The department of workforce development shall implement and
 17  1 administer a new employment opportunity program to assist
 17  2 individuals in underutilized segments of Iowa's workforce to
 17  3 gain and retain employment.  The program shall be designed to
 17  4 complement existing employment and training programs by
 17  5 providing additional flexibility and services that are often
 17  6 needed by individuals in underutilized segments of the
 17  7 workforce to gain and retain employment.  Services provided
 17  8 under the program may include, but are not limited to,
 17  9 transportation costs, child care, health care, health care
 17 10 insurance, on-the-job training, short-term basic education,
 17 11 internships, mentoring, assisting businesses with compliance
 17 12 issues related to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
 17 13 of 1990, and reducing perceived risks that cause these
 17 14 populations to be underutilized.  The department shall adopt
 17 15 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the program,
 17 16 including rules relating to eligibility criteria.
 17 17    Sec. 19.  Section 159A.7, subsection 1, unnumbered
 17 18 paragraph 1, Code 1997, as amended by 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter
 17 19 207, section 7, is amended to read as follows:
 17 20    A renewable fuels and coproducts fund is created in the
 17 21 state treasury under the control of the office of renewable
 17 22 fuels and coproducts.  Three hundred fifty thousand dollars is
 17 23 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the fund
 17 24 each fiscal year.  The fund may also include other moneys
 17 25 available to and obtained or accepted by the office, including
 17 26 moneys from the United States, other states in the union,
 17 27 foreign nations, state agencies, political subdivisions, and
 17 28 private sources.
 17 29    Sec. 20.  Section 159A.7, Code 1999, is amended by adding
 17 30 the following new subsection:
 17 31    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Moneys appropriated pursuant to
 17 32 section 15E.112 shall be deposited in the fund.  Not more than
 17 33 fifteen percent of the moneys appropriated pursuant to section
 17 34 15E.112 may be used by the department for administration of
 17 35 the office.
 18  1    Sec. 21.  1999 Iowa Acts, chapter 204, section 3,
 18  2 subsection 1, paragraph b, unnumbered paragraph 1, is amended
 18  3 to read as follows:
 18  4    Of the amount appropriated in this subsection, $7,500,000
 18  5 shall be used by the department for accelerated career
 18  6 education program capital projects at community colleges which
 18  7 are authorized under chapter 260G, if enacted by 1999 Iowa
 18  8 Acts, Senate File 465, and which either meet the definition of
 18  9 "vertical infrastructure" in section 8.57, subsection 5,
 18 10 paragraph "c", or are used for program capital costs under the
 18 11 accelerated career education program.  Of these amounts this
 18 12 amount, $3,000,000 shall be allocated equally among the
 18 13 community colleges in the state, to be used for such projects
 18 14 which meet all of the requirements in chapter 260G, if enacted
 18 15 by 1999 Iowa Acts, Senate File 465.  If any portion of the
 18 16 equal allocation to a community college is not obligated or
 18 17 encumbered by April 1 of the fiscal year for which the
 18 18 allocation is made, the unobligated and unencumbered portions
 18 19 shall be available for use by other community colleges.
 18 20    Sec. 22.  OFFICE SUPPLIES.  When the department of economic
 18 21 development, the department of workforce development, and the
 18 22 public employment relations board make adjustments to program
 18 23 budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending
 18 24 June 30, 2001, based on reduced appropriation levels, it is
 18 25 the intent of the general assembly that the departments and
 18 26 board first examine and find appropriate reductions in
 18 27 expenditures for office supplies and other supplies before
 18 28 making adjustments to program budgets.
 18 29    Sec. 23.  STUDIES.
 18 30    1.  The information technology services division of the
 18 31 department of general services shall study the workforce
 18 32 investment one-stop program of the department of workforce
 18 33 development to identify stakeholder entities and determine the
 18 34 feasibility of expanding the one-stop program concept to
 18 35 multiple departmental programs.  By January 15, 2001, the
 19  1 division shall submit a report on the division's findings to
 19  2 the department of management, the legislative fiscal bureau,
 19  3 and the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
 19  4 appropriations subcommittee on economic development.
 19  5    2.  By August 10, 2000, the department of workforce
 19  6 development shall submit a written report relating to the
 19  7 funding of workforce development centers to the department of
 19  8 management, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the
 19  9 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
 19 10 subcommittee on economic development.  The report shall
 19 11 include the plan of the department for financing the state's
 19 12 system of workforce development centers after the
 19 13 administrative contribution surcharge is repealed pursuant to
 19 14 section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraph "d".  The plan shall
 19 15 not include a continuation of the administrative contribution
 19 16 surcharge.
 19 17    Sec. 24.  Notwithstanding the requirements of section
 19 18 16.10, subsections 1 and 2, the Iowa finance authority shall,
 19 19 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, transfer
 19 20 $1,200,000 to the department of economic development for
 19 21 deposit in the community development block grant account to be
 19 22 used as state matching funds for the federal HOME program.
 19 23    Sec. 25.  SHELTER ASSISTANCE FUND.  In providing moneys
 19 24 from the shelter assistance fund to homeless shelter programs
 19 25 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, the department of
 19 26 economic development shall explore the potential of allocating
 19 27 moneys to homeless shelter programs based in part on their
 19 28 ability to move their clients toward self-sufficiency.
 19 29    Sec. 26.  BUDGET PROPOSALS.  The department of economic
 19 30 development and the department of workforce development shall
 19 31 submit all budget proposals in the traditional format as well
 19 32 as in the budgeting for results format for the fiscal year
 19 33 beginning July 1, 2001.
 19 34    Sec. 27.  By December 31 of each year, the ISCC liquidation
 19 35 corporation shall submit an annual written report to the
 20  1 chairpersons and the ranking members of the joint
 20  2 appropriations subcommittee on economic development.  The
 20  3 report shall include an update on the financial condition of
 20  4 the corporation relating to the status of any moneys, assets,
 20  5 or contracts currently being held by the corporation or
 20  6 transferred by the corporation during the prior year.
 20  7    Sec. 28.  FEDERAL GRANTS.  All federal grants to and the
 20  8 federal receipts of agencies appropriated funds under this
 20  9 Act, not otherwise appropriated, are appropriated for the
 20 10 purposes set forth in the federal grants or receipts unless
 20 11 otherwise provided by the general assembly.
 20 12    Sec. 29.  Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 4,
 20 13 paragraph "a", moneys credited to the state by the secretary
 20 14 of the treasury of the United States pursuant to section 903
 20 15 of the Social Security Act shall be appropriated to the
 20 16 department of workforce development and shall be used by the
 20 17 department for the administration of the unemployment
 20 18 compensation program only.  This appropriation shall not apply
 20 19 to any fiscal year after December 31, 2002.
 20 20    Sec. 30.  In lieu of the appropriation made in section
 20 21 15.365, subsection 3, there is appropriated for the fiscal
 20 22 year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001,
 20 23 $100,000, or so much thereof as is necessary, from the general
 20 24 fund of the state to the department of economic development to
 20 25 pay refunds as provided under section 15.365.
 20 26    Sec. 31.  Section 21 of this Act, amending 1999 Iowa Acts,
 20 27 chapter 204, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
 20 28 effect upon enactment.  
 20 29                           EXPLANATION
 20 30    This bill makes appropriations and transfers from the
 20 31 general fund of the state and other funds to the department of
 20 32 economic development, the university of Iowa, the university
 20 33 of northern Iowa, Iowa state university, the department of
 20 34 workforce development, and the public employment relations
 20 35 board for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.
 21  1    The bill provides that the department of workforce
 21  2 development shall implement and administer a new employment
 21  3 opportunity program designed to assist individuals in
 21  4 underutilized segments of Iowa's workforce to gain and retain
 21  5 employment.  The bill requires the department of workforce
 21  6 development to establish a pilot partnership between the
 21  7 private and public sectors to be called the Iowa immigration
 21  8 service center.
 21  9    The bill provides that the strategic investment fund may be
 21 10 used for purposes of the value-added agricultural products and
 21 11 processes financial assistance fund.
 21 12    The bill provides that moneys in the physical
 21 13 infrastructure assistance fund may be used for program capital
 21 14 costs under the accelerated career education program.
 21 15    The bill provides that the department of economic
 21 16 development and the department of workforce development
 21 17 examine and find appropriate reductions in expenditures for
 21 18 office supplies and other supplies.
 21 19    The bill requires the information technology division of
 21 20 the department of general services to submit a report to the
 21 21 department of management, the legislative fiscal bureau, and
 21 22 the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
 21 23 appropriations subcommittee on economic development regarding
 21 24 the one-stop program of the department of workforce
 21 25 development by January 15, 2001.  The bill requires the
 21 26 department of workforce development to submit a written report
 21 27 to the department of management, the legislative fiscal
 21 28 bureau, and the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
 21 29 appropriations subcommittee on economic development regarding
 21 30 a plan for financing the state's system of workforce
 21 31 development centers after the administrative contribution
 21 32 surcharge is repealed.
 21 33    The bill provides that the Iowa finance authority shall
 21 34 transfer $1.2 million to the department of economic
 21 35 development for deposit in the community development block
 22  1 grant account.
 22  2    The bill provides that the department of economic
 22  3 development shall explore allocating shelter assistance moneys
 22  4 to homeless shelter programs based in part on their ability to
 22  5 move their clients toward self-sufficiency.  The bill requires
 22  6 the department of economic development to file a report
 22  7 relating to issues involving international trade.  The bill
 22  8 requires the ISCC liquidation corporation to submit a written
 22  9 report relating to the activities of the corporation during
 22 10 the previous year.
 22 11    The bill reduces the standing limited appropriation for the
 22 12 school to career program employer refunds from $500,000 to
 22 13 $100,000 for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.
 22 14    The bill eliminates the appropriations of the state general
 22 15 fund of $3,650,000 to the value-added agricultural products
 22 16 and processes financial assistance fund and of $350,000 to the
 22 17 renewable fuels and coproducts fund.  These appropriations
 22 18 were to begin effective with the 2000-2001 fiscal year.  
 22 19 LSB 5375JA 78
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