House Journal: Page 1362: Thursday, April 15, 1999

36     Sec. ___.  Section 331.438, subsection 4, paragraph

37   b, subparagraph (4), Code 1999, is amended to read as
38   follows:
39     (4)  A member who is not a legislator shall have
40   expenses and other costs paid by the state or the
41   county entity that the member represents.  The
42   committee shall establish terms for its members, elect
43   officers, adopt operating procedures, and meet as
44   deemed necessary by the committee. Terms of office
45   for the appointed voting members of the committee are
46   three years and shall be staggered.  A vacancy on the
47   committee shall be filled in the same manner as the
48   original appointment.
49     Sec. ___.  SERVICE SYSTEM ISSUES.  The state-county
50   management committee shall create a task force to
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 1   consider issues and options regarding statewide
 2   eligibility standards, identification of core or basic
 3   services to be made reasonably available statewide,
 4   statewide equity and other considerations associated
 5   with distributing state funding, implementation of
 6   funding decategorization, changes in the membership
 7   composition of the committee, legal settlement issues,
 8   improved utilization of available funding streams, and
 9   the allowed growth recommendation process.  In
10   considering the allowed growth recommendation process,
11   the task force shall review the divergence between
12   unmet needs in the service delivery system and county
13   expenditure trends and shall make specific
14   recommendations as to how allowed growth funding can
15   best be distributed to address services that are not
16   adequately funded and population groups that are not
17   served or are underserved.  The committee shall
18   consider the task force report and recommendations in
19   making the committee's report on these topics to the
20   governor and general assembly, which shall be
21   submitted on or before November 15, 1999.  The
22   legislative council is requested to designate a
23   legislative interim committee to meet for two or more
24   days to consider the report on behalf of the general
25   assembly.
26     Sec. ___.  STAGGERED TERMS.  Effective July 1,
27   1999, the appointing authorities for the state-county
28   management committee shall provide by mutual agreement
29   for the staggering of the terms of voting members of
30   the committee so that the terms of at least five
31   members expire each year.  Based on this mutual
32   agreement, the terms of individuals who are voting
33   members of the committee as of June 30, 1999, shall
34   either expire June 30, 1999, or be for one, two, or

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