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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 696, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 4 clause and inserting the following: 1 5 "Section 1. Section 96.7, subsection 12, 1 6 paragraphs a, c, and d, Code 2001, are amended to read 1 7 as follows: 1 8 a. An employer other than a governmental entity or 1 9 a nonprofit organization, subject to this chapter, 1 10 shall pay an administrative contribution surcharge 1 11 equal in amount to one-tenth of one percent of federal 1 12 taxable wages, as defined in section 96.19, subsection 1 13 37, paragraph "b", subject to the surcharge formula to 1 14 be developed by the department under this paragraph. 1 15 The department shall develop a surcharge formula that 1 16 provides a target revenue level of no greater than six 1 17 million five hundred twenty-five thousand dollars 1 18 annually. The department shall reduce the 1 19 administrative contribution surcharge established for 1 20 any calendar year proportionate to any federal 1 21 government funding that provides an increased 1 22 allocation of moneys for workforce development 1 23 offices, under the federal employment services 1 24 financing reform legislation. Any administrative 1 25 contribution surcharge revenue that is collected in 1 26 2002 in excess of six million five hundred twenty-five 1 27 thousand dollars shall be deducted from the amount to 1 28 be collected in calendar year 2003 before the 1 29 department establishes the administrative contribution 1 30 surcharge. The department shall recompute the amount 1 31 as a percentage of taxable wages, as defined in 1 32 section 96.19, subsection 37, and shall add the 1 33 percentage surcharge to the employer's contribution 1 34 rate determined under this section. The percentage 1 35 surcharge shall be capped at a maximum of seven 1 36 dollars per employee. The department shall adopt 1 37 rules prescribing the manner in which the surcharge 1 38 will be collected. Interest shall accrue on all 1 39 unpaid surcharges under this subsection at the same 1 40 rate as on regular contributions and shall be 1 41 collectible in the same manner. Interest accrued and 1 42 collected under this paragraph and interest earned and 1 43 credited to the fund under paragraph "b" shall be used 1 44 by the department only for the purposes set forth in 1 45 paragraph "c". 1 46 c. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the 1 47 department only upon appropriation by the general 1 48 assembly and only for personnel and nonpersonnel costs 1 49 of rural and satellite departmental offices in 1 50 population centers of less than twenty thousandor for2 1the department-approved training fund funded in2 2section 8, subsection 2, of 1988 Iowa Acts, chapter2 31274. To the extent possible, the department shall 2 4 colocate the rural and satellite departmental offices 2 5 funded by the surcharge provided for in this 2 6 subsection at available community college facilities 2 7 throughout the state. If colocation at community 2 8 college facilities is not feasible, the department 2 9 shall attempt, to the extent possible, to colocate 2 10 offices in the facilities of other government 2 11 entities. Moneys in the fund shall not be used for 2 12 purposes other than those identified in this paragraph 2 13 or identified in the appropriation of the moneys in 2 14 the fund by the general assembly. 2 15 d. This subsection is repealed July 1,20012003, 2 16 and the repeal is applicable to contribution rates for 2 17 calendar year20022004 and subsequent calendar years. 2 18 Sec. 2. RURAL AND SATELLITE DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 2 19 REVIEW. The department of workforce development shall 2 20 establish performance measures for each workforce 2 21 development office site based on the job seeker 2 22 entered employment rate, the job seeker employment 2 23 retention rate, the job seeker average wage at 2 24 placement, the job seeker customer satisfaction 2 25 rating, the number of employers served, and the 2 26 employer customer satisfaction rating, and shall 2 27 conduct an annual review of the performance measures. 2 28 The department, in the annual departmental offices 2 29 review, shall consider the feasibility of 2 30 consolidating some of the rural and satellite 2 31 departmental offices to better serve the public. In 2 32 addition, the department shall conduct a comprehensive 2 33 analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of the 2 34 department's field office system, including the 2 35 geographic distribution of the offices. 2 36 The department shall prepare a report of its annual 2 37 departmental offices review findings that sets forth 2 38 specific review findings for each office site. The 2 39 report shall contain information gathered in the 2 40 review as well as information concerning the success 2 41 of colocation efforts at community colleges throughout 2 42 the state, the services provided to employers with 2 43 fifty or fewer employees, the rent or lease costs 2 44 associated with each office site and the building 2 45 square footage at each office site, and efforts to 2 46 pursue other funding sources. 2 47 The department shall submit a report of its annual 2 48 departmental offices review to the governor and 2 49 general assembly by December 21, 2001, by December 21, 2 50 2002, and by December 21, 2003. 3 1 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 3 2 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment." 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 JERRY BEHN 3 7 HF 696.305 79 3 8 av/cf
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