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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 96.7, subsection 12, paragraphs a, c, 1 2 and d, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. An employer other than a governmental entity or a 1 4 nonprofit organization, subject to this chapter, shall pay an 1 5 administrative contribution surchargeequal in amount to one-1 6tenth of one percent of federal taxable wages, as defined in1 7section 96.19, subsection 37, paragraph "b"that is 1 8 established by the department, by rule, as a percentage of 1 9 taxable wages, in an amount necessary to achieve an 1 10 administrative contribution surcharge fund balance in the 1 11 following amount: 1 12 (1) For calendar year 2002, a fund balance no greater than 1 13 six million dollars. 1 14 (2) For calendar year 2003, a fund balance no greater than 1 15 five million dollars. 1 16 Any accrued administrative contribution surcharges in the 1 17 administrative contribution surcharge fund that remain unspent 1 18 at the end of calendar year 2002 shall be deducted from the 1 19 amount to be collected in calendar year 2003 before the 1 20 department establishes the administrative contribution 1 21 surcharge necessary to achieve the maximum administrative 1 22 contribution surcharge fund balance for calendar year 2003. 1 23 The department shall reduce the administrative contribution 1 24 surcharge established for any calendar year proportionate to 1 25 any federal government reform that provides an increased 1 26 allocation of moneys under the federal Unemployment Tax Act to 1 27 the state. The department shallrecompute the amount as a1 28percentage of taxable wages, as defined in section 96.19,1 29subsection 37, and shalladd thepercentagesurcharge to the 1 30 employer's contributionratedetermined under this section for 1 31 the appropriate calendar year. The department shall adopt 1 32 rules prescribing the manner in which the surcharge will be 1 33 collected. Interest shall accrue on all unpaid surcharges 1 34 under this subsection at the same rate as on regular 1 35 contributions and shall be collectible in the same manner. 2 1 Interest accrued and collected under this paragraph and 2 2 interest earned and credited to the fund under paragraph "b" 2 3 shall be used by the department only for the purposes set 2 4 forth in paragraph "c". 2 5 c. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the department only 2 6 upon appropriation by the general assembly and only for 2 7 personnel and nonpersonnel costs of rural and satellite 2 8 departmental offices in population centers of less than twenty 2 9 thousand or for the department-approved training fund funded 2 10 in section 8, subsection 2, of 1988 Iowa Acts, chapter 1274. 2 11 To the extent possible, the department shall colocate the 2 12 rural and satellite departmental offices funded by the 2 13 surcharge provided for in this subsection, at available 2 14 community college facilities throughout the state. Moneys in 2 15 the fund shall not be used for purposes other than those 2 16 identified in this paragraph or identified in the 2 17 appropriation of the moneys in the fund by the general 2 18 assembly. Prohibited uses of the moneys in the fund include 2 19 but are not limited to occupational safety and health 2 20 consultations, services which are currently provided or 2 21 projected to be provided by other state agencies, and any 2 22 miscellaneous purposes. 2 23 d. This subsection is repealed July 1,20012003, and the 2 24 repeal is applicable to contribution rates for calendar year 2 2520022004 and subsequent calendar years. 2 26 Sec. 2. RURAL AND SATELLITE DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES REVIEW. 2 27 The department of workforce development shall conduct an 2 28 annual review of the number of individuals served at each site 2 29 and the services rendered, the number of businesses served at 2 30 each site and the services rendered, the categories of service 2 31 provided at each site, the number of employment applications 2 32 completed and submitted at each site, the number of placements 2 33 made at each site, and the average wages and benefits of 2 34 individuals placed. 2 35 The department, in the review, shall consider the 3 1 feasibility of consolidating some of the rural and satellite 3 2 departmental offices to better serve the public. 3 3 The department shall develop a customer satisfaction survey 3 4 that gathers information from employers and individuals who 3 5 have utilized services at the satellite offices. The survey 3 6 shall include questions concerning the type of services 3 7 rendered, the quality of services rendered, and the quality of 3 8 referrals given. The results of the survey shall be included 3 9 in the department's review. 3 10 The department shall prepare a report of its review 3 11 findings. The report shall contain information gathered in 3 12 the review as well as information concerning the success of 3 13 colocation efforts at community colleges throughout the state, 3 14 the services provided to employers with fifty or fewer 3 15 employees, the rent or lease costs associated with each site 3 16 and the building square footage at each site, and efforts to 3 17 pursue other funding sources or contracts with private sector 3 18 vendors. 3 19 The department shall submit a report of its annual review 3 20 to the governor and general assembly by December 21, 2001, and 3 21 by December 21, 2002. 3 22 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 3 23 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 24 EXPLANATION 3 25 This bill amends Code section 96.7, subsection 12, by 3 26 providing for the repeal of the employment security 3 27 administrative contribution surcharge and its fund on July 1, 3 28 2003, instead of July 1, 2001. The bill also transforms the 3 29 surcharge for calendar years 2002 and 2003 from one based on a 3 30 set percentage of taxable wages to one based on a percentage 3 31 of taxable wages but capped for all employer surcharges at $6 3 32 million in 2002 and $5 million in 2003. This Code section 3 33 change is made effective upon the bill's enactment in order to 3 34 take effect before the scheduled repeal of Code section 96.7, 3 35 subsection 12, on July 1, 2001. 4 1 The bill also requires the department of workforce 4 2 development to colocate rural and satellite offices at 4 3 community colleges to the extent possible. The bill requires 4 4 the department to use administrative contribution surcharge 4 5 fund moneys and interest only for specified purposes 4 6 identified in the Code or identified in the appropriation of 4 7 the moneys from the fund. The bill also specifies prohibited 4 8 uses of surcharge funds including but not limited to 4 9 occupational safety and health consultations, services which 4 10 are currently provided or projected to be provided by other 4 11 state agencies, and any miscellaneous purposes. 4 12 The department is also directed to conduct an annual review 4 13 of the rural and satellite offices including the number of 4 14 individuals served at each site and the services rendered, the 4 15 number of businesses served at each site, the number of 4 16 employment applications completed and submitted at each site, 4 17 and the average wages and benefits of individuals placed. The 4 18 department is also directed to consider consolidating some of 4 19 the rural and satellite offices and to develop a customer 4 20 satisfaction survey that gathers information from employers 4 21 and individuals who utilize services at satellite offices. 4 22 The department is directed to prepare and submit a report 4 23 of its review findings for each year that the surcharge is in 4 24 effect to the governor and general assembly by December 21, 4 25 2001, and by December 21, 2002. 4 26 LSB 3382SV 79 4 27 av/gg/8
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