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1 1 Section 1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
1 2 STUDY.
1 3 1. A person selected by the legislative council pursuant
1 4 to a request for proposals process shall conduct a study of
1 5 all economic-development-related and workforce-development-
1 6 related programs administered by state agencies, the funding
1 7 of such programs, and any programs administered by a state
1 8 agency which include as a part of the programs any inspection
1 9 of a business. The entity conducting the study shall also
1 10 examine the duties and responsibilities of any relevant state
1 11 authority, board, commission, committee, council, or
1 12 department and any subunits of such entities.
1 13 2. By December 15, 2002, the entity conducting the study
1 14 shall submit a report to the general assembly which includes,
1 15 at a minimum, all of the following:
1 16 a. Recommendations regarding, at a minimum, all of the
1 17 following:
1 18 (1) How economic-development-related, workforce-
1 19 development-related, and business-inspection-related programs
1 20 can be simplified.
1 21 (2) How any duplication of economic-development-related,
1 22 workforce-development-related, and business-inspection-related
1 23 programs can be eliminated.
1 24 (3) How economic-development-related, workforce-
1 25 development-related, and business-inspection-related programs
1 26 can be coordinated in an efficient manner which would allow
1 27 persons seeking assistance to contact one person in order to
1 28 receive all necessary information and assistance.
1 29 (4) Whether each individual economic-development-related,
1 30 workforce-development-related, and business-inspection-related
1 31 program is viable, whether each program is assisting in the
1 32 creation of jobs, and whether each program is providing
1 33 effective and efficient assistance to small businesses in this
1 34 state.
1 35 b. Identification of the relevant state authorities,
2 1 boards, commissions, committees, councils, and departments,
2 2 and any subunits of such entities that administer economic-
2 3 development-related, workforce-development-related, and
2 4 business-inspection-related programs.
2 5 c. A mission statement and indicator of success for each
2 6 economic-development-related, workforce-development-related,
2 7 and business-inspection-related program.
2 8 3. By August 1, 2002, the legislative fiscal bureau shall
2 9 submit information to the entity conducting the study
2 10 regarding the funding sources, the full-time equivalent
2 11 positions used, and the amounts of moneys received by state
2 12 agencies for economic-development-related, workforce-
2 13 development-related, and business-inspection-related programs.
2 14 4. The appropriate standing committees of the Eightieth
2 15 General Assembly shall consider the recommendations of the
2 16 report filed by the entity conducting the study in order to
2 17 determine any changes necessary to accomplish a more efficient
2 18 and effective manner of providing economic development,
2 19 workforce development, and business inspection assistance.
2 20 SF 2282
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