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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"payable in the 1 8 following calendar years equal to the following amount per 1 9 employee based on the highest number of employees employed at 1 10 any one time in the prior calendar year: 1 11 (1) For calendar year 2002, six dollars per employee. 1 12 (2) For calendar year 2003, five dollars per employee. 1 13 (3) For calendar year 2004, four dollars per employee. 1 14 If an employer employed no employees in the prior calendar 1 15 year, the department shall make an estimate of the employer's 1 16 highest number of employees employed in the prior calendar 1 17 quarter. The department shallrecompute the amount as a1 18percentage of taxable wages, as defined in section 96.19,1 19subsection 37, and shalladd thepercentagesurcharge to the 1 20 employer's contributionratedetermined under this section for 1 21 the appropriate calendar year. The department shall adopt 1 22 rules prescribing the manner in which the surcharge will be 1 23 collected. Interest shall accrue on all unpaid surcharges 1 24 under this subsection at the same rate as on regular 1 25 contributions and shall be collectible in the same manner. 1 26 c. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the department only 1 27 upon appropriation by the general assembly and only for 1 28 personnel and nonpersonnel costs of rural and satellite 1 29 departmental offices in population centers of less than twenty 1 30 thousand or for the department-approved training fundfunded1 31in section 8, subsection 2, of 1988 Iowa Acts, chapter 12741 32 for training carried out by community colleges, as defined in 1 33 section 260C.2. To the extent possible, the department shall 1 34 colocate the rural and satellite departmental offices funded 1 35 by the surcharge provided for in this subsection, at available 2 1 community college facilities throughout the state. 2 2 d. This subsection is repealed July 1,20012004, and the 2 3 repeal is applicable to contribution rates for calendar year 2 420022005 and subsequent calendar years. 2 5 Sec. 2. RURAL AND SATELLITE DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES REVIEW. 2 6 The department of workforce development shall conduct a review 2 7 of the number of visits made to each rural and satellite 2 8 departmental office in population centers of less than twenty 2 9 thousand as described in section 96.7, subsection 12, 2 10 paragraph "c". The review shall consider the feasibility of 2 11 consolidating some of the rural and satellite departmental 2 12 offices and of encouraging joint service provision by rural 2 13 and satellite departmental offices to better serve the public. 2 14 The department shall submit a report of its review to the 2 15 governor and the general assembly on or before December 21, 2 16 2001. 2 17 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 18 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 19 EXPLANATION 2 20 This bill amends Code section 96.7, subsection 12, by 2 21 providing for the repeal of the employment security 2 22 administrative contribution surcharge and its fund on July 1, 2 23 2004, instead of July 1, 2001. The bill also transforms the 2 24 surcharge for calendar years 2002 through 2004 from one based 2 25 on a percentage of taxable wages to one based on a per 2 26 employee charge based on the highest number of employees 2 27 employed at one time in the prior calendar year. This Code 2 28 section change is made effective upon the bill's enactment in 2 29 order to take effect before the scheduled repeal of Code 2 30 section 96.7, subsection 12, on July 1, 2001. 2 31 The bill permits moneys from the division-approved training 2 32 fund to be used for training carried out by community 2 33 colleges. 2 34 The bill also requires the department of workforce 2 35 development to colocate rural and satellite offices at 3 1 community colleges to the extent possible. The department is 3 2 also directed to review the operation of the rural and 3 3 satellite offices and to report to the governor and the 3 4 general assembly by December 1, 2001. 3 5 LSB 3312XC 79 3 6 av/gg/8
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