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1 1 Section 1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
1 2 STUDY.
1 3 1. The department of economics at Iowa state university of
1 4 science and technology shall conduct a study of all economic-
1 5 development-related and workforce-development-related programs
1 6 administered by state agencies, the funding of such programs,
1 7 and any programs administered by a state agency which include
1 8 as a part of the programs any inspection of a business. The
1 9 department of economics shall also examine the duties and
1 10 responsibilities of any relevant state authority, board,
1 11 commission, committee, council, or department and any subunits
1 12 of such entities.
1 13 2. By December 15, 2002, the department of economics shall
1 14 submit a report to the general assembly which includes, at a
1 15 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 department of economics at Iowa
2 10 state university of science and technology regarding the
2 11 funding sources, the full-time equivalent positions used, and
2 12 the amounts of moneys received by state agencies for economic-
2 13 development-related, workforce-development-related, and
2 14 business-inspection-related programs.
2 15 4. The appropriate standing committees of the Eightieth
2 16 General Assembly shall consider the recommendations of the
2 17 report filed by the department of economics at Iowa state
2 18 university of science and technology in order to determine any
2 19 changes necessary to accomplish a more efficient and effective
2 20 manner of providing economic development, workforce
2 21 development, and business inspection assistance.
2 22 EXPLANATION
2 23 This bill relates to a study of the efficiency and
2 24 effectiveness of economic development, workforce development,
2 25 and business inspection programs administered by the state.
2 26 The bill provides that the department of economics at Iowa
2 27 state university of science and technology shall conduct the
2 28 study. The bill provides that the study shall include an
2 29 examination of all economic-development-related and workforce-
2 30 development-related programs administered by a state agency,
2 31 funding of such programs, and any program administered by a
2 32 state agency which includes as a part of the program an
2 33 inspection of a business. The bill provides that the
2 34 department of economics shall also examine the duties and
2 35 responsibilities of any relevant state authority, board,
3 1 commission, committee, council, or department, and any
3 2 subunits of such entities.
3 3 The bill provides that, by December 15, 2002, the
3 4 department of economics shall submit a report to the general
3 5 assembly which includes recommendations regarding how
3 6 economic-development-related, workforce-development-related,
3 7 and business-inspection-related programs can be simplified;
3 8 how any duplication of economic-development-related,
3 9 workforce-development-related, and business-inspection-related
3 10 programs can be eliminated; how economic-development-related,
3 11 workforce-development-related, and business-inspection-related
3 12 programs can be coordinated in an efficient manner which would
3 13 allow persons seeking assistance to contact one person in
3 14 order to receive all necessary information and assistance;
3 15 whether each individual economic-development-related or
3 16 workforce-development-related program is viable, whether each
3 17 program is assisting in the creation of jobs, and whether each
3 18 program is providing effective and efficient assistance to
3 19 small businesses in this state. The bill requires the
3 20 department of economics to include in the report an
3 21 identification of the relevant state entities that administer
3 22 economic-development-related, workforce-development-related,
3 23 and business-inspection-related programs. The bill requires
3 24 the department of economics to include in the report a mission
3 25 statement and indicator of success for each economic-
3 26 development-related and workforce-development-related program
3 27 and each business-inspection-related program.
3 28 The bill provides that, by August 1, 2002, the legislative
3 29 fiscal bureau shall submit information to the department of
3 30 economics regarding the funding sources, the full-time
3 31 equivalent positions used, and the amounts of moneys received
3 32 by state agencies for economic-development-related, workforce-
3 33 related, and business-inspection-related programs.
3 34 The bill provides that appropriate standing committees of
3 35 the Eightieth General Assembly shall consider the
4 1 recommendations of the report filed by the department of
4 2 economics in order to determine any changes necessary to
4 3 accomplish a more efficient and effective manner of providing
4 4 economic development, workforce development, and business
4 5 inspection assistance.
4 6 LSB 6730SC 79
4 7 tm/cf/24
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