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6 to participate in council meetings and activities.
7 6. The administration of the council shall be
8 coordinated by the science and technology advisor
9 appointed pursuant to subsection 2.
10 7. The initial appointments to the council made
11 pursuant to subsection 3, paragraph "a", shall be made
12 after the Iowa leadership councils are established
13 pursuant to section 15E.47.
14 8. The Iowa new economy council shall annually
15 elect a chairperson from among its members.
16 9. If more than three industry leadership councils
17 are established pursuant to section 15E.47, the voting
18 membership of the council shall be expanded to allow
19 one representative of each industry leadership council
20 to serve on the council.
21 10. The council shall be subject to the open
22 meetings law in chapter 21 and all meetings of the
23 council shall be conducted in the presence of a
24 representative of the department.
25 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 15E.46 STRATEGIC FOCUS
26 AND ACTIVITIES.
27 1. The strategic focus of the Iowa new economy
28 council shall be to support and strengthen the
29 competitiveness of Iowa businesses within each of the
30 industry clusters. At a minimum, the council shall
31 perform all of the following duties:
32 a. Develop collaborative industry-led projects in
33 the industry clusters.
34 b. Lead efforts to improve Iowa's competitive
35 position in the industry cluster areas.
36 c. Facilitate activities designed to strengthen
37 relationships and advocate collaboration among Iowa
38 research institutions and Iowa's technology intensive
39 businesses.
40 d. Develop a three-year strategic plan with an
41 annual operating plan to share with the board for
42 consideration in developing the department-wide
43 strategic plan.
44 2. The Iowa new economy council shall develop and
45 implement activities addressing all of the following
46 economic foundation issues of the new economy:
47 a. Skilled and adaptable human resources.
48 b. Access to technologies on which new products
49 and processes are based.
50 c. Availability of financial capital to support
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1 new ventures, expansion of existing companies, and
2 reinvestment in transition industries.
3 d. Support of advanced physical infrastructure for
4 transportation, communications, energy and water, and
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