Text: HF00442 Text: HF00444 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 260E.2, subsections 9 and 13, Code 1 2 2003, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 9. "Industry" meansaany of the following: 1 4 a. A business engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce 1 5 for the purpose of manufacturing, processing, or assembling 1 6 products, conducting research and development, or providing 1 7 services in interstate commerce, but excludes retail, health, 1 8 or professional services, which business pays wages for the 1 9 jobs for which the new jobs credit from withholding is taken 1 10 of at least the average county wage or average regional wage, 1 11 whichever is lower, as compiled annually by the department of 1 12 economic development for the community economic betterment 1 13 program. For purposes of this subsection, the average 1 14 regional wage shall be compiled based upon the service 1 15 delivery areas in section 84B.2. 1 16 b. A business eligible for benefits under section 15A.9. 1 17 c. A business eligible for benefits under section 15E.196. 1 18 d. A business eligible for benefits under the new jobs and 1 19 income program in chapter 15, subchapter II, part 13. 1 20 "Industry" does not include a business which closes or 1 21 substantially reduces its operation in one area of the state 1 22 of Iowa and relocates substantially the same operation in 1 23 another area of the state of Iowa. This subsection does not 1 24 prohibit a business from expanding its operations in another 1 25 area of the state provided that existing operations of a 1 26 similar nature are not closed or substantially reduced. 1 27 13. "Program costs" means all necessary and incidental 1 28 costs of providing program services and may include the costs 1 29 of actual wages and benefits paid to workers receiving 1 30 classroom or off-site training for the new jobs created 1 31 through the new jobs credit from withholding. 1 32 Sec. 2. Section 260E.2, subsection 14, paragraph e, Code 1 33 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 34 Sec. 3. Section 260E.3, subsection 3, Code 2003, is 1 35 amended by striking the subsection. 2 1 EXPLANATION 2 2 This bill relates to eligibility, program costs, and 2 3 program services under the industrial new jobs training Act. 2 4 The bill limits the type of industry for which new jobs 2 5 training programs may be established under the industrial new 2 6 jobs training Act. The bill defines the term "industry" to 2 7 mean one of four different types of business, including: 2 8 1. A business eligible for benefits under the quality jobs 2 9 enterprise zone program. 2 10 2. A business eligible for benefits under the enterprise 2 11 zone program. 2 12 3. A business eligible for benefits under the new jobs and 2 13 income program. 2 14 4. A business engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce 2 15 for the purpose of manufacturing, processing, or assembling 2 16 products, conducting research and development, or providing 2 17 services in interstate commerce, but excludes retail, health, 2 18 or professional services, which business pays wages for the 2 19 jobs for which the new jobs credit from withholding is taken 2 20 of at least the average county wage or average regional wage, 2 21 whichever is lower. 2 22 The bill provides that program costs may include the costs 2 23 of actual wages and benefits paid to workers receiving 2 24 classroom or off-site training for new jobs. 2 25 The bill eliminates provisions allowing on-the-job training 2 26 to be included as a program service. 2 27 LSB 2603HH 80 2 28 tm/cl/14
Text: HF00442 Text: HF00444 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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