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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 260C.18A WORKFORCE TRAINING AND 1 2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. 1 3 1. a. For each community college a separate workforce 1 4 training and economic development fund is created in the state 1 5 treasury under the control of the department of management. 1 6 b. Moneys in the funds shall consist of any moneys 1 7 appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys 1 8 available to and obtained or accepted by the department of 1 9 management from federal sources or private sources for 1 10 placement in the funds. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys 1 11 in the funds at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert 1 12 to any other fund but shall remain in the funds for 1 13 expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. 1 14 c. (1) For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1 15 2003, through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, by 1 16 February 14 of each year, a community college board of 1 17 directors shall deliver notification to the director of the 1 18 department of management regarding both of the following: 1 19 (a) The sum of moneys which the community college is 1 20 eligible to collect during the subsequent fiscal year from the 1 21 community college's workforce training and economic 1 22 development fund calculated pursuant to the procedure provided 1 23 in subsection 3. 1 24 (b) The amount of money the community college is 1 25 requesting to receive from the community college's workforce 1 26 training and economic development fund during the subsequent 1 27 fiscal year. 1 28 (2) In providing the notification, a community college 1 29 board shall provide any supporting information required by the 1 30 department of management. 1 31 (3) The department of management shall not approve or deny 1 32 any individual projects, programs, or courses for which moneys 1 33 from a workforce training and economic development fund are 1 34 expended. 1 35 (4) The director of the department of management shall use 2 1 information submitted pursuant to this paragraph for purposes 2 2 of making allocation determinations under subsection 4. 2 3 (5) The director of the department of management shall 2 4 notify each community college by March 1 of each year of the 2 5 allocation each community college will receive from the 2 6 workforce training and economic development fund for that 2 7 community college in the subsequent fiscal year. A copy of 2 8 this notification shall be submitted to the treasurer of 2 9 state. 2 10 2. On July 1 of each year for the fiscal year beginning 2 11 July 1, 2003, through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, 2 12 moneys from a fund created for biotechnology-related purposes 2 13 enacted by the general assembly during the 2003 legislative 2 14 session are appropriated to the department of management for 2 15 deposit in the workforce training and economic development 2 16 funds in amounts determined pursuant to subsection 4. For 2 17 fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2007, moneys 2 18 collected pursuant to section 453A.6 equivalent to nine mills 2 19 per cigarette are appropriated to the department of management 2 20 for deposit in the workforce training and economic development 2 21 funds. Moneys deposited in the funds and disbursed to 2 22 community colleges for a fiscal year shall be expended for the 2 23 following purposes, provided seventy percent of the moneys 2 24 shall be used on projects in the areas of advanced 2 25 manufacturing, information technology and insurance, and life 2 26 sciences which include the areas of biotechnology, health care 2 27 technology, and nursing care technology: 2 28 a. Projects in which an agreement between a community 2 29 college and an employer located within the community college's 2 30 merged area meet all of the requirements of the accelerated 2 31 career education program under chapter 260G. However, when 2 32 moneys are provided through a workforce training and economic 2 33 development fund for such projects, sections 260G.4A through 2 34 260G.6 shall not apply and the agreement for providing program 2 35 costs may include moneys from the workforce training and 3 1 economic development fund in addition to the sources listed in 3 2 section 260G.3, subsection 2, paragraphs "b" through "d". 3 3 b. Projects in which an agreement between a community 3 4 college and a business meet all the requirements of the Iowa 3 5 jobs training Act under chapter 260F. However, when moneys 3 6 are provided through a workforce training and economic 3 7 development fund for such projects, sections 260F.6, 260F.7, 3 8 and 260F.8 shall not apply. 3 9 c. Career technical academies. 3 10 d. Courses and programs for entrepreneurial development. 3 11 e. Programs and courses that provide vocational and 3 12 technical training, and programs for in-service training and 3 13 retraining under section 260C.1, subsections 2 and 3. 3 14 3. For a fiscal year, a community college is eligible to 3 15 receive moneys from the workforce training and economic 3 16 development fund for the community college in an amount that 3 17 shall not exceed the sum of the following: 3 18 a. The community college's budgeted employer contributions 3 19 under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act for the fiscal 3 20 year. 3 21 b. The community college's budgeted employer contributions 3 22 to the community college's employees retirement systems for 3 23 the fiscal year. 3 24 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the moneys 3 25 the community college would receive from the collection of 3 26 property tax of fifteen cents per thousand dollars on all 3 27 taxable property in the community college's merged area for 3 28 that fiscal year. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, 3 29 and each succeeding fiscal year, the moneys the community 3 30 college would receive from the collection of a property tax on 3 31 all taxable property in the community college's merged area 3 32 for the fiscal year using the tax rate used for purposes of 3 33 this calculation in the previous fiscal year multiplied by an 3 34 amount equal to the sum of one plus the state growth 3 35 percentage established pursuant to section 257.8 for the 4 1 budget year beginning that July 1 of the fiscal year 4 2 calculated. 4 3 4. a. For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 4 4 2003, through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, the 4 5 maximum cumulative total amount of moneys that may be 4 6 deposited in all the workforce training and economic 4 7 development funds for distribution to community colleges in a 4 8 fiscal year shall be determined as follows: 4 9 (1) Ten million dollars for the fiscal year beginning July 4 10 1, 2003. 4 11 (2) Twenty million dollars for the fiscal year beginning 4 12 July 1, 2004. 4 13 (3) Thirty million dollars for the fiscal year beginning 4 14 July 1, 2005. 4 15 (4) Forty million dollars for the fiscal year beginning 4 16 July 1, 2006. 4 17 (5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and each 4 18 succeeding fiscal year, the maximum cumulative total amount 4 19 shall be calculated by multiplying the maximum cumulative 4 20 total amount of the previous fiscal year by the amount of the 4 21 sum of one plus the state growth percentage established 4 22 pursuant to section 257.8 for the budget year beginning that 4 23 July 1 of the fiscal year calculated. 4 24 b. If the total amount of the requested amounts of moneys 4 25 for all of the workforce training and economic development 4 26 funds in a fiscal year exceeds the maximum cumulative total 4 27 amount determined in paragraph "a", the director of the 4 28 department of management shall prorate the allowable 4 29 allocation for each community college by the ratio of a 4 30 community college's requested amount for its workforce 4 31 training and economic development fund to the total amount 4 32 requested by all the community colleges. 4 33 Sec. 2. Section 453A.6, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 4 34 amended to read as follows: 4 35 1. There is imposed, and shall be collected and paid to 5 1 the department, the following taxes on all cigarettes used or 5 2 otherwise disposed of in this state for any purpose 5 3 whatsoever: 5 4 Class A. On cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds 5 5 per thousand,eighteentwenty-seven mills on each such 5 6 cigarette. 5 7 Class B. On cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per 5 8 thousand,eighteentwenty-seven mills on each such cigarette. 5 9 Sec. 3. NOTICES. For purposes of the fiscal year 5 10 beginning July 1, 2003, a community college shall, within 5 11 thirty days of the effective date of this Act, deliver notice 5 12 to the director of the department of management which includes 5 13 the information required in section 260C.18A, subsection 1, 5 14 paragraph "c", subparagraph (1). Upon determination by the 5 15 director regarding the amount each community college is 5 16 eligible to receive from workforce training and economic 5 17 development funds, the director shall notify each community 5 18 college and the state treasurer of the moneys to be received. 5 19 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATES. 5 20 1. Sections 1, 3, and 4 of this Act, being deemed of 5 21 immediate importance, take effect upon enactment. 5 22 2. Section 2 of this Act, relating to the excise tax 5 23 imposed on the use or disposal of cigarettes, shall take 5 24 effect July 1, 2007. 5 25 EXPLANATION 5 26 This bill relates to workforce training and economic 5 27 development funds for community colleges, increases the excise 5 28 tax on cigarettes, and makes related appropriations. 5 29 The bill creates in the state treasury one workforce 5 30 training and economic development fund, for each community 5 31 college, under the control of the department of management. 5 32 The bill provides that moneys in the funds shall consist of 5 33 any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other 5 34 moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department 5 35 of management from federal sources or private sources for 6 1 placement in the funds. 6 2 The bill provides that for fiscal years beginning on or 6 3 after July 1, 2003, through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 6 4 2006, by February 14 of each year, a community college board 6 5 shall deliver notification to the director of the department 6 6 of management regarding the sum of moneys for which the 6 7 community college is eligible to collect during the subsequent 6 8 fiscal year from the community college's workforce training 6 9 and economic development fund and the sum of moneys the 6 10 community college is requesting to receive from the community 6 11 college's workforce training and economic development fund 6 12 during the subsequent fiscal year. The bill provides that the 6 13 department of management shall not approve or deny any 6 14 individual projects, programs, or courses for which moneys 6 15 from a workforce training and economic development fund are 6 16 expended. The bill provides that the director shall notify 6 17 each community college by March 1 of each year of the 6 18 allocation each community college will receive from the 6 19 workforce training and economic development fund. 6 20 The bill provides that, on July 1 of each year for the 6 21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, through the fiscal year 6 22 beginning July 1, 2006, moneys from a fund created for 6 23 biotechnology-related purposes enacted by the general assembly 6 24 during the 2003 legislative session are appropriated to the 6 25 department of management for deposit in the separate workforce 6 26 training and economic development funds in amounts determined 6 27 by the director. The bill provides that, for fiscal years 6 28 beginning on or after July 1, 2007, excise tax moneys 6 29 collected pursuant to Code section 453A.6 equivalent to nine 6 30 mills per cigarette are appropriated to the department of 6 31 management for deposit in the workforce training and economic 6 32 development funds. 6 33 The bill provides that moneys deposited in the funds and 6 34 disbursed to community colleges for a fiscal year shall be 6 35 expended for the following purposes, provided 70 percent of 7 1 the moneys shall be used on projects in the areas of advanced 7 2 manufacturing, information technology and insurance, and life 7 3 sciences which include the areas of biotechnology, health care 7 4 technology, and nursing care technology: 7 5 1. Projects in which an agreement between a community 7 6 college and an employer located within the community college's 7 7 merged area meet all of the requirements of the accelerated 7 8 career education program under Code chapter 260G. 7 9 2. Projects in which an agreement between a community 7 10 college and a business meet all the requirements of the Iowa 7 11 jobs training Act under Code chapter 260F. 7 12 3. Career technical academies. 7 13 4. Courses and programs for entrepreneurial development. 7 14 5. Programs and courses that provide vocational and 7 15 technical training, and programs for in-service training and 7 16 retraining. 7 17 The bill provides a formula for determining the amount of 7 18 moneys that a community college is eligible to receive from 7 19 the workforce training and economic development fund for a 7 20 fiscal year. The formula relates to the community college's 7 21 budgeted employer contributions under the Federal Insurance 7 22 Contributions Act, the community college's budgeted employer 7 23 contributions to the community college's employees retirement 7 24 systems, and a property tax calculation. 7 25 The bill provides, for fiscal years beginning on or after 7 26 July 1, 2003, through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, 7 27 a method for calculating the maximum cumulative total amount 7 28 of moneys that may be deposited in all the workforce training 7 29 and economic development funds for distribution to community 7 30 colleges in a fiscal year. The bill provides that, if the sum 7 31 of the requested amounts for all of the workforce training and 7 32 economic development funds in a fiscal year exceeds the 7 33 maximum cumulative total amount allowed, the director of the 7 34 department of management shall prorate the allowable 7 35 allocation for each community college by the ratio of a 8 1 community college's requested amount for its workforce 8 2 training and economic development fund to the total amount 8 3 requested by all the community colleges. 8 4 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and each 8 5 succeeding fiscal year thereafter, the bill increases the 8 6 excise tax on cigarettes used or otherwise disposed of by nine 8 7 mills per cigarette, which is equivalent to nine-tenths of a 8 8 cent per cigarette. This provision takes effect on July 1, 8 9 2007. 8 10 The bill provides that, for purposes of the fiscal year 8 11 beginning July 1, 2003, a community college shall, within 30 8 12 days of the effective date of this bill, deliver notice to the 8 13 director of the department of management which includes the 8 14 amount the community college is eligible to receive from a 8 15 workforce training and economic development fund and the 8 16 amount the community college is requesting to receive. 8 17 With the exception of the increase on the cigarette excise 8 18 tax, the remainder of the bill takes effect upon enactment. 8 19 LSB 3015XS 80 8 20 tm/pj/5
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