16.191  Iowa jobs board.
  1.  An Iowa jobs board is established consisting of eleven members and is located for administrative purposes within the Iowa finance authority. The executive director of the Iowa finance authority shall provide staff assistance and necessary supplies and equipment for the board. The executive director shall budget funds received pursuant to section 16.193 to operate the program including but not limited to paying the per diem expenses of the board members. In performing its functions, the board is performing a public function on behalf of the state and is a public instrumentality of the state.
  2.  The membership of the board shall be as follows:
  a.  Six members of the general public appointed by the governor.
  b.  The director of the economic development authority or the director’s designee.
  c.  The executive director of the Iowa finance authority or the director’s designee.
  d.  The director of the department of workforce development or the director’s designee.
  e.  The administrator of the homeland security and emergency management division of the department of public defense or the administrator’s designee.
  f.  The treasurer of state or the treasurer of state’s designee.
  3.  a.  All public member appointments made pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “a”, shall comply with sections 69.16, 69.16A, and 69.16C, and shall be subject to confirmation by the senate.
  b.  Three of the public members appointed pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “a”, shall have demonstrable experience or expertise in the field of public financing, architecture, engineering, or major facility development or construction and one of the public members appointed pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “a”, shall be an employee of a not-for-profit organization.
  c.  All public members shall be from geographically diverse areas of this state.
  d.  All public members shall be appointed to three-year staggered terms and the terms shall commence and end as provided by section 69.19. If a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term. A successor shall be appointed in the same manner and subject to the same qualifications as the original appointment to serve the unexpired term.
  4.  The chairperson and vice chairperson of the board shall be designated by the governor from the public members appointed pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “a”. In case of the absence or disability of the chairperson and vice chairperson, the members of the board shall elect a temporary chairperson by a majority vote of those members who are present and voting.
  5.  A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
2009 Acts, ch 173, §5, 36; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2011 Acts, ch 122, §28
Confirmation, see §2.32 
Code editor directive applied
Subsection 2, paragraph e amended