House
File
231
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Enrolled
House
File
231
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
POWERS
AND
PROGRAMS
OF
THE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY,
INCLUDING
APPRENTICE
ELIGIBILITY
UNDER
THE
APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING
PROGRAM,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
15.106A,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
The
general
assembly
finds
and
declares
the
following:
a.
That
through
this
section
and
section
15.106B,
the
authority
has
been
granted
broad
general
powers
and
specific
program
powers
over
all
of
the
authority’s
statutory
programs,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
programs
created
pursuant
to
chapters
15,
15A,
15B,
15E,
and
15J.
b.
That
the
broad
general
powers
and
the
specific
program
powers
described
in
paragraph
“a”
of
this
subsection
and
House
File
231,
p.
2
subsection
1,
paragraph
“m”
,
specifically
include
the
power
to
interpret
any
rules
adopted
by
the
authority
for
the
administration
of
the
programs
referenced
in
paragraph
“a”
.
Sec.
2.
Section
15B.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
“Apprentice”
means
a
person
who
is
at
least
sixteen
years
of
age,
except
where
a
higher
minimum
age
is
required
by
law,
who
is
employed
in
an
apprenticeable
occupation
,
who
is
a
resident
of
the
state
of
Iowa
,
and
is
registered
in
Iowa
with
the
United
States
department
of
labor,
office
of
apprenticeship.
Sec.
3.
LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS
AND
PURPOSE.
1.
The
general
assembly
finds
and
declares
the
following:
a.
That
the
state
of
Iowa
faces
a
critical
shortage
of
skilled
workers.
b.
That
the
apprenticeship
training
program
established
in
chapter
15B
is
intended
to
improve
the
skills
of
Iowa’s
workforce
and
increase
the
amount
of
available
Iowa
workers
for
certain
in-demand
occupations.
c.
That
the
amount
of
financial
assistance
available
under
the
program
should
be
calculated
solely
based
on
the
number
of
apprentices
who
are
Iowa
residents
because
Iowa
residency
is
an
efficient
method
of
defining
the
Iowa
workforce.
d.
That
calculating
financial
assistance
under
the
program
solely
based
on
Iowa
residency
in
order
to
improve
Iowa’s
workforce
is
a
legitimate
governmental
purpose.
e.
That
the
financial
assistance
available
under
the
program
is
intended
to
be
a
statutory
benefit
and
that
the
statute
is
not
intended
to
bind
the
state
either
by
creating
a
contractual
right
or
a
vested
right.
2.
The
general
assembly
further
declares
that
the
purposes
of
this
Act
are
to
clarify
the
legislative
intent
in
enacting
chapters
15
and
15B
and
to
cure
any
unforeseen
defect
or
ambiguity
in
the
administration
of
the
authority’s
programs.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
Sec.
5.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
15.106A
applies
retroactively
to
July
1,
2011.
House
File
231,
p.
3
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
15B.2
applies
retroactively
to
July
1,
2015.
3.
The
section
of
this
Act
relating
to
legislative
findings
and
purpose
applies
retroactively
to
July
1,
2015.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
231,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor