House File 443
HOUSE FILE
BY SHOULTZ
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to eligibility, program costs, and program
2 services under the industrial new jobs training Act.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 2603HH 80
5 tm/cl/14
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" means a any 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