Senate File 2299 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2239) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating an international trade and globalization advisory 2 council. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5965SV 82 5 tw/nh/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 2D.5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND 1 2 GLOBALIZATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. 1 3 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES. An international trade and 1 4 globalization advisory council is created to assess and 1 5 monitor the legal and economic impacts of international 1 6 agreements, international trade, and globalization on state 1 7 and local laws. In assessing and monitoring such impacts, the 1 8 council shall examine labor and workforce issues, human rights 1 9 and working conditions, economic and environmental justice, 1 10 the general business and regulatory environment, and the 1 11 preservation of state sovereignty. The council shall make 1 12 public policy recommendations to the general assembly, the 1 13 governor, Iowa's congressional delegation, and the people of 1 14 Iowa on ways to protect the state's economy, environment, and 1 15 sovereignty from the negative impacts of trade agreements and 1 16 globalization. 1 17 2. MEETINGS AND MEMBERSHIP. The council shall elect a 1 18 chairperson who shall convene the council at least twice 1 19 annually, and the membership of the council shall consist of 1 20 the following members: 1 21 a. The director of the department of economic development, 1 22 or the director's designee. 1 23 b. The director of the department of workforce 1 24 development, or the director's designee. 1 25 c. The director of the department of natural resources, or 1 26 the director's designee. 1 27 d. The attorney general, or the attorney general's 1 28 designee. 1 29 e. An economist, appointed by the governor. 1 30 f. One member representing organized labor, appointed by 1 31 the governor. 1 32 g. One member representing the business community, 1 33 appointed by the governor. 1 34 h. One member representing the agricultural community, 1 35 appointed by the governor. 2 1 i. One member representing the environmental protection 2 2 community, appointed by the governor. 2 3 j. One member representing the regents institutions, 2 4 appointed by the governor. 2 5 k. Four members serving in an ex officio, nonvoting 2 6 capacity, appointed as follows: 2 7 (1) One member of the senate, appointed by the majority 2 8 leader of the senate. 2 9 (2) One member of the senate, appointed by the minority 2 10 leader of the senate. 2 11 (3) One member of the house of representatives, appointed 2 12 by the speaker of the house of representatives. 2 13 (4) One member of the house of representatives, appointed 2 14 by the minority leader of the house of representatives. 2 15 3. TERMS AND EXPENSES. 2 16 a. The members of the council appointed by the governor 2 17 shall be appointed for three=year staggered terms beginning 2 18 and ending as provided in section 69.19. A vacancy on the 2 19 council shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same 2 20 manner as the original appointment was made. 2 21 b. The members of the council shall be reimbursed for 2 22 actual and necessary travel and related expenses incurred in 2 23 the discharge of official duties. Each member of the council 2 24 may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in 2 25 section 7E.6. 2 26 c. A majority of the voting members of the council 2 27 constitutes a quorum, and a majority of the total voting 2 28 membership of the council is necessary to act in any matter 2 29 within the jurisdiction of the council. 2 30 4. POWERS AND DUTIES. 2 31 a. The council shall hold public hearings at various 2 32 places throughout the state in order to hear public testimony 2 33 and recommendations from the people of the state and from 2 34 qualified experts. 2 35 b. The council shall conduct an annual assessment of the 3 1 impacts of international trade agreements on the state laws, 3 2 economy, workforce, and sovereignty and shall by December 31 3 3 of each year make an annual report of the council's assessment 3 4 to the governor and the general assembly. 3 5 c. The council shall maintain active communications with 3 6 government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses 3 7 regarding developments in international trade and 3 8 globalization. 3 9 d. The council may recommend legislation to the general 3 10 assembly. 3 11 e. The council may make a recommendation as to whether the 3 12 general assembly should consent to be bound by an existing or 3 13 pending international trade agreement. 3 14 f. The council may seek and accept outside funding to 3 15 fulfill the council's duties. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 This bill establishes an advisory council on international 3 18 trade and globalization. 3 19 The bill creates the council, provides for the appointment 3 20 of certain state officials and members of the public to serve 3 21 on the council, directs the council to hold public hearings, 3 22 requires the council to assess and monitor developments in 3 23 trade and globalization, and requires the council to make an 3 24 annual report to the governor and the general assembly 3 25 containing its assessment. 3 26 LSB 5965SV 82 3 27 tw/nh/24