House File 144 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring governing bodies dispensing public funds for
  2    economic development to consider the recruitment and retention
  3    of minority persons by businesses receiving such funds.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1317HH 83
  6 tw/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15A.1, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  That businesses receiving public funds
  1  4 agree to make a good faith effort to recruit and retain
  1  5 minority persons for a portion of any new jobs being created.
  1  6 For purposes of this paragraph, "minority person" means the
  1  7 same as defined in section 15.102, subsection 7.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill provides that when a governing body is
  1 10 determining whether to dispense public funds for economic
  1 11 development, the governing body must consider whether a
  1 12 business receiving public funds agrees to make a good faith
  1 13 effort to recruit and retain minority persons for a portion of
  1 14 any new jobs being created.  "Minority person" means an
  1 15 individual who is a Black, Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander,
  1 16 American Indian, or Alaskan native American.
  1 17 LSB 1317HH 83
  1 18 tw/nh/14.1