HSB 665 (LSB 6186YC (1) 83)

HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH BILL BY CHAIRPERSON THOMAS)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the appointment of young adults to appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils and including applicability date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  69.16D  Young adult representation.
   1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
   a.  “Qualified appointive boards” means all of the following:
   (1)  The Iowa economic development board created in section 15.103.
   (2)  The vision Iowa board created in section 15F.102.
   (3)  The commission of Latino affairs created in section 216A.12.
   (4)  The commission on the status of women created in section 216A.52.
   (5)  The commission of persons with disabilities created in section 216A.72.
   (6)  The commission on community action agencies created in section 216A.92A.
   (7)  The commission on the deaf created in section 216A.112.
   (8)  The commission on the status of African-Americans created in section 216A.142.
   (9)  The commission on the status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage created in section 216A.152.
   (10)  The commission on Native American affairs created in section 216A.162.
   (11)  The state board of regents created in section 262.1.
   (12)  The Iowa great places board established in section 303.3C.
   (13)  The Iowa arts council created in section 303.86.
   (14)  The natural resource commission created in section 455A.5.
   b.  “Young adult” means a person who, at the time of appointment or reappointment, is at least eighteen years of age but less than thirty-five years of age.
   2.  a.  All appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state established by the Code should provide, to the extent practicable and if not otherwise provided by law, for young adult representation. All appointing authorities of boards, commissions, committees, and councils should consider qualified young adults for appointment to boards, commissions, committees, and councils.
   b.  All qualified appointive boards shall include at least two members who are young adults. A person shall not be appointed or reappointed to any qualified appointive board if that appointment or reappointment would cause the number of young adult members of the qualified appointive board to be less than two members. If there are multiple appointing authorities for a qualified appointive board, they shall consult each other to avoid a violation of this paragraph “b”.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  The provision of this Act requiring the appointment of young adults to qualified appointive boards is applicable to appointments made to qualified appointive boards on and after January 1, 2011.
EXPLANATION
   This bill concerns the appointment of young adults to appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state that are established by the Code. The bill provides that a young adult is a person who, at the time of appointment, is at least 18 but less than 35 years of age.
   The bill provides that all appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils established by the Code should provide for young adult representation and provides that appointing authorities should consider qualified young adults for appointment to such boards, commissions, committees, and councils.
   The bill also provides that certain qualified appointive boards shall include at least two young adult members on the board by January 1, 2011. The bill defines qualified appointive boards to mean the economic development board, the vision Iowa board, the commission of Latino affairs, the commission on the status of women, the commission of persons with disabilities, the commission on community action agencies, the commission on the deaf, the commission on the status of African-Americans, the commission on the status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage, the commission on Native American affairs, the state board of regents, the great places board, the Iowa arts council, and the natural resource commission.
   The provision of the bill requiring the appointment of young adults to qualified appointive boards is applicable to appointments made to those boards on and after January 1, 2011.