Senate Study Bill 1043
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act adding four nonvoting members to the Iowa workforce
2 development board.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 84A.1A, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. An Iowa workforce development board is created,
1 4 consisting of nine voting members appointed by the governor
1 5 and eight twelve ex officio, nonvoting members. The ex
1 6 officio, nonvoting members are four legislative members; one
1 7 president, or the president's designee, of the university of
1 8 northern Iowa, the university of Iowa, or Iowa state
1 9 university of science and technology, designated by the state
1 10 board of regents on a rotating basis; one representative from
1 11 the largest statewide public employees' organization
1 12 representing state employees; one president, or the
1 13 president's designee, of an independent Iowa college,
1 14 appointed by the Iowa association of independent colleges and
1 15 universities; and one superintendent, or the superintendent's
1 16 designee, of a community college, appointed by the Iowa
1 17 association of community college presidents; one
1 18 representative of the vocational rehabilitation community
1 19 appointed by the state rehabilitation council in the division
1 20 of Iowa vocational rehabilitation services; one representative
1 21 of the department of education appointed by the state board of
1 22 education; one representative of the department of economic
1 23 development appointed by the director; and one representative
1 24 of the United States department of labor, office of
1 25 apprenticeship. The legislative members are two state
1 26 senators, one appointed by the president of the senate after
1 27 consultation with the majority leader of the senate, and one
1 28 appointed by the minority leader of the senate from their
1 29 respective parties; and two state representatives, one
1 30 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives after
1 31 consultation with the majority leader of the house of
1 32 representatives, and one appointed by the minority leader of
1 33 the house of representatives from their respective parties.
1 34 The legislative members shall serve for terms as provided in
1 35 section 69.16B. Not more than five of the voting members
2 1 shall be from the same political party. Of the nine voting
2 2 members, one member shall represent a nonprofit organization
2 3 involved in workforce development services, four members shall
2 4 represent employers, and four members shall represent
2 5 nonsupervisory employees. Of the members appointed by the
2 6 governor to represent nonsupervisory employees, two members
2 7 shall be from statewide labor organizations, one member shall
2 8 be an employee representative of a labor management council,
2 9 and one member shall be a person with experience in worker
2 10 training programs. The governor shall consider
2 11 recommendations from statewide labor organizations for the
2 12 members representing nonsupervisory employees. The governor
2 13 shall appoint the nine voting members of the workforce
2 14 development board for a term of four years beginning and
2 15 ending as provided by section 69.19, subject to confirmation
2 16 by the senate, and the governor's appointments shall include
2 17 persons knowledgeable in the area of workforce development.
2 18 EXPLANATION
2 19 This bill adds four ex officio, nonvoting members to the
2 20 Iowa workforce development board, raising the total number of
2 21 nonvoting members to 12. Of the new members, one
2 22 representative is from the vocational rehabilitation community
2 23 appointed by the state rehabilitation council in the division
2 24 of Iowa vocational rehabilitation services; one representative
2 25 is from the department of education, appointed by the state
2 26 board of education; one representative is from the department
2 27 of economic development appointed by the director; and the
2 28 fourth representative is from the United States department of
2 29 labor, office of apprenticeship.
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