HF 2633 (LSB 6300HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2633

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 715)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the use of appropriations to the economic development authority for the certified site program, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 110, section 15, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  For the purposes of providing assistance as described in section 15.335B for the high quality jobs program:
   ...................................................................... $ 11,700,000

   (a)  From the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph, the economic development authority may use not more than $1,000,000 for purposes of providing infrastructure grants to main street communities under the main street Iowa program and may allocate not more than $300,000 for the purposes of supporting statewide worker education and quality preapprenticeship programs.
   (b)  Notwithstanding section 15.335B, subsection 2, from the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph, $300,000 is allocated to the economic development authority for certification costs associated with the authority’s certified site program. Moneys allocated in this subparagraph division must be used to certify sites in counties with a population of less than 50,000 according to the 2020 federal decennial census and to certify at least two sites in each congressional district.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   In 2023, the general assembly appropriated $11.7 million to the economic development authority (IEDA) from the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund for FY 2023-2024 for purposes of providing assistance for the high quality jobs program. Pursuant to the appropriation, those moneys are also authorized for use in FY 2024-2025.
   This bill allocates a portion of that appropriation for use by IEDA for certification costs associated with IEDA’s certified site program. Moneys so allocated must be used to certify sites in counties with a population of less than 50,000 (88 counties) and to certify at least two sites in each of Iowa’s four U.S. congressional districts.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.