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House File 231 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to the powers and programs of the economic
development authority, including apprentice eligibility
under the apprenticeship training program, and including
effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 15.106A, Code 2017, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. The general assembly finds and
declares the following:
a. That through this section and section 15.106B, the
authority has been granted broad general powers and specific
program powers over all of the authority’s statutory programs,
including but not limited to the programs created pursuant to
chapters 15, 15A, 15B, 15E, and 15J.
b. That the broad general powers and the specific program
powers described in paragraph “a” of this subsection and
-1- subsection 1, paragraph “m”, specifically include the power
to interpret any rules adopted by the authority for the
administration of the programs referenced in paragraph “a”.
Sec. 2. Section 15B.2, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
1. “Apprentice” means a person who is at least sixteen
years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required
by law, who is employed in an apprenticeable occupation,
who is a resident of the state of Iowa, and is registered in
Iowa with the United States department of labor, office of
apprenticeship.
Sec. 3. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
1. The general assembly finds and declares the following:
a. That the state of Iowa faces a critical shortage of
skilled workers.
b. That the apprenticeship training program established
in chapter 15B is intended to improve the skills of Iowa’s
workforce and increase the amount of available Iowa workers
for certain in-demand occupations.
c. That the amount of financial assistance available under
the program should be calculated solely based on the number of
apprentices who are Iowa residents because Iowa residency is
an efficient method of defining the Iowa workforce.
d. That calculating financial assistance under the program
solely based on Iowa residency in order to improve Iowa’s
workforce is a legitimate governmental purpose.
e. That the financial assistance available under the
program is intended to be a statutory benefit and that the
statute is not intended to bind the state either by creating a
contractual right or a vested right.
2. The general assembly further declares that the purposes
of this Act are to clarify the legislative intent in enacting
chapters 15 and 15B and to cure any unforeseen defect or
ambiguity in the administration of the authority’s programs.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed
of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 5. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.
1. The section of this Act amending section 15.106A applies
retroactively to July 1, 2011.
-1- 2. The section of this Act amending section 15B.2 applies
retroactively to July 1, 2015.
3. The section of this Act relating to legislative findings
and purpose applies retroactively to July 1, 2015.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
______________________________
JACK WHITVER
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 231, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2017
______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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development authority, including apprentice eligibility
under the apprenticeship training program, and including
effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 15.106A, Code 2017, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. The general assembly finds and
declares the following:
a. That through this section and section 15.106B, the
authority has been granted broad general powers and specific
program powers over all of the authority’s statutory programs,
including but not limited to the programs created pursuant to
chapters 15, 15A, 15B, 15E, and 15J.
b. That the broad general powers and the specific program
powers described in paragraph “a” of this subsection and
-1- subsection 1, paragraph “m”, specifically include the power
to interpret any rules adopted by the authority for the
administration of the programs referenced in paragraph “a”.
Sec. 2. Section 15B.2, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
1. “Apprentice” means a person who is at least sixteen
years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required
by law, who is employed in an apprenticeable occupation,
who is a resident of the state of Iowa, and is registered in
Iowa with the United States department of labor, office of
apprenticeship.
Sec. 3. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
1. The general assembly finds and declares the following:
a. That the state of Iowa faces a critical shortage of
skilled workers.
b. That the apprenticeship training program established
in chapter 15B is intended to improve the skills of Iowa’s
workforce and increase the amount of available Iowa workers
for certain in-demand occupations.
c. That the amount of financial assistance available under
the program should be calculated solely based on the number of
apprentices who are Iowa residents because Iowa residency is
an efficient method of defining the Iowa workforce.
d. That calculating financial assistance under the program
solely based on Iowa residency in order to improve Iowa’s
workforce is a legitimate governmental purpose.
e. That the financial assistance available under the
program is intended to be a statutory benefit and that the
statute is not intended to bind the state either by creating a
contractual right or a vested right.
2. The general assembly further declares that the purposes
of this Act are to clarify the legislative intent in enacting
chapters 15 and 15B and to cure any unforeseen defect or
ambiguity in the administration of the authority’s programs.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed
of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 5. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.
1. The section of this Act amending section 15.106A applies
retroactively to July 1, 2011.
-1- 2. The section of this Act amending section 15B.2 applies
retroactively to July 1, 2015.
3. The section of this Act relating to legislative findings
and purpose applies retroactively to July 1, 2015.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
______________________________
JACK WHITVER
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 231, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2017
______________________________
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
-2-aw/nh/rn