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House File 2493 - EnrolledAn Actmaking appropriations to the department of cultural
affairs, the economic development authority, the Iowa
finance authority, the public employment relations board,
the department of workforce development, and the state
board of regents and certain regents institutions, and
properly related matters, and including effective date and
retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2018-2019
Section 1. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 18, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 18. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of cultural affairs for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions for the department:
.................................................. $84,318
168,637
............................................... FTEs56.50
The department of cultural affairs shall coordinate
activities with the tourism office of the economic development
authority to promote attendance at the state historical
building and at this state’s historic sites.
Full-time equivalent positions authorized under this
paragraph are funded, in full or in part, using moneys
appropriated under this paragraph and paragraphs “c” through
“g”.
b. COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANTS
For planning and programming for the community cultural
grants program established under section 303.3:
.................................................. $86,045
172,090
c. HISTORICAL DIVISION
For the support of the historical division:
.................................................. $1,488,898
3,027,797
d. HISTORIC SITES
-1- For the administration and support of historic sites:
.................................................. $213,199
426,398
e. ARTS DIVISION
For the support of the arts division:
.................................................. $596,094
1,217,188
Of the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, the department
shall allocate $150,000 $300,000 for purposes of the film
office.
f. IOWA GREAT PLACES
For the Iowa great places program established under section
303.3C:
.................................................. $75,000
150,000
g. RECORDS CENTER RENT
For payment of rent for the state records center:
.................................................. $113,621
227,243
h. CULTURAL TRUST GRANTS
For grant programs administered by the Iowa arts council
including but not limited to those programs supporting the
long-term financial stability and sustainability of nonprofit
cultural organizations:
.................................................. $12,500
75,000
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 2. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 20, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 20. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
1. APPROPRIATION
-2- a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated in this subsection, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,700,000
13,413,379
............................................... FTEs147.45
b. (1) For salaries, support, miscellaneous purposes,
programs, marketing, and the maintenance of an administration
division, a business development division, a community
development division, a small business development division,
and other divisions the authority may organize.
(2) The full-time equivalent positions authorized under
this section are funded, in whole or in part, by the moneys
appropriated under this subsection or by other moneys received
by the authority, including certain federal moneys.
(3) For business development operations and programs,
international trade, export assistance, workforce recruitment,
and the partner state program.
(4) For transfer to a fund created pursuant to section
15.313 for purposes of financing strategic infrastructure
projects.
(5) For community economic development programs, tourism
operations, community assistance, plans for Iowa green corps
and summer youth programs, the mainstreet and rural mainstreet
programs, the school-to-career program, the community
development block grant, and housing and shelter-related
programs.
(6) For achieving the goals and accountability, and
fulfilling the requirements and duties required under this Act.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
-3-available for expenditure for the purposes designated in this
subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS
a. A business creating jobs through moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall be subject to contract provisions requiring
new and retained jobs to be filled by individuals who are
citizens of the United States who reside within the United
States or any person authorized to work in the United States
pursuant to federal law, including legal resident aliens in the
United States.
b. Any vendor who receives moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall adhere to such contract provisions and
provide periodic assurances as the state shall require that the
jobs are filled solely by citizens of the United States who
reside within the United States or any person authorized to
work in the United States pursuant to federal law, including
legal resident aliens in the United States.
c. A business that receives financial assistance from
the authority from moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall
only employ individuals legally authorized to work in this
state. In addition to all other applicable penalties provided
by current law, all or a portion of the assistance received
by a business which is found to knowingly employ individuals
not legally authorized to work in this state is subject to
recapture by the authority.
3. USES OF APPROPRIATIONS
a. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of a
grant to a community economic development entity for conducting
a local workforce recruitment effort designed to recruit former
citizens of the state and former students at colleges and
universities in the state to meet the needs of local employers.
b. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance to early stage
industry companies being established by women entrepreneurs.
-4- c. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of
grants, loans, or forgivable loans for advanced research and
commercialization projects involving value-added agriculture,
advanced technology, or biotechnology.
d. The authority shall not use any moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 for purposes of providing financial assistance for
the Iowa green streets pilot project or for any other program
or project that involves the installation of geothermal systems
for melting snow and ice from streets or sidewalks.
4.WORLD FOOD PRIZE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount for the world food prize and in lieu of the standing
appropriation in section 15.368:
.................................................. $200,000
400,000
5.IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount for allocation to the Iowa commission on volunteer
service for purposes of the Iowa state commission grant
program, the Iowa’s promise and Iowa mentoring partnership
programs, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $84,100
168,201
............................................... FTEs7.00
Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, the authority
shall allocate $37,500 $75,000 for purposes of the Iowa state
commission grant program and $46,600 $93,201 for purposes of
the Iowa’s promise and Iowa mentoring partnership programs.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
-5-subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the succeeding fiscal year.
6. COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS — ASSISTANCE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount to be used for the purposes of providing financial
assistance to Iowa’s councils of governments:
.................................................. $87,500
200,000
6A. REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the economic development authority for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the
following amount to be used for the funding of a registered
apprenticeship development program designed to encourage
small to midsize businesses to start or grow registered
apprenticeships:
.................................................. $1,000,000
7. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
INTERNSHIPS
a. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the Iowa economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
For the funding of internships for students studying in the
fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
with eligible Iowa employers as provided in section 15.411,
subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $500,000
1,000,000
b. No more than 3 percent of the moneys appropriated in this
-6-subsection may be used by the authority for costs associated
with administration of the internship program.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection which remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated in
subsequent fiscal years.
Sec. 3. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 21, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 21. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — FY
2018-2019. Notwithstanding the standing appropriations
in the following designated sections for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts
appropriated from the general fund of the state pursuant to
these sections for the following purposes shall not exceed the
following amounts:
1. For operational support grants and community cultural
grants under section 99F.11, subsection 3, paragraph “d”,
subparagraph (1):
.................................................. $208,351
448,403
2. For the purposes of regional tourism marketing under
section 99F.11, subsection 3, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (2):
.................................................. $450,000
900,000
Sec. 4. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, is amended by adding
the following new section:
NEW SECTION. SEC. 21A. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REPORTING
— ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. The economic development
authority and the department of revenue shall submit a joint
annual report to the general assembly no later than November
1 of each year that details the amount of every direct loan,
forgivable loan, tax credit, tax exemption, tax refund, grant,
or any other financial assistance awarded to a person during
the prior fiscal year by the authority under an economic
-7-development program administered by the authority. The report
shall identify the county where the project associated with
each such award is located.
Sec. 5. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 22, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 22. INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. From the moneys
collected by the division of insurance in excess of the
anticipated gross revenues under section 505.7, subsection 3,
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, $50,000 $100,000
shall be transferred to the economic development authority for
insurance economic development and international insurance
economic development.
Sec. 6. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 23, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 23. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the Iowa finance authority for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used to provide
reimbursement for rent expenses to eligible persons under
the home and community-based services rent subsidy program
established in section 16.55:
.................................................. $329,000
658,000
2. If the Iowa finance authority utilizes a waiting list,
the authority shall give priority to a person participating
in the state’s money follows the person partnership for
community integration project who has been assigned to work
with a transition specialist. Of the moneys appropriated in
this section, not more than $17,500 $35,000 may be used for
administrative costs.
Sec. 7. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 25, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 25. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
-8-to the public employment relations board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $671,226
1,492,452
............................................... FTEs10.00
11.00
2. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, the board
shall allocate $7,500 $15,000 for maintaining an internet site
that allows searchable access to a database of collective
bargaining information.
Sec. 8. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 26, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 26. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
1. DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
a. For the division of labor services, including salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,745,626
3,491,252
............................................... FTEs61.12
b. From the contractor registration fees, the division of
labor services shall reimburse the department of inspections
and appeals for all costs associated with hearings under
chapter 91C, relating to contractor registration.
2. DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
-9- a. For the division of workers’ compensation, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,629,522
3,309,044
............................................... FTEs27.20
b. The division of workers’ compensation shall charge a
$100 filing fee for workers’ compensation cases. The filing
fee shall be paid by the petitioner of a claim. However, the
fee can be taxed as a cost and paid by the losing party, except
in cases where it would impose an undue hardship or be unjust
under the circumstances. The moneys generated by the filing
fee allowed under this subsection are appropriated to the
department of workforce development to be used for purposes of
administering the division of workers’ compensation.
3. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS
a. For the operation of field offices, the workforce
development board, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,972,825
7,925,650
............................................... FTEs187.75
b. Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph “a” of this
subsection, the department shall allocate $75,000 $150,000
to the state library for the purpose of licensing an online
resource which prepares persons to succeed in the workplace
through programs which improve job skills and vocational
test-taking abilities.
4. OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAM
a. For the development and administration of an offender
reentry program to provide offenders with employment skills,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $143,579
337,158
-10-............................................... FTEs4.00
5.00
b. The department of workforce development shall partner
with the department of corrections to provide staff within the
correctional facilities to improve offenders’ abilities to find
and retain productive employment.
5. INTEGRATED INFORMATION FOR IOWA SYSTEM
For the payment of services provided by the department of
administrative services related to the integrated information
for Iowa system:
.................................................. $114,411
228,822
5A. SUMMER YOUTH INTERN PILOT PROGRAM
For the funding of a summer youth intern pilot program that
will help young people at risk of not graduating from high
school to explore and prepare for high-demand careers through
summer work experience, including the development of soft
skills:
.................................................. $250,000
5B. FUTURE READY IOWA COORDINATOR
For the funding of a future ready Iowa coordinator in the
department, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $150,000
............................................... FTEs1.00
6. NONREVERSION
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 9. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 27, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 27. GENERAL FUND — EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION
PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
-11-state to the department of workforce development for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For enhancing efforts to investigate employers that
misclassify workers and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $214,815
379,631
............................................... FTEs5.00
Sec. 10. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 28, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 28. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the special employment
security contingency fund to the department of workforce
development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for field offices:
.................................................. $883,042
1,766,084
2. Any remaining additional penalty and interest revenue
collected by the department of workforce development is
appropriated to the department for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, to accomplish the
mission of the department.
Sec. 11. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 29, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 29. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND —
FIELD OFFICES. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 8,
paragraph “e”, there is appropriated from interest earned on
the unemployment compensation reserve fund to the department
of workforce development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
For the operation of field offices:
-12-.................................................. $530,000
1,600,000
Sec. 12. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 32, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 32. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(1) For the purposes of providing assistance under the high
quality jobs program as described in section 15.335B:
.................................................. $7,950,000
13,650,000
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“a”, the economic development authority may use not more than
$500,000 $1,000,000 for purposes of providing infrastructure
grants to mainstreet communities under the main street Iowa
program.
(3) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph “a”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
b. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND REGENTS INSTITUTIONS
(1) STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. For capacity building
infrastructure in areas related to technology
commercialization, marketing and business development
efforts in areas related to technology commercialization,
entrepreneurship, and business growth, and infrastructure
projects and programs needed to assist in implementation of
activities under chapter 262B:
.................................................. $1,500,000
3,000,000
-13- Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph
(1), 35 percent shall be allocated for Iowa state university of
science and technology, 35 percent shall be allocated for the
state university of Iowa, and 30 percent shall be allocated for
the university of northern Iowa.
(a) The institutions shall provide a one-to-one match
of additional moneys for the activities funded with moneys
appropriated under this subparagraph (1).
(b) The state board of regents shall annually submit a
report by January 15 to the governor, the general assembly,
and the legislative services agency regarding the activities,
projects, and programs funded with moneys appropriated under
this subparagraph (1). The report shall be provided in an
electronic format and shall include a list of metrics and
criteria mutually agreed to in advance by the board of regents
and the economic development authority. The metrics and
criteria shall allow the governor’s office and the general
assembly to quantify and evaluate the progress of the board of
regents institutions with regard to their activities, projects,
and programs in the areas of technology commercialization,
entrepreneurship, regional development, and market research.
(2) IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. For
small business development centers, the science and technology
research park, and the center for industrial research and
service, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,212,151
2,424,302
............................................... FTEs56.63
(a) Of the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph
(2), Iowa state university of science and technology shall
allocate at least $367,864 $735,728 for purposes of funding
small business development centers. Iowa state university of
science and technology may allocate the appropriated moneys to
the various small business development centers in any manner
-14-necessary to achieve the purposes of this subparagraph.
(b) Iowa state university of science and technology shall
do all of the following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(c) It is the intent of the general assembly that the
industrial incentive program focus on Iowa industrial sectors
and seek contributions and in-kind donations from businesses,
industrial foundations, and trade associations, and that moneys
for the center for industrial research and service industrial
incentive program shall be allocated only for projects which
are matched by private sector moneys for directed contract
research or for nondirected research. The match required of
small businesses as defined in section 15.102, subsection 8,
for directed contract research or for nondirected research
shall be $1 for each $3 of state funds. The match required
for other businesses for directed contract research or
for nondirected research shall be $1 for each $1 of state
funds. The match required of industrial foundations or trade
associations shall be $1 for each $1 of state funds.
Iowa state university of science and technology shall
report annually to the joint appropriations subcommittee on
economic development and the legislative services agency the
total amount of private contributions, the proportion of
contributions from small businesses and other businesses, and
the proportion for directed contract research and nondirected
research of benefit to Iowa businesses and industrial sectors.
(3) STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. For the state university
of Iowa research park and for the advanced drug development
program at the Oakdale research park, including salaries,
support, maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
-15-.................................................. $104,639
209,279
............................................... FTEs6.00
The state university of Iowa shall do all of the following:
(a) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(b) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(4) STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. For the purpose of
implementing the entrepreneurship and economic growth
initiative, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,000,000
2,000,000
............................................... FTEs8.00
(5) UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA. For the metal casting
institute center, the MyEntreNet internet application, and the
institute of for decision making, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $533,209
1,066,419
............................................... FTEs8.12
(a) Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph (5), the university of northern Iowa shall
allocate at least $308,819 $617,638 for purposes of support
of entrepreneurs through the university’s center for business
growth and innovation and advance Iowa program.
(b) The university of northern Iowa shall do all of the
following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(6) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
-16-this lettered paragraph “b”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
c. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
To develop a long-term sustained program to train unemployed
and underemployed central Iowans with skills necessary to
advance to higher-paying jobs with full benefits:
.................................................. $50,000
100,000
(1) The department of workforce development shall begin
a request for proposals process, issued for purposes of this
lettered paragraph “c”, no later than September 1, 2018.
(2) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated under
this lettered paragraph “c”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION II
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
Sec. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF FUNDS — UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION. Incentive payment funds made
to the state pursuant to the federal Assistance for Unemployed
Workers and Struggling Families Act, Pub.L. No.111-5, enacted
February 17, 2009, as a special transfer under section 903
of the Social Security Act, may be used up to $39,200,000,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, by the department
of workforce development, for the purpose of unemployment
insurance systems modernization and for the acquisition of
programming, software, and equipment required to provide an
administrative system for the Iowa unemployment insurance
program.
-17- Sec. 14. REPEAL. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 15,
is repealed.
Sec. 15. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 16. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
retroactively to July 1, 2017:
The section of this division of this Act relating to
unemployment insurance systems modernization.
DIVISION III
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY
Sec. 17. FINANCIAL AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVESTIGATIONS
OF IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY. The independent investigators who
have been selected to conduct an investigation of the Iowa
finance authority shall each submit a report with a summary of
the results of the independent investigator’s investigation
to the general assembly no later than December 1, 2018. The
financial investigation shall include an analysis of all
expenses reimbursed by the state to the former director of
the authority and all employees of the authority for the
period January 1, 2011, through June 30, 2018. Such expenses
shall include all travel, lodging, meals, beverages, personal
services, entertainment, office expenses, and all other
expenditures not included in the authority’s budget. The
financial investigation shall also include an analysis of any
personal financial or other personal accounts used by the
former authority director or any employee of the authority to
collect agency fees or other moneys collected by the authority.
The sexual harassment investigation shall include a review
of any conduct of current and former authority employees in
violation of a state human resources policy or an authority
personnel policy that is related to the termination of the
former director of the authority.
DIVISION IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 18. Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f,
-18-subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code 2018, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) (i) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and for
each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2017, of the wagering tax receipts received pursuant to
sections 99D.17 and 99F.11, the next sixty-six million dollars
shall be deposited in the Iowa skilled worker and job creation
fund created in section 8.75.
(ii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and for
each fiscal year thereafter, of the wagering tax receipts
received pursuant to sections 99D.17 and 99F.11, the next
sixty-three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars shall
be deposited in the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund
created in section 8.75.
Sec. 19. Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f,
subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended by adding the following
new subparagraph division:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION. (0d) For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, of
the wagering tax receipts received pursuant to sections 99D.17
and 99F.11, the next two million two hundred fifty thousand
dollars shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
Sec. 20. Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), Code 2018, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, 2018, and
for each fiscal year thereafter, the total moneys in excess of
the moneys deposited under this paragraph “f” in the revenue
bonds debt service fund, the revenue bonds federal subsidy
holdback fund, the vision Iowa fund, and the Iowa skilled
worker and job creation fund, and the general fund of the state
shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and
shall be used as provided in this section, notwithstanding
section 8.60.
Sec. 21. Section 96.5, Code 2018, is amended by adding the
-19-following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 13. Overpayment resulting in
disqualification. If the department finds that an individual
has received benefits by reason of misrepresentation pursuant
to section 96.16, such individual shall be disqualified for
benefits until the balance of the benefits received by the
individual due to misrepresentation, including all penalties,
interest, and lien fees, is paid in full.
Sec. 22. NEW SECTION. 507E.2A Definition of insurer —
workers’ compensation.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. “Insurance” means any and all contracts, arrangements,
and agreements by or through which one party, for compensation,
assumes risks of another party and promises to pay the second
party or the second party’s nominee a certain or ascertainable
sum of money on the occurrence of a specified contingency.
“Insurance” includes any and all contracts, arrangements, or
agreements contemplated by, falling within, and coming under
section 87.11. Without limiting the foregoing, “insurance”
includes any contract of insurance, indemnity, subscription,
membership, suretyship, or annuity that has been issued, is
proposed for issuance, or is intended for issuance by any
person or entity.
2. “Insurer” includes an insurer that issues a policy of
workers’ compensation, a self-insured business for purposes of
workers’ compensation liability, or a group or self-insured
plan as described in section 87.4.
-20-______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2493, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2018______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorko/tm/md
affairs, the economic development authority, the Iowa
finance authority, the public employment relations board,
the department of workforce development, and the state
board of regents and certain regents institutions, and
properly related matters, and including effective date and
retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2018-2019
Section 1. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 18, is
amended to read as follows:
SEC. 18. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of cultural affairs for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. ADMINISTRATION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions for the department:
.................................................. $84,318
168,637
............................................... FTEs56.50
The department of cultural affairs shall coordinate
activities with the tourism office of the economic development
authority to promote attendance at the state historical
building and at this state’s historic sites.
Full-time equivalent positions authorized under this
paragraph are funded, in full or in part, using moneys
appropriated under this paragraph and paragraphs “c” through
“g”.
b. COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANTS
For planning and programming for the community cultural
grants program established under section 303.3:
.................................................. $86,045
172,090
c. HISTORICAL DIVISION
For the support of the historical division:
.................................................. $1,488,898
3,027,797
d. HISTORIC SITES
-1- For the administration and support of historic sites:
.................................................. $213,199
426,398
e. ARTS DIVISION
For the support of the arts division:
.................................................. $596,094
1,217,188
Of the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, the department
shall allocate $150,000 $300,000 for purposes of the film
office.
f. IOWA GREAT PLACES
For the Iowa great places program established under section
303.3C:
.................................................. $75,000
150,000
g. RECORDS CENTER RENT
For payment of rent for the state records center:
.................................................. $113,621
227,243
h. CULTURAL TRUST GRANTS
For grant programs administered by the Iowa arts council
including but not limited to those programs supporting the
long-term financial stability and sustainability of nonprofit
cultural organizations:
.................................................. $12,500
75,000
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 2. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 20, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 20. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
1. APPROPRIATION
-2- a. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated in this subsection, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,700,000
13,413,379
............................................... FTEs147.45
b. (1) For salaries, support, miscellaneous purposes,
programs, marketing, and the maintenance of an administration
division, a business development division, a community
development division, a small business development division,
and other divisions the authority may organize.
(2) The full-time equivalent positions authorized under
this section are funded, in whole or in part, by the moneys
appropriated under this subsection or by other moneys received
by the authority, including certain federal moneys.
(3) For business development operations and programs,
international trade, export assistance, workforce recruitment,
and the partner state program.
(4) For transfer to a fund created pursuant to section
15.313 for purposes of financing strategic infrastructure
projects.
(5) For community economic development programs, tourism
operations, community assistance, plans for Iowa green corps
and summer youth programs, the mainstreet and rural mainstreet
programs, the school-to-career program, the community
development block grant, and housing and shelter-related
programs.
(6) For achieving the goals and accountability, and
fulfilling the requirements and duties required under this Act.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
-3-available for expenditure for the purposes designated in this
subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS
a. A business creating jobs through moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall be subject to contract provisions requiring
new and retained jobs to be filled by individuals who are
citizens of the United States who reside within the United
States or any person authorized to work in the United States
pursuant to federal law, including legal resident aliens in the
United States.
b. Any vendor who receives moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 shall adhere to such contract provisions and
provide periodic assurances as the state shall require that the
jobs are filled solely by citizens of the United States who
reside within the United States or any person authorized to
work in the United States pursuant to federal law, including
legal resident aliens in the United States.
c. A business that receives financial assistance from
the authority from moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall
only employ individuals legally authorized to work in this
state. In addition to all other applicable penalties provided
by current law, all or a portion of the assistance received
by a business which is found to knowingly employ individuals
not legally authorized to work in this state is subject to
recapture by the authority.
3. USES OF APPROPRIATIONS
a. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of a
grant to a community economic development entity for conducting
a local workforce recruitment effort designed to recruit former
citizens of the state and former students at colleges and
universities in the state to meet the needs of local employers.
b. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance to early stage
industry companies being established by women entrepreneurs.
-4- c. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the
authority may provide financial assistance in the form of
grants, loans, or forgivable loans for advanced research and
commercialization projects involving value-added agriculture,
advanced technology, or biotechnology.
d. The authority shall not use any moneys appropriated in
subsection 1 for purposes of providing financial assistance for
the Iowa green streets pilot project or for any other program
or project that involves the installation of geothermal systems
for melting snow and ice from streets or sidewalks.
4.WORLD FOOD PRIZE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount for the world food prize and in lieu of the standing
appropriation in section 15.368:
.................................................. $200,000
400,000
5.IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount for allocation to the Iowa commission on volunteer
service for purposes of the Iowa state commission grant
program, the Iowa’s promise and Iowa mentoring partnership
programs, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $84,100
168,201
............................................... FTEs7.00
Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, the authority
shall allocate $37,500 $75,000 for purposes of the Iowa state
commission grant program and $46,600 $93,201 for purposes of
the Iowa’s promise and Iowa mentoring partnership programs.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
-5-subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the succeeding fiscal year.
6. COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS — ASSISTANCE
There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount to be used for the purposes of providing financial
assistance to Iowa’s councils of governments:
.................................................. $87,500
200,000
6A. REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the economic development authority for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the
following amount to be used for the funding of a registered
apprenticeship development program designed to encourage
small to midsize businesses to start or grow registered
apprenticeships:
.................................................. $1,000,000
7. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
INTERNSHIPS
a. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the Iowa economic
development authority for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
For the funding of internships for students studying in the
fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
with eligible Iowa employers as provided in section 15.411,
subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
.................................................. $500,000
1,000,000
b. No more than 3 percent of the moneys appropriated in this
-6-subsection may be used by the authority for costs associated
with administration of the internship program.
c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this subsection which remain unencumbered or unobligated at
the end of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated in
subsequent fiscal years.
Sec. 3. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 21, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 21. LIMITATIONS OF STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — FY
2018-2019. Notwithstanding the standing appropriations
in the following designated sections for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the amounts
appropriated from the general fund of the state pursuant to
these sections for the following purposes shall not exceed the
following amounts:
1. For operational support grants and community cultural
grants under section 99F.11, subsection 3, paragraph “d”,
subparagraph (1):
.................................................. $208,351
448,403
2. For the purposes of regional tourism marketing under
section 99F.11, subsection 3, paragraph “d”, subparagraph (2):
.................................................. $450,000
900,000
Sec. 4. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, is amended by adding
the following new section:
NEW SECTION. SEC. 21A. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REPORTING
— ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. The economic development
authority and the department of revenue shall submit a joint
annual report to the general assembly no later than November
1 of each year that details the amount of every direct loan,
forgivable loan, tax credit, tax exemption, tax refund, grant,
or any other financial assistance awarded to a person during
the prior fiscal year by the authority under an economic
-7-development program administered by the authority. The report
shall identify the county where the project associated with
each such award is located.
Sec. 5. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 22, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 22. INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. From the moneys
collected by the division of insurance in excess of the
anticipated gross revenues under section 505.7, subsection 3,
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, $50,000 $100,000
shall be transferred to the economic development authority for
insurance economic development and international insurance
economic development.
Sec. 6. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 23, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 23. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the Iowa finance authority for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount,
or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used to provide
reimbursement for rent expenses to eligible persons under
the home and community-based services rent subsidy program
established in section 16.55:
.................................................. $329,000
658,000
2. If the Iowa finance authority utilizes a waiting list,
the authority shall give priority to a person participating
in the state’s money follows the person partnership for
community integration project who has been assigned to work
with a transition specialist. Of the moneys appropriated in
this section, not more than $17,500 $35,000 may be used for
administrative costs.
Sec. 7. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 25, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 25. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
-8-to the public employment relations board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $671,226
1,492,452
............................................... FTEs10.00
11.00
2. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, the board
shall allocate $7,500 $15,000 for maintaining an internet site
that allows searchable access to a database of collective
bargaining information.
Sec. 8. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 26, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 26. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of workforce development for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
designated:
1. DIVISION OF LABOR SERVICES
a. For the division of labor services, including salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,745,626
3,491,252
............................................... FTEs61.12
b. From the contractor registration fees, the division of
labor services shall reimburse the department of inspections
and appeals for all costs associated with hearings under
chapter 91C, relating to contractor registration.
2. DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
-9- a. For the division of workers’ compensation, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,629,522
3,309,044
............................................... FTEs27.20
b. The division of workers’ compensation shall charge a
$100 filing fee for workers’ compensation cases. The filing
fee shall be paid by the petitioner of a claim. However, the
fee can be taxed as a cost and paid by the losing party, except
in cases where it would impose an undue hardship or be unjust
under the circumstances. The moneys generated by the filing
fee allowed under this subsection are appropriated to the
department of workforce development to be used for purposes of
administering the division of workers’ compensation.
3. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS
a. For the operation of field offices, the workforce
development board, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,972,825
7,925,650
............................................... FTEs187.75
b. Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph “a” of this
subsection, the department shall allocate $75,000 $150,000
to the state library for the purpose of licensing an online
resource which prepares persons to succeed in the workplace
through programs which improve job skills and vocational
test-taking abilities.
4. OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAM
a. For the development and administration of an offender
reentry program to provide offenders with employment skills,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $143,579
337,158
-10-............................................... FTEs4.00
5.00
b. The department of workforce development shall partner
with the department of corrections to provide staff within the
correctional facilities to improve offenders’ abilities to find
and retain productive employment.
5. INTEGRATED INFORMATION FOR IOWA SYSTEM
For the payment of services provided by the department of
administrative services related to the integrated information
for Iowa system:
.................................................. $114,411
228,822
5A. SUMMER YOUTH INTERN PILOT PROGRAM
For the funding of a summer youth intern pilot program that
will help young people at risk of not graduating from high
school to explore and prepare for high-demand careers through
summer work experience, including the development of soft
skills:
.................................................. $250,000
5B. FUTURE READY IOWA COORDINATOR
For the funding of a future ready Iowa coordinator in the
department, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $150,000
............................................... FTEs1.00
6. NONREVERSION
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 9. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 27, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 27. GENERAL FUND — EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION
PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
-11-state to the department of workforce development for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For enhancing efforts to investigate employers that
misclassify workers and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $214,815
379,631
............................................... FTEs5.00
Sec. 10. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 28, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 28. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the special employment
security contingency fund to the department of workforce
development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for field offices:
.................................................. $883,042
1,766,084
2. Any remaining additional penalty and interest revenue
collected by the department of workforce development is
appropriated to the department for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, to accomplish the
mission of the department.
Sec. 11. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 29, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 29. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND —
FIELD OFFICES. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 8,
paragraph “e”, there is appropriated from interest earned on
the unemployment compensation reserve fund to the department
of workforce development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
For the operation of field offices:
-12-.................................................. $530,000
1,600,000
Sec. 12. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 32, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 32. IOWA SKILLED WORKER AND JOB CREATION FUND.
1. There is appropriated from the Iowa skilled worker and
job creation fund created in section 8.75 to the following
departments, agencies, and institutions for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(1) For the purposes of providing assistance under the high
quality jobs program as described in section 15.335B:
.................................................. $7,950,000
13,650,000
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
“a”, the economic development authority may use not more than
$500,000 $1,000,000 for purposes of providing infrastructure
grants to mainstreet communities under the main street Iowa
program.
(3) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph “a”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
b. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND REGENTS INSTITUTIONS
(1) STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. For capacity building
infrastructure in areas related to technology
commercialization, marketing and business development
efforts in areas related to technology commercialization,
entrepreneurship, and business growth, and infrastructure
projects and programs needed to assist in implementation of
activities under chapter 262B:
.................................................. $1,500,000
3,000,000
-13- Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph
(1), 35 percent shall be allocated for Iowa state university of
science and technology, 35 percent shall be allocated for the
state university of Iowa, and 30 percent shall be allocated for
the university of northern Iowa.
(a) The institutions shall provide a one-to-one match
of additional moneys for the activities funded with moneys
appropriated under this subparagraph (1).
(b) The state board of regents shall annually submit a
report by January 15 to the governor, the general assembly,
and the legislative services agency regarding the activities,
projects, and programs funded with moneys appropriated under
this subparagraph (1). The report shall be provided in an
electronic format and shall include a list of metrics and
criteria mutually agreed to in advance by the board of regents
and the economic development authority. The metrics and
criteria shall allow the governor’s office and the general
assembly to quantify and evaluate the progress of the board of
regents institutions with regard to their activities, projects,
and programs in the areas of technology commercialization,
entrepreneurship, regional development, and market research.
(2) IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. For
small business development centers, the science and technology
research park, and the center for industrial research and
service, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,212,151
2,424,302
............................................... FTEs56.63
(a) Of the moneys appropriated in this subparagraph
(2), Iowa state university of science and technology shall
allocate at least $367,864 $735,728 for purposes of funding
small business development centers. Iowa state university of
science and technology may allocate the appropriated moneys to
the various small business development centers in any manner
-14-necessary to achieve the purposes of this subparagraph.
(b) Iowa state university of science and technology shall
do all of the following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(c) It is the intent of the general assembly that the
industrial incentive program focus on Iowa industrial sectors
and seek contributions and in-kind donations from businesses,
industrial foundations, and trade associations, and that moneys
for the center for industrial research and service industrial
incentive program shall be allocated only for projects which
are matched by private sector moneys for directed contract
research or for nondirected research. The match required of
small businesses as defined in section 15.102, subsection 8,
for directed contract research or for nondirected research
shall be $1 for each $3 of state funds. The match required
for other businesses for directed contract research or
for nondirected research shall be $1 for each $1 of state
funds. The match required of industrial foundations or trade
associations shall be $1 for each $1 of state funds.
Iowa state university of science and technology shall
report annually to the joint appropriations subcommittee on
economic development and the legislative services agency the
total amount of private contributions, the proportion of
contributions from small businesses and other businesses, and
the proportion for directed contract research and nondirected
research of benefit to Iowa businesses and industrial sectors.
(3) STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. For the state university
of Iowa research park and for the advanced drug development
program at the Oakdale research park, including salaries,
support, maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
-15-.................................................. $104,639
209,279
............................................... FTEs6.00
The state university of Iowa shall do all of the following:
(a) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(b) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(4) STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. For the purpose of
implementing the entrepreneurship and economic growth
initiative, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,000,000
2,000,000
............................................... FTEs8.00
(5) UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA. For the metal casting
institute center, the MyEntreNet internet application, and the
institute of for decision making, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $533,209
1,066,419
............................................... FTEs8.12
(a) Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph (5), the university of northern Iowa shall
allocate at least $308,819 $617,638 for purposes of support
of entrepreneurs through the university’s center for business
growth and innovation and advance Iowa program.
(b) The university of northern Iowa shall do all of the
following:
(i) Direct expenditures for research toward projects that
will provide economic stimulus for Iowa.
(ii) Provide emphasis to providing services to Iowa-based
companies.
(6) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated in
-16-this lettered paragraph “b”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
c. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
To develop a long-term sustained program to train unemployed
and underemployed central Iowans with skills necessary to
advance to higher-paying jobs with full benefits:
.................................................. $50,000
100,000
(1) The department of workforce development shall begin
a request for proposals process, issued for purposes of this
lettered paragraph “c”, no later than September 1, 2018.
(2) As a condition of receiving moneys appropriated under
this lettered paragraph “c”, an entity shall testify upon the
request of the joint appropriations subcommittee on economic
development regarding the expenditure of such moneys.
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
in this section of this Act that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION II
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
Sec. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF FUNDS — UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION. Incentive payment funds made
to the state pursuant to the federal Assistance for Unemployed
Workers and Struggling Families Act, Pub.L. No.111-5, enacted
February 17, 2009, as a special transfer under section 903
of the Social Security Act, may be used up to $39,200,000,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, by the department
of workforce development, for the purpose of unemployment
insurance systems modernization and for the acquisition of
programming, software, and equipment required to provide an
administrative system for the Iowa unemployment insurance
program.
-17- Sec. 14. REPEAL. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 15,
is repealed.
Sec. 15. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 16. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
retroactively to July 1, 2017:
The section of this division of this Act relating to
unemployment insurance systems modernization.
DIVISION III
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY
Sec. 17. FINANCIAL AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVESTIGATIONS
OF IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY. The independent investigators who
have been selected to conduct an investigation of the Iowa
finance authority shall each submit a report with a summary of
the results of the independent investigator’s investigation
to the general assembly no later than December 1, 2018. The
financial investigation shall include an analysis of all
expenses reimbursed by the state to the former director of
the authority and all employees of the authority for the
period January 1, 2011, through June 30, 2018. Such expenses
shall include all travel, lodging, meals, beverages, personal
services, entertainment, office expenses, and all other
expenditures not included in the authority’s budget. The
financial investigation shall also include an analysis of any
personal financial or other personal accounts used by the
former authority director or any employee of the authority to
collect agency fees or other moneys collected by the authority.
The sexual harassment investigation shall include a review
of any conduct of current and former authority employees in
violation of a state human resources policy or an authority
personnel policy that is related to the termination of the
former director of the authority.
DIVISION IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 18. Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f,
-18-subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code 2018, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) (i) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and for
each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2017, of the wagering tax receipts received pursuant to
sections 99D.17 and 99F.11, the next sixty-six million dollars
shall be deposited in the Iowa skilled worker and job creation
fund created in section 8.75.
(ii) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and for
each fiscal year thereafter, of the wagering tax receipts
received pursuant to sections 99D.17 and 99F.11, the next
sixty-three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars shall
be deposited in the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund
created in section 8.75.
Sec. 19. Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f,
subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended by adding the following
new subparagraph division:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION. (0d) For the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, of
the wagering tax receipts received pursuant to sections 99D.17
and 99F.11, the next two million two hundred fifty thousand
dollars shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
Sec. 20. Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), Code 2018, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, 2018, and
for each fiscal year thereafter, the total moneys in excess of
the moneys deposited under this paragraph “f” in the revenue
bonds debt service fund, the revenue bonds federal subsidy
holdback fund, the vision Iowa fund, and the Iowa skilled
worker and job creation fund, and the general fund of the state
shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and
shall be used as provided in this section, notwithstanding
section 8.60.
Sec. 21. Section 96.5, Code 2018, is amended by adding the
-19-following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 13. Overpayment resulting in
disqualification. If the department finds that an individual
has received benefits by reason of misrepresentation pursuant
to section 96.16, such individual shall be disqualified for
benefits until the balance of the benefits received by the
individual due to misrepresentation, including all penalties,
interest, and lien fees, is paid in full.
Sec. 22. NEW SECTION. 507E.2A Definition of insurer —
workers’ compensation.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. “Insurance” means any and all contracts, arrangements,
and agreements by or through which one party, for compensation,
assumes risks of another party and promises to pay the second
party or the second party’s nominee a certain or ascertainable
sum of money on the occurrence of a specified contingency.
“Insurance” includes any and all contracts, arrangements, or
agreements contemplated by, falling within, and coming under
section 87.11. Without limiting the foregoing, “insurance”
includes any contract of insurance, indemnity, subscription,
membership, suretyship, or annuity that has been issued, is
proposed for issuance, or is intended for issuance by any
person or entity.
2. “Insurer” includes an insurer that issues a policy of
workers’ compensation, a self-insured business for purposes of
workers’ compensation liability, or a group or self-insured
plan as described in section 87.4.
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LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2493, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2018______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorko/tm/md