LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION
OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

CHAPTER 61

ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

H.F. 384   Bill History

AN ACT relating to the elimination of certain economic development and job training related programs and certain duties of the department of economic development.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. Section 15.106, subsection 9, Code 2001, is amended by striking the subsection.

Sec. 2. Section 15.108, subsection 1, paragraphs c and d, Code 2001, are amended by striking the paragraphs.

Sec. 3. Section 15.108, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph.

Sec. 4. Section 15.108, subsection 7, paragraph c, subparagraph (5), Code 2001, is amended by striking the subparagraph.

Sec. 5. Section 15.108, subsection 7, paragraph i, Code 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph.

Sec. 6. Section 15.246, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

The department shall establish and administer a case management program, contingent upon the availability of funds authorized for the program, and conducted in coordination with the job training partnership program, the self-employment loan program, and other state or federal programs providing financial or technical assistance administered by the department. The case management program shall assist in furnishing information about available assistance to clients seeking to establish or expand small business ventures, furnishing information about available financial or technical assistance, evaluating small business venture proposals, completing viable business start-up or expansion plans, and completing applications for financial or technical assistance under the programs administered by the department. As used in this section, "client" means a low-income person eligible for assistance under the self-employment loan program established in section 15.241.

Sec. 7. Section 15.251, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended by striking the subsection.

Sec. 8. Section 15E.120, subsection 7, Code 2001, is amended by striking the subsection.

Sec. 9. Section 15E.143, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph.

Sec. 10. Section 15E.143, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

2. The director of the department, or the director's designee, shall serve as chairperson of the board, and the president of the Iowa seed capital corporation, or the president's designee, shall serve as vice chairperson of the board.

Sec. 11. Section 16.100, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph.

Sec. 12. Section 68B.35, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

e. Members of the banking board, the ethics and campaign disclosure board, the credit union review board, the economic development board, the employment appeal board, the environmental protection commission, the health facilities council, the Iowa business investment corporation board of directors, the Iowa finance authority, the Iowa seed capital corporation, the Iowa public employees' retirement system investment board, the lottery board, the natural resource commission, the board of parole, the petroleum underground storage tank fund board, the public employment relations board, the state racing and gaming commission, the state board of regents, the tax review board, the transportation commission, the office of consumer advocate, the utilities board, the Iowa telecommunications and technology commission, and any full-time members of other boards and commissions as defined under section 7E.4 who receive an annual salary for their service on the board or commission.

Sec. 13. Section 84A.5, subsection 6, paragraph e, Code 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph.

Sec. 14. Section 96.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, subparagraph (8), Code 2001, is amended by striking the subparagraph.

Sec. 15. Section 97B.1A, subsection 8, paragraph a, subparagraph (6), Code 2001, is amended by striking the subparagraph.

Sec. 16. Section 241.3, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

2. The department shall consult and cooperate with the department of workforce development, the United States commissioner of social security administration, the division of the status of women of the department of human rights, the representative of the administrative agency administering the Job Training Partnership Act, the department of education, and other persons in the executive branch of the state government as the department considers appropriate to facilitate the coordination of multipurpose service programs established under this chapter with existing programs of a similar nature.

Sec. 17. Section 499A.104, subsection 4, paragraph b, subparagraph (5), Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

(5) Construction training program schedule for partners. The program shall involve, to the greatest extent possible, persons participating as dislocated workers under the federal Job Training Partnership Act as provided in section 7B.1. If a contract is executed with a person to perform skilled labor or to supervise skilled work, the person must be certified by an organization recognized as representing a membership of persons with common skills.

Sec. 18. Chapter 7B, Code 2001, is repealed.

Sec. 19. Sections 15.111, 15.240, 15.261, 15.262, 15.263, 15.264, 15.265, 15.266, 15.267, 15.268, 15.281, 15.282, 15.283, 15.284, 15.285, 15.286, 15.286A, 15.287, 15.288, 15E.25, 15E.26, 15E.27, 15E.28, 15E.29, 15E.81, 15E.82, 15E.83, 15E.84, 15E.85, 15E.86,1 15E.87, 15E.88, 15E.89, 15E.90, 15E.91, 15E.92, 15E.93, 15E.94, 15E.106, 15E.107, 15E.108, 15E.169, 15E.170, 15E.171, 15E.181, 15E.182, 15E.183, 15E.184, 16.107, 16.141, 16.142, 16.143, and 231.53, Code 2001, are repealed.

Approved April 23, 2001

1 According to enrolled Act



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