| LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA |
Section 1. Section 19A.9, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
Vacancies shall be announced publicly at least
fifteen
ten days in advance of the
date fixed for the filing of applications therefore, and shall be advertised through the
communications media. The director may, however, in the director's discretion, continue to
receive applications and examine candidates for a period adequate to assure a sufficient number
of eligibles to meet the needs of the system, and may add the names of successful candidates to existing eligible lists.
Sec. 2. Section 19A.32, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
19A.32 WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
The director shall employ appropriate staff to handle and adjust claims of state
employees for workers' compensation benefits pursuant to chapters 85, 85A, 85B, and 86, or with
the approval of the executive council contract for the services or purchase workers'
compensation insurance coverage for state employees or selected groups of state employees. A
state employee workers' compensation fund is established to pay state employee workers'
compensation claims and administrative costs. The department shall establish a rating
formula and assess premiums to all agencies, departments, and divisions of the state including
those which have not received an appropriation for the payment of workers' compensation
insurance and which operate from moneys other than from the general fund of the state.
The department shall collect the premiums and deposit them into the state employee
workers' compensation fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys deposited in the state
employee workers' compensation fund shall not revert to the general fund of the state at the end of
any fiscal year, but shall remain in the state employee workers' compensation fund and
be continuously available to pay state employee workers' compensation claims. The
director of revenue and finance is authorized and directed to draw warrants on this fund for the payment of state employee workers' compensation
claims may, to the extent
practicable, contract with a private organization to handle the processing and payment of claims
and services rendered under the provisions of this
section.
Sec. 3. Section 19B.5, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
2. The department of personnel shall submit a report on the condition of affirmative
action, diversity, and multicultural programs in state agencies covered by subsection 1 by September 30 of each year to the
department of management
governor and the general
assembly. The report shall include information
identifying funding sources and itemized costs, including administrative costs, for these programs.
3. The state board of regents shall submit an annual report of the affirmative
action, diversity, and multicultural accomplishments of the board and its institutions by January 31 of each year to the
department of management general
assembly. The report shall include information identifying funding sources and
itemized costs, including administrative costs, for these programs.
Sec. 4. Section 19B.6, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
19B.6 RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT — AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
The department of management
personnel shall oversee the implementation of
sections 19B.1 through 19B.5 and shall work with the governor to ensure compliance with
those sections, including the attainment of affirmative action goals and timetables, by all
state agencies, including
excluding the state board of regents and its institutions.
The department of management shall oversee the implementation of sections 19B.1 through 19B.5
and shall work with the governor to ensure compliance with those sections, including the
attainment of affirmative action goals and timetables, by the state board of regents and
its institutions.
Approved May 18, 2001
Updated: 29-Oct-2001 02:18 PM
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