Bill Text: IA HF2031 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a state business information center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-19 - Subcommittee, Lukan, Hager, and Heddens. H.J. 112. [HF2031 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2031-Introduced.html
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BY
LUKAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
establishment
of
a
state
business
1
information
center.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
15.111
Business
information
center
1
——
purpose
——
economic
development
authority
responsibilities.
2
1.
Facilities
and
programs
are
needed
by
which
businesses
3
seeking
to
locate
or
expand
in
the
state
and
entrepreneurs
4
creating
a
business
in
the
state
can
obtain
the
necessary
5
information.
The
economic
development
authority
shall
6
establish
a
state
business
information
center
to
assist
persons
7
seeking
to
locate
a
business,
expand
an
existing
business,
or
8
create
a
business
in
the
state.
9
2.
The
state
business
information
center
shall
provide
10
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
with
the
following:
11
a.
Information
regarding
grants
or
loans
available
to
assist
12
businesses
in
the
state.
13
b.
Information
regarding
state
and
local
tax
incentives
14
available
to
businesses.
15
c.
Information
regarding
employer
contribution
rates
16
and
other
information
related
to
the
state
unemployment
17
compensation
program.
18
d.
Information
regarding
the
state
workers’
compensation
19
program.
20
e.
Information
regarding
health
insurance
available
to
21
employees
and
employers.
22
f.
Information
regarding
applicable
state
and
local
23
regulations,
including
permit
and
license
requirements.
24
g.
Other
information
deemed
relevant
by
the
authority.
25
3.
In
operating
the
center,
the
economic
development
26
authority
shall:
27
a.
Consolidate
state
agency
information
to
provide
this
28
information
to
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
from
a
single
29
source.
30
b.
Consolidate
state,
regional,
and
local
information
to
31
provide
this
information
to
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
from
a
32
single
source.
33
c.
Serve
as
an
intermediary
between
businesses
and
34
entrepreneurs
and
state
and
local
entities
for
the
distribution
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of
information
required
to
be
provided
pursuant
to
subsection
1
2.
2
4.
The
authority
shall
establish
and
maintain
an
internet
3
site
to
provide
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
with
information
4
relating
to
locating
a
business,
expanding
a
business,
or
5
creating
a
business
in
Iowa.
The
internet
site
shall
contain
6
contact
information
for
the
business
information
center
and
7
shall
also
include,
at
a
minimum,
the
information
or
a
link
8
by
which
to
access
the
information
required
to
be
provided
in
9
subsection
2.
10
5.
The
authority
shall
maintain
a
telephone
line,
which
11
shall
be
available
during
regular
business
hours
and
which
12
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
may
use
to
contact
the
business
13
information
center.
14
6.
State
agencies
shall
assist
the
economic
development
15
authority
in
compiling
the
information
required
in
subsections
16
2
and
3,
and
in
providing
access
to
the
information
on
the
17
business
information
center’s
internet
site.
18
EXPLANATION
19
This
bill
establishes
a
business
information
center
20
under
the
control
of
the
economic
development
authority.
21
The
business
information
center
shall
provide
businesses
22
and
entrepreneurs
seeking
to
locate,
create,
or
expand
a
23
business
in
Iowa
with
information
on
relevant
state
and
local
24
regulations,
state
and
local
government
financial
assistance
25
and
incentives,
the
state
unemployment
compensation
program,
26
the
state
workers’
compensation
program,
health
insurance,
and
27
other
information
deemed
relevant
by
the
authority.
28
The
bill
requires
the
economic
development
authority
to
29
consolidate
state
agency
information
and
state,
regional,
and
30
local
information
into
a
single
source
for
businesses
and
31
entrepreneurs
and
to
serve
as
an
intermediary
for
the
provision
32
of
such
information.
The
authority
must
maintain
a
telephone
33
line
during
regular
business
hours
to
provide
the
information,
34
and
the
authority
must
establish
and
maintain
an
internet
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site
to
provide
the
information,
as
well
as
the
business
1
information’s
center’s
contact
information.
State
agencies
2
shall
assist
the
authority
in
compiling
and
allowing
access
to
3
the
information
required
to
be
provided
to
entrepreneurs
and
4
businesses
pursuant
to
the
bill.
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