Bill Text: IA HF2232 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the commission on the status of African Americans and the office on the status of African Americans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 184. [HF2232 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2232-Introduced.html
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BY
GAINES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
commission
on
the
status
of
African
1
Americans
and
the
office
on
the
status
of
African
Americans.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
216A.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(5),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(5)
Office
on
the
status
of
African
Americans
people
of
3
African
descent
.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
216A.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
5
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
a.
The
voting
members
shall
consist
of
nine
voting
members
7
selected
by
each
of
the
permanent
commissions
within
the
8
department,
and
two
voting
members,
appointed
by
the
governor.
9
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph
“a”
,
“permanent
commissions”
10
means
the
commission
of
Latino
affairs,
commission
on
the
11
status
of
women,
commission
of
persons
with
disabilities,
12
commission
on
community
action
agencies,
commission
of
deaf
13
services,
justice
advisory
board,
commission
on
the
status
of
14
African
Americans
people
of
African
descent
,
commission
of
15
Asian
and
Pacific
Islander
affairs,
and
commission
of
Native
16
American
affairs.
The
term
of
office
for
voting
members
is
17
four
years.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
216A.132,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
19
subparagraph
(8),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
(8)
The
office
on
the
status
of
African
Americans
people
of
21
African
descent
.
22
Sec.
4.
Section
216A.141,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2020,
23
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
1.
“Commission”
means
the
commission
on
the
status
of
25
African
Americans
people
of
African
descent
.
26
2.
“Office”
means
the
office
on
the
status
of
African
27
Americans
people
of
African
descent
of
the
department
of
human
28
rights.
29
Sec.
5.
Section
216A.142,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
30
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
1.
The
commission
on
the
status
of
African
Americans
people
32
of
African
descent
is
established
and
shall
consist
of
seven
33
members
appointed
by
the
governor,
subject
to
confirmation
by
34
the
senate.
All
members
shall
reside
in
Iowa.
At
least
five
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members
shall
be
individuals
who
are
African
American
people
1
of
African
descent
.
2
Sec.
6.
Section
216A.143,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
1.
Study
the
opportunities
for
and
changing
needs
of
the
5
African
American
community
of
people
of
African
descent
in
this
6
state.
7
Sec.
7.
Section
216A.146,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
216A.146
Office
on
the
status
of
African
Americans
people
of
10
African
descent
.
11
The
office
on
the
status
of
African
Americans
people
of
12
African
descent
is
established
and
shall
do
the
following:
13
1.
Serve
as
the
central
permanent
agency
to
advocate
for
14
African
Americans
people
of
African
descent
.
15
2.
Coordinate
and
cooperate
with
the
efforts
of
state
16
departments
and
agencies
to
serve
the
needs
of
African
17
Americans
people
of
African
descent
in
participating
fully
18
in
the
economic,
social,
and
cultural
life
of
the
state,
and
19
provide
direct
assistance
to
individuals
who
request
it.
20
3.
Develop,
coordinate,
and
assist
other
public
or
private
21
organizations
which
serve
African
Americans
people
of
African
22
descent
.
23
4.
Serve
as
an
information
clearinghouse
on
programs
24
and
agencies
operating
to
assist
African
Americans
people
of
25
African
descent
.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
the
commission
on
the
status
of
African
30
Americans
and
the
office
on
the
status
of
African
Americans.
31
The
bill
changes
the
name
of
the
commission
on
the
status
of
32
African
Americans
to
the
“commission
on
the
status
of
people
33
of
African
descent”
and
the
name
of
the
office
on
the
status
34
of
African
Americans
to
the
“office
on
the
status
of
people
of
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