Bill Text: IA HF231 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the powers and programs of the economic development authority, including apprentice eligibility under the apprenticeship training program, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 40.) Effective 3-1-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 490. [HF231 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF231-Enrolled.html

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House File 231 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
                                  GROWTH

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 40)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                         House File 231

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE POWERS AND PROGRAMS OF THE ECONOMIC
    DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INCLUDING APPRENTICE ELIGIBILITY
    UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM, AND INCLUDING
    EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 15.106A, Code 2017, is amended by adding
 the following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  The general assembly finds and
 declares the following:
    a.  That through this section and section 15.106B, the
 authority has been granted broad general powers and specific
 program powers over all of the authority's statutory programs,
 including but not limited to the programs created pursuant to
 chapters 15, 15A, 15B, 15E, and 15J.
    b.  That the broad general powers and the specific program
 powers described in paragraph "a" of this subsection and
  subsection 1, paragraph "m", specifically include the power
 to interpret any rules adopted by the authority for the
 administration of the programs referenced in paragraph "a".
    Sec. 2.  Section 15B.2, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  "Apprentice" means a person who is at least sixteen
 years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required
 by law, who is employed in an apprenticeable occupation,
 who is a resident of the state of Iowa, and is registered in
 Iowa with the United States department of labor, office of
 apprenticeship.
    Sec. 3.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
    1.  The general assembly finds and declares the following:
    a.  That the state of Iowa faces a critical shortage of
 skilled workers.
    b.  That the apprenticeship training program established
 in chapter 15B is intended to improve the skills of Iowa's
 workforce and increase the amount of available Iowa workers
 for certain in=demand occupations.
    c.  That the amount of financial assistance available under
 the program should be calculated solely based on the number of
 apprentices who are Iowa residents because Iowa residency is
 an efficient method of defining the Iowa workforce.
    d.  That calculating financial assistance under the program
 solely based on Iowa residency in order to improve Iowa's
 workforce is a legitimate governmental purpose.
    e.  That the financial assistance available under the
 program is intended to be a statutory benefit and that the
 statute is not intended to bind the state either by creating a
 contractual right or a vested right.
    2.  The general assembly further declares that the purposes
 of this Act are to clarify the legislative intent in enacting
 chapters 15 and 15B and to cure any unforeseen defect or
 ambiguity in the administration of the authority's programs.
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed
 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 5.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.
    1.  The section of this Act amending section 15.106A applies
 retroactively to July 1, 2011.
    2.  The section of this Act amending section 15B.2 applies
 retroactively to July 1, 2015.
    3.  The section of this Act relating to legislative findings
 and purpose applies retroactively to July 1, 2015.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               JACK WHITVER
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 231, Eighty=seventh General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2017


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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