Bill Text: IA HF572 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

Iowa House Bill 572 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to employment services programs administered by the department of workforce development by modifying the membership requirements and duties of the Iowa workforce development board and authorizing the department to carry out unemployment insurance systems modernization, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 168.) Effective 4-13-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-13 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1009. [HF572 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF572-Enrolled.html

House File 572 - Enrolled

HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
GROWTH

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 168)
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A BILL FOR
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House File 572

AN ACT
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY MODIFYING THE
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND DUTIES OF THE IOWA WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT TO CARRY
OUT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION, MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Section 1. Section 84A.1A, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
1. An Iowa workforce development board is created,
consisting of thirty=three voting members and thirteen
nonvoting members.
a. The voting members of the Iowa workforce development
board shall include the following:
(1) The governor.
(2) One state senator appointed by the president of the
senate after consultation with the majority leader of the
senate, who shall serve a term as provided in section 69.16B.
(3) One state representative appointed by the speaker of the
house of representatives after consultation with the majority
leader of the house of representatives, who shall serve a term
as provided in section 69.16B.
(4) The director of the department of workforce development
or the director's designee.
(5) The director of the department of education or the
director's designee.
(6) The director of the department for the blind or the
director's designee.
(7) The administrator of the division of Iowa vocational
rehabilitation services of the department of education or the
administrator's designee.
(8) The following twenty=six members who shall be appointed
by the governor for staggered terms of four years beginning and
ending as provided in section 69.19, subject to confirmation
by the senate:
(a) Seventeen members who shall be representatives of
businesses in the state to whom each of the following applies:
(i) The members shall be owners of businesses, chief
executives or operating officers of businesses, or other
business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or
hiring authority, and may, in addition, be members of a local
workforce development board described in section 84A.4.
(ii) The members shall represent businesses, including
small businesses, or organizations representing businesses
described in this subparagraph (a), that provide employment
opportunities that, at a minimum, include high quality,
work=relevant training and development in in=demand industry
sectors or occupations in the state.
(iii) The members shall be appointed from among individuals
nominated by state business organizations and business trade
associations.
(b) Seven members who shall be representatives of the
workforce in the state and who shall include all of the
following:
(i) Four representatives of labor organizations who have
been nominated by state labor federations.
(ii) One representative of a joint labor=management
apprenticeship program in the state who shall be a member of
a labor organization or a training director. If such a joint
program does not exist in the state, the member shall instead
be a representative of an apprenticeship program in the state.
(iii) Two representatives of community=based organizations
that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing
the employment, training, or education needs of individuals
with barriers to employment as defined in the federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113=128, {3(24),
including but not limited to organizations that serve veterans,
that provide or support competitive, integrated employment for
individuals with disabilities; or that serve eligible youth,
as defined in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act, Pub. L. No. 113=128, {3(18), including representatives of
organizations that serve out=of=school youth, as defined in the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No.
113=128, {129(a)(1)(B).
(c) One city chief elected official, as defined in the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No.
113=128, {3(9).
(d) One county chief elected official, as defined in the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No.
113=128, {3(9).
b. The nonvoting members of the Iowa workforce development
board shall include the following:
(1) One state senator appointed by the minority leader of
the senate, who shall serve for a term as provided in section
69.16B.
(2) One state representative appointed by the minority
leader of the house of representatives, who shall serve for a
term as provided in section 69.16B.
(3) One president, or the president's designee, of the
university of northern Iowa, the university of Iowa, or Iowa
state university of science and technology, designated by the
state board of regents on a rotating basis.
(4) One president, or the president's designee, of an
independent Iowa college, appointed by the Iowa association of
independent colleges and universities.
(5) One president or president's designee, of a community
college, appointed by the Iowa association of community college
presidents.
(6) One representative of the economic development
authority, appointed by the director.
(7) One representative of the department on aging,
appointed by the director.
(8) One representative of the department of corrections,
appointed by the director.
(9) One representative of the department of human services,
appointed by the director.
(10) One representative of the United States department of
labor, office of apprenticeship.
(11) One representative from the largest statewide public
employees' organization representing state employees.
(12) One representative of a statewide labor organization
representing employees in the construction industry.
(13) One representative of a statewide labor organization
representing employees in the manufacturing industry.
c. The terms of members of the board described in paragraph
"a", subparagraph (8), shall be staggered so that the terms of
no more than nine members expire in a calendar year.
d. The members of the board shall represent diverse
geographic areas of the state, including urban, rural, and
suburban areas.
e. An individual shall not serve as a member of the board in
more than one capacity described in paragraph "a".
Sec. 2. Section 84A.1A, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2017, are
amended to read as follows:
3. The workforce development board shall meet in May of each
year for the purpose of electing one of its voting members as
chairperson and one of its voting members as vice chairperson.
However, the chairperson and the vice chairperson shall not
be from the same political party. The governor shall select
a chairperson for the workforce development board from among
the members who are representatives of business described in
subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (8), subparagraph
division (a). The workforce development board shall meet
at the call of the chairperson or when any five a majority
of voting members of the workforce development board file a
written request with the chairperson for a meeting. Written
notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be given to
each member of the workforce development board. A majority of
the voting members constitutes a quorum.
4. Members of the workforce development board, the
director of the department of workforce development, and other
employees of the department of workforce development shall
be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties. All expenses shall be paid
from appropriations for those purposes and the department of
workforce development is subject to the budget requirements of
chapter 8. Each member of the workforce development board may
also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section
7E.6.
Sec. 3. Section 84A.1B, subsections 5, 6, and 9, Code 2017,
are amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 4. Section 84A.1B, subsection 17, Code 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
17. Make recommendations to the general assembly and
governor regarding workforce development services, programs,
and activities, including but not limited to allocation of
resources.
Sec. 5. INITIAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS == TRANSITION
PROVISIONS.
1. The governor shall appoint initial members of the Iowa
workforce development board described in section 84A.1A,
subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (8), as enacted by
this division of this Act, to terms of less than four years as
necessary to ensure that the terms of no more than nine members
expire in a calendar year.
2. The governor may appoint members serving on the Iowa
workforce development board prior to the effective date of this
division of this Act pursuant to section 84A.1A, subsection
1, paragraph "a", Code 2017, for membership on the board on
and after the effective date of this division of this Act if
such individuals continue to be eligible for membership on the
board pursuant to section 84A.1A, subsection 1, paragraph "a",
subparagraph (8), as enacted by this division of this Act.
3. The members serving on the Iowa workforce development
board prior to the effective date of this division of this Act
pursuant to section 84A.1A, subsection 1, paragraph "a", Code
2017, shall continue to constitute the membership of the board
until a meeting of the board is held at which a majority of
the voting members of the board appointed pursuant to section
84A.1A, subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (8), as
enacted by this division of this Act, are present.
Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
DIVISION II
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
Sec. 7. 2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1118, section 22, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 22. AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSORTIUM USE FEDERAL
FUNDS. The department of workforce development is hereby
authorized to join a consortium with the states of Idaho and
Vermont for the purpose of modifying the Idaho unemployment
benefit payment software system so that it can be used to
pay unemployment insurance benefits by the state of Iowa use
federal funds distributed to the department for the purpose of
unemployment insurance systems modernization.
Sec. 8. 2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1118, section 23,
subsections 1 and 2, are amended to read as follows:
1. There is hereby appropriated out of funds made available
to the state of Iowa under section 903 of the Social Security
Act, as amended, the sum of one million seventy=six thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used
under the direction of the department of workforce development,
for the purpose of modifying the Idaho unemployment insurance
benefit payment software system so that it can be used to
pay unemployment insurance benefits by the state of Iowa
unemployment insurance systems modernization and for the
acquisition of programing, software, and equipment required
to provide an administrative and payment system for the Iowa
unemployment insurance program.
2. The funds hereby appropriated shall not be obligated
after the expiration of the two=year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this section July 1, 2017.
Sec. 9. 2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1118, section 24, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 24. AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF FUNDS == UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE BENEFIT PAYMENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM == SYSTEMS
MODERNIZATION.
1. Four million eight hundred twenty=five thousand dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, of incentive payment
funds credited with respect to the Assistance for Unemployed
Workers and Struggling Families Act, Pub. L. No. 111=5,
Division B, Tit. II, {2003, as codified in 42 U.S.C. {1103,
as a special transfer made under section 903(g) of the Social
Security Act, may be used under the direction of the department
of workforce development for the purpose of modifying the Idaho
unemployment insurance benefit payment system so that it can
be used to pay unemployment insurance benefits by the state of
Iowa unemployment insurance systems modernization and for the
acquisition of programing, software, and equipment required
to provide an administrative and payment system for the Iowa
unemployment insurance program.
2. The funds hereby authorized for use shall not be
obligated after the expiration of the two=year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this section July 1, 2017.
Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.

LINDA UPMEYER

JACK WHITVER

CARMINE BOAL

TERRY E. BRANSTA

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