16.191 - IOWA JOBS BOARD.
16.191 IOWA JOBS BOARD.
1. An Iowa jobs board is established consisting of eleven members
and is located for administrative purposes within the Iowa finance
authority. The executive director of the Iowa finance authority
shall provide staff assistance and necessary supplies and equipment
for the board. The executive director shall budget funds received
pursuant to section 16.193 to operate the program including but not
limited to paying the per diem expenses of the board members. In
performing its functions, the board is performing a public function
on behalf of the state and is a public instrumentality of the state.
2. The membership of the board shall be as follows:
a. Six members of the general public appointed by the
governor.
b. The director of the department of economic development or
the director's designee.
c. The executive director of the Iowa finance authority or
the director's designee.
d. The director of the department of workforce development or
the director's designee.
e. The executive director of the rebuild Iowa office or the
director's designee until June 30, 2011, and then the administrator
of the homeland security and emergency management division of the
department of public defense or the administrator's designee.
f. The treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's
designee.
3. a. All public member appointments made pursuant to
subsection 2, paragraph "a" shall comply with sections 69.16,
69.16A, and 69.16C, and shall be subject to confirmation by the
senate.
b. Three of the public members appointed pursuant to
subsection 2, paragraph "a" shall have demonstrable experience or
expertise in the field of public financing, architecture,
engineering, or major facility development or construction and one of
the public members appointed pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph
"a", shall be an employee of a not-for-profit organization.
c. All public members shall be from geographically diverse
areas of this state.
d. All public members shall be appointed to three-year
staggered terms and the terms shall commence and end as provided by
section 69.19. If a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed
to serve the unexpired term. A successor shall be appointed in the
same manner and subject to the same qualifications as the original
appointment to serve the unexpired term.
4. The chairperson and vice chairperson of the board shall be
designated by the governor from the public members appointed pursuant
to subsection 2, paragraph "a". In case of the absence or
disability of the chairperson and vice chairperson, the members of
the board shall elect a temporary chairperson by a majority vote of
those members who are present and voting.
5. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 173, §5, 36
Confirmation, see §2.32