216A.15 - DUTIES.
216A.15 DUTIES.
The commission shall:
1. Coordinate, assist, and cooperate with the efforts of state
departments and agencies to serve the needs of Latino persons in the
fields of education, employment, health, housing, welfare, and
recreation.
2. Develop, coordinate, and assist other public organizations
which serve Latino persons.
3. Evaluate existing programs and proposed legislation affecting
Latino persons, and propose new programs.
4. Stimulate public awareness of the problems of Latino persons
by conducting a program of public education and encouraging the
governor and the general assembly to develop programs to deal with
these problems.
5. Conduct training programs for Latino persons to enable them to
assume leadership positions on the community level.
6. Conduct a survey of the Latino people in Iowa in order to
ascertain their needs.
7. Work to establish a Latino information center in the state of
Iowa.
8. Pursuant to section 216A.2, be responsible for budgetary and
personnel decisions for the commission and division.
9. Adopt rules, with stakeholder input, pursuant to chapter 17A,
to develop a mechanism to ensure the qualifications of Spanish
language interpreters and maintain and provide a list of those deemed
qualified to Iowa courts, administrative agencies, social service
agencies, and health agencies, as requested. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1209
C87, § 601K.15
90 Acts, ch 1180, § 9
C93, § 216A.15
2004 Acts, ch 1062, §1