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IA Code § 15H.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.2 - Iowa commission on volunteer service established.

15H.2 Iowa commission on volunteer service established.   1. The Iowa commission on volunteer service is created within the authority. The governor shall appoint the commission’s members. The director may employ personnel as necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the commission.   2. The mission of the commission is to advise and assist in the development and implementation of a comprehensive, statewide plan for promoting volunteer involvement and citizen participation in Iowa, as well as to serve as the state’s liaison to national and state organizations which support the commission’s mission. The commission shall also carry out any duties and responsibilities described in the National Community Service Trust Act of 1993 or any related state or federal legislation.   3. The commission shall do all of the following:   a. Prepare a three-year national service plan as called for under the federal National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.   b. Fulfill federal program administration requirements, including provision of health care and child care for program participants.   c. Submit annual state applications for federal funding of commission-selected AmeriCorps programs.   d. Integrate AmeriCorps programs, the corporation for national and community service program, and the older American volunteer program into the state strategic service plan.   e. Conduct local outreach to develop a comprehensive and inclusive state service plan and coordinate with existing programs in order to prevent unnecessary competition for private sources of funding.   f. Provide technical assistance to service programs, including the development of training methods and curriculum materials.   g. Develop a statewide recruitment and placement system for individuals interested in community service opportunities.   h. Prepare quarterly reports on progress for submission to the governor and the general assembly.   i. Administer the retired senior volunteer program.  2005 Acts, ch 42, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §11; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §28, 89  Referred to in §15H.1A, 15H.5, 261.131
IA Code § 15H.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.3 - Volunteer service commission membership.

15H.3 Volunteer service commission membership.   1. The commission shall consist of the following members:   a. An individual with expertise in the educational training and developmental needs of youth.   b. An individual with experience in promoting the involvement of older adults in service and volunteerism.   c. A representative of community-based agencies within the state.   d. The director of the department of education, or the director’s designee.   e. The executive director of the state board of regents, or the executive director’s designee.   f. A representative of local government.   g. A representative of a local labor organization.   h. A representative of a for-profit business.   i. An individual between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five who is or has been a participant or supervisor in a volunteer or service program.   j. A representative of the corporation for national and community service who shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member.   k. Additional ex officio, nonvoting members selected by the commission to the extent that they are not in conflict with the provisions of the National Community Service Trust Act of 1993 or any related state or federal legislation.   2. No more than twenty-five percent of the commission members shall be employees of the state, though additional state agency representatives may sit on the commission as nonvoting, ex officio members.   3. A commission member shall not vote on issues affecting organizations for which the member has served as a staff person or as a volunteer at any time during the preceding twelve-month period.   4. The membership of the commission shall comply with sections 69.16 and 69.16A. The membership of the commission shall also reflect the diversity of the state’s population.   5. Members shall serve staggered terms of three years beginning July 1. Members of the commission shall serve no more than two three-year terms. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.   6. The chairperson of the commission shall be selected by the members of the commission.  2005 Acts, ch 42, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §54, 129; 2006 Acts, ch 1051, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §29, 30, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §33; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §7  Subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
IA Code § 15H.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.4 - Administration — funding.

15H.4 Administration — funding.   1. The authority shall serve as the lead agency for administration of the commission. The authority may consult with the department of education, the state board of regents, and the department of workforce development for any additional administrative support as necessary to fulfill the duties of the commission. All other state agencies, at the request of the authority, shall provide assistance to the commission to ensure a fully coordinated state effort for promoting national and community service.   2. The commission may accept funds and in-kind services from other state, federal, and private entities.  2005 Acts, ch 42, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §31, 89
IA Code § 15H.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.6 - Iowa green corps program.

15H.6 Iowa green corps program.   1. The commission, in collaboration with the department of natural resources, the department of workforce development, and the utilities board of the department of commerce, shall establish an Iowa green corps program. The commission shall work with the collaborating agencies and nonprofit agencies in developing a strategy for attracting additional financial resources for the program from other sources which may include but are not limited to utilities, private sector, and local, state, and federal government funding sources. The financial resources received shall be credited to the community programs account created pursuant to section 15H.5.   2. The program shall utilize AmeriCorps or Iowa summer youth corps program volunteers to provide capacity building activities, training, and implementation of major transformative projects in communities. The project selection shall emphasize energy efficiency, historic preservation, neighborhood development, and storm water reduction and management.   3. The capacity building activities shall be targeted in communities that are already working with existing community improvement programs, including but not limited to the Iowa great places program established under section 303.3C, the green streets and main street Iowa programs administered by the economic development authority, and disaster remediation activities by communities located within an area declared to be a disaster area in a declaration issued by the president of the United States or the governor.  2009 Acts, ch 161, §2, 4; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §38, 85, 89; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §9  Referred to in §15H.5, 15H.9  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 15H.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.7 - Iowa reading corps program.

15H.7 Iowa reading corps program.   1. a. The commission, in collaboration with the department of education, may establish an Iowa reading corps program to provide Iowa reading corps AmeriCorps members with a data-based, problem-solving model of literacy instruction to use in tutoring students from prekindergarten to third grade who are not proficient in reading or who are at risk of becoming not proficient in reading.   b. The program shall use models of early literacy instruction reviewed and approved by the department of education pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 49, paragraph “c”.   c. The commission and the department of education shall grant AmeriCorps programs that are operating an early literacy intervention program within a single school district on April 14, 2015, that seek to be included in the Iowa reading corps program adequate time to make adjustments to align the currently operating program with commission and department goals and strategies for the Iowa reading corps program.   2. a. The models of literacy instruction utilized by Iowa reading corps AmeriCorps members shall align with literacy program goals and strategies developed by the state department of education, the local school district, and the Iowa reading research center.   b. The commission, in collaboration with the department of education, may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this section.   3. The commission may use moneys in and lawfully available to the community programs account created in section 15H.5 to fund the program.   4. The commission shall submit an annual report to the general assembly and the state department of education that records and evaluates program data to determine the efficacy of the program.  2015 Acts, ch 34, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §10  Referred to in §15H.5, 15H.9  Subsection 1, paragraph a amended
IA Code § 15H.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.8 - RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps program.

15H.8 RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps program.   1. a. The commission, in collaboration with the department of human services, shall establish a Refugee Rebuild, Integrate, Serve, Empower (RefugeeRISE) AmeriCorps program to increase community integration and engagement for diverse refugee communities in rural and urban areas across the state.   b. The commission, in collaboration with the department of human services, may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this section.   2. The commission may use moneys in and lawfully available to the community programs account created in section 15H.5 to fund the program.   3. The commission shall submit an annual report to the general assembly and the department of human services relating to the efficacy of the program.  2016 Acts, ch 1139, §91; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §11  Referred to in §15H.5, 15H.9  Subsection 1, paragraph a amended
IA Code § 15H.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.9 - Iowa national service corps program.

15H.9 Iowa national service corps program.   1. The commission may establish an Iowa national service corps program to provide opportunities for state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and private, nonprofit organizations to create national service programs outside of existing state and federal programs to meet state and local needs and to provide more opportunities for Iowans to serve their state and country and foster a cultural expectation of service in Iowa through a unified service corps.   2. The commission may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for approving Iowa national service corps programs and national service positions. Existing programs and service positions, including those established through the AmeriCorps programs in Iowa created pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §12501, Senior Corps and AmeriCorps vista in Iowa created pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §4950 et seq., the Iowa summer youth corps program created pursuant to section 15H.5, the Iowa green corps program created pursuant to section 15H.6, the Iowa reading corps program created pursuant to section 15H.7, the RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps program created pursuant to section 15H.8, and the Iowa conservation corps created pursuant to section 84A.7, are part of the Iowa national service corps programs and national service positions.   3. State agencies or political subdivisions of the state may enter into an agreement with any approved Iowa national service corps program directly or through an agreement with the commission. State agencies or political subdivisions of the state may establish Iowa national service corps programs or contract with a third-party vendor to assist the agency or political subdivision in establishing such programs.   4. State agencies or political subdivisions of the state may give priority to grants or projects funded that utilize Iowa national service corps programs.   5. State agencies or political subdivisions of the state may establish hiring preferences for any Iowa national service corps or AmeriCorps participant who has successfully completed a year of full-time service or one thousand seven hundred hours over a period extending beyond a year.   6. A person participating in the Iowa national service corps program is not an employee of the organization in which the person is enrolled regardless of whether a stipend is provided, shall be exempt from the merit system requirements of chapter 8, subchapter IV, and is not eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits under chapter 96 upon completion of service.  2018 Acts, ch 1086, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §12  Referred to in §15H.5, 92.17  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 15H.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.10 - Volunteer mentor program.

15H.10 Volunteer mentor program.   1. Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, the commission shall establish a volunteer mentor program to support implementation of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship and the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant programs created in sections 261.131 and 261.132. The commission, in collaboration with the department of workforce development and the college student aid commission, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer the volunteer mentor program, and shall establish standards, guidelines, and expectations for a productive and appropriate relationship between mentors and mentees, including helping students meet the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program or future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant requirements, as appropriate; identify work-based learning opportunities; and make career-related connections that are advantageous to persons participating in the volunteer mentor program.   2. The prospective volunteer mentor shall have successfully passed a background investigation conducted by the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety and a check of the national sex offender registry.   3. The commission shall enter into written agreements with prospective mentors and mentees under the program. Under such an agreement, prospective mentors and mentees agree to abide by the standards, guidelines, and expectations established by the commission pursuant to subsection 1.   4. The commission, in collaboration with the department of workforce development and the college student aid commission, and in cooperation with an eligible institution as defined in section 261.131 or 261.132, as appropriate, shall assign a student, who is a recipient of a future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship under section 261.131 or a future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant under section 261.132, who requests the assignment of a mentor, and who enters into an agreement under subsection 3, to a mentor appropriate to the prospective mentee’s field of study whenever possible.   5. The commission shall maintain, and regularly update, a list of the mentor and mentee pairings and the dates of inception of the mentor and mentee pairings.   6. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated to the economic development authority for allocation to the commission for purposes of this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available to be used for the purposes designated in this section until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.  2018 Acts, ch 1067, §6, 15  Referred to in §84A.1B, 261.131, 261.132
IA Code § 15J.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15J - IOWA REINVESTMENT ACT|Section 15J.1 - Short title.

15J.1 Short title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Reinvestment Act”.  2013 Acts, ch 119, §1
IA Code § 15J.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15J - IOWA REINVESTMENT ACT|Section 15J.3 - Preapplication process.

15J.3 Preapplication process.   The board may establish by rule a preapplication process to provide information related to the requirements of this chapter, to determine the interest of municipalities in establishing districts under this chapter, and to assist municipalities in preparing a proposed district plan.  2013 Acts, ch 119, §3
IA Code § 15J.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15J - IOWA REINVESTMENT ACT|Section 15J.6 - State reinvestment district fund.

15J.6 State reinvestment district fund.   1. A state reinvestment district fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department consisting of the new state sales tax revenues collected within each district and deposited in the fund pursuant to section 423.2A, subsection 2, and the new state hotel and motel tax revenues collected within each district and deposited in the fund pursuant to section 423A.6. Moneys deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purposes of this section. Moneys in the fund shall only be used for the purposes of this section.   2. A district account is created within the fund for each district created by a municipality under this chapter.   3. The department shall deposit the moneys described in subsection 1 that were collected in a quarter beginning on or after the district’s commencement date into the appropriate district account in the fund.   4. All moneys in each district account within the fund shall be remitted quarterly by the department to the municipality that established the district for deposit in the municipality’s reinvestment project fund established pursuant to section 15J.7.   5. The department shall adopt rules for the administration of the department’s duties under this chapter, including the remittance of moneys to municipalities.  2013 Acts, ch 119, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1161, §151, 229  Referred to in §15J.2, 15J.4, 15J.5, 15J.7
IA Code § 15J.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15J - IOWA REINVESTMENT ACT|Section 15J.8 - End of deposits — district dissolution.

15J.8 End of deposits — district dissolution.   1. As of the date twenty years after the district’s commencement date, the department shall cease to deposit state sales tax revenues and state hotel and motel tax revenues into the district’s account within the fund, unless the municipality dissolves the district by ordinance or resolution prior to that date. Following the expiration of the twenty-year period, the district shall be dissolved by ordinance or resolution of the municipality adopted within twelve months of the conclusion of the twenty-year period.   2. If the municipality dissolves the district by ordinance or resolution prior to the expiration of the twenty-year period specified in subsection 1, the municipality shall notify the director of revenue of the dissolution as soon as practicable after adoption of the ordinance or resolution, and the department shall, as of the effective date of dissolution, cease to deposit state sales tax revenues and state hotel and motel tax revenues into the district’s account within the fund.   3. Upon request of the municipality prior to the dissolution of the district, and following a determination by the board that the amounts of new state sales tax revenue and new state hotel and motel tax revenue deposited in the municipality’s reinvestment project fund under section 15J.7 are substantially lower than the amounts established by the board under section 15J.4, subsection 3, paragraph “e”, the board may extend the district’s twenty-year period of time for depositing and receiving revenues under this chapter by up to five additional years if such an extension is in the best interest of the public.  2013 Acts, ch 119, §8; 2020 Acts, ch 1118, §94  Referred to in §15J.7, 423.2A, 423A.6  Section amended
IA Code § 16.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.1A - Creation — administration of programs.

16.1A Creation — administration of programs.   1. The Iowa finance authority is created, and constitutes a public instrumentality and agency of the state exercising public and essential governmental functions.   2. The authority shall undertake and administer all of the following:   a. Programs established under this chapter.   b. Programs established by the authority which the authority finds useful and convenient to further goals of the authority and which are consistent with the legislative findings. Such programs shall be administered in accordance with subchapter III. Such additional programs shall be administered in accordance with rules, if any, which the authority determines useful and convenient to adopt pursuant to chapter 17A.   3. The Iowa finance authority board of directors shall have general control, supervision, and regulation of all programs described in this section.   4. The authority is charged with the broad administrative authority to make, administer, interpret, construe, repeal, and execute the rules, and to administer, interpret, construe, and execute the laws of this state relating to such programs.   5. The board may, by resolution, delegate to the agricultural development board, title guaranty division board, executive director, or other authority employee such of its powers, under such terms and conditions, as it deems appropriate.  2013 Acts, ch 100, §2, 17; 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §5, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §12  Referred to in §16.1, 455B.291
IA Code § 16.2B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 16 - IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY|Section 16.2B - Agricultural development division — administration of programs.

16.2B Agricultural development division — administration of programs.   1. An agricultural development division is created within the authority. The agricultural development division shall administer subchapter VIII, by providing assistance to beginning farmers, agricultural producers, or other persons qualifying for such assistance under subchapter VIII.   2. The agricultural development division shall be administered in accordance with the policies of the agricultural development board created in section 16.2C. The executive director of the authority may organize the agricultural development division and employ necessary qualified personnel to administer subchapter VIII.   3. The agricultural development division shall, to every extent practical, assist persons to do all of the following:   a. Acquire agricultural land, agricultural improvements, or depreciable agricultural property, including as provided in subchapter VIII.   b. Claim beginning farmer tax credits, including tax credit certificates issued pursuant to subchapter VIII, part 5, subpart B.   c. Obtain financing for other capital requirements or operating expenses.   4. The net earnings of the agricultural development division, beyond that necessary for retirement of its notes, bonds, or other obligations or to implement the public purposes and programs authorized in subchapter VIII, shall not inure to the benefit of any person other than the state.  2014 Acts, ch 1080, §8, 78; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §14; 2019 Acts, ch 161, §4, 18, 19  Referred to in §16.2C