Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB128 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 128
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
8	8	0823S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 620.484, 620.490, 620.511, 620.512, and 620.513, RSMo, and to enact in lieu
11	11	thereof six new sections relating to the department of higher education and workforce
12	12	development.
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14	14	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
15	15	Section A. Sections 620.484, 620.490, 620.511, 620.512, 1
16	16	and 620.513, RSMo, are repealed and six new sections enacted in 2
17	17	lieu thereof, to be known as sections 173.2800, 173.2805, 3
18	18	173.2850, 173.2855, 173.2860, and 173.2865, to read as follows:4
19	19	[620.484.] 173.2800. The provisions of the Wagner - 1
20	20	Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.A. Sec. 49 et seq.), as amended , are 2
21	21	hereby accepted by this state and the [division] office of 3
22	22	workforce development of the department of [economic] higher 4
23	23	education and workforce development is hereby designated and 5
24	24	constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of 6
25	25	said act. The [division] office shall establish and 7
26	26	maintain free public employment offices in such number and 8
27	27	in such places as may be necessary for the proper 9
28	28	administration of this chapter and for the purposes of 10
29	29	performing such functions as are within th e purview of the 11
30	30	Wagner-Peyser Act. 12
31	31	[620.490.] 173.2805. The department of [economic] 1
32	32	higher education and workforce development shall promulgate 2
33	33	rules providing for the coordination of state and federal 3
34	34	job training resources admin istered by the department of 4 SB 128 2
35	35	[economic] higher education and workforce development, 5
36	36	including the local workforce investment areas established 6
37	37	in the state to administer federal funds pursuant to the 7
38	38	federal Workforce Investment Act or its successor, f or the 8
39	39	provision of assistance to businesses in this state relating 9
40	40	to the creation of new jobs in the state. The department of 10
41	41	higher education and workforce development shall include in 11
42	42	these rules the methods to be followed by any business 12
43	43	engaged in the creation of new jobs in state to ensure that 13
44	44	economically disadvantaged citizens receive opportunities 14
45	45	for employment in the new jobs created. No rule or portion 15
46	46	of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this 16
47	47	section shall become effe ctive unless it has been 17
48	48	promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. 18
49	49	[620.511.] 173.2850. 1. There is hereby established 1
50	50	the "Missouri Workforce Development Board", formerly known 2
51	51	as the Missouri workforce investment board, and hereinafter 3
52	52	referred to as "the board" in sections [620.511 to 620.513] 4
53	53	173.2850 to 173.2860 . 5
54	54	2. The purpose of the board is to provide workforce 6
55	55	investment activities, through statewide and local workforce 7
56	56	investment systems, that inc rease the employment, retention, 8
57	57	and earnings of participants, and increase occupational 9
58	58	skill attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve 10
59	59	the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and 11
60	60	enhance the productivity and competitivene ss of the state of 12
61	61	Missouri. The board shall be the state's advisory board 13
62	62	pertaining to workforce preparation policy. 14
63	63	3. The board shall meet the requirements of the 15
64	64	federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 16
65	65	hereinafter referred to as t he "WIOA", P.L. 113-128, as 17
66	66	amended. Should another federal law supplant the WIOA, all 18 SB 128 3
67	67	references in sections [620.511 to 620.513] 173.2850 to 19
68	68	173.2860 to the WIOA shall apply as well to the new federal 20
69	69	law. 21
70	70	4. Composition of the board shall com ply with the 22
71	71	WIOA. Board members appointed by the governor shall be 23
72	72	subject to the advice and consent of the senate. Consistent 24
73	73	with the requirements of the WIOA, the governor shall 25
74	74	designate one member of the board to be its chairperson. 26
75	75	5. Each member of the board shall serve for a term of 27
76	76	four years, subject to the pleasure of the governor, and 28
77	77	until a successor is duly appointed. In the event of a 29
78	78	vacancy on the board, the vacancy shall be filled in the 30
79	79	same manner as the original appoi ntment and said replacement 31
80	80	shall serve the remainder of the original appointee's 32
81	81	unexpired term. 33
82	82	6. Of the members initially appointed to the WIOA, 34
83	83	formerly known as the WIA, board, one -fourth shall be 35
84	84	appointed for a term of four years, one -fourth shall be 36
85	85	appointed for a term of three years, one -fourth shall be 37
86	86	appointed for a term of two years, and one -fourth shall be 38
87	87	appointed for a term of one year. 39
88	88	7. WIOA board members shall receive no compensation, 40
89	89	but shall be reimbursed for al l necessary expenses actually 41
90	90	incurred in the performance of their duties. 42
91	91	8. The office of workforce development of the 43
92	92	department of higher education and workforce development may 44
93	93	include on its website a list of the names of the members of 45
94	94	the board, including the names of members of local workforce 46
95	95	development boards, along with information on how to contact 47
96	96	such boards. 48
97	97	[620.512.] 173.2855. 1. The board shall establish 1
98	98	bylaws governing its organization, operation, and procedure 2 SB 128 4
99	99	consistent with sections [620.511 to 620.513] 173.2850 to 3
100	100	173.2860, and consistent with the WIOA. 4
101	101	2. The board shall meet at least four times each year 5
102	102	at the call of the chairperson. 6
103	103	3. In order to assure objective management and 7
104	104	oversight, the board shall not operate programs or provide 8
105	105	services directly to eligible participants, but shall exist 9
106	106	solely to plan, coordinate, and monitor the provisions of 10
107	107	such programs and services. A member of the board may not 11
108	108	vote on a matter under consideration by the board that 12
109	109	regards the provision of services by the member or by an 13
110	110	entity that the member represents or would provide direct 14
111	111	financial benefit to the member or the immediate family of 15
112	112	the member. A member of the board may not engage in any 16
113	113	other activity determined by the governor to constitute a 17
114	114	conflict of interest. 18
115	115	4. The composition and the roles and responsibilities 19
116	116	of the board membership may be amended to comply with any 20
117	117	succeeding federal or state legisla tive or regulatory 21
118	118	requirements governing workforce investment activities, 22
119	119	except that the procedure for such change shall be outlined 23
120	120	in state rules and regulations and adopted in the bylaws of 24
121	121	the board. 25
122	122	5. The department of [economic] higher education and 26
123	123	workforce development shall provide professional, technical, 27
124	124	and clerical staff for the board. 28
125	125	6. The board may promulgate any rules and regulations 29
126	126	necessary to administer the provisions of sections [620.511 30
127	127	to 620.513] 173.2850 to 173.2860. Any rule or portion of a 31
128	128	rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 32
129	129	created under the authority delegated in this section shall 33
130	130	become effective only if it complies with and is subject to 34 SB 128 5
131	131	all of the provisions of chapter 536 a nd, if applicable, 35
132	132	section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 36
133	133	nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 37
134	134	general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 38
135	135	the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 39
136	136	subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 40
137	137	rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 41
138	138	August 28, 2007, shall be invalid and void. 42
139	139	[620.513.] 173.2860. 1. The board shall assist the 1
140	140	governor with the functions des cribed in Section 101(d) of 2
141	141	the WIOA, 29 U.S.C. Section [311d] 3111(d), and any 3
142	142	regulations issued pursuant to the WIOA. 4
143	143	2. The board shall submit an annual report of its 5
144	144	activities to the governor, the speaker of the house of 6
145	145	representatives, and the president pro tem of the senate no 7
146	146	later than January thirty -first of each year. 8
147	147	3. Nothing in sections [620.511 to 620.513] 173.2850 9
148	148	to 173.2860 shall be construed to require or allow the board 10
149	149	to assume or supersede the statutory authority granted to, 11
150	150	or impose any duties or requirements on, the state 12
151	151	coordinating board for higher education, the governing 13
152	152	boards of the state's public colleges and universities, the 14
153	153	state board of education, or any local educational agencies. 15
154	154	173.2865. The department of higher education and 1
155	155	workforce development shall have authority to make grants to 2
156	156	eligible entities, as defined by the federal Workforce 3
157	157	Innovation and Opportunity Act, or its successor, using 4
158	158	funds provided by the a ct, general revenue, or other funds 5
159	159	as appropriated by the general assembly. 6
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