Bill Text: MS HB507 | 2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: MS Delta Area Workforce Training Project; extend repealer on.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-04-12 - Allow Governor's Veto to Stand [HB507 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB507-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Workforce Development
By: Representatives White, Hines
House Bill 507
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO REENACT SECTIONS 57-107-1 THROUGH 57-107-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA AREA WORKFORCE TRAINING PROJECT; TO REPEAL SECTION 39, CHAPTER 480, LAWS OF 2011, WHICH ESTABLISHES A JULY 1, 2016, REPEAL DATE ON THOSE STATUTES THAT CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA AREA WORKFORCE TRAINING PROJECT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 57-107-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PLACE A REPEALER ON THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA AREA WORKFORCE TRAINING PROJECT IN THE MISSISSIPPI CODE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 57-107-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is reenacted as follows:
57-107-1. There is created the Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project, a pilot program aimed at implementing coordinated strategies for improving the retention and expansion of jobs in the Mississippi Delta region. The goals of the pilot program shall include reducing or eliminating the complexity of access to workforce assistance programs for existing and prospective employers and to create a one-stop accountable, accessible and reliable means to join workforce needs with workforce services in the Delta.
SECTION 2. Section 57-107-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is reenacted as follows:
57-107-3. (1) The pilot program shall be administered by a Delta Workforce Coordinator for Job Retention and Expansion, whose office shall be located centrally in the Mississippi Delta region. The Delta Workforce Coordinator shall be appointed by the Delta Workforce Cabinet created under Section 57-107-5. Subject to the availability of funding, the Delta Workforce Coordinator may employ such support and clerical staff as may be necessary to accomplish the goals of the Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project.
(2) The following are the primary duties of the Delta Workforce Coordinator:
(a) To arrange and conduct meetings with existing employers in the Delta region and prospective employers considering locating in the Delta region in order to identify employment training needs, opportunities, problems and possible solutions to such problems;
(b) To identify employer needs and challenges and to pursue opportunities in a coordinated, strategic manner for job retention and expansion through meeting individually and jointly with the Delta region's workforce team, including:
(i) Local and regional economic development entities and other MDA departments;
(ii) The Board of the Delta Workforce Investment Area;
(iii) The Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Office of the Governor, and local Workforce Investment Network job centers; and
(iv) Representatives of Coahoma Community College, Holmes Community College, Mississippi Delta Community College and Northwest Mississippi Community College;
(c) To organize, coordinate and support the meetings and work of the Delta Workforce Cabinet, including providing any staff support that the cabinet may request; and
(d) To perform such other duties as may be directed by the MDA.
(3) The office of the Delta Workforce Coordinator for Job Retention and Expansion shall be funded by local contributions from governmental agencies and private entities. The Delta Workforce Coordinator may receive and expend matching funds from the local county and municipal governments in the Delta region for the support of the pilot program, and any state, local or private funds available to the Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project may be used by the Delta Workforce Coordinator to match any federal funds available to support the work of the pilot program.
SECTION 3. Section 57-107-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is reenacted as follows:
57-107-5. (1) There is created the Delta Workforce Cabinet, an advisory group that shall be composed of the following twelve (12) members:
(a) The President of Coahoma Community College or an employee of the college so designated by the president;
(b) The President of Holmes Community College or an employee of the college so designated by the president;
(c) The President of Mississippi Delta Community College or an employee of the college so designated by the president;
(d) The President of Northwest Mississippi Community College or an employee of the college so designated by the president;
(e) The Executive Director of MDA or an employee of MDA so designated by the executive director;
(f) The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Office of the Governor, or an employee of the department so designated by the executive director;
(g) The Director of the Delta Workforce Investment Area;
(h) Two (2) recognized Delta area business leaders to be appointed by the Speaker of the House;
(i) Two (2) recognized Delta area business leaders to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; and
(j) One (1) recognized Delta area business leader to be appointed by the Governor.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Delta Workforce Cabinet be constituted in such a way that all areas of the Delta region are represented, and the appointing authorities are encouraged to coordinate their appointments to achieve a balanced cabinet with representation from throughout the Delta region. Vacancies on the cabinet must be filled in the manner consistent with the original appointments.
(3) The Delta Workforce Cabinet shall meet no less than quarterly to review the ongoing work of the office of the Delta Workforce Coordinator for Job Retention and Expansion and to ensure that proper coordination of workforce services and joint cooperation are extended to existing and prospective Delta area employers on a sustaining basis.
SECTION 4. Section 57-107-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is reenacted as follows:
57-107-7. Before January 1, 2011, the Delta Workforce Coordinator for Job Retention and Expansion shall submit a report on behalf of the Delta Workforce Cabinet to the Legislature and Governor on the status of the Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project. The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, a description of the activities undertaken through the pilot program and an evaluation of the project's effectiveness in accomplishing the goals of the pilot program.
SECTION 5. Section 39, Chapter 480, Laws of 2011, which establishes a July 1, 2016, repeal date on those statutes that create the Mississippi Delta Area Workforce Training Project, is repealed.
SECTION 6. The following shall be codified as Section 57-107-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:
57-107-9. Sections 57-101-1 through 57-101-7 shall stand repealed on July 1, 2019.
SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
