84A.7 IOWA CONSERVATION CORPS.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. "Account" means the Iowa conservation corps account.
b. "Corps" means the Iowa conservation corps.
2. Iowa conservation corps established. The Iowa
conservation corps is established in this state to provide meaningful
and productive public service jobs for youth, unemployed persons,
persons with disabilities, disadvantaged persons, and elderly
persons, and to provide participants with an opportunity to explore
careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the general welfare
of their communities and the state. The corps shall provide
opportunities in the areas of natural resource and wildlife
conservation, park maintenance and restoration, land management,
energy savings, community improvement projects, tourism, economic
development, and work benefiting human services programs. The
department of workforce development shall administer the corps and
shall adopt rules governing its operation, eligibility for
participation, cash contributions, and implementation of an incentive
program.
3. Funding. Corps projects shall be funded by appropriations
to the Iowa conservation corps account and by cash, services, and
material contributions made by other state agencies or local public
and private agencies. Public and private entities who benefit from a
corps project shall contribute at least thirty-five percent of the
total project budget. The contributions may be in the form of cash,
materials, or services. Materials and services shall be intended for
the project and acceptable to the department of workforce
development. Minimum levels of contributions shall be prescribed in
rules adopted by the department of workforce development.
4. Account created. The Iowa conservation corps account is
established within and administered by the department of workforce
development. The account shall include all appropriations made to
programs administered by the corps, and may also include moneys
contributed by a private individual or organization, or a public
entity for the purpose of implementing corps programs and projects.
The department of workforce development may establish an escrow
account within the department and obligate moneys within that escrow
account for tuition payments to be made beyond the term of any fiscal
year. Interest earned on moneys in the Iowa conservation corps
account shall be credited to the account.
5. Participant eligibility. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapter 96, a person
employed through an Iowa conservation corps program shall be exempt
from merit system requirements and shall not be eligible to receive
unemployment compensation benefits.
84A.7 IOWA CONSERVATION CORPS.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. "Account" means the Iowa conservation corps account.
b. "Corps" means the Iowa conservation corps.
2. Iowa conservation corps established. The Iowa
conservation corps is established in this state to provide meaningful
and productive public service jobs for youth, unemployed persons,
persons with disabilities, disadvantaged persons, and elderly
persons, and to provide participants with an opportunity to explore
careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the general welfare
of their communities and the state. The corps shall provide
opportunities in the areas of natural resource and wildlife
conservation, park maintenance and restoration, land management,
energy savings, community improvement projects, tourism, economic
development, and work benefiting human services programs. The
department of workforce development shall administer the corps and
shall adopt rules governing its operation, eligibility for
participation, cash contributions, and implementation of an incentive
program.
3. Funding. Corps projects shall be funded by appropriations
to the Iowa conservation corps account and by cash, services, and
material contributions made by other state agencies or local public
and private agencies. Public and private entities who benefit from a
corps project shall contribute at least thirty-five percent of the
total project budget. The contributions may be in the form of cash,
materials, or services. Materials and services shall be intended for
the project and acceptable to the department of workforce
development. Minimum levels of contributions shall be prescribed in
rules adopted by the department of workforce development.
4. Account created. The Iowa conservation corps account is
established within and administered by the department of workforce
development. The account shall include all appropriations made to
programs administered by the corps, and may also include moneys
contributed by a private individual or organization, or a public
entity for the purpose of implementing corps programs and projects.
The department of workforce development may establish an escrow
account within the department and obligate moneys within that escrow
account for tuition payments to be made beyond the term of any fiscal
year. Interest earned on moneys in the Iowa conservation corps
account shall be credited to the account.
5. Participant eligibility. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapter 96, a person
employed through an Iowa conservation corps program shall be exempt
from merit system requirements and shall not be eligible to receive
unemployment compensation benefits.
84A.7 IOWA CONSERVATION CORPS.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. "Account" means the Iowa conservation corps account.
b. "Corps" means the Iowa conservation corps.
2. Iowa conservation corps established. The Iowa
conservation corps is established in this state to provide meaningful
and productive public service jobs for youth, unemployed persons,
persons with disabilities, disadvantaged persons, and elderly
persons, and to provide participants with an opportunity to explore
careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the general welfare
of their communities and the state. The corps shall provide
opportunities in the areas of natural resource and wildlife
conservation, park maintenance and restoration, land management,
energy savings, community improvement projects, tourism, economic
development, and work benefiting human services programs. The
department of workforce development shall administer the corps and
shall adopt rules governing its operation, eligibility for
participation, cash contributions, and implementation of an incentive
program.
3. Funding. Corps projects shall be funded by appropriations
to the Iowa conservation corps account and by cash, services, and
material contributions made by other state agencies or local public
and private agencies. Public and private entities who benefit from a
corps project shall contribute at least thirty-five percent of the
total project budget. The contributions may be in the form of cash,
materials, or services. Materials and services shall be intended for
the project and acceptable to the department of workforce
development. Minimum levels of contributions shall be prescribed in
rules adopted by the department of workforce development.
4. Account created. The Iowa conservation corps account is
established within and administered by the department of workforce
development. The account shall include all appropriations made to
programs administered by the corps, and may also include moneys
contributed by a private individual or organization, or a public
entity for the purpose of implementing corps programs and projects.
The department of workforce development may establish an escrow
account within the department and obligate moneys within that escrow
account for tuition payments to be made beyond the term of any fiscal
year. Interest earned on moneys in the Iowa conservation corps
account shall be credited to the account.
5. Participant eligibility. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapter 96, a person
employed through an Iowa conservation corps program shall be exempt
from merit system requirements and shall not be eligible to receive
unemployment compensation benefits.
