Mississippi 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 4 D cosponsors

SB 2564 — Office of Workforce Development; establish.

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The revised bill, SB 2564, now defines the "Office" specifically as the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development and establishes it formally. Additionally, it redefines the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board's roles, requiring them to oversee funding and activities related to workforce training while mandating annual reports to key legislative committees. These changes emphasize better coordination and accountability in how workforce training funds are managed and spent, ensuring that both state agencies and the public can track the effectiveness of these programs. Overall, this aims to create a more efficient and transparent workforce development system in Mississippi.

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SB2564 (As Passed the Senate) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
SB2564 (As Sent to Governor) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Parker, DeBar, Blackwell, Jackson (11th), Frazier, Tate, Seymour, Suber, Witherspoon, Butler, Norwood, Branning Senate Bill 2564 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;
Senator(s) Parker, DeBar, Blackwell, Jackson (11th), Frazier, Tate, Seymour, Suber, Witherspoon, Butler, Norwood, Branning Senate Bill 2564 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-153-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE "OFFICE" AS THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;
TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGES, INCLUDING PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING FUND AND THE MISSISSIPPI WORKS FUND;
TO AMEND SECTION 37-153-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE OFFICE AND PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD SHALL SERVE AS THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE OFFICE;
TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO BE HEADED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TO SERVE AT THE WILL AND PLEASURE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS;
TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD;
TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD'S MEMBERSHIP AND THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS;
TO REQUIRE EACH STATE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT AND INSTITUTION TO REPORT ANY MONIES RECEIVED FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND AN ITEMIZATION OF HOW THOSE MONIES WERE SPENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD;
TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT;
TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD TO COMPILE THE DATA AND PROVIDE A REPORT OF THE MONIES AND EXPENDITURES TO THE CHAIRS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BY OCTOBER 1 OF EACH YEAR;
TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONCERNING WORKFORCE TRAINING PROJECTS;
TO REPLACE THE RULES COMMITTEE OF THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD WITH AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND TO DETERMINE THE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE;
TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS;
TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE, AND TO ESTABLISH THE QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR;
TO AMEND SECTIONS 71-5-353, 71-5-453, 37-153-7, 37-153-11 AND 37-153-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO;
TO PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD IN ADMINISTERING AND OVERSEEING THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING FUND AND MISSISSIPPI WORKS FUND;
TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE AND LEGISLATURE BY OCTOBER 1 OF EACH YEAR REGARDING ALL FUNDS APPROVED TO BE EXPENDED ON WORKFORCE TRAINING DURING THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR;
TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-153-11, 37-153-13, 71-5-353 AND 71-5-453, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE ABOVE;
TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-153-1, 37-153-3, 37-153-5, 37-153-9 AND 37-153-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT;
     SECTION 1.  Definitions.  When used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
     SECTION 1.  Section 37-153-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
          (a)  "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.
     37-153-5.  For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
          (b)  "Board" means the board of directors of the department.
          (a)  "State board" or "board" means the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board * * *;.
          (c)  "Executive director" means the Executive Director of Workforce Development.
          (b)  "District councils" means the Local Workforce Development Councils * * *;.
          (d)  "Programs" means workforce training programs established or administered under this act.  This shall not include adult education or career and technical education programs administered by the Mississippi Community College Board or individual community and junior colleges.
          (c)  "Local workforce investment board" means the board that oversees the workforce development activities of local workforce areas under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
     SECTION 2.  Establishment of the Department of Workforce Development.  (1)  There is established the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.  The department shall be a subdivision housed within, but independent of, the Mississippi Community College Board.  The executive director shall maintain complete and exclusive operational control of the department's functions.
          (d)  "Office" means the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development, housed at the Department of Finance and Administration.
     (2)  State-funded workforce programs, as designated in this section, which are administered by the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board, Mississippi Community College Board, individual community or junior colleges, or other relevant state agencies or organizations before the effective date of this act shall be transferred to the department.  This specifically includes programs administered through the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund, as described in Section 71-5-353.
     SECTION 2.  Section 37-153-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     (3)  The department shall facilitate the coordination, consolidation and promotion of workforce development and training activities statewide.
     37-153-7.  (1)  There is created the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development and the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board, which shall serve as the advisory board for the office.  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board shall be composed of * * * forty‑one (41) thirty-one (31) voting members, of which a majority shall be representatives of business and industry in accordance with the federal Workforce * * * Investment Innovation and Opportunity Act, or any successive acts.
     SECTION 3.  Duties.  (1)  The department shall be headed by the Executive Director of Workforce Development, who shall be a person with extensive experience in development of economic, human and physical resources, and promotion of industrial and commercial development.  The executive director shall have a master's degree or juris doctorate from an accredited institution of higher learning and have no less than five (5) years of professional experience related to workforce or economic development.
     (2)  The members of the State Workforce Investment Board shall include:
     (2)  The executive director shall:
          (a)  The Governor * * * shall appoint the following members of the board to serve a term of four (4) years:, or his designee;
          (a)  Perform the functions necessary for the daily operation and administration of the department, with oversight from the board;
 * * *   (i)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, or his/her designee;
          (b)  Consult with the Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board on past and current workforce development efforts, and the transition of certain workforce development programs as described in this section to the department;
   (ii)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Municipal League;
          (c)  Perform a comprehensive review of Mississippi's workforce development efforts, including programs supported with state or federal money;
   (iii)  One (1) elected mayor;
          (d)  Develop broad statewide workforce development goals, including a goal to raise the state's labor force participation rate, in collaboration with the board, Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi Community College Board, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services and other relevant agencies and arms of the state;
   (iv)  One (1) representative of an apprenticeship program in the state;
          (e)  Communicate the state's broad workforce goals to targeted audiences who may be eligible for programs, to businesses and to the wider public;
   (v)  One (1) representative of labor organizations, who has been nominated by state labor federations;
          (f)  Develop metrics by which to analyze whether workforce development programs administered by the department are effectively moving the state toward workforce development goals developed by the department, and transparency measures to report progress to the public;
   (vi)  One (1) representative of individuals and organizations that has experience with respect to youth activities;
          (g)  Identify and recommend other state or federal programs, aside from those described in this section, which should be moved to the purview of the department in the future with the goal of consolidating workforce development, making workforce efforts more efficient and decreasing the size of government;
   (vii)  One (1) representative of the Mississippi Association of Planning and Development Districts;
and           (h)  Report on the status of workforce development efforts and the progress toward meeting the goals developed by the department, to include increasing the labor force participation rate, to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate, who may disseminate the report to the appropriate members of the legislature.
   (viii)  One (1) representative from each of the four (4) workforce areas in the state, who has been nominated by the community colleges in each respective area, with the consent of the elected county supervisors within the respective workforce area;
     SECTION 4.  Authority.  In fulfilling the responsibilities of this act, the executive director may, subject to available appropriations and with oversight from the board:
   (ix)  The chair of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges;
          (a)  Hire staff needed for the performance of his or her duties under this act.  The executive director shall set the compensation of any hired employees from any funds made available for that purpose.  The Mississippi Community College Board, upon request from the executive director, shall supplement the administrative and support staff of the department;
and    (x)  Twenty‑one (21) representatives of business owners nominated by business and industry organizations, which may include representatives of the various planning and development districts in Mississippi.
          (b)  Enter any part of the Mississippi Community College Board, individual community and junior colleges, or other workforce training facilities operated by the state or its subdivisions;
          (b)  Nineteen (19) members, appointed by the Governor, of whom:
          (c)  Access services, documents, records, programs and materials as necessary to assess the status of workforce development in the state;
              (i)  A majority shall be representatives of businesses in the state, who:
          (d)  Communicate with any governmental entity as is necessary to fulfill the coordinator's duties under this act;
                   1.  Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, or other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, and who, in addition, may be members of a local board described in Section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.  At least two (2) of the members appointed under this item 1.
and           (e)  Perform any other actions the executive director deems necessary to fulfill his or her duties under this act.
shall be small business owners, chief executives or operating officers of businesses with less than fifty (50) employees;
     SECTION 5.  Board of Directors.  (1)  The executive director shall be appointed by, and serve at the will and pleasure of, a board of directors, made up of representatives from the business community across the state.  Initial appointments to the board shall be made no later than July 31, 2020, and appointments to vacant seats shall be made within two (2) months of the vacancy.  No member shall serve on the board more than two (2) consecutive terms.  The board shall be constituted as follows:
                   2.  Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses, which provide employment opportunities that, at a minimum, include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in high-demand industry sectors or occupations in the state;
          (a)  Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Governor, with one from each Supreme Court district.  Upon their initial appointment, one (1) of the members shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year;
and                    3.  Are appointed from among individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations;
one (1) for a term of two (2) years;
              (ii)  Not less than twenty percent (20%) shall consist of representatives of the workforce within the state, which:
and one (1) for a term of three (3) years;
                   1.  Includes labor organization representatives who have been nominated by state labor federations;
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thereafter, each member shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years.
                   2.  Includes a labor organization member or training director from an apprenticeship program in the state, which shall be a joint labor-management apprenticeship program if such a program exists in the state;
          (b)  Two (2) at-large members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.  Upon their initial appointment, one (1) of the members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years;
                   3.  May include representatives of community-based organizations, including organizations serving veterans or providing or supporting competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, who have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing employment, training or education needs of individuals with barriers to employment;
and one (1) for a term of three (3) years;
and                    4.  May include representatives of organizations, including organizations serving out-of-school youth, who have demonstrated experience or expertise in addressing the employment, training or education needs of eligible youth;
thereafter, each member shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years.
              (iii)  The balance shall include government representatives, including the lead state officials with primary responsibility for core programs, and chief elected officials (collectively representing both cities and counties, where appropriate);
          (c)  Two (2) at-large members, who may be selected from five (5) individuals recommended by the Speaker, shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.  Upon their initial appointment and thereafter, each member shall be appointed and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years.
          (c)  Two (2) representatives of businesses in the state appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;
          (d)  Additionally, one (1) legislator from the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, and one (1) legislator from the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House, shall serve on the board as nonvoting members whose terms end concurrently with the end of the four-year legislative term.
          (d)  Two (2) representatives of businesses in the state appointed by the Governor from a list of three (3) recommendations from the Speaker of the House;
     (2)  The board shall elect a chair from its membership at the first meeting of the original board members and every year thereafter.  A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.  The board shall meet regularly once a month at such time as shall be designated by an order entered upon the minutes thereof.  Special meetings of the board shall be held upon call of the chair or upon the call of a majority of the members.  The board shall hold its sessions at the seat of government, or at a location in the state designated by an order entered upon the minutes.
and           ( * * *be)  The following state officials * * * shall be members of the board:
     (3)  Members of the board shall be reimbursed for expenses in the manner and amount specified in Section 25-3-41 and shall be entitled to receive per diem compensation as authorized in Section 25-3-69.
     (4)  Board members may be recalled by their appointing authority for cause, including as the result of a felony conviction, fraudulent or dishonest acts or gross abuse of discretion, failure to meet board member qualifications, or chronic failure to attend board meetings.
     SECTION 6.  State Workforce Investment Board.  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board, established and administered pursuant to federal law and Sections 37-153-1 through 37-153-13, from the effective date of this act forward shall be a subdivision housed within, but independent of, the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.  This section shall not alter the organization or duties of the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board as required by federal law.
     SECTION 7.  Other funds.  (1)  The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund, established and administered pursuant to Section 71-5-353, are transferred to the administrative authority and oversight of the department.
     (2)  All contracts, leases, grants and agreements previously entered into by the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board, Mississippi Community College Board, individual community or junior colleges, or other entities shall continue in full force and effect without modification or interruption by the provisions of this section.
     SECTION 8.  Reporting requirements.  The department shall file an annual report with the Governor, Secretary of State, President of the Senate, Secretary of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Clerk of the House not later than October 1 of each year regarding all funds approved by the department to be expended on workforce training during the prior calendar year.  The report shall include:
          (a)  Information on the performance of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund, in terms of adding value to the local and state economy, the contribution to future growth of the state economy, and movement toward state goals, including increasing the labor force participation rate;
and           (b)  With respect to specific workforce training projects:
              (i)  The location of the training;
              (ii)  The amount allocated to the project;
              (iii)  The purpose of the project;
              (iv)  The specific business entity that is the beneficiary of the project;
and               (v)  The number of employees intended to be trained and actually trained, if applicable, in the course of the project.
     SECTION 9.  Limitations.  All information concerning a proposed project which is provided to the executive director shall be kept confidential.  Such confidentiality shall not limit disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 of records describing the nature, quantity, cost or other pertinent information related to the activities of, or services performed using, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund or the Mississippi Works Fund.
     SECTION 10.  Authority to promulgate regulations.  The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions.
     SECTION 11.  Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     71-5-353.  (1)  (a)  Each employer shall pay unemployment insurance contributions equal to five and four-tenths percent (5.4%) of taxable wages paid by him each calendar year, except as may be otherwise provided in Section 71-5-361 and except that each newly subject employer shall pay unemployment insurance contributions at the rate of one percent (1%) of taxable wages, for his first year of liability, one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) of taxable wages for his second year of liability, and one and two-tenths percent (1.2%) of taxable wages for his third and subsequent years of liability unless the employer's experience-rating record has been chargeable throughout at least the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending on the most recent computation date at the time the rate for a year is determined;
thereafter the employer's contribution rate shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 71-5-355.
          (b)  Notwithstanding the newly subject employer contribution rate provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the contribution rate of all newly subject employers shall be reduced by seven one-hundredths of one percent (.07%) for calendar year 2013 only.  The contribution rate of all newly subject employers shall be reduced by three one-hundredths of one percent (.03%) for calendar year 2014 only.  For purposes of this chapter, "newly subject employers" means employers whose unemployment insurance experience-rating record has not been chargeable throughout at least the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending on the most recent computation date at the time the contribution rate for a year is determined.
     (2)  (a)  (i)  There is hereby created in the Treasury of the State of Mississippi special funds to be known as the "Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund" and the "Mississippi Works Fund" which consist of funds collected pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
              (ii)  Funds collected shall initially be deposited into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections and subsequently appropriate amounts shall be transferred to the Mississippi Workforce Investment and Training Fund Holding Account described in Section 71-5-453.  In the event any employer pays an amount insufficient to cover the total contributions due, the amounts due shall be satisfied in the following order:
                   1.  Unemployment contributions;
                   2.  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and the Mississippi Works contributions, known collectively as the Mississippi Workforce Investment and Training contributions, on a pro rata basis;
                   3.  Interest and damages;
then                    4.  Legal and processing costs.
     The amount of unemployment insurance contributions due for any period will be the amount due according to the actual computations unless the employer is participating in the MLPP.  In that event, the amount due is the MLPP amount computed by the department.
     Cost of collection and administration of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contribution, the State Workforce Investment contribution and the Mississippi Works contribution shall be allocated based on a plan approved by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL).  The Mississippi * * * Community College Board Department of Workforce Development shall pay the cost of collecting the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, the State Workforce Investment Board shall pay the cost of collecting the State Workforce Investment contributions and the Mississippi Department of Employment Security shall pay the cost of collecting the Mississippi Works contributions.  Payments shall be made semiannually with the cost allocated to each based on a USDOL approved plan on a pro rata basis, for periods ending in June and December of each year.  Payment shall be made by each organization to the department no later than sixty (60) days after the billing date.  Cost shall be allocated under the USDOL's approved plan and in the same ratio as each contribution type represents to the total authorized by subparagraph (ii) * * *(2)2 of this paragraph to be collected for the period.
          (b)  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions and State Workforce Investment contributions shall be distributed as follows:
              (i)  For calendar year 2014, ninety-four and seventy-five one-hundredths percent (94.75%) shall be distributed to the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the remainder shall be distributed to the State Workforce Investment Board bank account;
              (ii)  For calendar years subsequent to calendar year 2014, ninety-three and seventy-five one-hundredths percent (93.75%) shall be distributed to the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the remainder shall be distributed to the State Workforce Investment Board bank account;
               (iii)  Workforce Enhancement Training contributions and State Workforce Investment contributions for calendar years 2014 and 2015 shall be distributed as provided in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph regardless of when the contributions were collected.
          (c)  All contributions collected for the State Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, the State Workforce Investment Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund will be initially deposited into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections and subsequently transferred to the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account and will be held by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security in such account for a period of not less than thirty (30) days.  After such period, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions shall be transferred to the Mississippi * * * Community College Board Department of Workforce Development Treasury Account, the State Workforce Investment contributions and the Mississippi Works contributions shall be transferred to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mississippi Works Treasury Account in the same ratio as each contribution type represents to the total authorized by paragraph (a)(ii) * * *(2)2 of this subsection to be collected for the period and within the time frame determined by the department;
however, except in cases of extraordinary circumstances, these funds shall be transferred within fifteen (15) days.  Interest earnings or interest credits on deposit amounts in the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account shall be retained in the account to pay the banking costs of the account.  If after the period of twelve (12) months interest earnings less banking costs exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), such excess amounts shall be transferred to the respective accounts within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year on the basis described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.  Interest earnings and/or interest credits for the State Workforce Investments funds shall be used for the payment of banking costs and excess amounts shall be used in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Workforce Investment Board expenditure policies.
          (d)  All enforcement procedures for the collection of delinquent unemployment contributions contained in Sections 71-5-363 through 71-5-383 shall be applicable in all respects for collections of delinquent unemployment insurance contributions designated for the Unemployment Compensation Fund, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, the State Workforce Investment Board Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund.
          (e)  (i)  Except as otherwise provided for in this subparagraph (i), all monies deposited into the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund Treasury Account shall be utilized exclusively by the Mississippi * * * Community College Board Department of Workforce Development in accordance with the Workforce Training Act of 1994 (Section 37-153-1 et seq.) * * *, and under policies approved by the Mississippi * * * Community College Board and the annual plan developed by the State Workforce Investment Board Department of Workforce Development for the following purposes:  to provide training * * * at no charge in collaboration with the Mississippi Community College Board and individual community and junior colleges to employers and employees in order to enhance employee productivity.  Such training may be subject to a minimal administrative fee to be paid from the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund as established by the * * * State Workforce Investment Board subject to the advice of the Mississippi Community College Board Department of Workforce Development.  The initial priority of these funds shall be for the benefit of existing businesses located within the state.  Employers may request training for existing employees and/or newly hired employees from the Mississippi * * * Community College Board Department of Workforce Development.  The Department of Workforce Development, in consultation with the Mississippi Community College Board, will be responsible for approving the training.  A portion of the funds collected for the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund shall be used for the development of performance measures to measure the effectiveness of the use of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund dollars.  These performance measures shall be uniform for all * * * community colleges training projects and shall be reported to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and members of the Legislature.  Nothing in this section or elsewhere in law shall be interpreted as giving the Department of Workforce Development or State Workforce Investment Board authority to direct the Mississippi Community College Board or individual community or junior colleges on how to expend * * * money other funds, aside from funds appropriated to the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and Mississippi Works Fund, appropriated or received for workforce training * * *, whether such money comes from the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, is appropriated by the Legislature to the Mississippi Community College Board  for workforce training or comes from other sources.  The Mississippi Department of Workforce Development, Mississippi Community College Board, individual community or junior colleges * * * and the, State Workforce Investment Board and other agencies implementing or coordinating state-funded workforce development programs under state law shall cooperate with each other * * * and with other state agencies to promote effective workforce training in Mississippi, under the coordination of the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.  Any subsequent changes to these performance measures shall also be reported to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and members of the Legislature.  A performance report for each training project and community college, based upon these measures, shall be submitted annually to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and members of the Legislature.
              (ii)  Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (e), all funds deposited into the State Workforce Investment Board bank account shall be used for administration of State Workforce Investment Board business, grants related to training, and other projects as determined appropriate by the State Workforce Investment Board and shall be nonexpiring.  Policies for grants and other projects shall be approved through a majority vote of the State Workforce Investment Board.
              (iii)  All funds deposited into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mississippi Works Fund shall be disbursed exclusively by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the * * * State Workforce Investment Board Rules Committee Department of Workforce Development in support of workforce training activities approved by the Mississippi * * * Development Authority Department of Workforce Development in support of economic development activities.  Funds allocated by the executive director under this subparagraph (iii) shall only be utilized for the training of unemployed persons, for immediate training needs for the net new jobs created by an employer, for the retention of jobs or to create a work-ready applicant pool of Mississippians with credentials and/or postsecondary education in accordance with the state's Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act plan.  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development shall give priority to the training of unemployed persons.  Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds may be allocated for the retention of jobs and/or creation of a work-ready applicant pool.  Not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) may be allocated annually for the training needs of any one (1) employer.  The Mississippi Department of Workforce Development, in collaboration with the Mississippi Public Community College System and its partners, shall be the primary * * * entities entity to facilitate training.  In no case shall these funds be used to supplant workforce funds available from any other sources, including, but not limited to, local, state or federal sources that are available for workforce training and development.  Training conducted utilizing these Mississippi Works funds may be subject to a minimal administrative fee to be paid from the Mississippi Works Fund as authorized by the Mississippi Department of * * * Employment Security Workforce Development.  All costs associated with the administration of these funds shall be reimbursed to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security from the Mississippi Works Fund.
              (iv)  1.  The Department of Employment Security shall be the fiscal agent for the receipt and disbursement of all funds in the State Workforce Investment Board bank account, subject to the administrative oversight of the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.
                   2.  In managing the State Workforce Investment Board bank account, the department shall ensure that any funds expended for contractual services rendered to the State Workforce Investment Board shall be paid only to service providers who have been selected on a competitive basis.  Any contract for services entered into using funds from the Workforce Investment Fund bank account shall contain the deliverables stated in terms that allow for the assessment of work performance against measurable performance standards and shall include milestones for completion of each deliverable under the contract.  For each contract for services entered into by the State Workforce Investment Board, the board shall develop a quality assurance surveillance plan that specifies quality control obligations of the contractor as well as measurable inspection and acceptance criteria corresponding to the performance standards contained in the contract's statement of work.
                   3.  Any commodities procured for the board shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-7-13.
              (v)  In addition to other expenditures, the department shall expend from the State Workforce Investment Board bank account for the use and benefit of the State Workforce Investment Board, such funds as are necessary to prepare and develop a study of workforce development needs that will consist of the following:
                   1.  An identification of the state's workforce development needs through a well-documented quantitative and qualitative analysis of:
                        a.  The current and projected workforce training needs of existing and identified potential Mississippi industries, with priority given to assessing the needs of existing in-state industry and business.  Where possible, the analysis should include a verification and expansion of existing information previously developed by workforce training and service providers, as well as analysis of existing workforce data, such as the data collected through the Statewide Longitudinal Data System.
                        b.  The needs of the state's workers and residents requiring additional workforce training to improve their work skills in order to compete for better employment opportunities, including a priority-based analysis of the critical factors currently limiting the state's ability to provide a trained and ready workforce.
                        c.  The needs of workforce service and training providers in improving their ability to offer industry-relevant training, including an assessment of the practical limits of keeping training programs on the leading edge and eliminating those programs with marginal workforce relevance.
                   2.  An assessment of Mississippi's current workforce development service delivery structure relative to the needs quantified in this subparagraph, including:
                        a.  Development of a list of strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats (SWOT) of the current workforce development delivery system relative to the identified needs;
                        b.  Identification of strategic options for workforce development services based on the results of the SWOT analysis;
and                         c.  Development of results-oriented measures for each option that can be baselined and, if implemented, tracked over time, with quantifiable milestones and goals.
                   3.  Preparation of a report presenting all subjects set out in this subparagraph to be delivered to the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee no later than February 1, 2015.
                    4.  Following the preparation of the report, the State Workforce Investment Board shall make a recommendation to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on future uses of funds deposited to the State Workforce Investment Fund account.
Such future uses may include:
                        a.  The development of promotion strategies for workforce development programs;
                        b.  Initiatives designed to reduce the state's dropout rate, including the development of a statewide career awareness program;
                        c.  The long-term monitoring of the state's workforce development programs to determine whether they are addressing the needs of business, industry, and the workers of the state;
and                         d.  The study of the potential restructuring of the state's workforce programs and delivery systems.
     (3)  (a)  (i)  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions and State Workforce Investment contributions shall be collected at the following rates:
                   1.  For calendar year 2014 only, the rate of nineteen one-hundredths of one percent (.19%) based upon taxable wages of which eighteen one-hundredths of one percent (.18%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution and one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution;
and                     2.  For calendar year 2015 only, the rate of sixteen one-hundredths of one percent (.16%), based upon taxable wages of which fifteen one-hundredths of one percent (.15%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution and one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution.
              (ii)  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and Mississippi Works contributions shall be collected at the following rates:
                   1.  For calendar year 2016 only, at a rate of twenty-four one-hundredths percent (.24%), based upon taxable wages, of which fifteen one-hundredths percent (.15%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution, one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution and eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) shall be the Mississippi Works contribution.
                   2.  For calendar years subsequent to calendar year 2016, at a rate of twenty one-hundredths percent (.20%), based upon taxable wages, of which fifteen one-hundredths percent (.15%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution, one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution and four one-hundredths percent (.04%) shall be the Mississippi Works contribution.  The Mississippi Works contribution shall be collected for calendar years in which the general experience ratio, adjusted on the basis of the trust fund adjustment factor and reduced by fifty percent (50%), results in a general experience rate of less than two-tenths percent (.2%).  In all other years the Mississippi Works contribution shall not be in effect.
              (iii)  The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contribution, the State Workforce Investment contribution and the Mississippi Works contribution shall be in addition to the general experience rate plus the individual experience rate of all employers but shall not be charged to reimbursing or rate-paying political subdivisions or institutions of higher learning, or reimbursing nonprofit organizations, as described in Sections 71-5-357 and 71-5-359.
          (b)  All Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and Mississippi Works contributions collected shall be deposited initially into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections and shall within two (2) business days be transferred to the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account.  Any Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and/or State Workforce Investment Board bank account and/or Mississippi Works Fund transactions from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections that are deposited into the Workforce Investment and Training Fund Holding Account and are not honored by a financial institution will be transferred back to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections out of funds in the Mississippi Workforce Investment and Training Fund Holding Account.
          (c)  Suspension of the Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contributions required pursuant to this chapter shall occur if the insured unemployment rate exceeds an average of five and five-tenths percent (5.5%) for the three (3) consecutive months immediately preceding the effective date of the new rate year following such occurrence and shall remain suspended throughout the duration of that rate year.  Such suspension shall continue until such time as the three (3) consecutive months immediately preceding the effective date of the next rate year that has an insured unemployment rate of less than an average of four and five-tenths percent (4.5%).  Upon such occurrence, reactivation shall be effective upon the first day of the rate year following the event that lifts suspension and shall be in effect for that year and shall continue until such time as a subsequent suspension event as described in this chapter occurs.
     (4)  All collections due or accrued prior to any suspension of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund will be collected based upon the law at the time the contributions accrued, regardless of when they are actually collected.
     SECTION 12.  Section 71-5-453, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     71-5-453.  The department shall be the treasurer and custodian of the fund, and shall administer such fund in accordance with the directions of the department, and shall issue its warrants upon it in accordance with such regulations as the department shall prescribe.  The department shall maintain within the fund three (3) separate accounts:  (a) a clearing account, (b) an unemployment trust fund account, and (c) a benefit payment account.  All monies payable to the fund, upon receipt thereof by the department, shall be immediately deposited in the clearing account.  Refunds payable pursuant to Section 71-5-383 may be paid from the clearing account by the department.  Transfers pursuant to Section 71-5-114 of all interest, penalties and damages collected shall be made to the Special Employment Security Administration Fund as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar quarter.  Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and Mississippi Works contributions shall be deposited into the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account as described in this section.  All other monies in the clearing account shall be immediately deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America to the Unemployment Trust Fund account for the State of Mississippi, established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Social Security Act, as amended, any provisions of law in this state relating to the deposit, administration, release or disbursement of monies in the possession or custody of this state to the contrary notwithstanding.  The benefit account shall consist of all monies requisitioned from this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.  Except as herein otherwise provided, monies in the clearing and benefit accounts may be deposited by the department, in any bank or public depository in which general funds of the state may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the fund.  The department shall be liable for the faithful performance of its duties in connection with the Unemployment Compensation Fund under this chapter.  A Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account shall be established by and maintained under the control of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.  Contributions collected pursuant to the provisions in this chapter for the Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, State Workforce Investment Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund shall be transferred from the clearing account into the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account on the same schedule and under the same conditions as funds transferred to the Unemployment Compensation Fund.  Such funds shall remain on deposit in the holding account for a period of thirty (30) days.  After such period, Workforce Enhancement Training contributions shall be transferred to the appropriate Mississippi * * * Community College Board Department of Workforce Development Treasury Account by the department.  The State Workforce Investment contributions shall be transferred to the State Workforce Investment Board bank account established by the department, and the department shall have the authority to deposit and disburse funds from the State Workforce Investment Board bank account as directed by the State Workforce Investment Board.  The Mississippi Works contributions shall be transferred to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Treasury Account for the Mississippi Works Fund.  Such transfers shall occur within fifteen (15) days after the funds have resided in the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account for thirty (30) days.  One (1) such transfer shall be made monthly, but the department, in its discretion, may make additional transfers in any month.  In the event such funds transferred are subsequently determined to be erroneously paid or collected, or if deposit of such funds is denied or rejected by the banking institution for any reason, or deposits are unable to clear drawer's account for any reason, the funds must be reimbursed by the recipient of such funds within thirty (30) days of mailing of notice by the department demanding such refund, unless funds are available in the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account.  In that event such amounts shall be immediately withdrawn from the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account by the department and redeposited into the clearing account.
     SECTION 13.  Section 37-153-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     37-153-7.  (1)  There is created the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board, which shall be a subdivision housed within, but independent of, the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board shall be composed of forty-one (41) voting members, of which a majority shall be representatives of business and industry in accordance with the federal Workforce Investment Act.
          (a)  The Governor shall appoint the following members of the board to serve a term of four (4) years:
              (i)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, or his/her designee;
              (ii)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Municipal League;
              (iii)  One (1) elected mayor;
              (iv)  One (1) representative of an apprenticeship program in the state;
              (v)  One (1) representative of labor organizations, who has been nominated by state labor federations;
              (vi)  One (1) representative of individuals and organizations that has experience with respect to youth activities;
              (vii)  One (1) representative of the Mississippi Association of Planning and Development Districts;
              (viii)  One (1) representative from each of the four (4) workforce areas in the state, who has been nominated by the community colleges in each respective area, with the consent of the elected county supervisors within the respective workforce area;
              (ix)  The chair of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges;
and               (x)  Twenty-one (21) representatives of business owners nominated by business and industry organizations, which may include representatives of the various planning and development districts in Mississippi.
          (b)  The following state officials shall be members of the board:
              (v)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services;
 * * *   (v)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services;
              (vi)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board;
              ( * * *viv)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board; * * * and               (vi)  The President of the Community College Association;
          (c)  The Governor, or his designee, shall serve as a member.
 * * *  (c)  The Governor, or his designee, shall serve as a member.
          (d)  Four (4) legislators, who shall serve in a nonvoting capacity, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from the membership of the Mississippi Senate, and two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from the membership of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
  (d)  Four (4) legislators, who shall serve in a nonvoting capacity, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from the membership of the Mississippi Senate, and two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from the membership of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
          (e)  The membership of the board shall reflect the diversity of the State of Mississippi.
          (f)  One (1) senator, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and one (1) representative, appointed by the Speaker of the House, shall serve on the state board in a nonvoting capacity.
          (f)  The Governor shall designate the Chairman of the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board from among the business and industry voting members of the board, and a quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of the voting members of the board.
          (g)  The Governor may appoint additional members if required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or any successive acts.
          (g)  The voting members of the board who are not state employees shall be entitled to reimbursement of their reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out their duties under this chapter, from any funds available for that purpose.
          (h)  Members of the board shall serve a term of four (4) years, and shall not serve more than three (3) consecutive terms.
     (2)  The Mississippi Department of Employment Security shall establish limits on administrative costs for each portion of Mississippi's workforce development system consistent with the federal Workforce Investment Act or any future federal workforce legislation.
          ( * * *ei)  The membership of the board shall reflect the diversity of the State of Mississippi.
     (3)  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board shall have the following duties.  These duties are intended to be consistent with the scope of duties provided in the federal Workforce Investment Act, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, amendments and successor legislation to these acts, and other relevant federal law:
          ( * * *fj)  The Governor shall designate the Chairman of the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board from among the business and industry voting members of the board, and a quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of the voting members of the board.
          (a)  Develop and submit to the Governor a strategic plan for an integrated state workforce development system that aligns resources and structures the system to more effectively and efficiently meet the demands of Mississippi's employers and job seekers.  This plan will comply with the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended, the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and amendments and successor legislation to these acts;
          ( * * *gk)  The voting members of the board who are not state employees shall be entitled to reimbursement of their reasonable expenses * * * incurred in carrying out their duties under this chapter, from any funds available for that purpose in the manner and amount specified in Section 25-3-41 and shall be entitled to receive per diem compensation as authorized in Section 25-3-69.
          (b)  Assist the Governor in the development and continuous improvement of the statewide workforce investment system that shall include:
     (3)  Members of the state board may be recalled by their appointing authority for cause, including a felony conviction, fraudulent or dishonest acts or gross abuse of discretion, failure to meet board member qualifications, or chronic failure to attend board meetings.
              (i)  Development of linkages in order to assure coordination and nonduplication among programs and activities;
     ( * * *24)  The Mississippi Department of Employment Security shall establish limits on administrative costs for each portion of Mississippi's workforce development system consistent with the federal Workforce Investment Act or any future federal workforce legislation.
     ( * * *35)  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board shall have the following duties.  These duties are intended to be consistent with the scope of duties provided in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, amendments and successor legislation to this act, and other relevant federal law:
          (a)  Through the office, develop and submit to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House a strategic plan for an integrated state workforce development system that aligns resources and structures the system to more effectively and efficiently meet the demands of Mississippi's employers and job seekers.  This plan will comply with the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended, the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and amendments and successor legislation to these acts;
          (b)  Assist the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House in the development and continuous improvement of the statewide workforce investment system that shall include:
              (i)  Development of linkages in order to assure coordination and nonduplication among programs and activities;
          (c)  Recommend the designation of local workforce investment areas as required in Section 116 of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.  There shall be four (4) workforce investment areas that are generally aligned with the planning and development district structure in Mississippi.  Planning and development districts will serve as the fiscal agents to manage Workforce Investment Act funds, oversee and support the local workforce investment boards aligned with the area and the local programs and activities as delivered by the one-stop employment and training system.  The planning and development districts will perform this function through the provisions of the county cooperative service districts created under Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115;
          (c)  Recommend to the office the designation of local workforce investment areas as required in Section 116 of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.  There shall be four (4) workforce investment areas that are generally aligned with the planning and development district structure in Mississippi.  Planning and development districts will serve as the fiscal agents to manage Workforce Investment Act funds, oversee and support the local workforce investment boards aligned with the area and the local programs and activities as delivered by the one-stop employment and training system.  The planning and development districts will perform this function through the provisions of the county cooperative service districts created under Sections 19-3-101 through 19-3-115;
          (g)  Assist the Governor in reducing duplication of services by urging the local workforce investment boards to designate the local community/junior college as the operator of the WIN Job Center.  Incentive grants of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) from federal Workforce Investment Act funds may be awarded to the local workforce boards where the community/junior college district is designated as the WIN Job Center.  These grants must be provided to the community and junior colleges for the extraordinary costs of coordinating with the Workforce Investment Act, advanced technology centers and advanced skills centers.  In no case shall these funds be used to supplant state resources being used for operation of workforce development programs;
 * * *  (g)  Assist the Governor in reducing duplication of services by urging the local workforce investment boards to designate the local community/junior college as the operator of the WIN Job Center.  Incentive grants of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) from federal Workforce Investment Act funds may be awarded to the local workforce boards where the community/junior college district is designated as the WIN Job Center.  These grants must be provided to the community and junior colleges for the extraordinary costs of coordinating with the Workforce Investment Act, advanced technology centers and advanced skills centers.  In no case shall these funds be used to supplant state resources being used for operation of workforce development programs;
          (h)  To provide authority, in accordance with any executive order of the Governor, for developing the necessary collaboration among state agencies at the highest level for accomplishing the purposes of this chapter;
          ( * * *hg)  To provide authority, in accordance with any executive order of the Governor, for developing the necessary collaboration among state agencies at the highest level for accomplishing the purposes of this chapter;
          (i)  To monitor the effectiveness of the workforce development centers and WIN job centers;
          ( * * *ih)  To monitor the effectiveness of the workforce development centers and WIN job centers;
          (j)  To advise the Governor, public schools, community/junior colleges and institutions of higher learning on effective school-to-work transition policies and programs that link students moving from high school to higher education and students moving between community colleges and four-year institutions in pursuit of academic and technical skills training;
          ( * * *ji)  To advise the Governor, public schools, community/junior colleges and institutions of higher learning on effective school-to-work transition policies and programs that link students moving from high school to higher education and students moving between community colleges and four-year institutions in pursuit of academic and technical skills training;
          (k)  To work with industry to identify barriers that inhibit the delivery of quality workforce education and the responsiveness of educational institutions to the needs of industry;
          ( * * *kj)  To work with industry to identify barriers that inhibit the delivery of quality workforce education and the responsiveness of educational institutions to the needs of industry;
          (l)  To provide periodic assessments on effectiveness and results of the overall Mississippi comprehensive workforce development system and district councils;
          ( * * *lk)  To provide periodic assessments on effectiveness and results of the overall Mississippi comprehensive workforce development system and district councils; * * * and           (l)  Develop broad statewide development goals, including a goal to raise the state's labor force participation rate;
and           (m)  To assist the Governor in carrying out any other responsibility required by the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, successor legislation and amendments.
          (m)  Perform a comprehensive review of Mississippi's workforce development efforts, including the amount spent and effectiveness of programs supported by state or federal money;
     (4)  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board shall coordinate all training programs and funds * * * in the State of Mississippi within its purview, consistent with the federal Workforce Investment Act, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, amendments and successor legislation to these acts, and other relevant federal law.
and           ( * * *mn)  To assist the Governor in carrying out any other responsibility required by the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, successor legislation and amendments.
     Each state agency director responsible for workforce training activities shall advise the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development and the State Workforce Investment Board of appropriate federal and state requirements.  Each such state agency director shall remain responsible for the actions of his agency;
     ( * * *46)  The Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board shall coordinate all training programs and funds * * * in the State of Mississippi within its purview, consistent with the federal Workforce Investment Act, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, amendments and successor legislation to these acts, and other relevant federal law.
     Each state agency director responsible for workforce training activities shall advise the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development and the State Workforce Investment Board of appropriate federal and state requirements.  Each state agency, department and institution shall report any monies received for workforce training activities or career and technical education and a detailed itemization of how those monies were spent to the state board.  The board shall compile the data and provide a report of the monies and expenditures to the Chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee, the Chair of the House Workforce Development Committee and the Chair of the Senate Economic and Workforce Development Committee by October 1 of each year.  Each such state agency director shall remain responsible for the actions of his agency;
     (5)  The State Workforce Investment Board shall establish a Rules Committee. * * *  The Rules Committee, in consultation with the full board, shall be designated as the body with the sole authority to promulgate rules and regulations for distribution of Mississippi Works Funds created in Section 71‑5‑353.  The State Workforce Investment Board Rules Committee shall develop and submit rules and regulations in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act, within sixty (60) days of March 21, 2016.  The State Workforce Investment Board Rules Committee shall consist of the following State Workforce Investment Board members:
     ( * * *57)  The State Workforce Investment Board shall establish * * * a Rules an executive committee * * *.  The Rules Committee, in consultation with the full board, shall be designated as the body with the sole authority to promulgate rules and regulations for distribution of Mississippi Works Funds created in Section 71‑5‑353.  The State Workforce Investment Board Rules Committee shall develop and submit rules and regulations in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act, within sixty (60) days of March 21, 2016.  The State Workforce Investment Board Rules  Committee, which shall consist of the following State Workforce Investment Board members:
          (a)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority;
          (a)  The * * * Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority Chair of the State Workforce Investment Board;
          (b)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security;
          (b) * * *  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security  Two (2) business representatives currently serving on the state board selected by the Governor;
          (c)  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board;
          (c) * * *  The Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board  The two (2) business representatives currently serving on the state board appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;
          (d)  The Chair of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges;
          (d) * * * The Chair of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges  The two (2) business representatives currently serving on the state board appointed by the Governor from a list of three (3) recommendations from the Speaker of the House;
          (e)  The Chair of the State Workforce Investment Board;
 * * *  (e)  The Chair of the State Workforce Investment Board;
          (f)  A representative from the workforce areas selected by the Mississippi Association of Workforce Areas, Inc.;
  (f)  A representative from the workforce areas selected by the Mississippi Association of Workforce Areas, Inc.;
          (g)  A business representative currently serving on the board, selected by the Chairman of the State Workforce Investment Board;
  (g)  A business representative currently serving on the board, selected by the Chairman of the State Workforce Investment Board;
and            (h)  Two (2) legislators, who shall serve in a nonvoting capacity, one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from the membership of the Mississippi Senate and one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
and            ( * * *he)  The two (2) legislators, who shall serve in a nonvoting capacity, one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor from the membership of the Mississippi Senate and one (1) of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
     SECTION 14.  Section 37-153-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     (8)  The executive committee shall select an executive director of the Office of Workforce Development, with the advice and consent of a majority of the State Workforce Investment Board.  The executive committee shall seek input from economic development organizations across the state when selecting the executive director.  The executive director shall:
     37-153-11.  (1)  There are created workforce development centers to provide assessment, training and placement services to individuals needing retraining, training and upgrading for small business and local industry.  Each workforce development center shall be affiliated with a separate public community or junior college district and shall coordinate with the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.
          (a)  Be a person with extensive experience in development of economic, human and physical resources, and promotion of industrial and commercial development.  The executive director shall have a bachelor's degree from a state-accredited institution and no less than eight (8) years of professional experience related to workforce or economic development;
     (b)  Perform the functions necessary for the daily operation and administration of the office, with oversight from the executive committee and the State Workforce Investment Board, to fulfill the duties of the state board as described in this act;
     (c)  Hire staff needed for the performance of his or her duties under this act.  The executive director, with approval from the executive committee, shall set the compensation of any hired employees from any funds made available for that purpose;
     (d)  Enter any part of the Mississippi Community College Board, individual community and junior colleges, or other workforce training facilities operated by the state or its subdivisions;
     (e)  Serve at the will and pleasure of the executive committee;
     (f)  Promulgate rules and regulations, subject to oversight by the executive committee, not inconsistent with this chapter, as may be necessary to enforce the provisions in this act;
and      (g)  Perform any other actions he or she, in consultation with the executive committee, deems necessary to fulfill the duties under this act.
     (9)  The Office of Workforce Development and Mississippi Community College Board shall collaborate in the administration and oversight of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and Mississippi Works Fund, as described in Section 71-5-353.  The executive director shall maintain complete and exclusive operational control of the office's functions.
     (10)  The office shall file an annual report with the Governor, Secretary of State, President of the Senate, Secretary of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Clerk of the House not later than October 1 of each year regarding all funds approved by the office to be expended on workforce training during the prior calendar year.  The report shall include:
          (a)  Information on the performance of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund, in terms of adding value to the local and state economy, the contribution to future growth of the state economy, and movement toward state goals, including increasing the labor force participation rate;
and           (b)  With respect to specific workforce training projects:
              (i)  The location of the training;
              (ii)  The amount allocated to the project;
              (iii)  The purpose of the project;
              (iv)  The specific business entity that is the beneficiary of the project;
and               (v)  The number of employees intended to be trained and actually trained, if applicable, in the course of the project.
          (c)  All information concerning a proposed project which is provided to the executive director shall be kept confidential.  Such confidentiality shall not limit disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 of records describing the nature, quantity, cost or other pertinent information related to the activities of, or services performed using, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund or the Mississippi Works Fund.
     (11)  Nothing in this act shall void or otherwise interrupt any contract, lease, grant or other agreement previously entered into by the State Workforce Investment Board, Mississippi Community College Board, individual community or junior colleges, or other entities.
     SECTION 3.  Section 37-153-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     37-153-11.  (1)  There are created workforce development centers to provide assessment, training and placement services to individuals needing retraining, training and upgrading for small business and local industry.  Each workforce development center shall be affiliated with a separate public community or junior college district and shall coordinate with the Office of Workforce Development.
     (4)  Each workforce development center shall compile and make accessible to the Department of Workforce Development and Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board necessary information for use in evaluating outcomes of its efforts and in improving the quality of programs at each community college, and shall include information on literacy initiatives.  Each workforce development center shall, through an interagency management information system, maintain records on new small businesses, placement, length of time on the job after placement and wage rates of those placed in a form containing such information as established by the state council.
     (4)  Each workforce development center shall compile and make accessible to the Office of Workforce Development and Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board necessary information for use in evaluating outcomes of its efforts and in improving the quality of programs at each community college, and shall include information on literacy initiatives.  Each workforce development center shall, through an interagency management information system, maintain records on new small businesses, placement, length of time on the job after placement and wage rates of those placed in a form containing such information as established by the state council.
     SECTION 15.  Section 37-153-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 4.  Section 37-153-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     37-153-13.  The Mississippi Community College Board, in collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development, is designated as the primary support agency to the workforce development centers.  The Mississippi Community College Board, in consultation with the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development, may exercise the following powers:
     37-153-13.  The Mississippi Community College Board, in collaboration with the Office of Workforce Development, is designated as the primary support agency to the workforce development centers.  The Mississippi Community College Board, in collaboration with the Office of Workforce Development, may exercise the following powers:
          (d)  To collaborate with the Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Department of Workforce Development, individual community and junior colleges, and other economic development organizations to increase the * * * community college systems' economic development potential and the state's labor force participation rate;
          (d)  To collaborate with the Mississippi Development Authority, Office of Workforce Development, individual community and junior colleges, and other economic development and educational organizations and political subdivisions to increase the * * * community college systems' economic development potential and the state's labor force participation rate;
and           (j)  To collaborate, partner and contract for services with community-based organizations and disadvantaged businesses in the delivery of workforce training and career information especially to youth, as defined by the federal Workforce Investment Act, and to those adults who are in low income jobs or whose individual skill levels are so low as to be unable initially to be aided by a workforce development center.  Community-based organizations and disadvantaged businesses must meet performance-based certification requirements set by the Mississippi Community College Board, in collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Workforce Development.
and           (j)  To collaborate, partner and contract for services with community-based organizations and disadvantaged businesses in the delivery of workforce training and career information especially to youth, as defined by the federal Workforce Investment Act, and to those adults who are in low income jobs or whose individual skill levels are so low as to be unable initially to be aided by a workforce development center.  Community-based organizations and disadvantaged businesses must meet performance-based certification requirements set by the Mississippi Community College Board, in collaboration with the Office of Workforce Development.
     SECTION 16.  Section 60, Chapter 572, Laws of 2004, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 30, Laws of the First Extraordinary Session of 2008, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 559, Laws of 2010 Regular Session, as amended by Section 59, Chapter 471, Laws of 2011, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 515, Laws of 2012, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 451, Laws of 2019, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 5.  Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     71-5-353.  (1)  (a)  Each employer shall pay unemployment insurance contributions equal to five and four-tenths percent (5.4%) of taxable wages paid by him each calendar year, except as may be otherwise provided in Section 71-5-361 and except that each newly subject employer shall pay unemployment insurance contributions at the rate of one percent (1%) of taxable wages, for his first year of liability, one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) of taxable wages for his second year of liability, and one and two-tenths percent (1.2%) of taxable wages for his third and subsequent years of liability unless the employer's experience-rating record has been chargeable throughout at least the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending on the most recent computation date at the time the rate for a year is determined;
thereafter the employer's contribution rate shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 71-5-355.
          (b)  Notwithstanding the newly subject employer contribution rate provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the contribution rate of all newly subject employers shall be reduced by seven one-hundredths of one percent (.07%) for calendar year 2013 only.  The contribution rate of all newly subject employers shall be reduced by three one-hundredths of one percent (.03%) for calendar year 2014 only.  For purposes of this chapter, "newly subject employers" means employers whose unemployment insurance experience-rating record has not been chargeable throughout at least the twelve (12) consecutive calendar months ending on the most recent computation date at the time the contribution rate for a year is determined.
     (2)  (a)  (i)  There is hereby created in the Treasury of the State of Mississippi special funds to be known as the "Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund" and the "Mississippi Works Fund" which consist of funds collected pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
              (ii)  Funds collected shall initially be deposited into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections and subsequently appropriate amounts shall be transferred to the Mississippi Workforce Investment and Training Fund Holding Account described in Section 71-5-453.  In the event any employer pays an amount insufficient to cover the total contributions due, the amounts due shall be satisfied in the following order:
                   1.  Unemployment contributions;
                   2.  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and the Mississippi Works contributions, known collectively as the Mississippi Workforce Investment and Training contributions, on a pro rata basis;
                   3.  Interest and damages;
then                    4.  Legal and processing costs.
     The amount of unemployment insurance contributions due for any period will be the amount due according to the actual computations unless the employer is participating in the MLPP.  In that event, the amount due is the MLPP amount computed by the department.
     Cost of collection and administration of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contribution, the State Workforce Investment contribution and the Mississippi Works contribution shall be allocated based on a plan approved by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL).  The Mississippi Community College Board shall pay the cost of collecting the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, the State Workforce Investment Board shall pay the cost of collecting the State Workforce Investment contributions and the Mississippi Department of Employment Security shall pay the cost of collecting the Mississippi Works contributions.  Payments shall be made semiannually with the cost allocated to each based on a USDOL approved plan on a pro rata basis, for periods ending in June and December of each year.  Payment shall be made by each organization to the department no later than sixty (60) days after the billing date.  Cost shall be allocated under the USDOL's approved plan and in the same ratio as each contribution type represents to the total authorized by subparagraph (ii) * * *(2)2.
of this paragraph to be collected for the period.
          (b)  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions and State Workforce Investment contributions shall be distributed as follows:
              (i)  For calendar year 2014, ninety-four and seventy-five one-hundredths percent (94.75%) shall be distributed to the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the remainder shall be distributed to the State Workforce Investment Board bank account;
              (ii)  For calendar years subsequent to calendar year 2014, ninety-three and seventy-five one-hundredths percent (93.75%) shall be distributed to the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the remainder shall be distributed to the State Workforce Investment Board bank account;
              (iii)  Workforce Enhancement Training contributions and State Workforce Investment contributions for calendar years 2014 and 2015 shall be distributed as provided in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph regardless of when the contributions were collected.
          (c)  All contributions collected for the State Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, the State Workforce Investment Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund will be initially deposited into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections and subsequently transferred to the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account and will be held by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security in such account for a period of not less than thirty (30) days.  After such period, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions shall be transferred to the Mississippi Community College Board Treasury Account, with oversight provided by the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development, the State Workforce Investment contributions and the Mississippi Works contributions shall be transferred to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mississippi Works Treasury Account in the same ratio as each contribution type represents to the total authorized by paragraph (a)(ii) * * *(2)2.
of this subsection to be collected for the period and within the time frame determined by the department;
however, except in cases of extraordinary circumstances, these funds shall be transferred within fifteen (15) days.  Interest earnings or interest credits on deposit amounts in the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account shall be retained in the account to pay the banking costs of the account.  If after the period of twelve (12) months interest earnings less banking costs exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), such excess amounts shall be transferred to the respective accounts within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year on the basis described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.  Interest earnings and/or interest credits for the State Workforce Investments funds shall be used for the payment of banking costs and excess amounts shall be used in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Workforce Investment Board expenditure policies.
          (d)  All enforcement procedures for the collection of delinquent unemployment contributions contained in Sections 71-5-363 through 71-5-383 shall be applicable in all respects for collections of delinquent unemployment insurance contributions designated for the Unemployment Compensation Fund, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, the State Workforce Investment Board Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund.
          (e)  (i)  Except as otherwise provided for in this subparagraph (i), all monies deposited into the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund Treasury Account shall be * * * utilized exclusively by directed by the Mississippi * * * Community College Board Office of Workforce Development, in collaboration with the Mississippi Community College Board, in accordance with the Workforce Training Act of 1994 (Section 37-153-1 et seq.) * * *, and under policies approved by the Mississippi * * * Community College Board and the annual plan developed by the State Workforce Investment Board Office of Workforce Development for the following purposes:  to provide training * * * at no charge in collaboration with the Mississippi Community College Board and individual community and junior colleges to employers and employees in order to enhance employee productivity.  Such training may be subject to a minimal administrative fee to be paid from the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund as established by the * * * State Workforce Investment Board subject to the advice of the Mississippi Community College Board Office of Workforce Development.  The initial priority of these funds shall be for the benefit of existing businesses located within the state.  Employers may request training for existing employees and/or newly hired employees from the Mississippi * * * Community College Board Office of Workforce Development.  The office, in consultation with the Mississippi Community College Board, will be responsible for approving the training.  A portion of the funds collected for the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund shall be used for the development of performance measures to measure the effectiveness of the use of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund dollars.  These performance measures shall be uniform for all * * * community colleges training projects and shall be reported to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and members of the Legislature.  Nothing in this section or elsewhere in law shall be interpreted as giving the Office of Workforce Development or State Workforce Investment Board authority to direct the Mississippi Community College Board or individual community or junior colleges on how to expend * * * money other funds, aside from funds appropriated to the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and Mississippi Works Fund, appropriated or received for workforce training * * *, whether such money comes from the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, is appropriated by the Legislature to the Mississippi Community College Board  for workforce training or comes from other sources.  The Mississippi Office of Workforce Development, Mississippi Community College Board, individual community or junior colleges * * * and the, State Workforce Investment Board and other agencies implementing or coordinating state-funded workforce development programs under state law shall cooperate with each other * * * and with other state agencies to promote effective workforce training in Mississippi, under the direction of the office.  Any subsequent changes to these performance measures shall also be reported to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and members of the Legislature.  A performance report for each training project and community college, based upon these measures, shall be submitted annually to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and members of the Legislature.
              (ii)  Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (e), all funds deposited into the State Workforce Investment Board bank account shall be used for administration of State Workforce Investment Board business, the Office of Workforce Development, grants related to training, and other projects as determined appropriate by the State Workforce Investment Board and shall be nonexpiring.  Policies for grants and other projects shall be approved through a majority vote of the State Workforce Investment Board.
              (iii)  All funds deposited into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mississippi Works Fund shall be disbursed exclusively by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the * * * State Workforce Investment Board Rules Committee Office of Workforce Development in support of workforce training activities approved by the Mississippi * * * Development Authority Office of Workforce Development in support of economic development activities.  Funds allocated by the executive director under this subparagraph (iii) shall only be utilized for the training of unemployed persons, for immediate training needs for the net new jobs created by an employer, for the retention of jobs or to create a work-ready applicant pool of Mississippians with credentials and/or postsecondary education in accordance with the state's Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act plan.  The Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Development shall give priority to the training of unemployed persons.  Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds may be allocated for the retention of jobs and/or creation of a work-ready applicant pool.  Not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) may be allocated annually for the training needs of any one (1) employer.  The Mississippi Office of Workforce Development, in collaboration with the Mississippi Public Community College System and its partners, shall be the primary * * * entities entity to facilitate training.  In no case shall these funds be used to supplant workforce funds available from any other sources, including, but not limited to, local, state or federal sources that are available for workforce training and development.  Training conducted utilizing these Mississippi Works funds may be subject to a minimal administrative fee to be paid from the Mississippi Works Fund as authorized by the Mississippi * * * Department Office of * * * Employment Security Workforce Development.  All costs associated with the administration of these funds shall be reimbursed to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security from the Mississippi Works Fund.
              (iv)  1.  The Department of Employment Security shall be the fiscal agent for the receipt and disbursement of all funds in the State Workforce Investment Board bank account, subject to the administrative oversight of the Office of Workforce Development.
                   2.  In managing the State Workforce Investment Board bank account, the * * * department Office of Workforce Development, in coordination with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security as fiscal agent, shall ensure that any funds expended for contractual services rendered to the * * * State Workforce Investment Board Office of Workforce Development shall be paid only to service providers who have been selected on a competitive basis.  Any contract for services entered into using funds from the Workforce Investment Fund bank account shall contain the deliverables stated in terms that allow for the assessment of work performance against measurable performance standards and shall include milestones for completion of each deliverable under the contract.  For each contract for services entered into by the * * * State Workforce Investment Board Office of Workforce Development, the * * * board office shall develop a quality assurance surveillance plan that specifies quality control obligations of the contractor as well as measurable inspection and acceptance criteria corresponding to the performance standards contained in the contract's statement of work.
                   3.  Any commodities procured for the * * * board office shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-7-13.
              (v)  In addition to other expenditures, the * * * department Office of Workforce Development shall expend from the State Workforce Investment Board bank account for the use and benefit of the * * * State Workforce Investment Board Office of Workforce Development, such funds as are necessary to prepare and develop a study of workforce development needs that will consist of the following:
                   1.  An identification of the state's workforce development needs through a well-documented quantitative and qualitative analysis of:
                        a.  The current and projected workforce training needs of existing and identified potential Mississippi industries, with priority given to assessing the needs of existing in-state industry and business.  Where possible, the analysis should include a verification and expansion of existing information previously developed by workforce training and service providers, as well as analysis of existing workforce data, such as the data collected through the Statewide Longitudinal Data System.
                        b.  The needs of the state's workers and residents requiring additional workforce training to improve their work skills in order to compete for better employment opportunities, including a priority-based analysis of the critical factors currently limiting the state's ability to provide a trained and ready workforce.
                        c.  The needs of workforce service and training providers in improving their ability to offer industry-relevant training, including an assessment of the practical limits of keeping training programs on the leading edge and eliminating those programs with marginal workforce relevance.
                   2.  An assessment of Mississippi's current workforce development service delivery structure relative to the needs quantified in this subparagraph, including:
                        a.  Development of a list of strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats (SWOT) of the current workforce development delivery system relative to the identified needs;
                        b.  Identification of strategic options for workforce development services based on the results of the SWOT analysis;
and                         c.  Development of results-oriented measures for each option that can be baselined and, if implemented, tracked over time, with quantifiable milestones and goals.
                   3.  Preparation of a report presenting all subjects set out in this subparagraph to be delivered to the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee no later than February 1, 2015.
                   4.  Following the preparation of the report, the State Workforce Investment Board shall make a recommendation to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on future uses of funds deposited to the State Workforce Investment Fund account.
Such future uses may include:
                        a.  The development of promotion strategies for workforce development programs;
                        b.  Initiatives designed to reduce the state's dropout rate, including the development of a statewide career awareness program;
                        c.  The long-term monitoring of the state's workforce development programs to determine whether they are addressing the needs of business, industry, and the workers of the state;
and                         d.  The study of the potential restructuring of the state's workforce programs and delivery systems.
     (3)  (a)  (i)  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions and State Workforce Investment contributions shall be collected at the following rates:
                   1.  For calendar year 2014 only, the rate of nineteen one-hundredths of one percent (.19%) based upon taxable wages of which eighteen one-hundredths of one percent (.18%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution and one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution;
and                    2.  For calendar year 2015 only, the rate of sixteen one-hundredths of one percent (.16%), based upon taxable wages of which fifteen one-hundredths of one percent (.15%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution and one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution.
              (ii)  Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and Mississippi Works contributions shall be collected at the following rates:
                   1.  For calendar year 2016 only, at a rate of twenty-four one-hundredths percent (.24%), based upon taxable wages, of which fifteen one-hundredths percent (.15%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution, one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution and eight one-hundredths percent (.08%) shall be the Mississippi Works contribution.
                   2.  For calendar years subsequent to calendar year 2016, at a rate of twenty one-hundredths percent (.20%), based upon taxable wages, of which fifteen one-hundredths percent (.15%) shall be the Workforce Enhancement Training contribution, one-hundredths of one percent (.01%) shall be the State Workforce Investment contribution and four one-hundredths percent (.04%) shall be the Mississippi Works contribution.  The Mississippi Works contribution shall be collected for calendar years in which the general experience ratio, adjusted on the basis of the trust fund adjustment factor and reduced by fifty percent (50%), results in a general experience rate of less than two-tenths percent (.2%).  In all other years the Mississippi Works contribution shall not be in effect.
              (iii)  The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contribution, the State Workforce Investment contribution and the Mississippi Works contribution shall be in addition to the general experience rate plus the individual experience rate of all employers but shall not be charged to reimbursing or rate-paying political subdivisions or institutions of higher learning, or reimbursing nonprofit organizations, as described in Sections 71-5-357 and 71-5-359.
          (b)  All Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and Mississippi Works contributions collected shall be deposited initially into the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections and shall within two (2) business days be transferred to the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account.  Any Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and/or State Workforce Investment Board bank account and/or Mississippi Works Fund transactions from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections that are deposited into the Workforce Investment and Training Fund Holding Account and are not honored by a financial institution will be transferred back to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security bank account for clearing contribution collections out of funds in the Mississippi Workforce Investment and Training Fund Holding Account.
          (c)  Suspension of the Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contributions required pursuant to this chapter shall occur if the insured unemployment rate exceeds an average of five and five-tenths percent (5.5%) for the three (3) consecutive months immediately preceding the effective date of the new rate year following such occurrence and shall remain suspended throughout the duration of that rate year.  Such suspension shall continue until such time as the three (3) consecutive months immediately preceding the effective date of the next rate year that has an insured unemployment rate of less than an average of four and five-tenths percent (4.5%).  Upon such occurrence, reactivation shall be effective upon the first day of the rate year following the event that lifts suspension and shall be in effect for that year and shall continue until such time as a subsequent suspension event as described in this chapter occurs.
     (4)  All collections due or accrued prior to any suspension of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund will be collected based upon the law at the time the contributions accrued, regardless of when they are actually collected.
     SECTION 6.  Section 71-5-453, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
     71-5-453.  The department shall be the treasurer and custodian of the fund, and shall administer such fund in accordance with the directions of the department, and shall issue its warrants upon it in accordance with such regulations as the department shall prescribe.  The department shall maintain within the fund three (3) separate accounts:  (a) a clearing account, (b) an unemployment trust fund account, and (c) a benefit payment account.  All monies payable to the fund, upon receipt thereof by the department, shall be immediately deposited in the clearing account.  Refunds payable pursuant to Section 71-5-383 may be paid from the clearing account by the department.  Transfers pursuant to Section 71-5-114 of all interest, penalties and damages collected shall be made to the Special Employment Security Administration Fund as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar quarter.  Workforce Enhancement Training contributions, State Workforce Investment contributions and Mississippi Works contributions shall be deposited into the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account as described in this section.  All other monies in the clearing account shall be immediately deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America to the Unemployment Trust Fund account for the State of Mississippi, established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Social Security Act, as amended, any provisions of law in this state relating to the deposit, administration, release or disbursement of monies in the possession or custody of this state to the contrary notwithstanding.  The benefit account shall consist of all monies requisitioned from this state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.  Except as herein otherwise provided, monies in the clearing and benefit accounts may be deposited by the department, in any bank or public depository in which general funds of the state may be deposited, but no public deposit insurance charge or premium shall be paid out of the fund.  The department shall be liable for the faithful performance of its duties in connection with the Unemployment Compensation Fund under this chapter.  A Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account shall be established by and maintained under the control of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.  Contributions collected pursuant to the provisions in this chapter for the Workforce Enhancement Training Fund, State Workforce Investment Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund shall be transferred from the clearing account into the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account on the same schedule and under the same conditions as funds transferred to the Unemployment Compensation Fund.  Such funds shall remain on deposit in the holding account for a period of thirty (30) days.  After such period, Workforce Enhancement Training contributions shall be transferred to the appropriate Mississippi * * * Community College Board Community College Board Treasury Account, with oversight provided by the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development, by the department.  The State Workforce Investment contributions shall be transferred to the State Workforce Investment Board bank account established by the department, and the department shall have the authority to deposit and disburse funds from the State Workforce Investment Board bank account as directed by the State Workforce Investment Board.  The Mississippi Works contributions shall be transferred to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Treasury Account for the Mississippi Works Fund.  Such transfers shall occur within fifteen (15) days after the funds have resided in the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account for thirty (30) days.  One (1) such transfer shall be made monthly, but the department, in its discretion, may make additional transfers in any month.  In the event such funds transferred are subsequently determined to be erroneously paid or collected, or if deposit of such funds is denied or rejected by the banking institution for any reason, or deposits are unable to clear drawer's account for any reason, the funds must be reimbursed by the recipient of such funds within thirty (30) days of mailing of notice by the department demanding such refund, unless funds are available in the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account.  In that event such amounts shall be immediately withdrawn from the Workforce Investment and Training Holding Account by the department and redeposited into the clearing account.
     SECTION 7.  Section 60, Chapter 572, Laws of 2004, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 30, Laws of the First Extraordinary Session of 2008, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 559, Laws of 2010 Regular Session, as amended by Section 59, Chapter 471, Laws of 2011, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 515, Laws of 2012, as amended by Section 58, Chapter 451, Laws of 2019, is amended as follows:
     SECTION 17.  The following shall be codified as Section 37-153-17, Mississippi Code of 1972:
     SECTION 8.  The following shall be codified as Section 37-153-17, Mississippi Code of 1972:
     SECTION 18.  Section 37-153-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     SECTION 9.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.
     37-153-1.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004."      SECTION 19.  Section 37-153-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     37-153-3.  It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of Chapter 572, Laws of 2004, to establish one (1) comprehensive workforce development system in the State of Mississippi that is focused on achieving results, using resources efficiently and ensuring that workers and employers can easily access needed services.  This system shall reflect a consolidation of the Mississippi Workforce Development Advisory Council and the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Act Board.  The purpose of Chapter 572, Laws of 2004, is to provide workforce activities, through a statewide system that maximizes cooperation among state agencies, that increase the employment, retention and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by participants and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the State of Mississippi.
     SECTION 20.  Section 37-153-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     37-153-5.  For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
          (a)  "State board" means the Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board;
          (b)  "District councils" means the Local Workforce Development Councils;
          (c)  "Local workforce investment board" means the board that oversees the workforce development activities of local workforce areas under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
     SECTION 21.  Section 37-153-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     37-153-9.  (1)  In accordance with the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, there shall be established, for each of the four (4) state workforce areas prescribed in Section 37-153-3 (2)(c), a local workforce investment board to set policy for the portion of the state workforce investment system within the local area and carry out the provisions of the Workforce Investment Act.       (2)  Each community college district shall have an affiliated District Workforce Development Council.  The district council shall be composed of a diverse group of fifteen (15) persons appointed by the board of trustees of the affiliated public community or junior college.  The members of each district council shall be selected from persons recommended by the chambers of commerce, employee groups, industrial foundations, community organizations and local governments located in the community college district of the affiliated community college with one (1) appointee being involved in basic literacy training.  However, at least eight (8) members of each district council shall be chief executive officers, plant managers that are representatives of employers in that district or service sector executives.  The District Workforce Development Council affiliated with each respective community or junior college shall advise the president of the community or junior college on the operation of its workforce development center/one-stop center.
     The Workforce Development Council shall have the following advisory duties:
          (a)  To develop an integrated and coordinated district workforce investment strategic plan that:
              (i)  Identifies workforce investment needs through job and employee assessments of local business and industry;
              (ii)  Sets short-term and long-term goals for industry-specific training and upgrading and for general development of the workforce;
and               (iii)  Provides for coordination of all training programs, including ABE/High School Equivalency Diploma, Skills Enhancement and Industrial Services, and shall work collaboratively with the State Literacy Resource Center;
          (b)  To coordinate and integrate delivery of training as provided by the workforce development plan;
          (c)  To assist business and industry management in the transition to a high-powered, quality organization;
          (d)  To encourage continuous improvement through evaluation and assessment;
and           (e)  To oversee development of an extensive marketing plan to the employer community.
     SECTION 22.  Section 37-153-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
     37-153-15.  (1)  As used in this chapter:
          (a)  The words "industry certification" mean a voluntary process through which students are assessed by an independent, third-party certifying entity using predetermined standards for knowledge, skills and competencies, resulting in the award of a credential that is nationally recognized and must be at least one (1) of the following:
              (i)  Within an industry that addresses a critical local, regional or statewide economic need;
              (ii)  Linked to an occupation that is included in the State Department of Employment Security's occupations in high-demand list;
or               (iii)  Linked to an occupation that is identified as emerging.
          (b)  The words "qualifying industry certification" mean an industry certification that is linked to an occupation with wages of at least seventy percent (70%) of the average annual wage in this state unless the industry certification is stackable to another postsecondary or professional credential which is linked to an occupation which meets the wage criterion.
     (2)  The State Workforce Investment Board shall provide the State Board of Education annually with a list of qualifying industry certifications.  If the occupations identified in the list are not substantially the same as those occupations identified in the prior year, the State Board of Education shall provide reasonable notice of the changes to school districts.
     (3)  Beginning in fiscal year 2019-2020 and subject to available funding, the Department of Education shall pay a career and technical education incentive grant to the public school for each student enrolled in the public school who earns a qualifying industry certification.  The amount per student for the career and technical education incentive grant shall be Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00).  If the statewide sum of the career and technical education incentive grants awarded pursuant to this section exceeds the amount of available funds appropriated for the grants, the grants per student shall be reduced proportionately to cover all eligible grants under this section.
     (4)  The grants may be used for qualifying industry certification examination fees, professional development for teachers in career and technical education programs under this section, student instructional support for programs that lead to qualifying industry certifications, or to increase access to qualifying industry certifications.  Any grants awarded under this section may not be used to supplant funds provided for the basic operation of the career and technical education programs.
     (5)  On or before July 1 of each year, the Department of Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Education Committees, the Chairman of the House Workforce Development Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee on the following:
          (a)  The number of students who enrolled in a career and technical education course or program that leads to a qualifying industry certification.
          (b)  The number of students who earned a qualifying industry certification by certification.
          (c)  The amount of career and technical education incentive grants awarded by the school.
          (d)  The amount of career and technical education incentive grants awarded per student.
          (e)  Aggregated demographic data on the students who earned a qualifying industry certification, including the qualifying industry certifications earned by rural and urban students.
     SECTION 23.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2020.
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  5. Motion to Reconsider Entered (Bell (21st), Walker)

  6. Conference Report Adopted

  7. Conference Report Adopted

  8. Conference Report Filed

  9. Conference Report Filed

  10. Conferees Named Bell (21st),White,Haney

  11. Conferees Named Parker,England,Kirby

  12. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  13. Returned For Concurrence

  14. Passed As Amended

  15. Amended

  16. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  17. Referred To Workforce Development

  18. Transmitted To House

  19. Passed As Amended

  20. Amended

  21. Committee Substitute Adopted

  22. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  23. Referred To Economic and Workforce Development

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Votes

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Passed 111 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 50003
Democrat 23001
Unaffiliated 36005
Independent 2000
Total 111009
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Straughter — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Hobgood- Wilkes — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Young — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Beckett — Not Voting
Bomgar — Not Voting
Criswell — Not Voting
Hopkins — Not Voting
Williamson — Not Voting
Darnell — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Goodin — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Lancaster — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Miles — Yea
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Yea
Bain — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Busby — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Not Voting
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Not Voting
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Not Voting
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passed 49 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19002
Republican 24001
Democrat 6000
Total 49003
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Branning — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Doty — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Jordan — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Sojourner — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Not Voting
Thompson — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Not Voting
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 115 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52101
Unaffiliated 39100
Democrat 22101
Independent 2000
Total 115302
% of votes cast 96%3%0%2%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Yea
Bain — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Busby — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Darnell — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Goodin — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Lancaster — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Miles — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Williamson — Yea
Young — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Bomgar — Nay
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Nay
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Not Voting
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Nay
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Not Voting
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 51 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21000
Republican 24100
Democrat 6000
Total 51100
% of votes cast 98%2%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Branning — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Doty — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Jordan — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Sojourner — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Nay
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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SB 2564 is sponsored by Parker, Dennis DeBar, Jr. (Republican), Kevin Blackwell (Republican), Hillman Terome Frazier (Democrat), Joseph M. Seymour (Republican), Witherspoon, Sollie B. Norwood (Democrat), Branning, Albert Butler (Democrat), Benjamin Suber (Republican), Reginald Jackson (Democrat), and Jeff Tate (Republican).
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