216A.144 - OBJECTIVES OF COMMISSION. - Iowa Statutes

216A.144 OBJECTIVES OF COMMISSION. The commission shall study the changing needs and problems of African-Americans in this state, and recommend new programs, policies, and constructive action to the governor and the general assembly including, but not limited to, the following areas: 1. Public and private employment policies and practices. 2. Iowa labor laws. 3. Legal treatment relating to political and civil rights. 4. African-American children, youth, and families. 5. Expanded programs to assist African-Americans as consumers. 6. The employment of African-Americans and the initiation and sustaining of African-American businesses and African-American entrepreneurship. 7. African-Americans as members of private and public boards, committees, and organizations. 8. Education, health, housing, social welfare, human rights, and recreation. 9. The legal system, including law enforcement, both criminal and civil. 10. Social service programs.          Section History: Recent Form 88 Acts, ch 1201, §4 C89, § 601K.144 91 Acts, ch 50, § 5 C93, § 216A.144 Referred to in § 216A.147