Bill Text: IA HF2064 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act appropriating moneys for counties to encourage participation in the federal decennial census and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-25 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2064 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF2064-Introduced.html
House File 2064 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2064 BY MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act appropriating moneys for counties to encourage 1 participation in the federal decennial census and including 2 effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5860YH (2) 88 ec/rn
H.F. 2064 Section 1. COUNTY DECENNIAL CENSUS FUND —— APPROPRIATION. 1 1. A county decennial census fund is created in the state 2 treasury under the control of the department of management. 3 Moneys in the fund shall be designated for use by each county 4 which adopts an ordinance and notifies the department of 5 management within thirty days of the effective date of this 6 Act that it is requesting moneys from the fund for use by 7 the county in encouraging participation in the 2020 federal 8 decennial census. 9 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 10 to the department of management for the fiscal year beginning 11 July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, the following amount, 12 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 13 designated: 14 For deposit in the county decennial census fund created in 15 subsection 1: 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 17 3. The department of management shall, after thirty days of 18 the effective date of this Act, distribute all moneys in the 19 fund to each county requesting money to be used to encourage 20 participation in the 2020 federal decennial census as provided 21 in subsection 2 with moneys in the fund allocated to each 22 county that requests moneys on the basis of population. 23 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 24 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill appropriates $1 million for FY 2019-2020 for 29 deposit in a county decennial census fund under the control 30 of the department of management. Moneys in the fund shall be 31 distributed to counties, on the basis of population, who adopt 32 an ordinance within 30 days of the effective date of this bill 33 requesting moneys from the fund for purposes of encouraging 34 participation in the 2020 federal decennial census. The bill 35 -1- LSB 5860YH (2) 88 ec/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 2064 takes effect upon enactment. 1 -2- LSB 5860YH (2) 88 ec/rn 2/ 2
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