Bill Text: IA HF2225 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing state grants equitable distribution requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Subcommittee, Watts, Vander Linden, and Winckler. H.J. 215. [HF2225 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2225-Introduced.html

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House File 2225 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HALL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing state grants equitable distribution
  2    requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8.10, Code 2016, is amended by adding the
  1  2 following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Monitor compliance with the state grants
  1  4 equitable distribution requirements established in section
  1  5 8.12.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  8.12  State grants ==== equitable
  1  7 distribution requirements.
  1  8    1.  In addition to the function of developing and
  1  9 administering a system to track, identify, advocate for, and
  1 10 coordinate nonstate grants as provided in section 8.9, the
  1 11 office shall develop and administer a system for monitoring
  1 12 compliance with the state grants equitable distribution
  1 13 requirements specified in subsection 2.
  1 14    2.  a.  To the extent possible and consistent with the
  1 15 objective, nature, and scope of a particular grant, each
  1 16 state agency, as defined in section 8.11, that administers a
  1 17 nonfederal, discretionary state grant program or fund shall
  1 18 ensure that grants are distributed equitably on the basis
  1 19 of population across the state. An equitable distribution
  1 20 shall be considered to be achieved by distributing grant funds
  1 21 equally per state congressional district over the course of
  1 22 an ongoing three=year period. Grant programs which by their
  1 23 nature are restricted to or focused on a more localized scope
  1 24 of distribution shall be exempt from this requirement.
  1 25    b.  The facilitator shall develop a system for obtaining and
  1 26 tracking state agency reporting on an annual basis regarding
  1 27 the extent to which an equitable distribution has been achieved
  1 28 for grant programs to which the equitable distribution
  1 29 requirements are applicable.  The facilitator shall submit a
  1 30 report by January 1 annually to the general assembly regarding
  1 31 compliance with the requirements.
  1 32    Sec. 3.  STATE GRANTS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION STUDY.  The
  1 33 office of grants enterprise management established in section
  1 34 8.9 shall conduct a study regarding the extent to which
  1 35 nonfederal, discretionary state grants have been distributed
  2  1 equitably from the standpoint of population across the state.
  2  2 The study shall analyze the distribution of grant funds for
  2  3 grant programs which by their nature have been or could have
  2  4 been distributed partially or completely statewide over the
  2  5 preceding ten=year period. The office shall complete the study
  2  6 and submit a report to the general assembly by January 1, 2017.
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 10    This bill establishes state grant equitable distribution
  2 11 requirements and requires a state grant equitable distribution
  2 12 study to be conducted.
  2 13    The bill provides that in addition to its functions relating
  2 14 to nonstate grants, the office of enterprise management shall
  2 15 develop and administer a system for monitoring compliance with
  2 16 state grant equitable distribution requirements.
  2 17    The bill provides that to the extent possible and consistent
  2 18 with the objective, nature, and scope of a particular grant,
  2 19 each state agency that administers a nonfederal, discretionary
  2 20 state grant program or fund shall ensure that grants are
  2 21 distributed equitably on the basis of population across the
  2 22 state.  An equitable distribution shall be considered to
  2 23 be achieved by distributing grant funds equally per state
  2 24 congressional district over the course of an ongoing three=year
  2 25 period. The bill exempts grant programs which by their nature
  2 26 are restricted to or focused on a more localized scope of
  2 27 distribution.
  2 28    The bill directs the facilitator of the office to obtain
  2 29 and track annual reports from agencies regarding the extent to
  2 30 which an equitable distribution has been achieved for grant
  2 31 programs to which the equitable distribution requirements are
  2 32 applicable.  The facilitator is required to submit a report by
  2 33 January 1 annually to the general assembly regarding compliance
  2 34 with the requirements.
  2 35    Additionally, the bill directs the office to conduct a study
  3  1 regarding the extent to which nonfederal, discretionary state
  3  2 grants have been or could have been distributed equitably
  3  3 from the standpoint of population across the state over the
  3  4 preceding 10=year period.  The office shall complete the study
  3  5 and submit a report to the general assembly by January 1, 2017.
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