House File 2241 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ISENHART and WESSEL=KROESCHELL A BILL FOR 1 An Act appropriating moneys to the department of agriculture 2 and land stewardship for deposit in the local food and farm 3 program fund for purposes of supporting the Leopold center 4 for sustainable agriculture. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6025HH (3) 87 da/tm PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. LEOPOLD CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE 1 2 AGRICULTURE. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 3 the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship 1 4 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 1 5 2019, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 1 6 to be used for the purposes designated: 1 7 1. For deposit in the local food and farm program fund 1 8 created in section 267A.5: 1 9 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 1 10 2. The department shall allocate moneys appropriated to 1 11 the fund in subsection 1 to the Leopold center for sustainable 1 12 agriculture only to the extent that the allocated moneys are 1 13 matched on a dollar=for=dollar basis with moneys that are 1 14 contributed from a source or sources other than the state as 1 15 certified by the president of Iowa state university of science 1 16 and technology. The moneys appropriated in this section shall 1 17 not be expended for any other use. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 21 This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the 1 22 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship 1 23 for FY 2018=2019 to be deposited in the local food and farm 1 24 program fund. The department is to allocate the moneys to the 1 25 Leopold center for sustainable agriculture only if matched on a 1 26 dollar=for=dollar basis with moneys that are contributed from a 1 27 source other than the state as certified by the president of 1 28 Iowa state university of science and technology. LSB 6025HH (3) 87 da/tm