Bill Text: IA HF2243 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 2243 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act appropriating funds to the economic development authority to support healthy food choices at farmers' markets for eligible food assistance program participants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 210. [HF2243 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2243-Introduced.html

House File 2243 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  ISENHART

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act appropriating funds to the economic development
  2    authority to support healthy food choices at farmers'
  3    markets for eligible food assistance program participants.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 5090YH (4) 86
    rh/nh

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY == SUPPLEMENTAL
  1  2 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS == HEALTHY FOOD
  1  3 PURCHASES.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1  4 state to the economic development authority for the fiscal year
  1  5 beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following
  1  6 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
  1  7 purposes designated:
  1  8    To provide grants to main street communities under the main
  1  9 street Iowa program for nonprofit farmers' market associations
  1 10 to incentivize supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
  1 11 participants to spend their benefits on fresh fruits and
  1 12 vegetables at farmers' markets across the state:
  1 13 .................................................. $     75,000
  1 14    A grant application submitted by a main street community
  1 15 shall contain a commitment of a 25 percent match of the grant
  1 16 assistance. Grant moneys shall not be used for administrative
  1 17 purposes.
  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 $75,000 from the general fund of the
  1 22 state to the economic development authority for the fiscal
  1 23 year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, to
  1 24 provide grants to main street communities under the main street
  1 25 Iowa program for nonprofit farmers' market associations to
  1 26 incentivize supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
  1 27 participants to spend their benefits on fresh fruits and
  1 28 vegetables at farmers' markets across the state.  A main street
  1 29 community shall provide a commitment of a 25 percent match
  1 30 of the grant assistance. Grant moneys cannot be used for
  1 31 administrative purposes.
       LSB 5090YH (4) 86
       rh/nh