Bill Text: IA HF2308 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a proclamation of disaster emergency and the disaster aid contingent fund. (Formerly HSB 551.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-19 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 926. [HF2308 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2308-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
A
PROCLAMATION
OF
DISASTER
EMERGENCY
AND
THE
DISASTER
AID
CONTINGENT
FUND.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
29C.6,
subsection
17,
paragraph
a,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
When
the
president
of
the
United
States
has
declared
a
major
disaster
to
exist
in
the
state
or
any
other
emergency
financial
assistance
is
provided
by
the
federal
government,
and
upon
the
governor’s
determination
that
financial
assistance
is
essential
to
meet
disaster-related
necessary
expenses
or
serious
needs
of
local
and
state
government
adversely
affected
by
a
major
disaster
or
emergency
that
cannot
be
otherwise
adequately
met
from
other
means
of
assistance,
accept
a
grant
by
the
federal
government
to
fund
the
financial
assistance,
subject
to
terms
and
conditions
imposed
upon
the
grant,
and
House
File
2308,
p.
2
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
federal
government
pledging
the
state
to
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
authorized
to
local
government
and
eligible
private
nonprofit
agencies
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
ten
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses,
with
the
applicant
providing
the
balance
of
any
participation
amount.
If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
for
state
disaster-related
disaster
or
emergency
financial
assistance-related
expenses
or
serious
needs,
the
state
shall
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
authorized
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
twenty-five
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses.
If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
for
hazard
mitigation,
the
state
may
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
authorized
to
a
local
government
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
ten
percent
of
the
eligible
expenses,
with
the
applicant
providing
the
balance
of
any
participation
amount.
If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
for
state-related
hazard
mitigation,
the
state
may
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
authorized,
not
to
exceed
fifty
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses.
If
state
funds
are
not
otherwise
available
to
the
governor,
an
advance
of
the
state
share
may
be
accepted
from
the
federal
government
to
be
repaid
when
the
state
is
able
to
do
so.
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.20,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
If
the
president
of
the
United
States,
at
the
request
of
the
governor,
has
declared
a
major
disaster
to
exist
in
this
state,
or
any
other
emergency
financial
assistance
is
provided
by
the
federal
government,
the
executive
council
may
make
financial
grants
to
meet
disaster-related
disaster
or
emergency
funding-related
necessary
expenses,
serious
needs,
or
hazard
mitigation
projects
of
local
governments
and
eligible
private
nonprofit
agencies
adversely
affected
by
the
major
disaster
or
emergency
if
those
expenses
or
needs
cannot
otherwise
be
met
from
other
means
of
assistance.
The
amount
of
the
grant
shall
not
exceed
ten
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses
and
is
conditional
upon
the
federal
government
providing
at
least
House
File
2308,
p.
3
seventy-five
percent
for
public
assistance
grants
and
at
least
fifty
percent
for
hazard
mitigation
grants
of
the
eligible
expenses.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2308,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor