Bill Text: IA HF609 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to nonprofit food banks, and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-18 - Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 485. [HF609 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF609-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
609
BY
PRICHARD
,
McCONKEY
,
HANSEN
,
COHOON
,
KURTH
,
JAMES
,
KONFRST
,
B.
MEYER
,
SUNDE
,
HALL
,
BOHANNAN
,
HUNTER
,
JUDGE
,
GJERDE
,
ANDERSON
,
WILBURN
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
WILLIAMS
,
OLSON
,
KRESSIG
,
MASCHER
,
JACOBY
,
EHLERT
,
CAHILL
,
WINCKLER
,
STAED
,
OLDSON
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
THEDE
,
DONAHUE
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
FORBES
,
BENNETT
,
WOLFE
,
and
STECKMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
nonprofit
food
banks,
and
making
an
1
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
FOOD
BANKS
——
APPROPRIATION
——
DEPARTMENT
OF
1
HUMAN
SERVICES.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
2
the
state
to
the
department
of
human
services
for
the
fiscal
3
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
ending
June
30,
2022,
the
4
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
5
used
for
the
purpose
designated:
6
To
support
nonprofit
food
banks,
as
defined
in
section
7
423.3,
with
food
assistance:
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$
5,000,000
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Moneys
appropriated
shall
be
used
by
the
department
to
10
purchase
twenty
million
meals
that
shall
be
distributed
among
11
the
nonprofit
food
banks
based
upon
the
percentage
of
the
state
12
population
of
the
service
area
of
the
specific
food
bank.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
423.3,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
14
following
new
subsection:
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
107.
The
sales
price
from
the
sale
or
16
rental
of
tangible
personal
property
or
specified
digital
17
products,
or
services
furnished,
to
a
nonprofit
food
bank,
18
which
tangible
personal
property,
specified
digital
products,
19
or
services
are
to
be
used
by
the
nonprofit
food
bank
for
a
20
charitable
purpose.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“nonprofit
21
food
bank”
means
an
organization
organized
under
chapter
504
22
and
qualifying
under
section
501(c)(3)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
23
Code
as
an
organization
exempt
from
federal
income
tax
under
24
section
501(a)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
that
maintains
25
an
established
operation
involving
the
provision
of
food
or
26
edible
commodities
or
the
products
thereof
on
a
regular
basis
27
to
persons
in
need
or
to
food
pantries,
soup
kitchens,
hunger
28
relief
centers,
or
other
food
or
feeding
centers
that,
as
an
29
integral
part
of
their
normal
activities,
provide
meals
or
food
30
on
a
regular
basis
to
persons
in
need.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
relates
to
nonprofit
food
banks,
and
makes
an
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appropriation.
1
The
bill
appropriates
$5
million
from
the
general
fund
of
2
the
state
to
the
department
of
human
services
for
fiscal
year
3
2021-2022
that
shall
be
used
to
purchase
20
million
meals
to
4
be
distributed
among
the
nonprofit
food
banks
based
upon
the
5
percentage
of
the
state
population
of
the
service
area
of
the
6
specific
food
bank.
7
The
bill
exempts
from
the
sales
tax
the
purchase
price
from
8
the
sale
or
rental
of
tangible
personal
property
or
specified
9
digital
products,
or
services
furnished,
to
a
nonprofit
10
food
bank
if
the
property
or
services
are
to
be
used
by
the
11
nonprofit
food
bank
for
a
charitable
purpose.
“Nonprofit
food
12
bank”
is
defined
in
the
bill.
By
operation
of
Code
section
13
423.6,
an
item
exempt
from
the
imposition
of
the
sales
tax
is
14
also
exempt
from
the
use
tax
imposed
in
Code
section
423.5.
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