Bill Text: IA SF2205 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to funding options for area agencies on aging to meet unmet needs for older individuals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - Subcommittee: Feenstra, Bolkcom, and Edler. S.J. 278. [SF2205 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2205-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2205 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  BOLKCOM, QUIRMBACH,
                                     BOULTON, BOWMAN,
                                     TAYLOR, DOTZLER,
                                     DVORSKY, KINNEY,
                                     ALLEN, HART,
                                     DANIELSON, HORN,
                                     MATHIS, RAGAN, and
                                     PETERSEN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to funding options for area agencies on aging
  2    to meet unmet needs for older individuals.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 5949XS (3) 87
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  1  1    Section 1.  LEGISLATIVE TAX EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE == TAX
  1  2 EXPENDITURE REVIEW == FUNDING FOR THE UNMET NEEDS OF OLDER
  1  3 INDIVIDUALS.  In addition to any other review required under
  1  4 section 2.48 in 2018, the legislative tax expenditure committee
  1  5 shall review tax expenditures to determine if an existing tax
  1  6 expenditure should be amended or eliminated in order to provide
  1  7 ongoing funding for the area agencies on aging to meet the
  1  8 unmet needs of the increasing population of older individuals
  1  9 in the state.  The committee shall include in the report to
  1 10 the legislative council required pursuant to section 2.48,
  1 11 subsection 2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), recommendations
  1 12 based upon the findings of the committee to provide such
  1 13 ongoing funding.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 17    This bill requires the  legislative tax expenditure committee
  1 18 of the legislative council in 2018 to review tax expenditures
  1 19 to determine if an existing tax expenditure should be amended
  1 20 or eliminated in order to provide ongoing funding for the area
  1 21 agencies on aging to meet the unmet needs of the increasing
  1 22 population of older individuals in the state.  The bill
  1 23 requires that the committee, as part of its required report to
  1 24 the legislative council, include recommendations based upon the
  1 25 findings of the committee to provide such ongoing funding.
       LSB 5949XS (3) 87
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