House File 695 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ABDUL=SAMAD


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act appropriating funds to the department of cultural affairs
  2    for community cultural grants for events that promote
  3    culture=specific diversity in this state.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2675HH 82
  6 kh/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS ==
  1  2 CULTURE=SPECIFIC DIVERSITY GRANTS.  There is appropriated from
  1  3 the general fund of the state to the department of cultural
  1  4 affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
  1  5 June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1  6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    For the community cultural grant program pursuant to
  1  8 section 303.3:
  1  9 .................................................. $     75,000
  1 10    Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used
  1 11 for community grants for events that promote culture=specific
  1 12 diversity in this state, including but not limited to ethnic
  1 13 and cultural festivals and parades, and ethnic or race=based
  1 14 beauty pageants such as the miss black Iowa pageant.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill appropriates $75,000 from the general fund of the
  1 17 state for fiscal year 2007=2008 to the department of cultural
  1 18 affairs for community cultural grants for events that promote
  1 19 culture=specific diversity in this state, including but not
  1 20 limited to ethnic and cultural festivals and parades, and
  1 21 ethnic or race=based beauty pageants such as the miss black
  1 22 Iowa pageant.
  1 23 LSB 2675HH 82
  1 24 kh:nh/es/88