Senate File 560 - Introduced



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  BEALL, BOETTGER, BLACK, MULDER,
                                        ANGELO, HAHN, GASKILL, HATCH,
                                        FRAISE, RAGAN, SENG, RIELLY,
                                        APPEL, WARNSTADT, SCHMITZ,
                                        DOTZLER, BOLKCOM, and DANIELSON


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing appropriations to support establishing and
  2    implementing a United States center for citizen diplomacy in
  3    the state and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2458SS 82
  6 jp/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  CENTER FOR CITIZEN DIPLOMACY.
  1  2    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1  3 state to the department of economic development for the
  1  4 indicated fiscal years, the following amounts, or so much
  1  5 thereof as is necessary, to be used to award a grant for the
  1  6 costs of establishing and implementing a United States center
  1  7 for citizen diplomacy in this state:
  1  8    a.  FY 2006=2007 .............................. $    350,000
  1  9    b.  FY 2007=2008 .............................. $    350,000
  1 10    2.  The amounts appropriated in this section shall be used
  1 11 for a grant to a nonprofit organization which is exempt from
  1 12 federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
  1 13 Internal Revenue Code, located in a county of this state with
  1 14 a population of more than 300,000, and organized for the
  1 15 purpose of promoting and expanding the opportunity for all
  1 16 Americans to be citizen diplomats.  Distribution of
  1 17 appropriated grant moneys shall be subject to the organization
  1 18 providing match funding from sources other than state
  1 19 government of $4.50 for each grant dollar.  The grant funding
  1 20 shall be used to support all of the following:
  1 21    a.  Developing, pilot testing, and providing, in fall 2007,
  1 22 the first annual national leadership training institute for
  1 23 professionals and volunteers associated with organizations
  1 24 that are involved with citizen diplomacy.
  1 25    b.  Conducting, in cooperation with business and higher
  1 26 education leaders and representatives of federal agencies, a
  1 27 national citizen diplomacy roundtable for business, education,
  1 28 and government leaders in the fall of 2007 and 2008.
  1 29    c.  Developing, pilot testing, and implementing a
  1 30 comprehensive electronic database and internet website of
  1 31 citizen diplomacy opportunities in the United States.
  1 32    d.  Planning and sharing in the implementation of the
  1 33 second national summit meeting on citizen diplomacy.
  1 34    3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  1 35 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  2  1 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  2  2 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  2  3 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  2  4    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2  5 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  6                           EXPLANATION
  2  7    This bill provides appropriations to support locating and
  2  8 implementing a United States center for citizen diplomacy in
  2  9 the state.  Appropriations are made from the general fund of
  2 10 the state for FY 2006=2007 and FY 2007=2008 to the department
  2 11 of economic development to award a grant for the cost of
  2 12 establishing and implementing the center.
  2 13    The bill requires funding from sources other than state
  2 14 government of $4.50 for each grant dollar and designates the
  2 15 programs and projects to receive support from the grant
  2 16 funding.  A nonreversion clause authorizes moneys remaining
  2 17 unexpended at the close of a fiscal year to be carried forward
  2 18 to the succeeding fiscal year.
  2 19    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2 20 LSB 2458SS 82
  2 21 jp:rj/es/88