House Study Bill 42 SENATE/HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BILL) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the number of historic preservation grants 2 that may be awarded in a county and providing an effective 3 date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1306XD 83 6 tw/sc:mg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 1, 1 2 subsection 4, paragraph b, unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended 1 3 to read as follows: 1 4 In making grants pursuant to this lettered paragraph, the 1 5 department shall consider the existence and amount of other 1 6 funds available to an applicant for the designated project. A 1 7 grant awarded from moneys appropriated in this lettered 1 8 paragraph shall not exceed $100,000 per project. Not more 1 9 thantwo grants may be awarded in the same county$200,000 may 1 10 be awarded in the same county in the same round of grant 1 11 reviews. 1 12 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 This bill amends the 2008 Iowa Acts to allow the department 1 16 of cultural affairs to award more than two historic 1 17 preservation grants in the same county. 1 18 The bill limits the total amount of grants made in a county 1 19 to $200,000 during the same round of grant reviews, rather 1 20 than limiting the total number of grants made in a county as 1 21 provided by current law. 1 22 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 1 23 LSB 1306XD 83 1 24 tw/sc:mg/14