SF 2225 (LSB 6030XS (5) 87)

SENATE FILE 2225

BY  LOFGREN

A BILL FOR

An Act making an appropriation to the department of corrections for certain costs associated with establishing a home building program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND —— DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS —— HOME BUILDING PROGRAM APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For costs associated with site development and improvement, construction, and related equipment purchases necessary for establishing a home building program to provide low-cost homes for income-qualified buyers, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000
   In developing the home building program, Iowa prison industries shall be authorized to contract with a nonprofit organization to operate the program and to provide an inmate workforce for the program consistent with the objectives of section 904.801.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates project funding for FY 2018-2019 from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the department of corrections for certain costs associated with establishing a home building program to provide low-cost homes for income-qualified buyers. The bill authorizes Iowa prison industries to contract with a nonprofit organization to operate the program and to provide an inmate workforce for the program consistent with Code section 904.801 relating to the objective of prison industries to provide inmates with meaningful jobs and rehabilitative work.