HF 2064 (LSB 5860YH (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2064

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act appropriating moneys for counties to encourage participation in the federal decennial census and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  COUNTY DECENNIAL CENSUS FUND —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  A county decennial census fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department of management. Moneys in the fund shall be designated for use by each county which adopts an ordinance and notifies the department of management within thirty days of the effective date of this Act that it is requesting moneys from the fund for use by the county in encouraging participation in the 2020 federal decennial census.
   2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For deposit in the county decennial census fund created in subsection 1:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   3.  The department of management shall, after thirty days of the effective date of this Act, distribute all moneys in the fund to each county requesting money to be used to encourage participation in the 2020 federal decennial census as provided in subsection 2 with moneys in the fund allocated to each county that requests moneys on the basis of population.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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 $1 million for FY 2019-2020 for deposit in a county decennial census fund under the control of the department of management. Moneys in the fund shall be distributed to counties, on the basis of population, who adopt an ordinance within 30 days of the effective date of this bill requesting moneys from the fund for purposes of encouraging participation in the 2020 federal decennial census. The bill takes effect upon enactment.