House File 2605 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2605 BY PRICHARD , McCONKEY , HUNTER , MASCHER , OLDSON , STECKMAN , THEDE , McKEAN , B. MEYER , COHOON , GASKILL , WOLFE , DONAHUE , WINCKLER , STAED , JAMES , JUDGE , KURTZ , BEARINGER , FORBES , BENNETT , RUNNING-MARQUARDT , BRECKENRIDGE , HALL , WILLIAMS , KACENA , WILBURN , R. SMITH , NIELSEN , ABDUL-SAMAD , KRESSIG , BROWN-POWERS , OLSON , SUNDE , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , MATSON , DERRY , EHLERT , and GAINES A BILL FOR An Act relating to the connecting Iowa farms, schools, and 1 communities broadband grant fund and making appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5336YH (4) 88 ja/tm

H.F. 2605 Section 1. CONNECTING IOWA FARMS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES 1 BROADBAND GRANT FUND. There is appropriated from the general 2 fund of the state to the office of the chief information 3 officer for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending 4 June 30, 2021, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 5 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 6 For deposit in the connecting Iowa farms, schools, and 7 communities broadband grant fund established under section 8 8B.11 for a broadband grant program, and for salaries, support, 9 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 15,000,000 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the 15 state for FY 2020-2021 to the office of the chief information 16 officer for deposit in the connecting Iowa farms, schools, and 17 communities broadband grant fund. 18 -1- LSB 5336YH (4) 88 ja/tm 1/ 1