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House Journal: Page 1416: Monday, April 8, 1996

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Vande Hoef of Osceola called up for consideration House File
2256, a bill for an act providing requirements for
implementation of new or revised federal block grant provisions
which affect local governments and providing an effective date
and applicability provision, amended by the Senate, and moved
that the House concur in the following Senate amendment H-5812:

H-5812

 1     Amend House File 2256, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 4   clause and inserting the following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 8.41, Code 1995, is amended by
 6   adding the following new subsection:
 7     NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  a.  If, in any federal fiscal
 8   year, the federal government provides for a block
 9   grant which requires a new or revised program than was
10   required in the prior fiscal year, each state agency
11   required to administer the block grant program shall
12   develop a block grant plan detailing program changes.
13     b.  To the extent allowed by federal law, the block
14   grant plan shall be developed in accordance with the
15   following:
16     (1)  The primary goal of the plan shall be to
17   attain savings for taxpayers and to avoid shifting
18   costs from the federal government to state and local
19   governments.
20     (2)  State agency planning meetings shall be held
21   jointly with officials of the affected political
22   subdivision and affected members of the public.
23     (3)  The plan shall address proposed expenditures
24   and accountability measures and shall be published so
25   as to provide reasonable opportunity for public review
26   and comment.
27     (4)  (a)  Preference shall be given to any existing
28   service delivery system capable of delivering the
29   required service.  If an existing service delivery
30   system is not used, the plan shall identify those
31   existing delivery systems which were considered and
32   the reasons those systems were rejected.  This
33   subparagraph subdivision applies to any service
34   delivered pursuant to a federal block grant,
35   including, but not limited to any of the following
36   block grant areas:  health, human services, education,
37   employment, community and economic development, and
38   criminal justice.
39     (b)  If a service delivered pursuant to a federal
40   block grant and implemented by a political subdivision
41   was previously provided for by a categorical grant,

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