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House Amendment 1258

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  1  1    Amend House File 655 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 11, by inserting after line 24 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "From moneys appropriated under this subsection,
  1  5 the institute of decision making shall allocate
  1  6 $50,000 for purposes of the neighborhood development
  1  7 initiative program created in chapter 272E."
  1  8    #2.  Page 16, by inserting after line 28 the
  1  9 following:
  1 10    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  272E.1  TITLE.
  1 11    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
  1 12 "Neighborhood Development Initiative Act".
  1 13    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  272E.2  PURPOSE.
  1 14    The purpose of the neighborhood development
  1 15 initiative is to facilitate community development in
  1 16 neighborhoods through engaging and training
  1 17 volunteers.
  1 18    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  272E.3  NEIGHBORHOOD
  1 19 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
  1 20    1.  A neighborhood development initiative program
  1 21 shall be undertaken and implemented through a
  1 22 collaborative effort by board of regents institutions.
  1 23 The lead institution in the program shall be the
  1 24 institute of decision making at the university of
  1 25 northern Iowa.  The program shall include pilot
  1 26 projects on all of the following:
  1 27    a.  In an existing neighborhood without a formal
  1 28 neighborhood organization, a pilot project shall
  1 29 develop a formal neighborhood organization, determine
  1 30 neighborhood needs and priorities, identify community
  1 31 resources available to the neighborhood, develop
  1 32 leadership, recommend changes, develop an action plan,
  1 33 and develop a budget.
  1 34    b.  In a newly organized neighborhood organization,
  1 35 a pilot project shall assess the effectiveness of the
  1 36 organization, identify or review priorities and new
  1 37 issues, assess plans and progress, recommend changes,
  1 38 develop an action plan, develop a budget, and develop
  1 39 a fund-raising plan.
  1 40    c.  In a mature and established neighborhood
  1 41 organization, a pilot project shall assess past
  1 42 success, assess the organizational organization,
  1 43 assess the plans and programs, develop an action plan,
  1 44 develop a budget and identify or seek community
  1 45 resources, recommend public policy updates, recommend
  1 46 changes, and develop a communication plan.
  1 47    2.  The pilot projects shall result in the
  1 48 development of program requirements, program
  1 49 qualifications, and a recommended approach for a
  1 50 neighborhood development initiative program for
  2  1 neighborhoods at any stage of development.
  2  2    3.  By January 1, 1998, the board of regents
  2  3 institutions participating in the pilot projects shall
  2  4 submit a joint report to the general assembly
  2  5 regarding the results of the pilot projects and a
  2  6 recommended approach for the full implementation of a
  2  7 neighborhood development initiative program."
  2  8    #3.  Page 17, by striking lines 13 through 16 and
  2  9 inserting the following:  "any fund, notwithstanding
  2 10 section 8.33.  Unobligated Of the unobligated funds
  2 11 remaining on June 30, 1997, the first $50,000 shall
  2 12 revert to the general fund of the state university of
  2 13 northern Iowa for purposes of the institute of
  2 14 decision making and all remaining moneys shall revert
  2 15 to the strategic investment fund created in section
  2 16 15.313."
  2 17    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 18 
  2 19 
  2 20                               
  2 21 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
  2 22 HF 655.502 77
  2 23 tm/jw/28
     

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