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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 165.18, Code 1997, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    165.18  BRUCELLOSIS AND TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION FUND.
  1  4    1.  A brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication fund is
  1  5 created as a separate fund in the office of the secretary of
  1  6 agriculture state treasury under the control of the
  1  7 department, to be used together with state and federal funds
  1  8 available to pay for all of the following:
  1  9    a.  The indemnity and other expenses provided in this
  1 10 chapter.
  1 11    b.  The indemnity as set out in section 164.21 and other
  1 12 expenses provided in chapter 164.
  1 13    c.  The expenses of the inspection and testing program
  1 14 provided in chapter 163A, but only to the extent that the
  1 15 moneys in the fund are not required for expenses incurred
  1 16 under chapter 164 or 165.
  1 17    d.  Indemnities as provided in section 159.5, subsection
  1 18 13, but only to the extent that the moneys in the fund are not
  1 19 required to pay expenses under chapter 163A, 164, or 165.
  1 20    2.  The treasurer of state shall act as custodian of the
  1 21 fund and disburse amounts contained in the fund as directed by
  1 22 the department.  The treasurer of state is authorized to
  1 23 invest the moneys deposited in the fund.  The income from such
  1 24 investment shall be credited to and deposited in the fund.
  1 25 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund are not
  1 26 subject to reversion to the general fund of the state.  The
  1 27 fund shall be administered by the department which shall make
  1 28 expenditures from the fund consistent with the purposes set
  1 29 out in subsection 1.  The moneys in the fund shall be
  1 30 disbursed upon warrants drawn by the director of revenue and
  1 31 finance pursuant to the order of the department.  The auditor
  1 32 of state shall regularly perform audits of the fund.
  1 33    3.  The fund consists of moneys appropriated by the general
  1 34 assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or
  1 35 accepted by the department from the federal government or
  2  1 private sources for placement in the fund.
  2  2    2. 4.  If it appears to before October 1, the secretary of
  2  3 agriculture determines that the balance in the fund on January
  2  4 20 is insufficient to carry on the work in the state for the
  2  5 following fiscal year, the secretary shall notify the board of
  2  6 supervisors of each county to levy an include the amount
  2  7 sufficient to pay the expenses estimated to be incurred under
  2  8 subsection 1 for the following fiscal year, subject to a
  2  9 maximum levy of thirty-three and three-fourths cents per
  2 10 thousand dollars of assessed value of all taxable property in
  2 11 the county as part of the department's estimate of expenditure
  2 12 requirements as provided in section 8.23.
  2 13    3.  Not later than December 15 or June 15 of a year in
  2 14 which the tax is collected, the county treasurer shall
  2 15 transmit the amount of the tax levied and collected to the
  2 16 treasurer of state, who shall credit it to the brucellosis and
  2 17 tuberculosis eradication fund.
  2 18    Sec. 2.  Section 331.512, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
  2 19 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  2 20    Sec. 3.  Section 331.559, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  2 21 amended by striking the subsection.
  2 22    Sec. 4.  MONEYS DEPOSITED INTO THE BRUCELLOSIS AND
  2 23 TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION FUND.  Any moneys deposited into the
  2 24 brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication fund as created in
  2 25 section 165.18 prior to the effective date of this Act shall
  2 26 remain in the fund for expenditure as provided in that
  2 27 section.  
  2 28                           EXPLANATION
  2 29    This bill amends Code section 165.18 which creates a
  2 30 brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication fund administered by
  2 31 the department of agriculture and land stewardship to pay
  2 32 costs associated with administering programs designed for the
  2 33 control of those diseases.  Moneys in the fund derive from a
  2 34 tax levied by counties.  This bill repeals the authorization
  2 35 for the tax levies and provides that the fund is supported by
  3  1 moneys appropriated by the general assembly and provides
  3  2 procedures for administration of the fund consistent with
  3  3 other state trust funds.  Moneys in the fund on the effective
  3  4 date of the Act remain in the fund for expenditure as provided
  3  5 in the section.  
  3  6 LSB 2293XS 77
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