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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 905A.1 LOCAL CORRECTIONS
1 2 INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING FUND.
1 3 1. A local corrections infrastructure revolving fund is
1 4 created in the office of the treasurer of state to provide
1 5 grants, loans, or loan guarantees to eligible recipients for
1 6 the purposes provided in this section. The fund is under the
1 7 authority of the division of criminal and juvenile justice
1 8 planning of the department of human rights. The division
1 9 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to
1 10 administer the revolving fund and to establish criteria for
1 11 providing grants, loans, or loan guarantees from the fund. In
1 12 establishing criteria, the division shall give preference to
1 13 cities or counties willing to provide a local match for moneys
1 14 provided from the revolving fund. Notwithstanding section
1 15 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not
1 16 revert to any other fund or to the general fund of the state
1 17 but shall remain in the revolving fund. Notwithstanding
1 18 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in
1 19 the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall
1 20 consist of all appropriations, grants, or gifts received by
1 21 the division specifically for use as provided by this section
1 22 and all repayments of loans or grants made under this section.
1 23 2. A grant, loan, or loan guarantee authorized by this
1 24 section shall be utilized for any or all of the following
1 25 projects:
1 26 a. A county jail.
1 27 b. A regional or multicounty jail.
1 28 c. A county juvenile detention or shelter care home,
1 29 including retirement of outstanding debt for such a home.
1 30 d. A regional or multicounty juvenile detention or shelter
1 31 care home.
1 32 3. For purposes of this section, "eligible recipients"
1 33 means a city or county which expends funds for incarceration
1 34 or supervision of individuals charged with or convicted of a
1 35 felony, an aggravated misdemeanor, or a serious misdemeanor,
2 1 or accused of or found to have committed a delinquent act or
2 2 one or more cities or counties as described in this subsection
2 3 within a judicial election district as described in section
2 4 602.6109.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 This bill creates a local corrections infrastructure
2 7 revolving fund in the treasurer of state's office under the
2 8 control of the division of criminal and juvenile justice
2 9 planning of the department of human rights. The bill provides
2 10 that the division establish rules governing the operation of
2 11 the fund, including criteria for providing disbursements from
2 12 the fund to eligible cities and counties. The bill defines an
2 13 eligible recipient of moneys from the fund as any city or
2 14 county that incarcerates individuals charged with a felony,
2 15 aggravated misdemeanor, or serious misdemeanor or a delinquent
2 16 act. The bill restricts the use of moneys from the fund to
2 17 projects for a county jail, a regional jail, a county juvenile
2 18 detention or shelter care home, or a regional juvenile
2 19 detention or shelter care home.
2 20 LSB 1915HH 78
2 21 ec/gg/8
Text: HF00274 Text: HF00276 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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