House Journal: Page 1545: Wednesday, April 21, 1999

14   of this section.

15     Sec. 20. NEW SECTION.  256.67A  INSURANCE
16   ELIGIBILITY.
17     Personnel employed by a regional library shall be
18   considered state employees for purposes of eligibility
19   for receiving employee health and dental insurance as
20   provided to state employees by the department of
21   personnel.  If a regional library elects to
22   participate in a state employee health and dental
23   insurance program, the regional library shall continue
24   to pay the costs of employee participation in a
25   program from funds appropriated for purposes of the
26   regional libraries by the general assembly.
27     Sec. 21.  Section 261.2, Code 1999, is amended by
28   adding the following new subsection:
29     NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  Be prohibited from expending
30   interest moneys earned on accounts of the commission
31   located within the office of the treasurer of state
32   unless the general assembly specifically appropriates
33   the interest moneys for use by the commission.  If the
34   general assembly appropriates interest moneys
35   transferred from the Pub. L. No. 105-33 recall account
36   within the office of the treasurer of state to the
37   fund 61 default reduction account, the commission
38   shall adopt rules for the expenditure of the interest
39   moneys for purposes of issuing emergency loans to
40   assist needy students in avoiding default on a
41   guaranteed or parental loan made under this chapter.
42     Sec. 22.  Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraph
43   b, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
44     b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998
45   1999, and for each following fiscal year, three
46   thousand six nine hundred fifty dollars.
47     Sec. 23.  Section 261.17, subsection 4, Code 1999,
48   is amended to read as follows:
49     4.  The amount of a vocational-technical tuition
50   grant shall not exceed the lesser of six hundred fifty
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 1   dollars per year or the amount of the student's
 2   established financial need.
 3     Sec. 24.  Section 261.25, subsections 1 through 3,
 4   Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
 5     1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
 6   the state to the commission for each fiscal year the
 7   sum of forty-four forty-seven million six hundred
 8   sixty-four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars for
 9   tuition grants.
10     2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
11   the state to the commission for each fiscal year the
12   sum of four hundred seventy-four ninety-eight thousand

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