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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. INNOVATIONS FUND. There is appropriated from 1 2 the innovations fund created in section 8.63 to the department 1 3 of human rights for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, 1 4 and ending June 30, 2001, the following amount from moneys in 1 5 the fund that are otherwise unencumbered or unobligated on the 1 6 effective date of this Act, or so much thereof as is 1 7 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated: 1 8 For supplementation of the low-income home energy 1 9 assistance appropriation made in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, 1 10 section 11, to be used to help eligible households meet home 1 11 energy costs in accordance with 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, 1 12 section 11, subsection 4, and none of the following amount 1 13 shall be used for administrative expenses: 1 14 .................................................. $ 2,343,051 1 15 Sec. 2. HOUSING PROGRAM FUND. There is appropriated from 1 16 the housing program fund created in section 16.40 to the 1 17 department of human rights for the fiscal year beginning July 1 18 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following amount from 1 19 moneys in the fund that are otherwise unencumbered or 1 20 unobligated on the effective date of this Act, or so much 1 21 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose 1 22 designated: 1 23 For supplementation of the low-income home energy 1 24 assistance appropriation made in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, 1 25 section 11, to be used to help eligible households meet home 1 26 energy costs in accordance with 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, 1 27 section 11, subsection 4, and none of the following amount 1 28 shall be used for administrative expenses: 1 29 .................................................. $ 2,446,260 1 30 Sec. 3. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION FUND. There is 1 31 appropriated from the groundwater protection fund created in 1 32 section 455E.11 to the department of human rights for the 1 33 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, 1 34 the following amount from moneys in the fund that are 1 35 otherwise unencumbered or unobligated on the effective date of 2 1 this Act, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for 2 2 the purpose designated: 2 3 For supplementation of the low-income home energy 2 4 assistance appropriation made in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, 2 5 section 11, to be used to help eligible households meet home 2 6 energy costs in accordance with 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, 2 7 section 11, subsection 4, and none of the following amount 2 8 shall be used for administrative expenses: 2 9 .................................................. $ 6,553,024 2 10 Sec. 4. 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, section 11, 2 11 subsection 2, is amended by striking the subsection and 2 12 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 2 13 2. Not more than $3,305,016 of the amounts of federal and 2 14 state moneys appropriated for purposes of the low-income home 2 15 energy assistance program for the federal fiscal year 2 16 beginning October 1, 2000, and ending September 30, 2001, and 2 17 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending 2 18 June 30, 2001, that are actually received, shall be used for 2 19 residential weatherization or other related home repairs for 2 20 low-income households. Of this allocation amount, not more 2 21 than 10 percent may be used for administrative expenses. 2 22 Sec. 5. 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, section 11, 2 23 subsection 3, is amended to read as follows: 2 24 3. After subtracting the allocation in subsection 2, 2 25$1,695,854, or 10 percent of the remainder of the2 26appropriation in this section actually received, whichever is2 27less,$1,995,780 is allocated for administrative expenses of 2 28 the low-income home energy assistance program. Not more than 2 29 $290,000 of the amount allocated in this subsection shall be 2 30 used for administrative expenses of the division. Funding for 2 31 administrative expenses of any type from the amounts 2 32 appropriated for the program in this Act and from state 2 33 funding sources for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2 34 2000, shall be limited to the amounts authorized in this 2 35 subsection. The costs of auditing the use and administration 3 1 of the portion of the appropriation in this section that is 3 2 retained by the state shall be paid from the amount allocated 3 3 in this subsection to the division. The auditor of state 3 4 shall bill the division for the audit costs. 3 5 Sec. 6. 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, section 11, 3 6 subsection 6, is amended to read as follows: 3 7 6. Expenditures for assessment and resolution of energy 3 8 problems shall be limited to5 percent of the amount3 9appropriated in this section$640,561 from the amounts 3 10 appropriated in this Act and any other Act providing funding 3 11 for purposes of the low-income home energy assistance program 3 12 for all or a portion of the federal fiscal year beginning 3 13 October 1, 2000, and ending September 30, 2001, that is 3 14 actually received. 3 15 Sec. 7. 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1220, section 17, 3 16 subsection 2, is amended to read as follows: 3 17 2. If actual funds received from the federal government 3 18 from block grants exceed the amount appropriated in section 11 3 19 of this Act for the low-income home energy assistance program, 3 2015100 percent of the excess shall be allocated tothe low-3 21income residential weatherization programhelp eligible 3 22 households meet home energy costs in accordance with section 3 23 11, subsection 4. 3 24 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 3 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 26 EXPLANATION 3 27 This bill provides supplemental funding for the low-income 3 28 home energy assistance program for the fiscal year beginning 3 29 July 1, 2000. The appropriation of federal block grant 3 30 funding made to the program is supplemented with 3 31 appropriations made from the innovations fund, housing program 3 32 fund, and groundwater protection fund. The supplemental 3 33 amounts are to be used to help eligible households meet home 3 34 energy costs. 3 35 In addition, the existing appropriation of federal block 4 1 grant funding for the program is amended to specify the amount 4 2 of funding that may be used for residential weatherization or 4 3 other home repair, for administrative costs, and for 4 4 assessment and resolution of energy problems. Existing law is 4 5 also amended to provide that if more federal funding is 4 6 received for the purposes of the block grant than was 4 7 anticipated, all of the additional funding must be used to 4 8 help eligible households meet home energy costs in lieu of the 4 9 existing allocation of 15 percent of the additional funding 4 10 for weatherization. 4 11 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 4 12 LSB 1911HV 79 4 13 jp/cf/24
Text: HF00107 Text: HF00109 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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