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House Amendment 8570

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2305, as passed by the Senate, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 23, the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  135.26  FREE HEALTH
  1  6 CLINIC FUND.
  1  7    1.  A free health clinic fund is created as a
  1  8 separate and distinct fund in the state treasury under
  1  9 the control of the department.  The fund is composed
  1 10 of moneys appropriated or available to and obtained or
  1 11 accepted by the treasurer of state for deposit in the
  1 12 fund.  The fund shall include moneys credited to the
  1 13 fund as provided in section 422.12F, and moneys in the
  1 14 form of a devise, gift, bequest, donation, or federal
  1 15 or other grant intended to be used for the purposes of
  1 16 the fund.
  1 17    2.  Section 8.33 does not apply to moneys in the
  1 18 fund.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
  1 19 interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be
  1 20 credited to the fund.
  1 21    3.  Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the
  1 22 department of public health for the purposes of
  1 23 providing financial assistance to public and private
  1 24 organizations for constructing, equipping, or
  1 25 operating free health clinics in this state.
  1 26    4.  The department may make awards of financial
  1 27 assistance upon approval of an application from a
  1 28 private or public organization.  An applicant shall
  1 29 submit a plan for use of the funds along with its
  1 30 application.  The department, in conjunction with the
  1 31 health facilities council, shall establish standards
  1 32 relating to the application and award process."
  1 33    #2.  By striking page 3, line 31, through page 4,
  1 34 line 26, and inserting the following:
  1 35    "Sec. 101.  NEW SECTION.  422.12F  INCOME TAX
  1 36 CHECKOFF FOR VOLUNTEER PREPAREDNESS.
  1 37    1.  A person who files an individual or a joint
  1 38 income tax return with the department of revenue under
  1 39 section 422.13 may designate one dollar or more to
  1 40 support volunteer fire fighter preparedness and free
  1 41 health clinics.  If the refund due on the return or
  1 42 the payment remitted with the return is insufficient
  1 43 to pay the additional amount designated by the
  1 44 taxpayer to such purposes, the amount designated shall
  1 45 be reduced to the remaining amount of refund or the
  1 46 remaining amount remitted with the return.  The
  1 47 designation of a contribution support volunteer fire
  1 48 fighter preparedness and free health clinics under
  1 49 this section is irrevocable.
  1 50    2.  The director of revenue shall draft the income
  2  1 tax form to allow the designation of contributions to
  2  2 support volunteer fire fighter preparedness and free
  2  3 health clinics on the tax return.  The department of
  2  4 revenue, on or before January 31, shall certify the
  2  5 total amount designated on the tax return forms due in
  2  6 the preceding calendar year and shall report the
  2  7 amount to the treasurer of state.  The treasurer of
  2  8 state shall credit one-half of the amount to the
  2  9 volunteer fire fighter preparedness fund created in
  2 10 section 100B.13 and one-half of the amount to the free
  2 11 health clinic fund created in section 135.26.
  2 12 However, before a checkoff pursuant to this section
  2 13 shall be permitted, all liabilities on the books of
  2 14 the department of revenue and accounts identified as
  2 15 owing under section 421.17 and the political
  2 16 contribution allowed under section 68A.601 shall be
  2 17 satisfied.
  2 18    3.  The department of revenue shall adopt rules to
  2 19 administer this section.
  2 20    4.  This section is subject to repeal under section
  2 21 422.12E."
  2 22    #3.  Title page, line 2, by striking the word "for"
  2 23 and inserting the following:  "to support".
  2 24    #4.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
  2 25 word "preparedness" the following:  "and free health
  2 26 clinics".  
  2 27 
  2 28 
  2 29                               
  2 30 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
  2 31 J. K. VAN FOSSEN of Scott, Chairperson
  2 32 SF 2305.703 80
  2 33 sc/gg
     

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