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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.17 FUNDING FOR SERVICES FOR
1 2 PREGNANT WOMEN.
1 3 1. The department shall distribute annually the moneys
1 4 transferred to the department from the choose life motor
1 5 vehicle registration plate fees under section 321.34,
1 6 subsection 23, to each county board of health in the state in
1 7 the ratio that the registration plate fees collected by each
1 8 county bears to the total fees collected for such plates
1 9 within the state. Each county board of health shall
1 10 distribute the funds yearly to qualified, nongovernmental,
1 11 not-for-profit organizations within the county that provide
1 12 services free of charge to pregnant women who are planning to
1 13 place their children for adoption. Each county board of
1 14 health shall develop application procedures and qualification
1 15 guidelines for organizations to follow in applying for funds.
1 16 A county board of health shall not distribute funds to any
1 17 organization that is involved or associated with abortion
1 18 activities, including counseling for or referrals to abortion
1 19 clinics, providing medical abortion-related procedures, or
1 20 proabortion advertising. County guidelines shall specify that
1 21 an organization that receives funds under this section shall
1 22 not discriminate in its employment policies or provision of
1 23 services on the basis of race, religion, gender, marital
1 24 status, national origin, age, or disability.
1 25 2. A county board of health shall require that an
1 26 organization receiving funds under this section shall do all
1 27 of the following:
1 28 a. Use up to sixty percent of the funds to provide for the
1 29 material needs of pregnant women who are planning to place
1 30 their children for adoption, including clothing, housing,
1 31 medical care, food, utilities, and transportation. Such funds
1 32 may also be used for the expenses of infants awaiting
1 33 placement with adoptive parents.
1 34 b. Use up to forty percent of the funds for costs
1 35 associated with the adoption efforts of the organization
2 1 including counseling, training, or advertising. However, such
2 2 funds shall not be used for administrative or legal expenses
2 3 or for capital expenditures.
2 4 c. Return to the county board of health any unused funds
2 5 that exceed ten percent of the total amount of funds received
2 6 by the organization during the year. The county board of
2 7 health shall redistribute the funds to qualified organizations
2 8 as described in subsection 1.
2 9 d. Submit an annual audited financial statement of the
2 10 funds received to the county board of health. The audit shall
2 11 be prepared by a certified public accountant. A county board
2 12 of health may conduct a consolidated audit of all funds
2 13 distributed by the board during a year or for a period of
2 14 years. Such audits shall be subject to review by the auditor
2 15 of state.
2 16 3. For purposes of this section, "county board of health"
2 17 means a district board of health if the county and city boards
2 18 of health in an area have formed a district board of health
2 19 under section 137.10.
2 20 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, Code 2003, is amended by adding
2 21 the following new subsection:
2 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 23. CHOOSE LIFE PLATES.
2 23 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, an
2 24 owner referred to in subsection 12 may order special
2 25 registration plates with a choose life emblem.
2 26 b. The emblem shall be designed by the department and
2 27 shall include the words "choose life".
2 28 c. The special fee for letter number designated choose
2 29 life plates is thirty-five dollars. The fee for personalized
2 30 choose life plates is twenty-five dollars, which shall be paid
2 31 in addition to the special choose life fee of thirty-five
2 32 dollars. The fees collected by the director under this
2 33 subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and
2 34 credited to the road use tax fund. Notwithstanding section
2 35 423.24, and prior to the crediting of revenues to the road use
3 1 tax fund under section 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph "b",
3 2 the treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from those
3 3 revenues to the Iowa department of public health the amount of
3 4 the special fees collected in the previous month for the
3 5 choose life plates. The moneys from such fees are
3 6 appropriated for distribution by the department of public
3 7 health for services for pregnant women as provided in section
3 8 135.17. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys transferred
3 9 under this subsection shall not revert to the general fund of
3 10 the state.
3 11 d. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
3 12 applicant shall surrender the current registration receipt and
3 13 plates to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall
3 14 validate the special registration plates in the same manner as
3 15 regular registration plates are validated under this section.
3 16 The annual special choose life fee for letter number
3 17 designated plates is fifteen dollars, which shall be paid in
3 18 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual
3 19 fee for personalized choose life plates is five dollars, which
3 20 shall be paid in addition to the annual special choose life
3 21 fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual
3 22 choose life fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph
3 23 "c".
3 24 Sec. 3. EMBLEM DESIGN. The state department of
3 25 transportation shall consult with Choose Life, Inc., in
3 26 designing the emblem for the special choose life license plate
3 27 as required in this Act.
3 28 EXPLANATION
3 29 This bill authorizes the state department of transportation
3 30 to issue choose life special registration plates. The plates
3 31 shall display a choose life emblem designed by the department,
3 32 in consultation with Choose Life, Inc. The issuance fee for
3 33 such plates is $35, with personalized plates having an
3 34 additional fee of $25. The annual fee for the plates is $15,
3 35 with personalized plates having an additional fee of $5.
4 1 The moneys from the fees are to be transferred to the
4 2 department of public health and are appropriated for
4 3 distribution by the department to counties for distribution to
4 4 nongovernmental, not-for-profit organizations that provide
4 5 services on a nondiscriminatory basis to pregnant women who
4 6 are planning to place their children for adoption. The county
4 7 boards of health are designated as the operative agencies for
4 8 county distribution of funds. Funds are not to be distributed
4 9 to any organization that is involved or associated with
4 10 abortion activities.
4 11 Organizations receiving funds may use up to 60 percent of
4 12 the funds to provide for the material needs of pregnant women
4 13 who are planning to place their children for adoption or for
4 14 the expenses of infants awaiting placement with adoptive
4 15 parents. Up to 40 percent of the funds received by an
4 16 organization may be used for costs associated with adoption
4 17 efforts including counseling, training, or advertising, but
4 18 not for administrative or legal expenses, or for capital
4 19 expenditures.
4 20 An organization must return any unused funds that exceed 10
4 21 percent of the total amount of funds received by the
4 22 organization during a year to the county for redistribution to
4 23 qualified organizations. An organization must also submit an
4 24 annual audit of funds received to the county. The county may
4 25 conduct a consolidated audit of funds distributed. These
4 26 audits are subject to review by the auditor of state.
4 27 LSB 1438SS 80
4 28 dea/sh/8.4
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