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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 8.9 GRANTS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT 1 2 OFFICE. 1 3 The office of grants enterprise management is established 1 4 in the department of management. The function of the office 1 5 is to develop and administer a system to track, identify, 1 6 advocate for, and coordinate nonstate funds received by the 1 7 state. Staffing for the office of grants enterprise 1 8 management shall be provided by a facilitator appointed by the 1 9 director of the department of management. Additional staff 1 10 may be hired, subject to the availability of funding. Funding 1 11 for the office is from the appropriation to the department 1 12 pursuant to section 421.17, subsection 33. 1 13 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 8.10 FACILITATOR'S DUTIES. 1 14 The specific duties of the facilitator of the office of 1 15 grants enterprise management may include the following: 1 16 1. Establish a grants network representing all state 1 17 agencies to assist the grants enterprise management office in 1 18 an advisory capacity. Each state agency shall designate an 1 19 employee on the management or senior staff level to serve as 1 20 the agency's federal funds coordinator and represent the 1 21 agency on the grants network. An agency may not create a 1 22 staff position for a federal funds coordinator. The 1 23 coordinator's duties shall be in addition to the duties of the 1 24 employee of the agency. 1 25 2. Develop a plan for increased state access to funding 1 26 sources other than the general fund of the state. 1 27 3. Develop procedures to formally notify appropriate state 1 28 and local agencies of the availability of discretionary 1 29 federal funds and, when necessary, coordinate the application 1 30 process. 1 31 4. Establish an automated information system database for 1 32 grants applied for and received and to track congressional 1 33 activity. 1 34 5. Provide information and counseling to state agencies 1 35 and political subdivisions of the state concerning the 2 1 availability and means of obtaining state, federal, and 2 2 private grants. 2 3 6. Provide grant application writing assistance and 2 4 training to state agencies and political subdivisions of the 2 5 state, directly or through interagency contracts, cooperative 2 6 agreements, or contracts with third-party providers. 2 7 7. Monitor the federal register and other federal or state 2 8 publications to identify funding opportunities, with special 2 9 emphasis on discretionary grants or other funding 2 10 opportunities available to the state. 2 11 8. Periodically review the funding strategies and methods 2 12 of those states that rank significantly above the national 2 13 average in the per capita receipt of federal funds to 2 14 determine whether those strategies and methods could be 2 15 successfully employed by this state. 2 16 Sec. 3. Section 421.17, subsection 33, Code 2003, is 2 17 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 18 NEW PARAGRAPH. aa. There is appropriated annually from 2 19 the increase in indirect cost reimbursements over the amount 2 20 of indirect cost reimbursements received during the fiscal 2 21 year beginning July 1, 2002, to the office of grants 2 22 enterprise management of the department of management the sum 2 23 of up to one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. The 2 24 director of revenue and finance shall transfer the funds 2 25 appropriated to the department of management as provided in 2 26 this paragraph and shall make the funds resulting from the 2 27 increase in reimbursements available during the fiscal year to 2 28 the department of management on a monthly basis. If the 2 29 amount of the increase in indirect cost reimbursements is 2 30 insufficient to pay the maximum appropriation provided for in 2 31 this paragraph, the amount appropriated is equal to the amount 2 32 of such increase. 2 33 EXPLANATION 2 34 This bill creates in the department of management the 2 35 grants enterprise management office to develop and administer 3 1 a system to track, identify, advocate for, and coordinate 3 2 nonstate funds received by the state. The head of this office 3 3 is a facilitator appointed by the director of the department. 3 4 The duties of the facilitator may include developing a plan to 3 5 increase state access to nonstate funding sources, developing 3 6 procedures to formally notify state and local agencies of the 3 7 availability of federal funds, establishing a database for 3 8 grants applied for and received and to track congressional 3 9 activity, providing grant application writing assistance, and 3 10 reviewing other states' funding strategies and methods for 3 11 possible use by this state. 3 12 The funding of up to $125,000 for the grants enterprise 3 13 management office is from the increase in the amount of 3 14 indirect cost reimbursements over the amount of such 3 15 reimbursements received in fiscal year 2002-2003. 3 16 LSB 1217SV 80 3 17 mg/sh/8
Text: SF00426 Text: SF00428 Text: SF00400 - SF00499 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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