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1 1 SENATE FILE 438
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF GRANTS ENTER-
1 5 PRISE MANAGEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT TO ASSIST
1 6 THE STATE IN RECEIVING MORE NONSTATE FUNDS AND PROVIDING A
1 7 STANDING LIMITED APPROPRIATION.
1 8
1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 10
1 11 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 8.9 GRANTS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
1 12 OFFICE.
1 13 The office of grants enterprise management is established
1 14 in the department of management. The function of the office
1 15 is to develop and administer a system to track, identify,
1 16 advocate for, and coordinate nonstate grants as defined in
1 17 section 8.2, subsections 1 and 3. Staffing for the office of
1 18 grants enterprise management shall be provided by a
1 19 facilitator appointed by the director of the department of
1 20 management. Additional staff may be hired, subject to the
1 21 availability of funding. Funding for the office is from the
1 22 appropriation to the department pursuant to section 421.17,
1 23 subsection 33.
1 24 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 8.10 FACILITATOR'S DUTIES.
1 25 The specific duties of the facilitator of the office of
1 26 grants enterprise management may include the following:
1 27 1. Establish a grants network representing all state
1 28 agencies to assist the grants enterprise management office in
1 29 an advisory capacity. Each state agency shall designate an
1 30 employee on the management or senior staff level to serve as
1 31 the agency's federal funds coordinator and represent the
1 32 agency on the grants network. An agency may not create a
1 33 staff position for a federal funds coordinator. The
1 34 coordinator's duties shall be in addition to the duties of the
1 35 employee of the agency.
2 1 2. Develop a plan for increased state access to funding
2 2 sources other than the general fund of the state.
2 3 3. Develop procedures to formally notify appropriate state
2 4 and local agencies of the availability of discretionary
2 5 federal funds and, when necessary, coordinate the application
2 6 process.
2 7 4. Establish an automated information system database for
2 8 grants applied for and received and to track congressional
2 9 activity.
2 10 5. Provide information and counseling to state agencies
2 11 and political subdivisions of the state concerning the
2 12 availability and means of obtaining state, federal, and
2 13 private grants.
2 14 6. Provide grant application writing assistance and
2 15 training to state agencies and political subdivisions of the
2 16 state, directly or through interagency contracts, cooperative
2 17 agreements, or contracts with third-party providers.
2 18 7. Monitor the federal register and other federal or state
2 19 publications to identify funding opportunities, with special
2 20 emphasis on discretionary grants or other funding
2 21 opportunities available to the state.
2 22 8. Periodically review the funding strategies and methods
2 23 of those states that rank significantly above the national
2 24 average in the per capita receipt of federal funds to
2 25 determine whether those strategies and methods could be
2 26 successfully employed by this state.
2 27 Sec. 3. Section 421.17, subsection 33, Code 2003, is
2 28 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 29 NEW PARAGRAPH. aa. There is appropriated annually from
2 30 the increase in indirect cost reimbursements over the amount
2 31 of indirect cost reimbursements received during the fiscal
2 32 year beginning July 1, 2002, to the office of grants
2 33 enterprise management of the department of management the sum
2 34 of up to one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. The
2 35 director of revenue and finance shall transfer the funds
3 1 appropriated to the department of management as provided in
3 2 this paragraph and shall make the funds resulting from the
3 3 increase in reimbursements available during the fiscal year to
3 4 the department of management on a monthly basis. If the
3 5 amount of the increase in indirect cost reimbursements is
3 6 insufficient to pay the maximum appropriation provided for in
3 7 this paragraph, the amount appropriated is equal to the amount
3 8 of such increase.
3 9
3 10
3 11
3 12 MARY E. KRAMER
3 13 President of the Senate
3 14
3 15
3 16
3 17 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
3 18 Speaker of the House
3 19
3 20 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 21 is known as Senate File 438, Eightieth General Assembly.
3 22
3 23
3 24
3 25 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
3 26 Secretary of the Senate
3 27 Approved , 2003
3 28
3 29
3 30
3 31 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 32 Governor
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