904.321  Department of corrections survivor benefits fund.
  1.  A department of corrections survivor benefits fund is established in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 99G.39 and any other moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purposes set forth in subsection 2.
  2.  The department shall distribute the moneys credited to the fund in a fiscal year in the form of grants to nonprofit organizations that provide resources to assist surviving families of eligible employees of the department of corrections killed in the line of duty in paying costs associated with accident or health care coverage pursuant to section 509A.13D.
  3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2021 Acts, ch 166, §33 – 35
Referred to in §99G.39
Section applies retroactively to March 1, 2021; 2021 Acts, ch 166, §35
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