House Amendment 1003
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 64 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking page 1, line 3, through page 3,
1 3 line 7.
1 4 #2. Page 3, by striking line 8 and inserting the
1 5 following:
1 6 <Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
1 7 1. There is appropriated from the>.
1 8 #3. Page 3, by inserting after line 15 the
1 9 following:
1 10 <2. The authority shall adopt rules for the
1 11 jumpstart housing assistance program consistent with
1 12 all of the following:
1 13 a. An eligible resident must have a family income
1 14 equal to or less than one hundred fifty percent of the
1 15 area median family income. An application for
1 16 assistance must be submitted by September 1, 2009.
1 17 b. Forgivable loans awarded after the effective
1 18 date of this division of this Act shall be awarded
1 19 pursuant to the following priorities:
1 20 (1) First priority shall be given to eligible
1 21 residents who have not received any moneys under the
1 22 jumpstart housing assistance program prior to the
1 23 effective date of this division of this Act.
1 24 (2) Second priority shall be given to eligible
1 25 residents who have received less than twenty=four
1 26 thousand nine hundred ninety=nine dollars under the
1 27 jumpstart housing assistance program prior to the
1 28 effective date of this division of this Act.
1 29 (3) Third priority shall be given to eligible
1 30 residents who have received twenty=four thousand nine
1 31 hundred ninety=nine dollars under the jumpstart
1 32 housing assistance program prior to the effective date
1 33 of this division of this Act and who continue to have
1 34 unmet needs for down payment assistance, emergency
1 35 housing repair or rehabilitation, interim mortgage
1 36 assistance, or energy efficiency assistance. An
1 37 eligible resident shall not receive more than an
1 38 additional twenty=four thousand nine hundred
1 39 ninety=nine dollars under this subparagraph.
1 40 c. Except as provided in paragraph "b",
1 41 subparagraph (3), an eligible resident who meets the
1 42 area median family income requirement shall not
1 43 receive more than twenty=four thousand nine hundred
1 44 ninety=nine dollars under the program.>
1 45 #4. Page 3, line 16, by striking the word
1 46 <Notwithstanding> and inserting the following:
1 47 <3. Notwithstanding>.
1 48 #5. By striking page 3, line 35, through page 6,
1 49 line 22, and inserting the following:
1 50 <DIVISION II
2 1 IOWA UNMET NEEDS DISASTER GRANT PROGRAM
2 2 Sec. . IOWA UNMET NEEDS DISASTER GRANT PROGRAM
2 3 == APPROPRIATION.
2 4 1. There is appropriated from the Iowa economic
2 5 emergency fund created in section 8.55 to the
2 6 department of human services for the fiscal year
2 7 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
2 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
2 9 to be used for the purposes designated:
2 10 For providing individual disaster grants for unmet
2 11 needs pursuant to the requirements in this section:
2 12 .................................................. $ 10,000,000
2 13 2. From the moneys appropriated in this section,
2 14 there is transferred to the department of human rights
2 15 two hundred fifty thousand dollars for deposit in the
2 16 individual development account state match fund
2 17 created in section 541A.7. Notwithstanding other
2 18 provisions to the contrary in section 541A.3,
2 19 subsection 1, moneys appropriated to the individual
2 20 development account state match fund under this
2 21 subsection shall be used to provide the state match to
2 22 account holders affected by a natural disaster
2 23 occurring in 2008 for which the president of the
2 24 United States declared a disaster area, and who have a
2 25 household income that is equal to or less than three
2 26 hundred percent of the federal poverty level as
2 27 defined by the most recently revised poverty income
2 28 guidelines published by the United States department
2 29 of health and human services.
2 30 3. The department of human services shall
2 31 establish and administer an Iowa unmet needs disaster
2 32 grant program for purposes of reimbursing expenses for
2 33 unmet needs for persons located in an area which was
2 34 declared a disaster area by the president of the
2 35 United States due to a disaster occurring after May
2 36 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008.
2 37 4. Determination of eligibility under the program
2 38 and certification of unmet needs under the program
2 39 shall be made by area long=term disaster committees
2 40 and the disaster recovery case management program
2 41 established by the rebuild Iowa office. An eligible
2 42 participant shall receive reimbursement for expenses
2 43 upon presenting a receipt for an eligible unmet need
2 44 or shall receive a voucher through a voucher system
2 45 administered jointly by the department of human
2 46 services and the area long=term disaster committees.
2 47 The voucher system shall ensure sufficient data
2 48 collection to discourage and prevent fraud. A grant
2 49 recipient shall not receive more than two thousand
2 50 five hundred dollars per household. A grant recipient
3 1 must have an income that is equal to or less than
3 2 three hundred percent of the federal poverty level
3 3 based on the number of people in the household of the
3 4 recipient as defined by the most recently revised
3 5 poverty income guidelines as published by the United
3 6 States department of health and human services. Unmet
3 7 needs disaster grants shall not supplant any other
3 8 financial support, assistance, or grants provided by
3 9 any other federal or state government, nonprofit
3 10 agency, or faith=based agency.
3 11 5. Unmet need expenses eligible for reimbursement
3 12 shall be limited to expenses associated with personal
3 13 property, home repair, food assistance, mental health
3 14 assistance, child care, and temporary housing.
3 15 6. An area long=term disaster committee shall be
3 16 reimbursed for administrative expenses incurred in an
3 17 amount not to exceed three percent of the grant moneys
3 18 awarded for the area pursuant to an intergovernmental
3 19 agreement to be established between the department of
3 20 human services and the agency of record responsible
3 21 for the long=term disaster committee in each area.
3 22 The department of human services shall not be
3 23 reimbursed for using moneys appropriated in this
3 24 section for administrative costs associated with
3 25 administering the Iowa unmet needs disaster grant
3 26 program.
3 27 7. Notwithstanding section 8.33 and section 8.55,
3 28 subsection 3, paragraph "a", moneys appropriated in
3 29 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated
3 30 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but
3 31 shall remain available for expenditure for the
3 32 purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
3 33 fiscal year.
3 34 Sec. . EMERGENCY RULES. The department of
3 35 human services may adopt emergency rules under section
3 36 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
3 37 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of this
3 38 division of this Act and the rules shall be effective
3 39 immediately upon filing unless a later date is
3 40 specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in
3 41 accordance with this section shall also be published
3 42 as a notice of intended action as provided in section
3 43 17A.4.
3 44 Sec. . EFFECTIVE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
3 45 DATES. This division of this Act, being deemed of
3 46 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment, is
3 47 retroactively applicable to May 24, 2008, and is
3 48 applicable on and after that date.
3 49 DIVISION III
3 50 COMMUNITY DISASTER GRANTS
4 1 Sec. . COMMUNITY DISASTER GRANTS ==
4 2 APPROPRIATION.
4 3 1. There is appropriated from the Iowa economic
4 4 emergency fund created in section 8.55 to the
4 5 department of public defense for the homeland security
4 6 and emergency management division for the fiscal year
4 7 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
4 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
4 9 to be used for the purposes designated:
4 10 For providing community disaster grants to cities
4 11 and counties:
4 12 .................................................. $ 22,000,000
4 13 2. a. Using moneys appropriated under this
4 14 section, the homeland security and emergency
4 15 management division shall award grants to cities and
4 16 counties based on their pro rata share of damage costs
4 17 associated with presidential disaster declaration
4 18 DR=1763=IA occurring after May 24, 2008, and before
4 19 August 14, 2008, as calculated by obligated funds from
4 20 the federal emergency management agency individual
4 21 assistance program and small business administration
4 22 disaster loan program as of the effective date of this
4 23 division of this Act. Every city or county in a
4 24 disaster area shall receive at least two thousand
4 25 dollars.
4 26 b. Moneys awarded pursuant to this section shall
4 27 be used by the recipient for disaster=related costs
4 28 not otherwise funded by federal or nonfederal sources
4 29 and for any of the following purposes:
4 30 (1) Nonprofit organization assistance.
4 31 (2) Assistance for the public purchase of land and
4 32 accompanying structures if financial assistance for
4 33 such purchases is not available from the federal
4 34 emergency management agency or when a nonfederal match
4 35 is required for a grant involved in the public
4 36 purchase of land and accompanying structures.
4 37 (3) Assistance for the repair, replacement, or
4 38 upgrade of public infrastructure damaged by the
4 39 disaster including measures to assist in the
4 40 mitigation of future damage due to natural disasters.
4 41 (4) Assistance for increased costs associated with
4 42 the revaluation and assessment of property due to a
4 43 natural disaster occurring in 2008.
4 44 (5) Small business assistance.
4 45 (6) Assistance for the replacement or
4 46 rehabilitation of housing.
4 47 3. Immediately following the effective date of
4 48 this division of this Act, the homeland security and
4 49 emergency management division shall notify each
4 50 eligible recipient of the availability of funds and
5 1 the associated application process.
5 2 4. By April 1, 2009, an eligible grant recipient
5 3 under this section must submit a written application
5 4 in the form as specified by the homeland security and
5 5 emergency management division. The application shall
5 6 contain information on the recipient's proposed uses
5 7 of the moneys and any other information required by
5 8 the homeland security and emergency management
5 9 division.
5 10 5. After April 1, 2009, any funds allocated to an
5 11 eligible grant recipient who does not complete and
5 12 submit an application by April 1, 2009, shall be
5 13 awarded on a pro rata basis as defined in subsection
5 14 2, paragraph "a".
5 15 6. By January 1, 2010, each grant recipient under
5 16 this section shall submit a written report to the
5 17 homeland security and emergency management division
5 18 specifying the allocation and uses of moneys received
5 19 pursuant to this section. By January 8, 2010, the
5 20 division shall compile and forward copies of all
5 21 reports received to the governor and the general
5 22 assembly.
5 23 7. The department of public defense may request
5 24 the auditor of state to perform any audits needed in
5 25 the administration of this division of the Act and
5 26 reimburse the auditor of state for the costs of the
5 27 audits.
5 28 8. Notwithstanding section 8.33 and section 8.55,
5 29 subsection 3, paragraph "a", moneys appropriated in
5 30 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated
5 31 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but
5 32 shall remain available for expenditure for the
5 33 purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
5 34 fiscal year.
5 35 Sec. . EMERGENCY RULES. The department of
5 36 public defense may adopt emergency rules under section
5 37 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
5 38 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of this
5 39 division of this Act and the rules shall be effective
5 40 immediately upon filing unless a later date is
5 41 specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in
5 42 accordance with this section shall also be published
5 43 as a notice of intended action as provided in section
5 44 17A.4.
5 45 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this
5 46 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
5 47 effect upon enactment.>
5 48 #6. Page 6, by striking lines 28 and 29 and
5 49 inserting the following: <rebuilding efforts
5 50 following the declaration of a disaster area by the
6 1 president of the United States after May 24, 2008, and
6 2 before June 30, 2011.>
6 3 #7. Page 6, line 34, by inserting after the word
6 4 <governor> the following: <and confirmed by the
6 5 senate pursuant to section 2.32. The executive
6 6 director shall annually compile a comprehensive budget
6 7 which reflects all fiscal matters related to the
6 8 operation of the office and each activity of the
6 9 office in accordance with section 8.23>.
6 10 #8. Page 7, by striking lines 13 through 17 and
6 11 inserting the following:
6 12 <g. Assist in establishing guidelines for the
6 13 disbursing of federal moneys.
6 14 h. Establish goals, benchmarks, and objectives by
6 15 which progress in disaster recovery and long=term
6 16 reconstruction can be measured. Such goals,
6 17 benchmarks, and objectives shall include, but not be
6 18 limited to, all of the following:
6 19 (1) Measures on returning displaced residents to
6 20 permanent homes.
6 21 (2) Progress on economic restoration in disaster
6 22 areas such as opening or reopening of businesses,
6 23 employment, and sales tax receipts.
6 24 (3) Progress on the public purchase of land and
6 25 accompanying structures both with and without
6 26 financial assistance from the federal emergency
6 27 management agency.
6 28 (4) Progress on natural disaster forecasting,
6 29 watershed management, and floodplain management.
6 30 (5) Measures on the expediency of obligation and
6 31 distribution of federal and state moneys for disaster
6 32 recovery.>
6 33 #9. Page 7, by striking lines 24 through 27 and
6 34 inserting the following:
6 35 <k. By January 10, April 10, July 10, and October
6 36 10 of each year, as applicable, submit a written
6 37 report to the governor and the general assembly
6 38 regarding the activities of the office during the
6 39 previous three months. The report shall include an
6 40 updated budgetary and financial analysis including
6 41 full=time equivalent positions, and progress in
6 42 obtaining goals, benchmarks, and objectives
6 43 established pursuant to paragraph "h".
6 44 l. By January 1, 2011, submit a written report to
6 45 the governor and the general assembly identifying for
6 46 consideration transition issues for disaster recovery
6 47 assistance due to the elimination of the office on
6 48 June 30, 2011.>
6 49 #10. Page 7, line 32, by inserting after the word
6 50 <chairperson.> the following: <The members of the
7 1 council shall not receive a per diem and shall not be
7 2 reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses
7 3 while in attendance at any meeting of the council and
7 4 shall not be reimbursed for their expenses for going
7 5 to and from a meeting. Legislative members of the
7 6 commission shall not receive per diem or reimbursement
7 7 for necessary travel and actual expenses pursuant to
7 8 section 2.10 or 2.12.>
7 9 #11. Page 7, line 34, by striking the words <state
7 10 agencies>.
7 11 #12. Page 8, by inserting after line 14 the
7 12 following:
7 13 <(15) The department of agriculture and land
7 14 stewardship.
7 15 (16) The office of energy independence.
7 16 (17) The Iowa utilities board.
7 17 (18) One representative of the Iowa league of
7 18 cities appointed by the league.
7 19 (19) One representative of the Iowa state
7 20 association of counties appointed by the association.
7 21 (20) One representative of a council of
7 22 governments appointed by the governor.
7 23 (21) Four members of the general assembly serving
7 24 as ex officio, nonvoting members, one representative
7 25 to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
7 26 representatives, one representative to be appointed by
7 27 the minority leader of the house of representatives,
7 28 one senator to be appointed by the president of the
7 29 senate after consultation with the majority leader of
7 30 the senate, and one senator to be appointed by the
7 31 minority leader of the senate.>
7 32 #13. Page 8, by striking lines 21 and 22.
7 33 #14. Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
7 34 words <a jumpstart housing assistance program,
7 35 disaster and individual assistance> and inserting the
7 36 following: <for jumpstart housing assistance, unmet
7 37 needs disaster>.
7 38 #15. By renumbering as necessary.
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7 40
7 41
7 42 T. OLSON of Linn
7 43 HF 64.706 83
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