Senate File 608 S-3130 Amend Senate File 608 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION I 3 FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 APPROPRIATIONS > 4 2. Page 21, after line 7 by inserting: 5 < DIVISION ___ 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 7 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 15.205 Farm and Small Business 8 Disaster Grant Program. 9 1. A farm and small business disaster grant fund is created 10 in the state treasury under the control of the economic 11 development authority. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 12 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, there is appropriated from the 13 general fund of the state for deposit into the farm and small 14 business disaster grant fund the amount of ten million dollars. 15 Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the authority for 16 purposes of administering the farm and small business disaster 17 grant program. 18 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the farm and 19 small business disaster grant fund at the close of each fiscal 20 year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the 21 fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years. 22 3. From the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, the 23 authority shall provide grants of one thousand dollars per 24 month per the number of employees a qualifying farm or small 25 business employs, up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars per 26 month, for a maximum of five months, for qualifying farms and 27 small businesses affected by a disaster. Grants shall be 28 awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. 29 4. To qualify for a grant pursuant to subsection 3, a farm 30 or small business must meet all of the following requirements: 31 a. The farm or small business must have its principal 32 place of business located in a county that has been declared 33 a disaster by the president of the United States on or after 34 March 12, 2019. 35 -1- SF608.1607 (4) 88 ko/tm 1/ 2 #1. #2.
b. The disaster must have caused substantial damage to the 1 farm or small business. 2 c. The farm or small business must have had to temporarily 3 suspend operations or have been dislocated from its principal 4 place of business due to the disaster. 5 d. The farm or small business must continue to employ a 6 substantial number of the employees that the farm or small 7 business employed before the disaster. 8 5. The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as 9 necessary to administer this section. 10 6. The authority may adopt emergency rules under section 11 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph 12 “b” , to administer the provisions of this section. Any rules 13 adopted in accordance with this subsection shall also be 14 published as a notice of intended action as provided in section 15 17A.4. 16 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 17 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. > 18 3. Title page, line 6, after < matters > by inserting < and 19 including effective date provisions > 20 4. By renumbering as necessary. 21 ______________________________ ROBERT M. HOGG -2- SF608.1607 (4) 88 ko/tm 2/ 2 #3. #4.