H-8318

   Amend House File 2579 as follows:
   1.  Page 14, after line 12 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 15.261, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   15.261  Vacant state buildings demolition fund.
   1.  A vacant state buildings demolition fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the authority. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund.
   2.  Moneys in the vacant state buildings demolition fund are appropriated to the authority for purposes of funding a grant program for the demolition of vacant buildings owned by the state or by a county that has purchased real property from the federal government which are no longer used for a state or federal purpose. Grant program criteria shall provide that no more than fifty percent of the cost of a project for the demolition of vacant buildings shall be funded from a grant under the program.  The authority shall give preference to applicants that have not previously been awarded money from this fund.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the vacant state buildings demolition fund shall be credited to the vacant state buildings demolition fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the vacant state buildings demolition fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year.
   Sec. ___.  Section 15.262, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   15.262  Vacant state buildings rehabilitation fund.
   1.  A vacant state buildings rehabilitation fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the authority. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund.
   2.  Moneys in the vacant state buildings rehabilitation fund are appropriated to the authority for purposes of funding a loan program for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of vacant buildings owned by the state or by a county that has purchased real property from the federal government which are no longer used for a state or federal purpose.  The authority shall give preference to applicants that have not previously been awarded money from this fund.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the vacant state buildings rehabilitation fund shall be credited to the vacant state buildings rehabilitation fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the vacant state buildings rehabilitation fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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BODEN of Warren