House File 298

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the allocation of profits from the sale of
  2    alcoholic liquors.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2744YH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 405A.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  The ratio of the population of each city to the total
  1  4 population of all cities in the state, multiplied by twenty=
  1  5 seven million three hundred thousand dollars.  Of the moneys
  1  6 allocated pursuant to this paragraph, ten million six hundred
  1  7 thousand dollars represents a portion of the state profits
  1  8 from the sale of alcoholic liquors and this portion of the
  1  9 allocation which represents state alcoholic liquor profits
  1 10 shall be remitted by each city to the appropriate county board
  1 11 of health which shall distribute the moneys in accordance with
  1 12 the needs identified through a substance abuse needs
  1 13 assessment for the treatment, rehabilitation, and education
  1 14 for persons who are substance abusers or at risk for substance
  1 15 abuse in this state.  The population of each city shall be
  1 16 determined by the latest available federal census.  A city may
  1 17 have one special federal census taken each decade, and the
  1 18 population figure obtained shall be used in apportioning
  1 19 amounts under this subsection beginning the calendar year
  1 20 following the year in which the special census is certified to
  1 21 the secretary of state.  If a city has annexed territory since
  1 22 the last regular or special federal census, the mayor and
  1 23 council shall certify to the treasurer of state the actual
  1 24 population of the annexed territory as determined by the last
  1 25 certified federal census of the territory and the
  1 26 apportionment of funds under this subsection shall be based
  1 27 upon the population of the city as modified by the
  1 28 certification of the population of the annexed territory until
  1 29 the next regular or special federal census enumeration.
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill provides that of the $27.3 million allocation of
  1 32 state funds annually to cities to replace personal property
  1 33 taxes, the sum of $10.6 million represents a portion of the
  1 34 state profit from the sale of alcoholic liquors.  The
  1 35 proportionate amount of these moneys allocated to cities in a
  2  1 county shall be used under the direction of the county board
  2  2 of health for the treatment, rehabilitation, and education of
  2  3 persons who are substance abusers or at risk for substance
  2  4 abuse in this state.
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