House File 2037 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  THOMAS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to financial assistance for projects in targeted
  2    state parks, banner parks, and destination parks and making
  3    appropriations.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5123HH 81
  6 tm/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15G.111, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1  2 2005, is amended by striking the subsection.
  1  3    Sec. 2.  Section 303.3C, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
  1  4 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  5    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  For the fiscal period beginning July
  1  6 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2015, there is appropriated each
  1  7 fiscal year from the grow Iowa values fund created in section
  1  8 15G.108 to the department of cultural affairs one million
  1  9 dollars for purposes of providing financial assistance for
  1 10 projects in targeted state parks, banner parks, and
  1 11 destination parks.  The department of natural resources shall
  1 12 submit a plan to the department of cultural affairs for the
  1 13 expenditure of moneys appropriated under this subsection.  The
  1 14 plan shall focus on improving state parks, banner parks, and
  1 15 destination parks for economic development purposes.  Based on
  1 16 the plan submitted, the department of cultural affairs shall
  1 17 provide financial assistance to the department of natural
  1 18 resources for support of state parks, banner parks, and
  1 19 destination parks.  For purposes of this subsection, "banner
  1 20 park" means a park with multiple uses and which focuses on the
  1 21 economic development benefits of a community or area of the
  1 22 state.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to financial assistance for projects in
  1 25 targeted state parks, banner parks, and destination parks and
  1 26 makes appropriations.
  1 27    For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending
  1 28 June 30, 2015, the bill appropriates each fiscal year from the
  1 29 grow Iowa values fund to the department of cultural affairs $1
  1 30 million for purposes of providing financial assistance for
  1 31 projects in targeted state parks, banner parks, and
  1 32 destination parks.  The bill requires the department of
  1 33 natural resources to submit a plan to the department of
  1 34 cultural affairs for the expenditure of moneys appropriated in
  1 35 the bill.  The bill provides that the plan must focus on
  2  1 improving state parks, banner parks, and destination parks for
  2  2 economic development purposes.  The bill provides that, based
  2  3 on the plan submitted, the department of cultural affairs
  2  4 shall provide financial assistance to the department of
  2  5 natural resources for support of state parks, banner parks,
  2  6 and destination parks.
  2  7    The bill eliminates a similar appropriation to the
  2  8 department of economic development.
  2  9 LSB 5123HH 81
  2 10 tm/cf/24