House File 2201 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WENDT and WHITEAD

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 5625SS
                                        BY WARNSTADT)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to and making an appropriation for the remodeling
  2    and renovation of the sexually violent predators unit at the
  3    state mental health institute at Cherokee.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5625HH 81
  6 rh/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  APPROPRIATION == DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
  1  2 SERVICES == SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS UNIT.
  1  3    1.  There is appropriated from the tax=exempt bond proceeds
  1  4 restricted capital funds account of the tobacco settlement
  1  5 trust fund to the department of administrative services for
  1  6 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30,
  1  7 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1  8 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1  9    For the remodeling and renovation of the sexually violent
  1 10 predators unit located at the state mental health institute at
  1 11 Cherokee:
  1 12 .................................................. $  1,500,000
  1 13    2.  Payment of moneys from the appropriation in this
  1 14 section shall be made in a manner that does not adversely
  1 15 affect the tax=exempt status of any outstanding bonds issued
  1 16 by the tobacco settlement authority.
  1 17    3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  1 18 this section shall not revert at the close of the fiscal year
  1 19 for which they were appropriated but shall remain available
  1 20 for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
  1 21 that begins July 1, 2007, or until the project for which the
  1 22 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill appropriates $1.5 million from the tax=exempt
  1 25 bond proceeds restricted capital funds account of the tobacco
  1 26 settlement trust fund to the department of administrative
  1 27 services for the remodeling and renovation of the sexually
  1 28 violent predators unit at the state mental health institute at
  1 29 Cherokee.
  1 30    The bill provides that moneys from the appropriation shall
  1 31 be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the tax=
  1 32 exempt status of any outstanding bonds issued by the tobacco
  1 33 settlement authority and that, notwithstanding Code section
  1 34 8.33, moneys appropriated shall not revert at the close of the
  1 35 fiscal year for which they were appropriated but shall remain
  2  1 available for the purposes designated until the close of the
  2  2 fiscal year that begins July 1, 2007, or until the project for
  2  3 which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is
  2  4 earlier.
  2  5 LSB 5625HH 81
  2  6 rh:nh/sh/8