House File 2288 - Introduced
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Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring a minority impact statement as part of an
2 application for a grant from a state agency and providing
3 effective and applicability dates.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 8.11 GRANT APPLICATIONS ==
1 2 MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENTS.
1 3 1. Each application for a grant from a state agency shall
1 4 include a minority impact statement that contains the
1 5 following information:
1 6 a. Any disproportionate or unique impact of proposed
1 7 policies or programs on minority persons in this state.
1 8 b. A rationale for the existence of programs or policies
1 9 having an impact on minority persons in this state.
1 10 c. Evidence of consultation of representatives of minority
1 11 persons in cases where a policy or program has an identifiable
1 12 impact on minority persons in this state.
1 13 2. For the purposes of this section, the following
1 14 definitions shall apply:
1 15 a. "Disability" means the same as provided in section
1 16 15.102, subsection 5, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1).
1 17 b. "Minority persons" includes individuals who are women,
1 18 persons with a disability, Blacks, Latinos, Asians or Pacific
1 19 Islanders, American Indians, and Alaskan Native Americans.
1 20 c. "State agency" means a department, board, bureau,
1 21 commission, or other agency or authority of the state of Iowa.
1 22 3. The office of grants enterprise management shall create
1 23 and distribute a minority impact statement form for state
1 24 agencies and ensure its inclusion with applications for
1 25 grants.
1 26 4. Each state agency shall give a minority impact
1 27 statement in a grant application that proposes to have a
1 28 positive impact on minorities additional weighting when
1 29 awarding grants.
1 30 5. The directives of this section shall be carried out to
1 31 the extent consistent with federal law.
1 32 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act takes
1 33 effect July 1, 2008, and shall apply to grants for which
1 34 applications are due beginning August 1, 2008.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 This bill requires that all applications for grants from
2 2 state agencies include a minority impact statement to be
2 3 submitted by grant applicants. The minority impact statement
2 4 shall include three types of information: any
2 5 disproportionate or unique impact of the proposed policies or
2 6 programs on the state's minority persons; a rationale for the
2 7 existence of the programs or policies if they have an impact
2 8 on minority persons; and evidence that the applicant has
2 9 consulted with representatives of minority persons if there is
2 10 such an impact on minority persons.
2 11 For the purposes of the bill, "minority persons" are
2 12 identified as women, persons with disabilities, Blacks,
2 13 Latinos, Asians or Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and
2 14 Alaskan Native Americans. "Disability" means a physical or
2 15 mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the
2 16 major life activities of the individual, a record of physical
2 17 or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of
2 18 the major life activities of the individual, or being regarded
2 19 as an individual with a physical or mental impairment that
2 20 substantially limits one or more of the major life activities
2 21 of the individual. "State agency" means a department, board,
2 22 bureau, commission, or other agency or authority of the state
2 23 of Iowa.
2 24 The office of grants enterprise management is given the
2 25 authority to create and distribute a minority impact statement
2 26 form that the state agencies will use in the grant
2 27 applications. The state agencies are charged with giving
2 28 grant applications with a minority impact statement that
2 29 proposes to have a positive impact on minorities additional
2 30 weighting when awarding grants. The directives of the bill
2 31 are to be carried out to the extent that they do not interfere
2 32 with federal law.
2 33 The bill states that use of the minority impact statement
2 34 shall become applicable for grant applications that are due
2 35 beginning August 1, 2008.
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