House File 453 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WENDT 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 to the department 2 of education for the establishment and implementation of an 3 area education agency infrastructure grant program. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1936HH 82 6 rh/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. AREA EDUCATION AGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT 1 2 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa 1 3 infrastructure fund to the department of education for the 1 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 1 5 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 1 6 be used for the purpose designated: 1 7 For the establishment and implementation of an area 1 8 education agency infrastructure grant program which provides 1 9 up to $200,000 to area education agencies for infrastructure 1 10 purposes, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 6, 1 11 paragraph "c": 1 12 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 1 13 For purposes of the grant program, "infrastructure 1 14 purposes" includes land acquisition and construction, major 1 15 renovation and major repair of buildings, all appurtenant 1 16 structures, utilities, site development, recreational trails, 1 17 and routine, recurring maintenance or operational expenses or 1 18 leasing of a building, appurtenant structure, or utility 1 19 without a lease=purchase agreement. 1 20 Area education agencies that have reorganized or are 1 21 planning to reorganize shall receive top priority in receiving 1 22 grants. 1 23 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 1 24 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 1 25 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 1 26 for expenditure for purposes of the grant program until the 1 27 close of the succeeding fiscal year. 1 28 EXPLANATION 1 29 This bill appropriates $1 million from the rebuild Iowa 1 30 infrastructure fund to the department of education for the 1 31 establishment and implementation of an area education agency 1 32 infrastructure grant program which provides up to $200,000 to 1 33 area education agencies for infrastructure purposes. For 1 34 purposes of the grant program, "infrastructure purposes" 1 35 includes land acquisition and construction, major renovation 2 1 and major repair of buildings, all appurtenant structures, 2 2 utilities, site development, recreational trails, and routine, 2 3 recurring maintenance or operational expenses or leasing of a 2 4 building, appurtenant structure, or utility without a lease= 2 5 purchase agreement. The bill exempts the appropriation from 2 6 the definition of vertical infrastructure in Code section 2 7 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c". 2 8 The bill provides that area education agencies that have 2 9 reorganized or are planning to reorganize shall receive top 2 10 priority in receiving grants. Any unencumbered or unobligated 2 11 moneys remaining at the end of the fiscal year do not revert 2 12 but remain available for expenditure during the following 2 13 fiscal year for purposes of the grant program. 2 14 LSB 1936HH 82 2 15 rh:jp/es/88