House File 453 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WENDT


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                 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

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  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