House File 606 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO LSB 2829HC)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing funding for providing disaster grants to needy
  2    individuals and families and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2829HV 82
  5 jp/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  DISASTER GRANTS.  For the period beginning on
  1  2 the effective date of this Act through June 30, 2007, if the
  1  3 governor issues a proclamation of a state of disaster
  1  4 emergency, the executive council may authorize under section
  1  5 7D.29 expenditure of not more than $1,000,000 for the
  1  6 department of human services to provide financial grants to
  1  7 meet disaster=related expenses or serious needs of individuals
  1  8 or families adversely affected by the disaster emergency which
  1  9 cannot be met by other means of financial assistance.  If
  1 10 additional needs exist in excess of the amount authorized in
  1 11 this section, the executive council may authorize additional
  1 12 funds under section 7D.29 to meet those needs.  Administrative
  1 13 costs incurred in making the grants shall be paid from the
  1 14 amount authorized by the executive council.  The grants shall
  1 15 be provided to needy individuals and families based upon
  1 16 substantially the same requirements used for distribution of
  1 17 federal disaster aid for a federally declared disaster.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill provides authority for the executive council to
  1 22 approve funding for providing disaster grants to needy
  1 23 individuals in the event of the governor's issuance of a
  1 24 proclamation of a state of disaster.  The funding derives from
  1 25 the standing appropriation under Code section 7D.29 for
  1 26 performance of the duties assigned to the executive council.
  1 27 The grants are to be administered by the department of human
  1 28 services based upon substantially the same requirements used
  1 29 for distribution of federal disaster aid for a federally
  1 30 declared disaster.  The authorization is effective for the
  1 31 period beginning upon the bill's enactment through June 30,
  1 32 2007.
  1 33    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 34 LSB 2829HV 82
  1 35 jp:rj/gg/14