House File 620 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HORBACH Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing Tama county to request reimbursement for services 2 rendered to the Sac and Fox Indian settlement and providing an 3 effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2479YH 82 6 eg/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 331.660A TAMA COUNTY=PROVIDED 1 2 SERVICES TO SAC AND FOX INDIAN SETTLEMENT. 1 3 1. At the end of each fiscal year, Tama county may submit 1 4 a report to the department of inspections and appeals 1 5 documenting specific expenditures that the county incurred in 1 6 providing services to the Sac and Fox Indian settlement as a 1 7 result of any agreement or compact between the state and the 1 8 Sac and Fox tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa and requesting 1 9 that the state reimburse the county for the cost of the 1 10 services provided. 1 11 2. When the department of inspections and appeals seeks to 1 12 negotiate an agreement or compact between the state and the 1 13 Sac and Fox tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa under section 1 14 10A.104, the department shall consider, based upon the past 1 15 expenditures of Tama county as reported to the department for 1 16 the provision of services to the Sac and Fox Indian 1 17 settlement, including in the negotiations a provision for such 1 18 tribe to reimburse Tama county for the costs of services 1 19 provided. 1 20 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 22 EXPLANATION 1 23 This bill provides that, at the end of each fiscal year, 1 24 Tama county may submit a report to the department of 1 25 inspections and appeals documenting specific expenditures that 1 26 the county incurred in providing services to the Sac and Fox 1 27 Indian settlement as a result of any agreement or compact 1 28 between the state and the Sac and Fox tribe of the Mississippi 1 29 in Iowa and requesting that the state provide reimbursement 1 30 for such costs. 1 31 The bill also provides that when the department of 1 32 inspections and appeals negotiates an agreement or compact 1 33 between the state and the Sac and Fox tribe under Code section 1 34 10A.104, the department shall consider, based upon the past 1 35 expenditures reported to the department for the provision of 2 1 services to the Sac and Fox Indian settlement, including in 2 2 the negotiations a provision for such tribe to reimburse Tama 2 3 county for the costs incurred for such services. 2 4 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 5 LSB 2479YH 82 2 6 eg:rj/es/88