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

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  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