House File 627 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act appropriating moneys to support projects to maintain and
  2    improve state parks.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2495HH 82
  5 da/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES == FRIENDS OF
  1  2 STATE PARKS.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1  3 the state to the department of natural resources 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 purposes designated:
  1  7    For purposes of supporting a grant program to award moneys
  1  8 to organizations recognized by the department as a friend to a
  1  9 state park:
  1 10 .................................................. $    250,000
  1 11    1.  The department shall award moneys to an organization in
  1 12 order to carry out projects to maintain or improve a state
  1 13 park as designated by the organization and approved by the
  1 14 department.
  1 15    2.  The department shall award the moneys based on a
  1 16 matching contribution of moneys made by or on behalf of the
  1 17 organization.  The department shall contribute two dollars for
  1 18 each dollar which is contributed by or on behalf of the
  1 19 organization.
  1 20    3.  The department shall not award more than $25,000 to
  1 21 support a single project to maintain or improve a state park.
  1 22    Nothing in this section prohibits an organization from
  1 23 receiving moneys from other sources.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to the
  1 26 department of natural resources for FY 2007=2008 for purposes
  1 27 of providing grants to organizations recognized by the
  1 28 department as a friend to a designated state park.  The moneys
  1 29 must be used to carry out projects to maintain or improve a
  1 30 state park.  The department must allocate the moneys on a
  1 31 matching basis, and the department cannot award more than
  1 32 $25,000 to support a single project.
  1 33 LSB 2495HH 82
  1 34 da:nh/gg/14.1