House File 627 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY REICHERT Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 PAG LIN 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