House File 672 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 389)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation to the department of agriculture
  2    and land stewardship for purposes of providing a grant to
  3    assist farmers with disabilities and their families.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2092HV 82
  6 pf/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  259.10  FARMERS WITH DISABILITIES
  1  2 == FEDERAL REPLACEMENT FUNDS.
  1  3    There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  1  4 the department of agriculture and land stewardship for the
  1  5 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and each subsequent fiscal
  1  6 year thereafter the amount of one hundred thirty thousand
  1  7 dollars, to be used for a grant to a national nonprofit
  1  8 organization with over eighty years of experience in assisting
  1  9 children and adults with disabilities and special needs and
  1 10 their families through services that include medical
  1 11 rehabilitation, job training and employment services, child
  1 12 care, adult day services, and camping and recreation.  The
  1 13 appropriation replaces expired federal funding for a
  1 14 nationally recognized program that has been replicated in at
  1 15 least thirty other states, but which is not available through
  1 16 any other entity in this state, that provides assistance to
  1 17 farmers with disabilities in all ninety=nine counties to allow
  1 18 the farmers to remain in their own homes and be gainfully
  1 19 engaged in farming through provision of agricultural worksite
  1 20 and home modification consultations, peer support services,
  1 21 services to families, information and referral, and equipment
  1 22 loan services.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill creates a standing appropriation of $130,000 from
  1 25 the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture
  1 26 and land stewardship beginning July 1, 2007, and each fiscal
  1 27 year thereafter for a grant to a nonprofit organization to
  1 28 replace expired federal funding for a nationally recognized
  1 29 program to allow farmers with disabilities to remain in their
  1 30 homes and be gainfully engaged in farming.
  1 31 LSB 2092HV 82
  1 32 pf:nh/cf/24