Senate File 24 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIEMAN


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a standing appropriation to support fairs and
  2    including effective date and applicability provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1527SS 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph g, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    g.  Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
  1  4 and prior to the appropriation of moneys from the rebuild Iowa
  1  5 infrastructure fund pursuant to paragraph "c", and section
  1  6 8.57A, subsection 4, moneys shall first be appropriated from
  1  7 the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the vertical
  1  8 infrastructure fund as provided in section 8.57B, subsection
  1  9 4.  After moneys are appropriated to the vertical
  1 10 infrastructure fund, the next moneys from the rebuild Iowa
  1 11 infrastructure fund shall be appropriated to the treasurer of
  1 12 state for general state support of fairs as provided in
  1 13 section 174.8A.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  174.8A  GENERAL STATE SUPPORT ==
  1 15 STANDING APPROPRIATION.
  1 16    There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
  1 17 fund for each fiscal year, one million five hundred ninety
  1 18 dollars, to the treasurer of state for general state support.
  1 19    1.  The moneys paid by the treasurer of state as provided
  1 20 in this section must be used only to support the management of
  1 21 a fair event or an improvement made to a fairgrounds,
  1 22 including the acquisition of land or the maintenance,
  1 23 construction, or renovation of facilities located on the
  1 24 fairgrounds.  The moneys may be used to support any project
  1 25 which may be funded by state aid pursuant to section 174.9,
  1 26 regardless of whether the fair has received state aid to
  1 27 support that project.
  1 28    2.  The treasurer of state shall allocate the moneys
  1 29 appropriated in this section as general state support in equal
  1 30 shares to each eligible fair.
  1 31    a.  In order to be eligible to receive general state
  1 32 support, a fair must be a member of the association of Iowa
  1 33 fairs as provided in the association's bylaws, have conducted
  1 34 a fair event during the fiscal year prior to the allocation of
  1 35 general state support, and will conduct a fair event in the
  2  1 fiscal year in which the general state support is allocated.
  2  2    b.  The association of Iowa fairs shall maintain a list of
  2  3 each fair in a county which is a member of the association and
  2  4 conducts a fair event in that county.  On or before April 1,
  2  5 the association shall submit a list of eligible fairs, as
  2  6 certified by the association, to the treasurer of state, as
  2  7 required by the treasurer of state.
  2  8    3.  On or before February 1 of each year, a fair shall
  2  9 prepare a report concerning the expenditures of moneys that it
  2 10 has received as general state support, and the manner in which
  2 11 the general state support was expended or is planned to be
  2 12 expended.  The fair shall submit the report to the governor,
  2 13 the general assembly, and the association of Iowa fairs.
  2 14    4.  The expenditure of moneys appropriated as general state
  2 15 support is subject to an audit by the auditor of state.  The
  2 16 treasurer may request the auditor of state to conduct the
  2 17 audit.
  2 18    5.  Section 8.33 does not apply to moneys appropriated as
  2 19 general state support.
  2 20    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.
  2 21    1.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  2 22 effect upon enactment.
  2 23    2.  Within twenty days after the effective date of this
  2 24 Act, the association of Iowa fairs shall submit a list of
  2 25 eligible fairs, as certified by the association, to the
  2 26 treasurer of state, as required by the treasurer of state.
  2 27    3.  This Act applies to appropriations for fiscal years
  2 28 beginning on and after July 1, 2007.
  2 29                           EXPLANATION
  2 30    This bill provides a standing limited appropriation to the
  2 31 treasurer of state from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund
  2 32 for equal allocation to county and district fairs that are
  2 33 members of the association of Iowa fairs.  The allocation is
  2 34 referred to as "general state support" and the moneys are to
  2 35 be used by fairs to support the management of a fair event or
  3  1 an improvement made to a fairgrounds, including the
  3  2 acquisition of land or the maintenance, construction, or
  3  3 renovation of facilities located on the fairgrounds.  A fair
  3  4 must prepare an annual report concerning the expenditures of
  3  5 moneys that it received as general state support, and the
  3  6 manner in which the general state support was expended or is
  3  7 planned to be expended.  The fair must submit the report to
  3  8 the governor, the general assembly, and the association of
  3  9 Iowa fairs.
  3 10    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  3 11 LSB 1527SS 82
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