Senate File 24SENATE FILE BY ZIEMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 5 da/je/5 PAG LIN 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 3 12 da:rj/je/5