Senate
Study
Bill
3101
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE
AND
LAND
STEWARDSHIP
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
grape
and
wine
development
by
providing
for
1
the
elimination
of
a
commission,
programs,
and
duties
of
the
2
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
and
providing
3
for
the
transfer
of
unexpended
and
unobligated
moneys.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
REPEAL.
Chapter
175A,
Code
2009,
is
repealed.
1
Sec.
2.
GRAPE
AND
WINE
DEVELOPMENT
FUND.
This
Act
does
2
not
affect
the
expenditure
of
moneys
by
the
department
of
3
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
to
satisfy
any
obligations
or
4
encumbrances
of
moneys
in
the
grape
and
wine
development
fund
5
created
in
section
175A.5,
if
the
obligations
or
encumbrances
6
were
incurred
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
7
Moneys
credited
to
the
grape
and
wine
development
fund
that
8
are
unobligated
or
unencumbered
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
9
year
ending
June
30,
2010,
shall
be
transferred
to
the
wine
10
gallonage
tax
fund
created
in
section
123.183
in
the
same
11
manner
as
a
reversion.
12
EXPLANATION
13
This
bill
eliminates
Code
provisions
promoting
grape
and
14
wine
development.
The
provisions
were
established
in
2001
15
by
S.F.
524
(2001
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
162)
and
codified
in
16
Code
chapter
175A.
The
Code
chapter
provides
for
a
grape
and
17
wine
development
commission
housed
within
the
department
of
18
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
and
requires
the
department
19
to
establish
grape
and
wine
development
programs
by
assisting
20
persons
in
establishing,
improving,
or
expanding
vineyards
21
or
winemaking
operations.
The
Code
chapter
also
includes
22
a
grape
and
wine
development
fund
which
was
originally
23
supported
by
moneys
derived
from
the
wine
gallonage
tax
(Code
24
section
123.183).
The
bill
provides
that
unobligated
or
25
unencumbered
moneys
remaining
in
the
grape
and
wine
development
26
fund
remaining
at
the
close
of
the
current
fiscal
year,
27
or
any
subsequent
fiscal
year,
are
transferred
to
the
wine
28
gallonage
tax
fund
which
is
used
by
the
department
of
economic
29
development
for
wine
and
beer
promotion.
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