HF 2451 (LSB 5407YH (3) 84)

HOUSE FILE 2451

BY  ISENHART, HANSON, KRESSIG, and H. MILLER

A BILL FOR

An Act appropriating moneys to support a local food and farm initiative.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 267A.2, subsection 4, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  “Fund” means the local food and farm program
 
innovation fund created in section 267A.5.
    Sec. 2.  Section 267A.5, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   267A.5  Local food and farm program
 
innovation fund
 
—— creation.
   A local food and farm program
 
innovation fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund is separate from the general fund of the state. The fund is composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the local food and farm program from the United States government or private sources for placement in the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used to carry out the purpose and goals of this chapter as provided in section 267A.1, including but not limited to administering the local food and farm program as provided in section 267A.6. The fund shall be managed by the department in consultation with the local food and farm coordinator, under the supervision of the local food and farm program council.
    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  267A.5A  Local food and farm innovation fund —— appropriation.
   Each fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state for deposit in the local food and farm innovation fund created pursuant to section 267A.5, up to fifty thousand dollars. The appropriation of each dollar in this section is contingent upon a dollar match contributed to the fund by a private person.
EXPLANATION
   CURRENT LAW. During its 2011 session, the general assembly enacted SF 509 (2011 Iowa Acts, ch. 128) which in part established a local food and farm program fund within the department of agriculture and land stewardship to support an initiative to improve communication and cooperation between and among farmers, food entrepreneurs, and consumers; and to foster coordination between and among government agencies, public universities and community colleges, organizations, and private-sector firms working on local food and farm-related issues.
   BILL. This bill changes the name of the local food and farm program fund to the local food and farm innovation fund and each fiscal year appropriates up to $50,000 to the fund contingent upon each dollar appropriated to the fund being matched with a dollar from a private contribution.