Senate File 2148 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2148 BY SODDERS A BILL FOR An Act creating the manufactured housing program fund. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5786SS (3) 84 av/sc
S.F. 2148 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 16.100B Manufactured housing 1 program fund. 2 1. A manufactured housing program fund is created within the 3 authority to further the goal of providing affordable housing 4 to Iowans. The moneys in the fund are annually appropriated to 5 the authority for the purpose of providing funding to financing 6 agents or financial institutions to finance the purchase by 7 an individual of a manufactured home that is in compliance 8 with all laws, rules, and standards that are applicable to 9 manufactured homes and manufactured housing. 10 2. Moneys received by the authority for the manufactured 11 housing program fund, transferred by the authority for deposit 12 in the fund, appropriated to the fund, and any other moneys 13 available to and obtained or accepted by the authority for 14 placement in the fund shall be deposited in the fund and 15 are appropriated to the authority to be used as set forth 16 in this section. Additionally, recapture of awards and 17 other repayments to the fund shall be deposited in and are 18 appropriated to the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, 19 unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in the fund on 20 June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund 21 but shall be available for expenditure in subsequent years. 22 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys 23 in the fund or appropriated to the fund shall be credited to 24 the fund. 25 3. The authority shall allocate moneys available in the 26 manufactured housing program fund to financing agents or 27 financial institutions to be used as set forth in subsection 28 1. The authority may provide funding to a financing agent or 29 financial institution in the form of loans, linked deposits, 30 guarantees, reserve funds, or any other prudent financial 31 instruments. 32 4. The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 33 17A including but not limited to eligibility requirements for 34 financing agents or financial institutions to receive funding 35 -1- LSB 5786SS (3) 84 av/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 2148 through the manufactured housing program fund and any other 1 rules necessary to implement and administer this section. 2 5. For purposes of this section, “manufactured home” or 3 “manufactured housing” means the same as defined in section 4 435.1. 5 EXPLANATION 6 This bill creates the manufactured housing program fund 7 within the Iowa finance authority to further the goal of 8 providing affordable housing to Iowans. The moneys in the fund 9 are annually appropriated to the authority for the purpose of 10 providing funding to financing agents or financial institutions 11 to finance the purchase by an individual of a manufactured 12 home that is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, 13 and standards that are applicable to manufactured homes and 14 manufactured housing. 15 The authority is required to allocate the moneys in the fund 16 to financing agents and financial institutions to meet the 17 purposes set forth in the bill and may provide funding in the 18 form of loans, linked deposits, guarantees, reserve funds, or 19 any other prudent financial instruments. 20 The authority is required to adopt rules that include but 21 are not limited to eligibility requirements for financing 22 agents and financial institutions to receive funding, and any 23 other rules that are necessary to implement and administer the 24 provisions of the bill. 25 For purposes of the bill, “manufactured home” or 26 “manufactured housing” means a factory-built structure 27 constructed under authority of 42 U.S.C. § 5403, that is 28 required by federal law to display a seal from the United 29 States department of housing and urban development, and was 30 constructed on or after June 15, 1976. 31 -2- LSB 5786SS (3) 84 av/sc 2/ 2