SENATE FILE 273

BY  McCOY

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the commission for the blind to enter into certain contracts to provide news and information services for the blind and print handicapped and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 216B.3, subsection 19, paragraphs a and b, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  The commission may shall enter into necessary contracts and arrangements with the national federation for the blind to provide for the delivery of newspapers over the telephone, furnished by the national federation for the blind.
   b.  The commission may shall enter into necessary contracts and arrangements with the Iowa radio reading information service for the blind and print handicapped to provide for the delivery of newspapers, magazines, and other printed materials over the radio, furnished by the Iowa radio reading information service for the blind and print handicapped.
   Sec. 2.  Section 216B.3, subsection 19, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  For each fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department fifty thousand dollars for purposes of implementing contracts pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund but shall remain available for expenditure by the department pursuant to this subsection in succeeding fiscal years.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires that the commission for the blind enter into certain contracts with the national federation of the blind and the Iowa radio reading information service for the provision of certain news and information for the blind and print handicapped. The bill provides an annual appropriation of $50,000 to the department for the blind, and provides that the money so appropriated shall not revert back to the general fund of the state, but may be used in subsequent fiscal years to contract for such services.