Senate File 332 - Introduced SENATE FILE 332 BY SODDERS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the distribution formula used for the 1 juvenile detention home fund. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2628XS (3) 84 jp/sc
S.F. 332 Section 1. Section 232.142, subsection 6, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 6. A juvenile detention home fund is created in the state 3 treasury under the authority of the department. The fund shall 4 consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to sections 5 321.218A and 321A.32A . The moneys in the fund shall be used 6 for the costs of the establishment, improvement, operation, and 7 maintenance of county or multicounty juvenile detention homes 8 in accordance with annual appropriations made by the general 9 assembly from the fund for these purposes. The distribution 10 formula for the moneys in the fund shall be based upon a 11 juvenile detention home’s proportionate share of the statewide 12 bed days utilized during the formula period by all juvenile 13 detention homes eligible to receive moneys from the fund. 14 EXPLANATION 15 This bill relates to the distribution formula used for the 16 juvenile detention home fund created in Code section 232.142. 17 County and multicounty juvenile detention homes are subject to 18 approval by the department of human services in accordance with 19 rules and standards adopted by the department. Inspections are 20 performed by the department of inspections and appeals. 21 The fund receives civil penalties collected under Code 22 sections 321.218A and 321A.32A, when the department of 23 transportation suspends, revokes, or bars a person’s driver’s 24 license or nonresident operating privilege for a conviction 25 under Code chapter 321, relating to motor vehicle law, or 26 Code chapter 321A, relating to motor vehicle financial 27 responsibility. 28 Current law provides for distribution of the moneys in the 29 fund in accordance with appropriations. The bill requires the 30 distribution formula for the moneys in the fund to be based 31 upon a juvenile detention home’s proportionate share of the 32 statewide bed days utilized during the formula period by all 33 juvenile detention homes eligible to receive moneys from the 34 fund. For fiscal year 2010-2011, under 2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 35 -1- LSB 2628XS (3) 84 jp/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 332 1192, section 21, moneys in the fund are allocated among 1 eligible detention homes, prorated on the basis of an eligible 2 detention home’s proportion of the costs of all eligible 3 detention homes in the previous fiscal year, as determined by 4 the department of human services based on the amount available 5 to distribute. 6 -2- LSB 2628XS (3) 84 jp/sc 2/ 2