Senate Study Bill 3008 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DVORSKY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to financial assistance for purposes of the 1 battleship Iowa, BB-61, making appropriations, and including 2 effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5568XC (3) 84 tm/rj
S.F. _____ Section 1. 2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 82, 1 subsection 2, is amended to read as follows: 2 2. If the department of the navy, pursuant to a process 3 outlined in a notice published in the federal register on 4 May 24, 2010, volume 75, number 99, awards possession or 5 conditionally awards possession of the battleship Iowa, 6 BB-61, to a nonprofit group that is eligible to receive the 7 battleship, the department of cultural affairs shall award 8 a grant to the nonprofit group in an amount equal to $3 9 million in addition to any moneys awarded as a grant from the 10 BB-61 fund. Moneys in the BB-61 fund are appropriated to 11 the department of cultural affairs to be used in accordance 12 with this section. The department of cultural affairs shall 13 award a grant to a nonprofit entity that is awarded possession 14 or conditional possession of the battleship Iowa, BB-61, an 15 amount equal to $3,000,000 plus any moneys held in the BB-61 16 fund created in 2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1194. The grant 17 shall be used for the purpose of assisting the nonprofit 18 entity in making preparations for receiving and berthing the 19 BB-61, including but not limited to hull and superstructure 20 preparation and painting, ship repairs and improvements, 21 transportation and towing of ship, pier and dock preparation 22 and improvements, and museum development. The grant shall 23 be awarded and the moneys shall be remitted to the nonprofit 24 not less than 30 days after the effective date of this 2012 25 Act. The grant recipient shall file two periodic reports 26 with both the department of cultural affairs and the state 27 auditor itemizing how the moneys have been expended. The first 28 report shall be filed when 50 percent of the moneys have been 29 expended, and the second report shall be filed when 100 percent 30 of the moneys have been expended. 31 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 32 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 33 EXPLANATION 34 This bill relates to financial assistance for purposes of 35 -1- LSB 5568XC (3) 84 tm/rj 1/ 2
S.F. _____ the battleship Iowa, BB-61. 1 For the fiscal year 2010-2011, the department of cultural 2 affairs received a $3 million appropriation for purposes 3 of awarding a grant to a nonprofit group that is awarded 4 possession of the battleship Iowa, BB-61, by the department 5 of the navy. In addition, in 2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1194, a 6 BB-61 fund was created under the control of the department for 7 purposes of supporting the battleship Iowa committee and for 8 the preservation and relocation of the battleship Iowa, BB-61. 9 The bill amends the purpose of the fiscal year 2010-2011 10 appropriation by providing that the department shall award 11 a grant to a nonprofit group that is awarded possession or 12 conditional possession of the battleship Iowa, BB-61, in an 13 amount equal to $3 million plus any moneys in the BB-61 fund. 14 The bill provides specific preservation and relocation purposes 15 for which the awarded moneys shall be used. The bill includes 16 reporting requirements. 17 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 18 -2- LSB 5568XC (3) 84 tm/rj 2/ 2