House File 2335 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2335 BY LUNDBY , STAED , RIDING , KEARNS , JACOBY , OURTH , FORBES , STUTSMAN , WINCKLER , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , HEDDENS , T. OLSON , and BERRY A BILL FOR An Act creating a spay and neuter fund, and making an 1 appropriation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5658YH (5) 85 da/rj
H.F. 2335 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 169.21 Spay and neuter fund. 1 1. A spay and neuter fund is created in the state treasury 2 under the control of the Iowa board of veterinary medicine. 3 2. Moneys in the fund shall be used to plan, develop, 4 implement, administer, and evaluate a statewide strategy for 5 the humane control of dog and cat populations, including by 6 supporting the increased use of spaying and neutering. 7 3. The fund consists of moneys appropriated to the fund by 8 the general assembly and other moneys available to and obtained 9 or accepted by the board from public or private sources. 10 4. a. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings 11 on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. 12 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the fund 13 that remain unexpended or unobligated at the end of a fiscal 14 year shall not revert to any other fund. 15 5. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the board and 16 shall be used exclusively to carry out the provisions of this 17 section as determined and directed by the board. 18 Sec. 2. SPAY AND NEUTER FUND. There is appropriated from 19 the general fund of the state to the Iowa board of veterinary 20 medicine for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending 21 June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 22 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 23 For deposit into the spay and neuter fund as created in this 24 Act: 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill creates a spay and neuter fund under the control 30 of the Iowa board of veterinary medicine. Moneys in the fund 31 are to be used to plan, develop, implement, administer, and 32 evaluate a statewide strategy for the humane control of dog and 33 cat populations, including by supporting the increased use of 34 spaying and neutering. 35 -1- LSB 5658YH (5) 85 da/rj 1/ 2
H.F. 2335 The bill appropriates $100,000 from the general fund for FY 1 2014-2015 to the board for deposit into the spay and neuter 2 fund. 3 -2- LSB 5658YH (5) 85 da/rj 2/ 2