HF 285 (LSB 1294HV (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 285

BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 60)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning Iowa finance authority duties regarding the title guaranty board and the shelter assistance fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 16.2A, subsection 7, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Members shall elect a chair and vice chair annually and other officers as they determine. The executive director or the executive director’s designee shall serve as secretary to the board.
    Sec. 2.  Section 16.41, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A shelter assistance fund is created as a revolving fund in the state treasury under the control of the authority consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and received under section 428A.8 for purposes of the rehabilitation, expansion, or costs of operations of group home shelters for the homeless and domestic violence shelters, essential services for the homeless, and evaluation and reporting of services for the homeless, and match moneys for federal funds for the homeless management information system. Each fiscal year, moneys in the fund, in an amount equal to not more than two three percent of the total moneys distributed as grants from the fund during the fiscal year, may be used for purposes of administering the fund.
    Sec. 3.  Section 16.41, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   2.  The authority shall award grants annually to qualified applicants on a competitive basis. The authority shall establish application procedures, requirements, priorities, and maximum and minimum grant award amounts for each annual grant competition.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the Iowa finance authority. 
   Code section 16.2A, concerning the title guaranty division of the Iowa finance authority, is amended to allow the designee of the executive director of the Iowa finance authority to serve as secretary of the Iowa title guaranty board.
   Code section 16.41, concerning the shelter assistance fund, is amended. Currently, moneys in the fund, among other uses, can be used for rehabilitation, expansion, or operating costs of group home shelters for the homeless and domestic violence shelters. The bill eliminates the requirement that homeless shelters be group homes and eliminates the authority to use the money for rehabilitation and expansion of homeless and domestic violence shelters. The bill also allows moneys in the fund to be used for essential services for the homeless and for reporting of services for the homeless. The bill eliminates the ability of moneys to be used to match moneys for federal funds for the homeless management information system. The bill also increases, from 2 to 3 percent, the percentage of the amount of moneys distributed as grants from the fund each fiscal year that may be used for costs of administering the fund.
   Code section 16.41 is also amended to eliminate the requirement that not less than $546,000 be spent annually on homeless shelter projects. Instead, the bill requires that each grant awarded from the fund shall be awarded on a competitive basis pursuant to procedures, requirements, priorities, and maximum and minimum grant award amounts established by the Iowa finance authority for each annual grant competition.