House File 95 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 95 BY STAED , HUNTER , KEARNS , McCONKEY , STUTSMAN , FORBES , KELLEY , RUNNING-MARQUARDT , ANDERSON , GASKILL , MEYER , BEARINGER , WOLFE , SHEETS , KAUFMANN , BYRNES , WINCKLER , LENSING , BROWN-POWERS , THEDE , H. MILLER , BERRY , OURTH , HANSON , STECKMAN , PRICHARD , ABDUL-SAMAD , SMITH , RUFF , GAINES , KRESSIG , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , DAWSON , DUNKEL , T. TAYLOR , MASCHER , COHOON , ISENHART , LYKAM , KOESTER , JACOBY , OLDSON , HALL , HEDDENS , OLSON , FINKENAUER , HIGHFILL , BENNETT , STANERSON , LANDON , and R. TAYLOR A BILL FOR An Act relating to emergency food assistance and making 1 appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1410YH (6) 86 rh/tm

H.F. 95 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 217.41B Emergency food assistance 1 —— appropriation. 2 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and for 3 each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year beginning 4 July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the general fund of 5 the state to the department of human services one million 6 dollars for the support of an Iowa food bank association 7 selected by the department of human services for the purchase 8 of food on behalf of an Iowa emergency feeding organization or 9 for the distribution of moneys to the Iowa emergency feeding 10 organizations for the purchase of food. 11 2. The moneys appropriated in this section shall be 12 allocated only to the extent that such moneys are matched on a 13 dollar-for-dollar basis. 14 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 15 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 16 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain 17 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the 18 close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. 19 4. This section is repealed July 1, 2020. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill creates a standing appropriation of $1 million 24 from the general fund of the state for the fiscal year 25 beginning July 1, 2015, through the fiscal year beginning July 26 1, 2019, to the department of human services for support of an 27 Iowa food bank association to buy food on behalf of an Iowa 28 emergency feeding organization or distribute the moneys to such 29 organizations for the purchase of food. 30 The moneys appropriated shall only be allocated if it is 31 matched dollar-for-dollar. Any moneys unused during a fiscal 32 year shall remain available for the same purpose until the end 33 of the following fiscal year. 34 The new Code section created in the bill is repealed July 1, 35 -1- LSB 1410YH (6) 86 rh/tm 1/ 2