House File 2241 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2241 BY ISENHART and WESSEL-KROESCHELL A BILL FOR An Act appropriating moneys to the department of agriculture 1 and land stewardship for deposit in the local food and farm 2 program fund for purposes of supporting the Leopold center 3 for sustainable agriculture. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6025HH (3) 87 da/tm
H.F. 2241 Section 1. LEOPOLD CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE 1 AGRICULTURE. There is appropriated from the general fund of 2 the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship 3 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 4 2019, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 5 to be used for the purposes designated: 6 1. For deposit in the local food and farm program fund 7 created in section 267A.5: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 9 2. The department shall allocate moneys appropriated to 10 the fund in subsection 1 to the Leopold center for sustainable 11 agriculture only to the extent that the allocated moneys are 12 matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with moneys that are 13 contributed from a source or sources other than the state as 14 certified by the president of Iowa state university of science 15 and technology. The moneys appropriated in this section shall 16 not be expended for any other use. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the 21 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship 22 for FY 2018-2019 to be deposited in the local food and farm 23 program fund. The department is to allocate the moneys to the 24 Leopold center for sustainable agriculture only if matched on a 25 dollar-for-dollar basis with moneys that are contributed from a 26 source other than the state as certified by the president of 27 Iowa state university of science and technology. 28 -1- LSB 6025HH (3) 87 da/tm 1/ 1