Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
225
BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
flood
relief
assistance
program
and
making
1
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
7D.29,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
notification
requirement
specified
in
paragraph
3
“a”
is
not
applicable
to
a
request
for
the
expenditure
of
4
disaster
aid
from
the
contingent
fund
created
in
section
5
29C.20
,
or
to
a
request
for
the
expenditure
of
disaster
aid
6
individual
assistance
grant
funds
pursuant
to
section
29C.20A
,
7
or
a
request
for
assistance
under
the
flood
relief
assistance
8
program
created
in
section
29C.20C
.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
29C.20C
Flood
relief
assistance
10
program.
11
1.
A
flood
relief
assistance
program
shall
be
established
12
by
the
department.
Financial
assistance
under
the
program
may
13
be
awarded
following
the
governor’s
proclamation
of
a
state
of
14
disaster
emergency
due
to
a
flood.
Financial
assistance
shall
15
be
paid
from
the
appropriations
addressed
in
section
7D.29.
16
The
executive
council,
in
cooperation
with
the
department,
may
17
expend
moneys
under
the
program
for
buy-out
grants
to
owners
18
of
property
damaged
by
the
flood.
In
order
for
a
property
19
owner
to
receive
grant
moneys,
the
owner
must
be
eligible
to
20
receive
other
federal
emergency
assistance
moneys
for
the
same
21
property.
22
2.
The
aggregate
financial
assistance
awarded
pursuant
to
23
subsection
1
shall
not
exceed
one
million
dollars
during
a
24
fiscal
year.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
29
emergency
management
to
establish
a
flood
relief
assistance
30
program.
Under
the
program,
financial
assistance
may
be
31
awarded
following
the
governor’s
proclamation
of
a
state
of
32
disaster
emergency
due
to
a
flood.
The
financial
assistance
33
is
to
be
funded
through
the
executive
council’s
performance
of
34
duty
standing
unlimited
appropriation
from
the
Iowa
economic
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emergency
fund.
The
executive
council,
in
cooperation
with
1
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
2
is
permitted
to
expend
moneys
under
the
program
for
buy-out
3
grants
to
owners
of
property
damaged
by
the
flood.
In
order
4
for
a
property
owner
to
receive
grant
moneys,
the
owner
must
be
5
eligible
to
receive
other
federal
emergency
assistance
moneys
6
for
the
same
property.
The
aggregate
financial
assistance
7
awarded
under
the
program
shall
not
exceed
$1
million
during
8
a
fiscal
year.
9
The
bill
makes
certain
notification
requirements
10
inapplicable
when
moneys
are
expended
for
the
program
pursuant
11
to
the
executive
council’s
performance
of
duty
appropriation.
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