HF 344 (LSB 1664YH (5) 88)

HOUSE FILE 344

BY  SALMON

A BILL FOR

An Act  relating to moneys donated to support 4-H clubs, by providing for the management and control of such moneys by county agricultural extension councils and 4-H clubs, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 176A.9, subsection 4, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  a.  The extension council may collect reasonable fees and may seek and receive grants, donations, gifts, bequests, or other moneys from public and private sources to be used for the purposes set forth in this section, and may enter into contracts to provide educational services.
   b.  The extension council and a 4-H club may enter into a contract that authorizes the extension council to manage moneys donated to support the 4-H club. If such a contract is in effect, the extension council shall manage the moneys on behalf of the 4-H club and in the same manner as moneys received from public sources. However, if no such contract is in effect, the extension council shall automatically transfer any donated moneys that it receives on behalf of a 4-H club to an account in a bank or credit union as defined in section 12C.1 and under the control of the 4-H club. 
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides for the management of certain moneys donated to support 4-H clubs by a county agricultural extension council (extension council). The bill allows the extension council and a 4-H club to enter into a contract authorizing the executive council to manage moneys donated by private sources to support the 4-H club. If no such contract is in effect, the moneys must be transferred by the extension council to an account in a bank or credit union that is under the control of the 4-H club. The transfer must be made automatically according to procedures approved by the extension council and 4-H club. 
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.