House Study Bill 66 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HITE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to nonstate moneys expended by the board of 1 regents and institutions governed by the board of regents, 2 and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1793YC (3) 89 ns/tm
H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 262.26A Nonstate moneys —— approval 1 by general assembly required —— annual report. 2 1. The board and institutions governed by the board 3 pursuant to section 262.7 shall not expend any nonstate moneys, 4 including federal funds, public or private gifts or donations, 5 nonstate grants or receipts, and any other moneys from any 6 nonstate public or private sources, unless the expenditure is 7 approved by an Act of the general assembly. 8 2. On or before January 15 of each year, the board shall 9 submit a report to the general assembly and the governor 10 detailing all of the following: 11 a. The nature and amount of nonstate moneys received or 12 expected to be received for expenditure in the following fiscal 13 year by the board and each institution governed by the board. 14 b. The nature and amount of each proposed expenditure of 15 nonstate moneys in the following fiscal year by the board and 16 each institution governed by the board. 17 3. The report required under subsection 2 is in addition to 18 the estimates and reports required under sections 8.23, 8.44, 19 and 262.26, and any other provision of law. 20 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to expenditures for 21 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and each fiscal year 22 thereafter. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 Under current practice, the general assembly appropriates 27 federal funds and other nonstate moneys to state governmental 28 entities, including the state board of regents (board), in the 29 biennial block grant appropriations bill. 30 This bill prohibits the board and institutions governed 31 by the board (the state university of Iowa, including 32 the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics; the Iowa 33 state university of science and technology, including the 34 agricultural experiment station; the university of northern 35 -1- LSB 1793YC (3) 89 ns/tm 1/ 2
H.F. _____ Iowa; the Iowa braille and sight saving school; the Iowa school 1 for the deaf; the Oakdale campus; and the university of Iowa 2 hospitals and clinics’ center for disabilities and development) 3 from expending any nonstate moneys, including federal funds, 4 public or private gifts or donations, nonstate grants or 5 receipts, and any other moneys from any nonstate public or 6 private sources, unless the expenditure is approved by an Act 7 of the general assembly. 8 The bill requires the board to, on or before January 15 9 of each year, submit a report to the general assembly and 10 the governor detailing the nature and amount of nonstate 11 moneys received or expected to be received for expenditure in 12 the following fiscal year by the board and each institution 13 governed by the board, and the nature and amount of each 14 proposed expenditure of nonstate moneys in the following fiscal 15 year by the board and each institution governed by the board. 16 The report required by the bill is in addition to the other 17 estimates and reports required by current law, including under 18 Code section 8.23 (annual estimates of expenditure requirements 19 submitted to the department of management (DOM)), Code section 20 8.44 (quarterly report by the board to DOM on federal funds 21 and other moneys received from any public or private sources 22 except gifts or donations), and Code section 262.26 (report by 23 the board to the governor and general assembly that includes an 24 itemized account of the receipts and expenditures of the board, 25 reports made to the board by the executive officers of the 26 board’s institutions, and budgets for biennial appropriations 27 deemed necessary and proper for the support of the board’s 28 institutions and for extraordinary and special expenditures). 29 The bill applies to expenditures for the fiscal year 30 beginning July 1, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter. 31 -2- LSB 1793YC (3) 89 ns/tm 2/ 2