Senate File 2222 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2222 BY EDLER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the juvenile detention home fund. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6043XS (3) 89 dg/rh

S.F. 2222 Section 1. Section 232.142, subsection 6, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 6. a. A juvenile detention home fund is created in the 3 state treasury under the authority of the department. The 4 fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant 5 to section 602.8108 . The Subject to subsection 3, moneys in 6 the fund shall be used for the costs of the establishment, 7 improvement, operation, and maintenance of county or 8 multicounty juvenile detention homes in accordance with annual 9 appropriations made by the general assembly from the fund 10 for these purposes payment of costs on an annual basis for 11 improvements to and construction of county or multicounty 12 juvenile detention home facilities in an amount equal to twenty 13 percent of the amount a home’s facilities depreciated in 14 value during the previous fiscal year. The remainder of the 15 moneys in the fund shall be allocated between such homes based 16 on a home’s percentage of total bed days for all county or 17 multicounty juvenile detention homes during the previous fiscal 18 year . 19 b. For the purposes of this subsection, “bed day” means 20 the total number of beds occupied at a county or multicounty 21 juvenile detention home for a minimum of twelve hours per day. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill relates to the juvenile detention home fund. 26 The bill requires that moneys in the juvenile detention 27 home fund be used, subject to certain limitations, for the 28 payment of costs on an annual basis for improvements to and 29 construction of county or multicounty juvenile detention home 30 facilities in an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount a 31 home’s facilities depreciated in value during the previous 32 fiscal year. The remainder of the moneys in the fund shall be 33 allocated between such homes based on a home’s percentage of 34 total bed days for all county or multicounty juvenile detention 35 -1- LSB 6043XS (3) 89 dg/rh 1/ 2

S.F. 2222 homes during the previous fiscal year. 1 The bill defines “bed day” as the total number of beds 2 occupied at a county or multicounty juvenile detention home for 3 a minimum of 12 hours per day. 4 -2- LSB 6043XS (3) 89 dg/rh 2/ 2