HF 167 (LSB 1727YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 167

BY  STAED, STECKMAN, KURTH, CROKEN, JACOBY, GJERDE, KRESSIG, BAGNIEWSKI, LEVIN, BAETH, CAHILL, MADISON, AMOS, BROWN-POWERS, EHLERT, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, GAINES, JAMES, and WILSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to emergency food assistance and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  217.41D  Emergency food assistance —— appropriation.
   1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services one million dollars for the support of an Iowa food bank association selected by the department of health and human services for the purchase of food on behalf of an Iowa emergency feeding organization or for the distribution of moneys to the Iowa emergency feeding organizations for the purchase of food.
   2.  The moneys appropriated in this section shall be allocated only to the extent that such moneys are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027.
   4.  This section is repealed July 1, 2028.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill creates a standing appropriation of $1 million from the general fund of the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, to the department of health and human services for support of an Iowa food bank association to buy food on behalf of an Iowa emergency feeding organization or distribute the moneys to such organizations for the purchase of food.
   The moneys appropriated shall only be allocated if it is matched dollar-for-dollar. Any moneys unused during a fiscal year shall remain available for the same purpose until the end of the following fiscal year.
   The new Code section created in the bill is repealed July 1, 2028.