House
Study
Bill
330
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MOHR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
sports
wagering
receipts,
making
1
appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8.57I,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Moneys
in
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
are
not
3
subject
to
section
8.33
.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
4
subsection
2
,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
sports
5
wagering
receipts
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
Moneys
6
in
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
may
be
used
for
cash
flow
7
purposes
during
a
fiscal
year
provided
that
any
moneys
so
8
allocated
are
returned
to
the
fund
by
the
end
of
that
fiscal
9
year.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
8.57I,
subsections
4
and
5,
Code
2025,
11
are
amended
by
striking
the
subsections
and
inserting
in
lieu
12
thereof
the
following:
13
4.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
each
14
fiscal
year
thereafter,
from
the
moneys
deposited
in
the
15
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
in
that
fiscal
year,
there
is
16
appropriated
to
the
following
entities,
the
following
amounts,
17
in
the
following
order
of
priority:
18
a.
The
first
one
million
seven
hundred
fifty
thousand
19
dollars
is
appropriated
to
the
department
of
health
and
20
human
services
to
be
used
for
behavioral
health
prevention,
21
treatment,
and
recovery
efforts
to
reduce
the
prevalence
22
of
the
use
of,
provide
treatment
for,
and
support
recovery
23
from
alcohol,
tobacco,
and
substance
use
and
misuse,
problem
24
gambling,
and
other
addictive
behaviors.
25
b.
Of
the
remaining
amount,
the
next
seven
hundred
fifty
26
thousand
dollars
is
appropriated
to
the
economic
development
27
authority
for
equal
distribution
to
regional
sports
authority
28
districts
certified
under
section
15E.321.
29
c.
Of
the
remaining
amount,
the
next
one
million
five
30
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
appropriated
to
the
department
of
31
revenue
for
deposit
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
32
grant
fund
created
in
section
100B.52.
33
d.
Of
the
remaining
amount:
34
(1)
Fifty
percent
is
appropriated
to
the
department
of
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public
safety
for
deposit
in
the
public
safety
equipment
fund
1
created
in
section
80.48.
2
(2)
Fifty
percent
is
appropriated
to
the
department
3
of
management
for
deposit
in
the
local
emergency
services
4
equipment
grant
account
created
in
subsection
5.
5
5.
There
is
created
a
local
emergency
services
equipment
6
grant
account
within
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund.
The
7
account
shall
consist
of
moneys
deposited
in
the
account
8
pursuant
to
subsection
4
and
any
other
moneys
appropriated
9
to
or
deposited
in
the
account.
Moneys
in
the
account
are
10
appropriated
to
the
department
of
management
to
issue
grants
11
to
local
governments
for
the
purchase
of
emergency
services
12
equipment.
To
be
eligible,
a
local
government
must
be
a
13
county
that
is
one
of
the
least
populous
eighty-eight
counties
14
in
the
state
according
to
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
15
census
or
must
be
a
small
city
as
defined
in
section
15.352.
16
The
department
of
management
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
17
chapter
17A
to
implement
and
administer
this
subsection,
18
including
but
not
limited
to
grant
application
requirements
19
and
qualifications
for
emergency
services
equipment
that
may
20
be
purchased
with
grant
moneys.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
15E.311,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
22
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
a.
At
the
end
of
each
fiscal
year,
moneys
in
the
fund
24
shall
be
transferred
into
separate
accounts
within
the
fund
25
and
designated
for
use
by
each
county
in
which
no
licensee
26
authorized
to
conduct
gambling
games
under
chapter
99F
was
27
located
during
that
fiscal
year.
Moneys
transferred
to
28
county
accounts
shall
be
divided
equally
among
the
counties.
29
Moneys
transferred
into
an
account
for
a
county
shall
be
30
transferred
by
the
department
to
an
eligible
county
recipient
31
for
that
county.
Of
the
moneys
transferred,
an
eligible
county
32
recipient
shall
distribute
seventy-five
percent
of
the
moneys
33
as
grants
to
charitable
organizations
for
charitable
purposes
34
in
that
county
and
shall
retain
twenty-five
percent
of
the
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moneys
for
use
in
establishing
a
permanent
endowment
fund
1
for
the
benefit
of
charitable
organizations
for
charitable
2
purposes.
In
addition,
of
the
moneys
transferred
from
moneys
3
appropriated
to
the
fund
from
the
sports
wagering
receipts
4
fund
created
in
section
8.57I
and
distributed,
eligible
5
county
recipients
shall
give
consideration
for
grants,
upon
6
application,
to
a
charitable
organization
that
operates
a
7
racetrack
facility
that
conducts
automobile
races
in
that
8
county.
Of
the
amounts
distributed,
eligible
county
recipients
9
shall
give
special
consideration
to
grants
for
projects
that
10
include
significant
vertical
infrastructure
components
designed
11
to
enhance
quality
of
life
aspects
within
local
communities.
12
In
addition,
as
a
condition
of
receiving
a
grant,
the
governing
13
body
of
a
charitable
organization
receiving
a
grant
shall
14
approve
all
expenditures
of
grant
moneys
and
shall
allow
a
15
state
audit
of
expenditures
of
all
grant
moneys.
16
Sec.
4.
SPORTS
WAGERING
RECEIPTS
FUND
——
FY
17
2024-2025.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
sports
wagering
18
receipts
fund
created
in
section
8.57I
to
the
following
19
departments
and
agencies
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
20
1,
2024,
and
ending
June
30,
2025,
the
following
amounts,
or
21
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
22
designated:
23
1.
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
24
a.
For
deposit
in
the
community
attraction
and
tourism
fund
25
created
in
section
15F.204:
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$
10,000,000
27
b.
For
deposit
in
the
destination
Iowa
fund
created
in
28
section
15.281:
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10,000,000
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2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY
AND
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
31
For
deposit
in
the
levee
improvement
fund
created
in
section
32
8.57D:
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$
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Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following,
being
deemed
of
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immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment:
1
The
section
of
this
Act
appropriating
moneys
from
the
sports
2
wagering
receipts
fund
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
3
2024.
4
Sec.
6.
CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following
takes
5
effect
on
the
effective
date
of
2025
Iowa
Acts,
House
File
1002
6
or
Senate
File
627,
or
successor
legislation,
if
enacted:
7
The
portion
of
the
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
8
8.57I,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“c”.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
Under
current
law,
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
(Code
13
section
8.57I)
receives
moneys
from
the
internet
fantasy
sports
14
contest
tax
(Code
section
99E.6)
and
the
sports
wagering
15
net
receipts
tax
(Code
section
99F.11(5)).
The
general
16
assembly
has
annually
appropriated
moneys
from
the
fund
to
the
17
department
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS)
for
behavioral
18
health
prevention,
treatment,
and
recovery
efforts
associated
19
with
alcohol,
tobacco,
and
substance
use
and
misuse,
problem
20
gambling,
and
other
addictive
behaviors.
21
For
FY
2025-2026,
and
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
this
bill
22
appropriates
moneys
deposited
in
the
sports
wagering
receipts
23
fund
in
that
fiscal
year
to
HHS
for
such
behavioral
health
24
prevention,
treatment,
and
recovery
efforts;
to
the
economic
25
development
authority
for
equal
distribution
to
regional
26
sports
authority
districts;
to
the
department
of
revenue
for
27
deposit
in
the
length
of
service
award
program
grant
fund,
if
28
enacted
by
the
general
assembly;
to
the
department
of
public
29
safety
for
deposit
in
the
public
safety
equipment
fund;
and
to
30
the
department
of
management
(DOM)
for
deposit
in
the
local
31
emergency
services
equipment
grant
account
created
in
the
32
bill.
From
the
account,
DOM
may
issue
grants
to
eligible
local
33
governments
for
the
purchase
of
emergency
services
equipment.
34
The
bill
strikes
the
authorization
to
use
moneys
in
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the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
for
cash
flow
purposes,
1
reporting
requirements
relating
to
the
use
of
moneys
from
2
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
for
projects,
and
required
3
considerations
for
grants
from
the
county
endowment
fund
using
4
moneys
from
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
(moneys
are
not
5
transferred
from
the
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
to
the
6
county
endowment
fund
under
current
law
or
the
bill).
7
For
FY
2024-2025,
the
bill
appropriates
moneys
from
the
8
sports
wagering
receipts
fund
to
the
community
attraction
and
9
tourism
fund,
destination
Iowa
fund,
and
levee
improvement
10
fund.
This
provision
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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