Iowa HF 2394: A bill for an act relating to the regulation of specified food establishments and home food establishments.

Bill Text

House
File
2394
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2394

BY
CROKEN
,
BROWN-POWERS
,

WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
KURTH
,

OLSON
,
EHLERT
,
MADISON
,
and

WILBURN

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
creating
a
food
bank
donation
matching
fund
and
making
1

appropriations.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3

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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.16E
Food
bank
donations
fund
1

——
appropriations.
2

1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
3

requires,
“nonprofit
food
bank”
means
an
organization
organized
4

under
chapter
504
and
qualifying
under
section
501(c)(3)
of
the
5

Internal
Revenue
Code
as
an
organization
exempt
from
federal
6

income
tax
under
section
501(a)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code
7

that
maintains
an
established
operation
involving
the
provision
8

of
food
or
edible
commodities
or
the
products
thereof
on
a
9

regular
basis
to
persons
in
need
or
to
food
pantries,
soup
10

kitchens,
hunger
relief
centers,
or
other
food
or
feeding
11

centers
that,
as
an
integral
part
of
their
normal
activities,
12

provide
meals
or
food
on
a
regular
basis
to
persons
in
need.
13

2.
An
Iowa
food
bank
donation
matching
fund
is
created
14

in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
15

There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
16

the
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
the
fiscal
17

year
beginning
July
1,
2026,
and
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
18

one
million
dollars,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
19

match
the
aggregate
amount
of
private
donations
as
reported
to
20

the
state
for
tax
purposes
by
nonprofit
food
banks
over
the
21

immediately
preceding
fiscal
year.
Moneys
appropriated
to
the
22

department
under
this
subsection
shall
be
deposited
by
the
23

department
into
the
fund.
24

3.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
25

to
be
distributed
annually
to
nonprofit
food
banks
pursuant
to
26

rules
promulgated
by
the
department
under
chapter
17A.
27

4.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
28

this
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
29

close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
30

available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
until
the
31

close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
Notwithstanding
section
32

12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
33

shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.

34

EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2

This
bill
creates
the
Iowa
food
bank
donation
matching
3

fund
(fund).
Under
the
bill,
the
fund
is
under
the
control
4

of
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS).
The
5

general
assembly
is
to
appropriate
$1
million,
or
so
much
as
is
6

necessary
to
match
the
aggregate
amount
of
private
donations
7

to
nonprofit
food
banks
over
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal
8

year,
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services.
The
9

moneys
shall
be
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
each
10

fiscal
year
beginning
on
July
1,
2026,
and
deposited
into
the
11

fund
by
the
department.
12

HHS
is
to
annually
distribute
the
moneys
to
nonprofit
food
13

banks
and
must
promulgate
rules
governing
the
distribution
14

of
moneys
from
the
fund.
Notwithstanding
Code
section
8.33,
15

moneys
in
the
fund
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
16

at
the
close
of
a
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
17

remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated.
18

Notwithstanding
Code
section
12C.7(2),
interest
or
earnings
on
19

moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
20

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