16.185 - PUBLIC SERVICE SHELTER GRANT FUND. - Iowa Statutes

16.185 PUBLIC SERVICE SHELTER GRANT FUND. 1. A public service shelter grant fund is created under the authority of the Iowa finance authority. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles. 2. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. 3. Moneys in the fund in a fiscal year shall be used as appropriated by the general assembly for grants for construction, renovations, or improvements of homeless shelters, emergency shelters, and family and domestic violence shelters, to assist communities in providing certain essential social services including supportive services and other kinds of assistance to individuals in need of temporary housing necessary to improve their living situations. 4. Annually, on or before January 15 of each year, a state agency that received an appropriation for the public service shelter grant fund shall report to the legislative services agency and the department of management the status of all projects completed or in progress. The report shall include a description of the project, the progress of work completed, the total estimated cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable. 5. Payment of moneys from appropriations from the fund shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of any outstanding bonds issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to section 12.87. 6. The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.          Section History: Recent Form 2009 Acts, ch 173, §28, 36