8.41 - FEDERAL FUNDS -- DEPOSIT -- BLOCK GRANT PLANS -- AFFECTED POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
8.41 FEDERAL FUNDS -- DEPOSIT -- BLOCK GRANT PLANS --
AFFECTED POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
1. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1981,
federal funds received in the form of block grants shall be deposited
in a special fund in the state treasury and are subject to
appropriation by the general assembly upon a recommendation by the
governor. In determining a general fund balance, the federal funds
deposited in the special fund shall not be included, but shall remain
segregated in the special fund until appropriated by the general
assembly.
2. Federal funds deposited in the state treasury as provided in
subsection 1 shall either be included as part of the governor's
budget required by section 8.22 or shall be included in a separate
recommendation made by the governor to the general assembly. If
federal funds received in the form of block grants or categorical
grants have not been included in the governor's budget for the
current fiscal year because of time constraints or because a budget
is not being submitted for the next fiscal year, the governor shall
submit a supplemental statement to the general assembly listing the
federal funds received and including the same information for the
federal funds required by section 8.22, subsection 1, paragraph
"b", subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (e), for the
statement of federal funds in the governor's budget.
3. a. If, in any federal fiscal year, the federal government
provides for a block grant which requires a new or revised program
than was required in the prior fiscal year, each state agency
required to administer the block grant program shall develop a block
grant plan detailing program changes.
b. To the extent allowed by federal law, the block grant plan
shall be developed in accordance with the following:
(1) The primary goal of the plan shall be to attain savings for
taxpayers and to avoid shifting costs from the federal government to
state and local governments.
(2) State agency planning meetings shall be held jointly with
officials of the affected political subdivision and affected members
of the public.
(3) The plan shall address proposed expenditures and
accountability measures and shall be published so as to provide
reasonable opportunity for public review and comment.
(4) (a) Preference shall be given to any existing service
delivery system capable of delivering the required service. If an
existing service delivery system is not used, the plan shall identify
those existing delivery systems which were considered and the reasons
those systems were rejected. This subparagraph division applies to
any service delivered pursuant to a federal block grant, including
but not limited to any of the following block grant areas: health,
human services, education, employment, community and economic
development, and criminal justice.
(b) If a service delivered pursuant to a federal block grant and
implemented by a political subdivision was previously provided for by
a categorical grant, the state agency shall allow the political
subdivision adequate transition time to accommodate related changes
in federal and state policy. Transition activities may include, but
are not limited to, revision of the political subdivision's laws,
budgets, and administrative procedures.
(c) The state agency shall allow the political subdivision the
flexibility to implement a service in a manner so as to address
identifiable needs within the context of meeting broad national
objectives.
(5) State administrative costs shall not exceed the limits
allowed for under the federal law enacting the block grant.
(6) A federal mandate that is eliminated or waived for the state
shall be eliminated or waived for a political subdivision.
(7) Federal block grants shall not be used to supplant existing
funding efforts by the state.
c. The state agency shall send copies of the proposed block
grant plan to the legislative fiscal committee and to the appropriate
appropriations subcommittee chairpersons and ranking members of the
general assembly. The plan and any program changes contained within
the plan shall be adopted as rules in accordance with chapter 17A.
Section History: Early Form
[81 Acts, ch 17, § 3] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1067, § 4; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 2023; 96 Acts, ch 1105,
§1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
Referred to in § 15.108, 28.9, 256.10A