159.21 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FUND.
159.21 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FUND.
1. An international relations fund is created in the state
treasury under the control of the department. The fund is composed
of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and moneys available
to and obtained or accepted by the department from the United States
or private sources for placement in the fund.
2. Moneys in the fund are subject to an annual audit by the
auditor of state. The fund is subject to warrants written by the
director of the department of administrative services, drawn upon the
written requisition of the department.
3. Moneys in the fund are appropriated exclusively to support
costs incurred by the department related to promoting the sale of
Iowa agricultural commodities and agricultural products to government
officials and business leaders of other nations. The department may
use moneys in the fund to support travel, including international
travel, for the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee,
and hosting or attending trade missions, functions, or events.
4. Section 8.33 shall not apply to moneys in the fund.
Notwithstanding section 12C.7, moneys earned as income or interest
from the fund shall remain in the fund until expended as provided in
this section. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1224, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286