1. The general assembly reaffirms and reenacts the purposes stated for the use of moneys deposited in the healthy Iowans tobacco trust, as the purposes were enacted in 2000 Iowa Acts, ch. 1232, §12, and codified in section 12.65, Code 2007, as the purposes for the endowment for Iowa’s health account. The purposes include those purposes related to health care, substance use disorder treatment and enforcement, tobacco use prevention and control, and other purposes related to the needs of children, adults, and families in the state.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 12E.3A

  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, and other obligations and financing arrangements issued or entered into by the authority pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 12E.2
  • Net proceeds: means the amount of proceeds remaining following each sale of bonds which are not required by the authority to establish and fund reserve funds and to pay the costs of issuance and other expenses and fees directly related to the authorization and issuance of bonds. See Iowa Code 12E.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Tax-exempt bonds: means bonds issued by the authority that are accompanied by a written opinion of legal counsel to the authority that the bonds are excluded from the gross income of the recipients for federal income tax purposes. See Iowa Code 12E.2
 2. Any net proceeds from the sale of taxable bonds or tax-exempt bonds issued to provide funds for the purposes stated in section 12.65, Code 2007, and as reaffirmed and reenacted in subsection 1 shall continue to be used for such purposes, including but not limited to any such proceeds deposited in the endowment for Iowa’s health account or transferred or otherwise credited to the general fund of the state.