1. A community partnership is a public agency or nonprofit organization operating in a local area under contract with the department to implement the initiative in that local area utilizing broad community involvement. The community partnership or its designee shall act as the fiscal agent for moneys administered by the community partnership.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 142A.8

  • Commission: means the commission on tobacco use prevention and control established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
  • Community partnership: means a public agency or nonprofit organization implementing the tobacco use prevention and control initiative in a local area in accordance with this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 142A.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Initiative: means the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative established in this chapter. See Iowa Code 142A.2
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Youth: means a person who is five through twenty-four years of age. See Iowa Code 142A.2
 2. A community partnership area shall encompass a county or multicounty area, school district or multischool district area, economic development enterprise zone that meets the requirements of an urban or rural enterprise community under Tit. XIII of the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, or early childhood Iowa area, in accordance with criteria adopted by the commission for appropriate population levels and size of geographic areas.
 3. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing procedures for the initial designation of community partnership areas and for subsequent changes to the initially designated areas.
 4. The requirements for contracts entered into by a community partnership and the department shall include but are not limited to all of the following:

 a. Administrative functions.
 b. Fiscal provisions.
 c. Community and youth involvement in program and administrative decisions.
 d. Evaluation of the program.
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